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These Cars Were designed and Made in Africa by Africans, Which One Will You Be Driving?

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The Kantanka is a car that was conceived, designed and made in Ghana. This brand of cars is probably the most promising of all the cars made in Africa right now. The Kantanka Automobile Company has announced that its cars willhit the streets in January subject to the Ghana Standards Authority […]

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In Haiti, Battling Disease With Open-Air Clinics

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The pictures of medical dysfunction were devastating — broken hospitals in Africa struggling, and largely failing, to contain the Ebola epidemic. As deaths mounted, the problems seemed intractable: no money, no infrastructure, no hope. But across the ocean, Haiti — a broken country if there ever was

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Haiti – Politique : Haiti requests the status of Associate Member of the African Union

Follow us on Twitter : @GoAfricaNetwork Haiti is currently participating in the 18th International Conference of Heads of State and Government held in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia with the participation of 2,500 delegates from around the world. Several heads of state from Europe, America and Asia are present as observers. The Republic of Haiti requested

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Jamaica Names First-Ever Representative to African Union

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has appointed Carlton Masters as Jamaica’s first-ever representative to the African Union. Masters’ appointment also includes the post of Special Envoy of the Prime Minister, and assumes the rank of Ambassador. The Office of the Prime Minister said his role would be to “seek

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Africa: Cashew Nut By-Product May Help Cut Sleeping Sickness

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A new method for making chemicals that lure tsetse flies to traps has been developed. It uses a cheap by-product from the cashew nut industry as its starting material, so the discovery may mean the flies – which carry sleeping sickness (also known as African trypanosomiasis) – can be trapped

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Little College Guidance: 500 High School Students Per Counselor

Follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A steady stream of teenagers fidgeting with forms and their backpacks flowed through the Midwood High School college office one day this month, all with lists of questions on their minds. But one of the school’s two college counselors was nowhere to be found. She had taken refuge in another

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South Africa forges ahead with nuclear power stations

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A “critical milestone” has been reached in South Africa’s plans to build new nuclear power stations, the government has said. In a statement, the government on Wednesday said the stage was now set for the preparatory stage of the procurement process that would be undertaken in line with the country’s

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Ethiopia, Kenya Ink Cross-Border Trade Agreement

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The governments of Kenya and Ethiopia have signed an agreement that aims at creating opportunities for communities at the borders of the two countries, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday adding that the agreement will create stability and security. Speaking at a farewell ceremony for Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Kenya, Shemsedin

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Google rolls out voice controls for the Nest Learning Thermostat

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Nest owners will now be able to adjust their thermostats with simple, spoken commands. After buying Nest Labs for $3.2 billion back in January, it was only a matter of time before Google introduced deeper integration with the popular smart thermostat. Now, nearly a year later, Nest owners will be

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As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A machine that administers sedatives recently began treating patients at a Seattle hospital. At a Silicon Valley hotel, abellhop robot delivers items to people’s rooms. Last spring, a software algorithm wrote a breaking news article about an earthquake that The Los Angeles Times published. Although fears that technology will displace

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