 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Can Africa's mobile money revolution reduce poverty?Dakar (AFP) Sept 28, 2016 When farmer Isaac Tondo fell on lean times in Liberia's long rainy season, his brother in the capital sent 8,000 Liberian dollars (US$87) to his Lonestar mobile money account, ensuring his children's school fees would still be paid. Across Africa more and more people - from urban start-ups to hard-up villagers - are now spending, saving and planning for the future through banking services offered by mobile phone companies. And experts believe growth and poverty reduction will follow, if certain k ... read more |
. |
  |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Space News - Defense Alert - Environment Report - Energy Monitor |
|
|
. | . |
 Air transport sector at climate juncture Regional Forecasts of Solar Storms Set to Begin Oct. 1 New research undermines 'RNA world' of early evolution Deakin builds world-first robotic surgical system with sense of touch Feelin' the Burn with Faux Fire Health workers, hospitals targeted in Syria war | .. |
 Bringing schools and communities online in Africa ESA is now working with satellite operator Avanti Communications to bring a swathe of new affordable Internet services to more people across sub-Saharan Africa through the Hylas-4 telecom satellite, ... more | .. |
 Boko Haram releases new video without embattled leader The jihadist group Boko Haram has released a new video without its embattled leader Abubakar Shekau, lending weight to claims by the Nigerian army he had been gravely wounded in an air strike. ... more | .. |
 Ghanaian women look to drive stereotypes off the road Faith Lawson carefully backs a large silver pick-up truck through cones placed on the red soil of a military camp in Ghana's capital, Accra. ... more | .. |
 African fishers undertake highly risky expeditions to make a living Fishers in Central Africa often cover hundreds of miles in very basic boats without engines searching for food to feed their families and make a living, a new study shows. Experts from the Universit ... more |
| .. |
 COP22 host Morocco's mosques are going green Two months before it hosts the COP22 climate conference, Morocco is preparing to launch an ambitious project to turn its mosques green as a commitment to clean energy. ... more | .. |
 Mali defence minister fired after jihadists seize town: officials Mali's defence minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly was fired Saturday, officials told AFP, a day after jihadists briefly took control of a town in the country's centre. ... more | .. |
 Conflict and drought threaten Mozambique's Gorongosa park Passing through the aged faded gates into Gorongosa National Park, it's difficult to imagine you've just entered Mozambique's largest wildlife sanctuary. ... more | .. |
 Corruption 'epidemic' in Tunisia: anti-graft chief Graft in Tunisia has reached "epidemic" proportions, the head of the national anti-graft body INLC said on Tuesday, and urged the new government to eradicate the "barons of corruption". ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Space News - Defense Alert - Environment Report - Energy Monitor |
 | .. |
 S.Sudan court martials 60 soldiers Sixty South Sudanese soldiers have been tried before a court martial for alleged crimes committed during last month's fighting in the capital Juba, the army spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
Japan takes aid show to Africa in China's shadow Japan takes its aid show to Africa this weekend, with a huge development conference in Kenya, hoping quality will trump quantity in the battle for influence against cash-rich China. ... more | .. |
 Boko Haram's Shekau 'wounded' in air strike: Nigeria Nigeria's military claimed Tuesday to have seriously injured Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau and killed other commanders in an air strike on the Islamist group's forest stronghold. ... more | .. |
 Initial agreement reached in Mozambique peace talks Mozambique's government has agreed to a regional power-sharing deal with the main opposition party Renamo, representatives announced Wednesday, the first deal clinched in ongoing peace talks in Maputo. ... more |
| .. |
 Wanted Rwandan warlord's security chief held in DR Congo The security chief of a Rwandan warlord wanted under an international warrant has been arrested in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesman said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Unprecedented Ethiopia protests far from over: analysts Regional protests that began last year in Ethiopia have spread across the country, and despite successive crackdowns analysts say dissatisfaction with the authoritarian government is driving ever greater unrest. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan accepts deployment of regional force: IGAD South Sudan on Friday accepted the deployment of a regional intervention force after escalating violence put a fragile peace deal in danger, the head of the East African bloc IGAD said. ... more | .. |
 US, Senegal troops wind up first-ever emergency exercise Some 400 US and Senegalese troops on Tuesday wound up an unprecedented joint training exercise aimed at preparing for a possible emergency deployment of American troops in Africa. ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Space News - Defense Alert - Environment Report - Energy Monitor |
 Curiosity Finds Evidence of Mars Crust Contributing to Atmosphere NASA develops satellite concept to exploit rideshare opportunities Rosetta measures production of water at comet over two years Alice Ultraviolet Spectrograph Completes Rosetta Mission to Comet 67P Rosetta's comet adventure in numbers Farewell Rosetta: ESA Mission to Conclude on Comet's Surface | .. |
 Libya unity government demands explanation over French troops The head of Libya's unity government has asked for an official explanation from Paris about the presence of French troops in the conflict-ridden country, a statement said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Five missing soldiers found in Nigeria: army Five of the 19 soldiers who went missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents Nigeria's volatile northeast have been found, the army has said. ... more | .. |
Polish millionaire seized in SSudan arms bust, say Spanish police Spanish police said Saturday they had arrested a Polish millionaire suspected of masterminding a ring that smuggled assault rifles and heavy weapons into South Sudan. ... more | .. |
 Tide turns against Liberia's biggest slum The fishermen, hustlers and market traders of West Point have survived two civil wars and an Ebola epidemic, but this resilient Liberian slum cannot hold back the ocean that is slowly swallowing it. ... more |
| .. |
 Mali opens terrorism inquiry after 17 soldiers killed Mali's justice ministry announced Thursday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of 17 soldiers killed in an attack on their base, as Malians observed the first of three days of mourning. ... more | .. |
 NASA, USAID Open Environmental Monitoring Hub in West Africa NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have opened a new environmental monitoring program in West Africa that will enhance the role of space-based observations in the managem ... more | .. |
 Armed group kills 17 soldiers at Mali base: ministry Seventeen soldiers were killed and 35 wounded in central Mali Tuesday in an assault on their base that authorities called a "coordinated terrorist attack". ... more | .. |
 Bashir reshuffles senior Sudanese military officials: army Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday reshuffled senior military officers after his troops carried out intense operations against rebels across war-torn regions, including in Darfur. ... more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2015 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Space News - Defense Alert - Environment Report - Energy Monitor |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
