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SOFIA (Pavel Antonov for APCNews) - The
greens are growing like weeds in Bulgaria and Hungary and recently
ecologists in Bulgaria won yet another battle against a Goliath,
preventing the further destruction along the Black Sea coast and high
mountains to make way for luxury housing. Campaigns spread like viruses
through emailing lists and online networks, and ultimately went to the
streets in protest, a testament to the growth of the Green party in
these countries. More
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CLIMA (Jorge Bossio and APCNews) -
In Peru companies like Claro or Telefónica ignore rules and regulations
when the time comes to sign the contract with the end user.
Moreover, they reserve the right to block certain types of internet
traffic, like voice over internet, infringing on a principle referred
to as “net neutrality”. In one of our latest investigations, APC
analyses this principle and illustrates it with examples from both
Peruvian legislation, as well as the practices of the
telecommunications companies in the country. More
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UNITED KINGDOM (Computer Aid International)
- According to the UN, access to electricity is extremely low in some
areas of African countries like Kenya, where only three people out of twenty
have power. Schools in rural areas generally have no access to a
reliable power source, and other alternatives such as diesel or solar
panels are an expensive alternative, and therefore not ideal for IT. In
an attempt to provide pragmatic and adapted computing solutions in
areas where electricity remains a challenge, Computer Aid International
set out to identify what computer solutions were available and
appropriate to rural African settings. Download the Computer Aid report
to find out more about the five top-scoring low-cost, low-power
computers or read more about it online.
Download
the report
Read
ZDNet article
SOUTH AFRICA (SANGONeT) Thetha – a Nguni
word for debate - bring together a wide range of national, regional and
international stakeholders on the expected ICT challenges and
opportunities that the Southern African region will face in the next
ten years are being organised by APC member SANGONeT.
Pre-Thetha reports on Zimbabwe
and Mozambique
make useful contextual reading. Find out more about
Thetha. More
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