Ramblings on Technology and its use in the fight against poverty
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In a bid to improve mobile services and to reduce tariff rates, which are among the highest in southern Africa, the Malawi government recently launched an international tender for a fourth mobile phone operator. In fact, they have been trying to increase the number of mobile phone
The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), a project of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Gender & Diversity Program, is now accepting applications for its 2010 fellowships.(...)Read the rest of The 2010 African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) fellowships
Last month, Zain Malawi increased its airtime prices by about 18%. The Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) was quick to observe that this increase came just after the Kwacha has depreciated. (...)Read the rest of Malawi Mobile operators must stop pegging their rates to the US
Friends Of Malawi (FOM), a registered non-profit organization, formed in 1987 by US Peace Corps Volunteers who previously served in Malawi, is running a small grants program for sustainable development projects in Malawi.(...)Read the rest of The Friends of Malawi (FOM) Small Grants program (135 words)©
In Malawi, many people heavily rely on home-made koloboyi paraffin lamps for lighting. But paraffin is far more expensive than electric lighting. The cost of useful light energy ($/lumen hour of light) for paraffin is 325 times higher than the inefficient incandescent bulb, is 1625
Google Africa is looking for volunteers who are passionate about Chichewa and would like to participate in the translation of Google products to Chichewa, starting with the Google web search interface. If you are interested, please give me a shout. Those of you who have subscribed to this blog
Global Health Corps (GHC), an organization which aims to mobilize a global community of young leaders to build a movement for health equity, is receiving applications for GHC Fellowships, Class of 2010-2011.Fellowship positions are available in Rwanda, Malawi, Burundi, and Newark, New Jersey, USA.(...)Read the rest of Global Health
A landmark project that converts gas from household waste into electricity was officially launched in Durban, South Africa, last week. While other countries have been generating energy from waste for sometime now, this kind of project is the first in Africa. The plant captures harmful methane gas from a landfill
The Society of Malawian Students (SMS) in Japan, of which this blogger is a member, has donated 60,000Yen to help Karonga earthquake victims. This money was raised from contributions by members of the society. The handover ceremony of the funds to the Malawi Embassy in Japan took place yesterday
It was great shock and sorrow to me when I read a message from Professor Lotfi Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic, about the premature passing away of Professor Abe Mamdani, one of the prominent figures within the fuzzy logic community. Among other things, Prof Mamdani will be remembered for his
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