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The fish in Lake Victoria, Africa, seem to have developed an interesting way to reproduce. Apparently, the females choose their future mates not by their appearance, but rather by a dominant pigment in the skin that their eyes are sensitive to. This adaptation to their environment may very well be the way new species... |
2 October 2008
04:03 GMT |
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Opera Software announced that MTN, Uganda's largest mobile carrier, has selected the Opera Mini mobile browser to be embedded in its customers' handsets. This will allow MTN's Ugandan subscribers (almost 3 million) to access the Web with ease, wherever they might be (as long as their mobile device is f... |
28 August 2008
10:19 GMT |
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Vodafone, the giant global mobile operator, has announced it will acquire 70% of Ghana Telecom (also known as Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited) from the Government of Ghana, for a total of about $900 million (274 million Euros or 454 million GBP). Ghana Telecom is the main supplier of fixed telephony service... |
4 July 2008
09:26 GMT |
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Vodacom, the largest mobile operator in South Africa, has announced the availability of the country's first HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) 3G service, accessible all over its nationwide network as of yesterday. Coming to improve the "HSDPA 3.6" service that Vodacom is currently offering, the new HSUP... |
29 May 2008
11:49 GMT |
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Didier Drogba, the famous Chelsea FC football player, signed today a new contract with Samsung, according to ITWeb. Of course, Drogba will not play football for the South Korean company (as footballers do after signing contracts), but he will be Samsung's brand ambassador for Africa. The news must not come a... |
9 April 2008
12:55 GMT |
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In 1995, the Ministry of the Environment of South Africa launched the program "Working for the Water," aiming to eliminate the "foreign plants" by cleansing 20 million of hectares for returning water to the natives, both plants and humans. Those supporting the program said the exotic species, imported or entered acci... |
9 April 2008
11:26 GMT |
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You may have heard about breadfruit trees. This is the sausage tree, to complete the hot dog. When thinking about the trees of the African savanna, baobabs, acacias and eventually mopane trees come into your mind. But one of the most original trees of the African savanna is the Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana), a tree... |
25 March 2008
10:25 GMT |
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This is like a wound that never gets closed. In one of the hottest spots of the Earth, in the desert of northern Ethiopia, where even in the winter temperatures vary between 40 to 50oC, the volcano Erta Ale was discovered by the Europeans in 1906. The volcano is active for hundreds of years. Most volcanoes manifest t... |
24 March 2008
10:19 GMT |
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This river is the maker of the oldest civilization recorded by the historical sources: 5,000 years ago, the Egyptian state emerged on its banks. It is best known as the longest river on the planet. Nile is consensually considered so as it has 6,695 km in length, even if some say that Amazon is longer (6,800 km). The ... |
15 March 2008
09:05 GMT |
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The flight-adapted fragile bones of the bats are hard to fossilize. That's why scientists have been complaining about the scarce number of bat fossils, for obtaining clues about how mammals evolved for flight. After the description of the oldest known bat species, Onychonycteris finneyi, 52.5 million years old, ... |
10 March 2008
04:46 GMT |
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In Austral Africa, there is a local branch of the Bantu people called Nguni. The most famous of the Nguni tribes was Zulu, famous for its fights against the White colonists. Even if located in tropics, the high altitude of the plateau inhabited by these tribes cools down the clime. Zulu tribes were warlike, and confl... |
28 February 2008
12:13 GMT |
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The Maasai are semi-nomad people inhabiting southwestern Kenya and northwestern Tanzania. The Maasai people practice cattle herding based on transhumance. The settlements of the Maasai are usually placed near a source of water and close to woodland. During the night, the livestock are kept in an enclosure made in the... |
27 February 2008
16:51 GMT |
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One of the main Bantu tribes in central Africa is represented by the Fangs, who inhabit Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Gabon. The Fangs came from Nigeria recently, during the Bantu expansion. Fang legends speak about terrible battles their ancestors fought against warriors covered by long clothes and riding horses. ... |
26 February 2008
15:21 GMT |
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The Bissagos Islands, located off the shore of Guinea Bissau (western Africa), are made of 5 main islands: Orango, Formossa, Caravela, Roxa and Boloma. The islands have shallow, sandy beaches that impede the access of medium-sized or high ships. The islands have forests and swamps, and mangroves install on many coast... |
25 February 2008
16:06 GMT |
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This study is the most impressive research so far tracking our evolutionary journey. The new research published in the Nature journal confirms that modern humans emerged in Africa and then spread into Asia to reach Europe, the Pacific and Americas. The team focused on 650,000 genetic markers in about 1,000 subjects f... |
22 February 2008
05:42 GMT |
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The Mountain View-based company has a craving for Africa. Although only five percent of the people living there are connected to the Internet, Google decided to establish a base and feel things out as they unfold, in a sort of "I was here first doing this" kind of way. Microsoft's unsolicited bid to take over Ya... |
6 February 2008
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For the first Europeans navigating around Africa during the 15th century, these islands were vital. In those times, Africa was full of luxuries: gold, ivory, spices and slaves. These first explorers found on the middle of the east African shore a safe and deep port for their fragile boats. The port was protected by c... |
19 December 2007
09:31 GMT |
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This is the main character of all documentaries made on the savanna. We like to watch lions, hyenas or wild dogs hunting and in most cases they hunt wildebeests. That's because this is the most common African antelope of the savanna. Today wildebeests live only in eastern/southern Africa, but 300-400,000 years a... |
12 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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T-rex was not exactly the champ of the bullies during the dinosaur era. It was indeed up to 12.8 (38 ft) long and 7.2 tonnes heavy (more than an elephant!), but the 1993 discovered Giganotosaurus from Argentine was longer: up to 13.6 m (40 ft) long. Still, the largest carnivore dinosaur (and land carnivore in genera... |
12 December 2007
05:10 GMT |
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Cobras are famous for their hood display, but some African species also because... they spit venom, like the black necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis) or ringed necked spitting cobras (Hemachatus hemachatus). They target the eyes and can spit with precision to a distance of 1.8 m (6 ft), but the venom can go eve... |
10 December 2007
02:51 GMT |
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1. AIDS is a huge menace for the public health, but in Africa it also has a deep impact on the economical side. With about 28 million cases of HIV positive and 2 million annual deaths, HIV epidemic in the sub-Saharan Africa is going to cancel the progresses registered in social and economical development. African com... |
3 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Europeans regarded them as part of myths for long, the old Egyptian and Greek texts mentioned the existence of very short people in Africa. Ancient Greeks spoke about "Pugmaeus" ("foot" as a measure unit). But in 1874, a German explorer met the first pygmies ever seen by a European in the current Congo republic. Sti... |
30 November 2007
13:21 GMT |
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Many ancient African or American rites involved blood sacrifices. But finding proofs of this in the ancient artifacts is not that easy. And what about a paint based on blood? Now, a new technology allowed a French team to show the existence of blood from ritual animal sacrifice in the paint of ancient sculptures comi... |
30 November 2007
04:18 GMT |
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It is considered the roof of Africa. When German missionaries reported in 1848 a snow-covered mountain in equatorial Africa, everybody in Europe laughed. But later expedition confirmed this. Kilimanjaro is located in northeastern Tanzania, close to the border with Kenya, standing at only 3 degrees south of Equator (3... |
21 November 2007
10:36 GMT |
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Venice is not something unique to Europe. There are Asian Venices, and even an African one: Ganvie. This is a tourist attraction not just for the westerners but also for the Africans. Ganvie is a 15,000 inhabitants village, built on pillars over the waters of the lake Nokoue, at north of Cotonou, Benin. In Ganvie the... |
21 November 2007
10:06 GMT |
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These birds are a true symbol of Africa: the majestic gray crowned crane's image is found in memorabilia, clothing and souvenirs in the East African countries, being also the mascot of the national soccer team. And perhaps many associate this superb bird with the savanna and African documentaries.But traditional... |
23 October 2007
03:42 GMT |
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"Beeping" is a highly common tactic of saving money by mobile phone users from emerging telecom markets. A recent research showed that this is frequently seen in Africa, to the despair of local operators that are trying to figure out ways of making this profitable.Jonathan Donner, an India-based researcher for Micros... |
28 September 2007
08:47 GMT |
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I've recently seen several websites displaying warnings against a type of web-based scam. The scammer will send you an e-mail from one of your friend's account or from another address, saying that they're stranded somewhere with no money on them. And of course, they ask for your help and …some cash. I&... |
10 September 2007
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In Cabela's African Safari, players choose from seven, 10 or 14 day safaris including open safari, game tracking, baiting and herd hunting missions. The game features over 30 exotic species of animals including sable, kudu, gemsbok, eland, waterbuck, impala and much more, as well as all new African waterfowl and... |
6 September 2007
08:45 GMT |
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The two brother companies, Nokia Siemens and Nokia have just reinforced their commitment to developing solutions for their services in the African region. This is meant to make sure that communication services break through both urban and rural areas in order to reach as many people as possible in this country.Europe... |
21 June 2007
12:33 GMT |
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It's obvious that Sony's is in no position of making ads or promoting their PS3 anymore. They've lost their touch, or better yet, their mind, by rolling out a commercial just too violent for the gaming public (which happens to include a lot of youngsters). Naturally, the ad was pulled, not that Sony wo... |
7 June 2007
05:05 GMT |
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Africa is the cradle of humanity. Our species appeared in Africa and the evolution of its ancestors took place in Africa. But now, researchers have found traces of one of the earliest Homo sapiens not in eastern or southern Africa, traditionally seen as the starting point of our evolution, but in the northwestern par... |
7 June 2007
03:22 GMT |
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Nokia has considered that Africa might be a promising area for mobile phone expansion. The reason for this is that there are many people who are currently having their first mobile phone experience.In order to reach an agreement, several telecommunication officials from the partner countries from Africa will meet in ... |
29 May 2007
02:41 GMT |
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Pocketwatch Games has announced today that it has donated 4% of the income generated in 2006 by Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa (an Adventure PC game) to The WILD Foundation, a Boulder, CO based non-profit dedicated to protecting animal habitats in Africa. Pocketwatch Games is also marching for others to support The ... |
14 May 2007
11:30 GMT |
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