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Africa News – The Good Stuff

• South Africa Develops Hi-Tech Solution to Fix Roads February 7, 2012
  South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has successfully piloted new road technology, specifically designed to improve the lifespan of roads that carry heavy traffic. If the technology is implemented nationally, it could mean the end of potholes on local roads. Economic growth, higher traffic volumes and higher axle loads ar […]
• Social Media Saves Africa's Oldest Community Radio Station February 7, 2012
  "It got the message out there to the decision makers, and because it was in their faces all the time… there has been offers of assistance," said Adrian Louw, programme integrator at Bush Radio.  The emergence of social media has opened new opportunities for community broadcasters in Cape Town, South Africa. Not only are they able to interact more e […]
• Mining Database Goes Live in Sierra Leone to Increase Transparency February 6, 2012
  The launch of Sierra Leone’s first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the country’s rich natural resource sector. “This system will stamp out all forms of malpractice in terms of licensing, financial management and general information pertaining to the mining sector,” said Minister of Min […]