Africa
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NASA
A Glimpse of History in Benin City
In some ways, Benin City is like dozens of other fast-growing cities in Nigeria. Buoyed by burgeoning industrial and agricultural sectors, the city’s population rose by 1.7 million people over the past four decades as its footprint on the West African landscape expanded several times over. Amid bustling new networks of roads, residential neighborhoods, markets, and workshops, lie signs of a much earlier…
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Press Releases
Taylor Guitars Conservation Partnership Reveals Critical Link Between African Forest Elephants and Guitars
After nearly a decade of community-driven conservation work in Cameroon, Taylor Guitars, the leading global builder of premium acoustic guitars, is pleased to share groundbreaking peer-reviewed research published in Science Advances that reveals the critical dependence of African ebony trees on African forest elephants for reproduction and survival. The unexpected scientific discovery emerged from The Ebony Project, a conservation initiative started by Taylor co-founder Bob Taylor and…
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CES 2024
Go Wild with BLUETTI: Unveiling Industry-First Power Solutions at CES 2024
BLUETTI, a pioneer in portable power solutions, will dazzle attendees at the upcoming CES 2024 (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas from January 9-12. In addition to displaying various power stations, the company will debut two new innovations for extreme outdoor experiences: BLUETTI SwapSolar industry-first power combo and AC240 water-resistant portable power station. BLUETTI SwapSolar: Chill on the Road, Power…
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Gaming
Biggest game event in Africa starts tomorrow – Africa Games Week takes place worldwide
As the world lifts the latest COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Africa Games Week team and the City of Cape Town are looking forward to the event happening 23-25 February 2022. Africa Games Week is the largest gathering of African Game Developers in the world, with over 150 developers from across the continent gathering in one place. Africa Games Week 2022 remains a hybrid event, live at…
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Autos
ALYI Building Diverse Electric Motorcycle Fleet For Global Taxi Market Starting In Africa
Alternet Systems, Inc. (USOTC: ALYI) (“ALYI”) has undertaken an initiative to transition the millions of motorcycles deployed as taxis (boda boda) in Africa from combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EV). From Africa, ALYI plans to expand into the motorcycle taxi market globally. The global motorcycle taxi market was valued by Verified Market Research at $16 billion in 2018 and expected to grow to over $29 billion by…
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Press Releases
TECNO Mobile Brings Sony’s First 64MP Smartphone Camera to Africa
HONG KONG, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Global premier mobile phone brand TECNO Mobile (www.TECNO-mobile.com) is changing the world of smartphone cameras in emerging markets once again with the upcoming launch of its smartphone CAMON 15 series. It is said that CAMON 15 series camera will be supported by the cutting-edge SONY chip, which is recognized as the leader in this industry. TECNO…
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Press Releases
Eutelsat Chooses the Hughes JUPITER™ System to Power High-Throughput Satellite Services
GERMANTOWN, Md., May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that Eutelsat Communications has selected the Hughes JUPITER™ System to enable services on its KONNECT new-generation High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) for western Europe and Africa. The agreement calls for Hughes to supply a significant part of the ground network system for KONNECT, expected to launch…
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Azuri Unveils Custom 32-inch Pay-as-you-go Solar Satellite TV system for Off-grid Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Azuri Technologies, a leader in affordable pay-as-you-go solar technology, today unveiled its new 32-inch solar satellite TV system specially designed and customised for off-grid customers in Africa. The 32-inch Azuri TV is the latest product release from the company which already has in its product portfolio a 24-inch solar satellite TV. Azuri was the first pay-as-you-go company back…
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