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NASA
Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha
Kenya’s Lake Naivasha has long been a place of change and reinvention. In precolonial times, the nomadic Maasai people used the lake and surrounding grasslands to water and raise cattle during the dry season. The Maasai were eventually displaced by British colonists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including a group of free-thinking aristocrats who arrived in large numbers in the 1920s…
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Huawei and IUCN Launch Tech4Nature Project to Protect Kenya’s Coral Reefs
Huawei, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and local partner Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have launched a Tech4Nature project to monitor and protect coral reef and biodiversity in Kenya’s Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park and Reserve. Tech4Nature project partners at the launch event Aligned with Huawei’s TECH4ALL initiative and the IUCN Green List, the objective of the three-year project is to strengthen monitoring and management efficacy of the…
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NASA Around the World: Interns Teach Virtual Lessons in Kenya
https://youtu.be/6_h-Rj-g4YA Video Credit: NASA/Dennis Brown, TechLit Africa When it comes to inspiring the next generation, NASA interns know no bounds. Interns at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland taught students 7,600 miles away in Mogotio, Kenya, but thanks to technology, they didn’t travel a single mile. Collaborating with TechLit Africa — a non-profit organization that teaches digital skills in Kenyan…
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Loon’s internet balloons approved to fly in Kenya
The Kenyan government has given formal approval for Loon’s balloons to operate in the stratosphere above the country. This is a critical step in our efforts to provide service in Kenya on a sustained basis, and we’re grateful to our partner, Telkom Kenya, and the Kenyan government for their support. In the immediate term, this means that we will begin dispatching…
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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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