Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmental and political activist
Wangari Maathai (Kenya in 1940-2011), was a Kenyan environmental…
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Inspirations
Presenting Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Presenting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian novelist, nonfiction writer and short story writer…
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Christophe Mérieux 2015 Award for Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe will received on 3 June the Christophe Mérieux 2015 prize (500,000 euros), to encourage his research on the Ebola virus. "This is a distinction to reward his research which allowed the development of measures to control the disease." "He contributed to the discovery of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (FHVE) and was the first…
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9Miles Project of Nigel Savel
“Aimed at the youth of Strandfontein…
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The “Akon Lighting Africa” initiative to create a solar academy in Bamako (Mali)
The "Akon Lighting Africa" initiative is planning the creation of a solar academy in Bamako (Mali). Unpublished on the continent, this center will be open to all Africans wishing to invest in the solar sector and to whom it will provide vocational training. The initiative aims to electrify rural areas in ten sub-Saharan African countries:…
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Produce electricity using the movement of rides and swings for children (Ghana)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBuRmLoHGDA Produce electricity using the movement of rides and swings for children, a project which was born on the island of Pediatorkope (Ghana) thanks to an American NGO "Empowerplaygrounds". As a result, schoolchildren recharge the batteries of flashlights and use them to do their homework at night. Site:http://www.empowerplaygrounds.org/mission
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“Repurpose Schoolbags” (Thato Kgatlhanye)
Meet Thato Kgatlhanye the co-founder of “Repurpose Schoolbags”…
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