Tagged: Africa & News
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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,... -
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 -
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 -
Camara offering gift of computer to African schools for €15 News
08.12.2011 Irish charity Camara is offering Christmas shoppers the chance to send a computer to an African school on behalf of a friend or family member as a gift for €15. -
Irish charity Camara ships 25,000th refurbished PC News
11.08.2011 Volunteer organisation Camara, which refurbishes computers and then loads them with educational software to help empower students’ education in disadvantaged areas in countries...Categories: Sustainability, Recycling Services, Green Computing, Green, Education, Consumer Tech, Computers, Green Tech -
UN embraces energy-efficient architecture News
01.04.2011 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a new energy-efficient United Nations office complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, yesterday. -
Irish firm’s successful Tango in Barcelona at MWC 2011 News
18.02.2011 Irish technology company Tango Telecom picked up a major award at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for Best Customer Care and CRM solution.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Communications -
Rocket man’s broadband firm on FTSE 100 trajectory News
26.11.2010 A businessman whose previous venture capital company delivered a 768pc return for investors could turn out to be the unlikely saviour of broadband in the Northern Hemisphere as...Categories: Web, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Communications