A solar farm in Tunisia could soon provide energy to around 2.5 million homes in the UK. It is said to be 20 per cent cheaper than other sources
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Africans rising Miffed regime moves to control social media
The Zimbabwean government is drafting a raft of cyber laws to “regulate” the country’s social media, in other words silence critics like “Baba Jukwa”. The government is setting itself a mammoth task, and the jokes are unlikely to stop.
Africans rising Nigeria’s youngest certified pilot
Daniel Adeyelika is Nigeria’s youngest certified pilot and he serves as First Officer on the Boeing 737-600 to 900 aircraft series
Africans rising Young Namibian makes satellite booster from scrap
A young inventor from northern Namibia has innovatively used scrap material to build a satellite dish booster to enhance people’s internet connectivity, especially those in the rural areas where the signal can be significantly weaker than normal
Africans rising Zimbabwe conjoined twins separated in historic op
A Zimbabwean team of paediatric surgeons, doctors and nurses has forged a new precedent after successfully parting a pair of 2 month-old twins joined through their lower chests and abdomen
Africans rising Kenya’s first female Dreamliner pilot
Last week, the first of Kenya Airways’ recently-purchased fleet of nine Boeing 787 Dreamliners took its maiden voyage between Nairobi and Paris. In the captain’s seat was Captain Koki Mutungi, Kenya’s first black female Dreamliner pilot
Africans rising No to Nuclear: A Solar and Wind Energy Powered African Future
African leaders meeting in The Hague for The Nuclear Security Summit should first ask Western countries to dismantle their nuclear weapons. And then propose a world in which solar and wind power are the main sources for energy. And more […]