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Over 400 proposals on innovative solutions for off-grid lighting for Africa were received from 54 countries, including 38 African countries. Of these, 54 were selected as “finalists” to go on to the final round of the competition, which will be held as part of the Lighting Africa 2008 global conference. In Accra, Ghana, the 54 finalists will come together to present their ideas to an international panel of jurors, to become one of 20 potential winners of the 2008 DM competition.
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About 3300 BC, the historical record opens in Africa with the rise of literacy in Egypt, which continued, with varying levels of influence over other areas, until 343 BC. Other prominent civilizations include Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the Nubian kingdoms, the empires of the Sahel (Kanem-Bornu, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai), and Great Zimbabwe.
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The cacophony of voices prescribing solutions for the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa reached an ironic crescendo with George W. Bush's proposed increase in US funding to combat the epidemic. Meanwhile, in most African nations, there is a huge gulf between the HIV rhetoric and reality, with their leadership either unwilling or unable to fully engage the issue as it affects their respective populations.
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In modern times changes have taken place in Africa. The long isolation of the continent has come to an end through slavery, imperialism, urbanization, money, communications, missionaries, and, most recently, independence. The old religions are in retreat, while the African idea of a supreme deity has been incorporated in Islam and Christianity. Many temples have disappeared, but the ancestor cults continue with some vigour. Yet there remain numerous living mythologies, not all of which have been properly recorded, as a testimony of the rich past of what was after all the cradle of mankind.
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The Millennium Declaration calls for special attention to Africa. More than 46 percent of Africans live on less than $1 per day, and 33 percent are undernourished. Africa has been The Hunger Project’s highest budget priority for 15 years.
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RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan 22, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Navini Networks and its customers are addressing the need for connectivity across Africa. Navini's equipment delivers portable high-speed Internet access with plug-and-play activation and retail friendly distribution that brings personal broadband to consumers and small businesses.
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