Thanks to this solar panel, Sara Ruto no longer takes a three-hour taxi ride to a town with electricity to recharge her cellphone.Credit...Ed Ou/The New York Times KIPTUSURI, Kenya — For Sara Ruto, the desperate yearning for electricity began last year with the purchase of her first cellphone, a lifeline for receiving small money transfers, contacting relatives in the city or checking chicken pric
Giving the economy a lift Sub-Saharan Africa will be one of the fastest-growing regions of the world in 2011, thanks to surging demand both from abroad (from China and India in particular) and at home (fuelled by urbanisation and consumerism). As a result, investors will find it increasingly difficult to ignore the area, despite its—justified—reputation as a tough place for business because of pol
Sahara desert project aims to power half the world by 2050 by Lin Edwards , Phys.org (PhysOrg.com) -- A joint project by universities in Algeria and Japan is planning to turn the Sahara desert, the largest desert in the world, into a breeding ground for solar power plants that could supply half the world’s electrical energy requirements by 2050. The Sahara Solar Breeder Project aims to begin by bu
Published Nov 10, 2010 at 3:15 PM EST Updated Nov 10, 2010 at 3:33 PM EST The modern mobile-phone era dates back only to the 1970s. In just 40 years, in the West, they've gone from suitcase-size novelty to ubiquity. And they're no longer just luxury goods. More than 4 billion of the 6 billion people on earth now have a cell phone, with a quarter of those owners getting one in just the last two yea
Africa is witnessing the birth of a new ocean, according to scientists at the Royal Society. Geologists working in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia say the ocean will eventually split the African continent in two, though it will take about 10 million years. Lead researcher Tim Wright who is presenting the research at the Royal Society's Summer Exhibition, described the events as "truly incredibl
Donald Trump and his family business are set to stand trial in New York on Monday in a civil fraud case that could deal a major blow to the former U.S. president’s real estate empire. New York attorney general's fraud case against Donald TrumpAttacked by Trump, New York judge to weigh ex-president's fraud caseTrump's civil fraud trial in New York explained WorldcategoryKyiv brushes off US, Slovaki
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