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Knowledge + Power: ICT Impact on Climate Change
At this year’s Development Marketplace 2009 (DM2009) finalist event at the World Bank, I was asked a challenging question: What’s the impact of ICT...
Kenya Blackout: Internet is Up When KPLC is Down
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Last week, there was a countrywide blackout in Kenya. The electrical authority, KPLC, took the national electrical grid offline...
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