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January 27, 2015: Africa is Shining in 2015
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- Africa's largest solar farm
- Top 10 World Class Infrastructure Projects
- Japan and Nigeria are implementing an Auto Development Plan to produce cars within Nigeria
- Nigeria is launching one of the largest Data Centers in West Africa
- List of the top 5 emerging real estate investment hotspots in Africa
- Startup mobile platform helping pregnant mothers in Cameroon
- Startup offering solar powered backpacks for children in Kenya
- Access Infra Africa was just created to invest in power projects in Africa
- Facebook, Nokia, and Samsung started Internet.org in Kenya, Zambia, and Tanzania to get them online for free
- Bitpesa Launches to make it easier for remittances via bitcoin to be sent to Kenya, Bitcoin becoming major currency in Africa
- Afrileaks website launched to expose governmental abuses in Africa
- African version of Startbucks, Cafe Neo, is thriving
- Public list of Tech Hubs in Africa, so far around 206
- Top 14 Open Source Projects in Africa
- iHub is a tech hub popping up in many African countries.
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By Abigail Simmons
- Africa had some of the world’s fastest growing economies. Most of the narrative I heard around Africa was that it was impoverished, though after my experience living in West Africa, I realized the numerous opportunities and growth potential of the continent, including the country I was living in- Benin. And working with Afrolehar, I was able to see the evidence of the potential, as data-driven strategies is one of the added values of Afrolehar solutions. In fact, while the world’s economy has grown an average of 2.9% in 2014, many countries in sub- Saharan Africa in particular are predicted to grow by at least 4% in 2015. http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/01/daily-chart?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/gauging_growth_in_2015
- Women were vital to the labor and product markets, making them vital business leaders in Africa. During my time in Benin for example, I had two host mothers that owned their own businesses and worked 90 hours a week. They sent their children to international schools and universities around the world, traveled for business in Thailand, France, India, and China, and owned their own land. I spent a large amount of my time with women that had very little education and yet were running their communities and households by their entrepreneurial ventures. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/world/africa/women-entrepreneurs-drive-growth-in-africa.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
- Africa holds many technology and start up hubs. It was not until I was engaged in the research for projects at Afrolehar that I had even read about the African apps and companies that were garnering funding from international investors and changing the face of development. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3028178/change-generation/meet-the-entrepreneurs-behind-nigerias-start-up-revolution
- It is reported that Africa has over 2000 spoken languages. While working in Benin, I heard on average 5 different languages a day. The languages that were understood in the south of Benin were vastly different from those in the north and the dialects were different in villages than they were in the city. As I traveled, I learned that African countries have up to hundreds of different languages, which often showcases the inter-ethnic communication in one country. http://www.vox.com/2014/7/2/5862696/where-people-speak-what-languages?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=share:article:top
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