Growing food-crops on the shores of Zambia's Lake Kariba, the biggest man-made lake of Africa, is quite a challenge. Despite the nearby water the farmers are facing drought on their land. The locally made 'treadle pump', which can be used to pump water by using muscle power, has caused a revolution...
Kenya is home to at least 17 million mobile-phone customers, but only one million have regular access to electricity, making it difficult to recharge a mobile phone.But the first solar-powered handset could change Kenya's telecommunication industry.
With more than 900 million consumers, the continent of Africa is one of the world's fastest growing markets. In Africa Rising, Vijay Mahajan, a marketing professor at The University of Texas at Austin, reveals this remarkable marketplace as a continent with massive needs and surprising buying power.
Does wireless hold the key to future African economic growth? The telecoms sector in South Africa is fast emerging as one of the most lucrative and profitable business sectors in the Southern Africa region. Here's a report on South Africa's booming telecom sector...
Ghana has become a digital dumping ground. Hundreds and thousands of used and defective computers and electronic appliances are being dumped in Ghana's interiors, exported mostly from Europe – causing serious health hazards. A report...
