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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is sponsoring the Guardian's Global development site is being heavily criticised in Africa and the US for getting into bed not just with notorious GM company Monsanto, but also with agribusiness commodity giant Cargill.

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The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

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Uganda Telecom has launched the country’s first solar powered cellphone. Dubbed “Kasana”, the phone is designed to harness the East African sun for a sustainable recharge after an initially charging from the conventional AC socket.

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Due to its nitrogen-fixing qualities, the Acacia tree doesn’t need fertilizers (which are damaging the environment and expensive). Its bark can also be used as a source of medicine, it can be used as food for animals, and it can provide windbreaks and help with erosion control on African farms.

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Recent studies show that wildlife in some African nations is declining even in national parks, as poaching increases and human settlements hem in habitat. With the continent expected to add more than a billion people by 2050, do these trends portend an Africa devoid of wild animals?

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With a capacity of 300 MW, the wind farm will supply a quarter of Kenya’s current installed power, setting a new standard for the exploitation of wind power in sub-Saharan countries.

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HP is working with international development groups to improve computer recycling practices in four of its fastest-growing African markets.

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Geothermal energy generation in Africa could take a leap forward in 2009 after exploratory studies in Kenya exceeded all expectations, it was announced Tuesday.

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