Tagged: Africa
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Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic plant opens News
19.04.2013 Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar has opened a 15-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Mauritania in west Africa. The US$32m plant is being heralded as the largest...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Energy -
Healthcare providers in Mideast and Africa to spend US$4.4bn on IT this year - Gartner News
25.03.2013 Healthcare providers in the Middle East and Africa will increase their IT spending by 3.8pc this year to US$4.4bn compared to 2012 revenues of US$4.3bn, Gartner, Inc, has forecast. -
Camara Education volunteers hit 100,000 hours in refurbishing computers News
27.02.2013 Volunteers with Irish charity Camara Education have worked 100,000 hours preparing computers for disadvantaged communities and their achievement has drawn recognition from... -
The thin green line – reforestation could hold back deserts and cool our planet News
01.02.2013 At first it sounds like science fiction – planting a green wall of trees in Northern Africa to hold back the expansion of the Sahara desert. But the way Marie Noelle-Keijzer,... -
Camara calls on Carlow for computer donations News
03.01.2013 With claims that half a million computers are discarded every year in Ireland, and that at least half of these devices are fit for reuse by students learning computer skills,... -
R&D Incentives and Services Reports
12.11.2012 Adding value across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). -
Individual Income Tax and Social Security Rate Survey 2012 Reports
18.12.2012 This annual report is a cross-border survey of personal tax and social security rates with historical data from 2003-2012. -
Ernst & Young's 2011 Africa Attractiveness Survey Reports
12.07.2011 It's time for Africa. While Africa’s challenges are well documented, there is an increasing recognition that the continent is on an upward trajectory; economically, politically...Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, IMF, Economic Growth, Political, Africa, Ernst & Young, Markets, Business , -
Trading places Reports
19.12.2011 The emergence of new patterns of international trade.Tags: Ernst & Young, global , Business , Survey, Markets, Global Economy, Europe, Africa, China, Exports, Foreign Direct Investment, US -
Teens in Africa create generator powered by urine News
08.11.2012 Yes, you read right. Four teenage girls from Africa have come up with a urine-powered generator system, which has been gathering attention at Maker Faire Africa, the event for... -
Camara seeks 1,000 computers in one week News
15.10.2012 Camara Education wants your used computers – 1,000 in one week, to be exact - to refurbish and send off to be used in schools in disadvantaged communities in Africa. The charity... -
Camara CEO calls for more donations of unused computers (video) News
07.09.2012 Camara is a social enterprise which aims to deliver digital literacy skills to disadvantaged communities through the re-use of technology. We spoke to Camara CEO John Fitzsimons... -
IBM opens research lab in Kenya News
13.08.2012 Technology giant IBM is opening its first IBM Research lab on the African continent. IBM Research - Africa will take root in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the Ministry... -
ICT alliance between DCU and GeSCI to launch programme for African leaders News
30.07.2012 A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed today between Dublin City University (DCU) and the Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) to launch a new ICT... -
Google creates Gmail SMS for mobile phone users in Africa News
19.07.2012 Google has created a new SMS version of Gmail specifically for mobile phone users in Africa who may have more basic phones. The service will initially be available in Ghana,... -
Europe and Africa to create radio astronomy partnership News
31.05.2012 Just days after Australia and South Africa were picked to host the world’s largest-ever radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a workshop in Brussels yesterday... -
Computer reuse charity calls on companies to donate old PCs News
18.05.2012 Camara Education, the Irish charity that refurbishes computers and loads them with educational software for schools in Ireland, Africa and Jamaica, has issued a call for...Categories: Sustainability, Software, Recycling Services, R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Consumer Tech, Computers -
School in a Box deploys solar power for education in Africa News
20.02.2012 Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) researchers have pioneered a unique, solar-powered solution that is aiming to revolutionise education in rural communities in...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Engineering, Education, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Paying Taxes 2012: The Global Picture Reports
18.01.2012 A fair, sustainable tax system – how can governments create an environment that fosters business investment and economic growth?Tags: PwC, Study, Business , Economic Growth, Compliance, global , Africa, Online, European Union, Japan, -
Dublin tech firm brings internet to remote Africa News
19.12.2011 Dublin technology company Mandac has won its second major contract with the European Space Agency to provide technology that will make it easy for people in remote regions of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Communications