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Rays of hope More than 2 billion people live in rural areas of developing countries where access to communications is severely limited. Carolyn Heinze reveals how one US-based company is working to change all that by bringing residents of remote African villages online When you can’t take electricity for granted, […]

Rays of hope

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Positive Flow The accepted wisdom is that the ‘brain drain’ harms African economic development. But, as Peter Griffiths argues, the financial gains could more than outweigh any short-term losses Few would ever have guessed that the so-called ‘brain drain’ (the emigration of trained and talented individuals to other nations) was […]

Positive Flow

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The Business of Battling AIDS One of the 20th century’s most renowned diplomats, Richard Holbrooke, talks to Carolyn Heinze about how he is successfully uniting big businesses in the global fight against AIDS Richard Holbrooke’s CV is enough to make the most ambitious among us feel a little lazy. The […]

The business of battling AIDS EFN

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Natural Investment Rich in diamonds, gold and a host of untapped mineral resources, Sierra Leone is experiencing an exploration boom led by foreign mining corporations A dusty red, potholed track carves through the dense jungle to an open pit where a dozen bare-chested diggers are hard at work with picks […]

Natural investment EFN

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Fair Trade Rules Fair trade has changed the lives of poor farmers around the world. Louise Tickle looks at its success and asks if the entry of multinational companies into the market could change that … Scattered across 200km of western Uganda, a group of farmers cultivate tiny plots of […]

Fair trade rules EFN

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Focus on the Congo Extreme eye diseases, cultural differences, tough working conditions and limited funding. Find out what motivated a team of Belgian ophthalmologists to help restore sight to those in need in the Democratic Republic of Congo When Yann Huyghebaert, of eye-care giant Bausch & Lomb, visited Belgian ophthalmologist […]

Focus on the Congo EFN

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Mobile movement Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile market, with more people using mobiles than fixed lines across the continent. Rhymer Rigby takes a look at mobile phone opportunities throughout Africa Le mobile en mouvement L’Afrique est le continent où le marché du portable connaît la plus forte expansion […]

Mobile movement

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