Social network blackmail schemes are on the rise, but nowhere have they become more malicious than in the east African nation of Ghana, where gay Internet community members are being trapped, kidnapped and robbed, often with the aid ...READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 100 Wed Mar 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM
By next Easter, your Creme Eggs may be a little less of a guilty pleasure. Cadbury just completed a deal to source fair-trade cocoa from Ghana by the end of summer 2009. The cocoa will come from a cooperative with the delightful ...READ»
BYErik Hersman Relevancy Score: 69 Mon Oct 19, 2009 at 8:34 AM
In the fourth installment of our story about a new product collaboration between PopTech, Timbuk2 Designs, and the Portable Light Project, White African's Erik Hersman takes the FLAP prototype to Africa for testing.READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 66 Fri Dec 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM
It's easy to see why some vacation spots are unethical. A region or country where locals live in squalor while visitors stay insulated in fancy hotels, for example, is not the ideal ethical travel destination. But some spots are ...READ»
Only a month after Cadbury announced its plan to buy fair-trade cocoa from Ghana, rival candy giant Mars has promised to source all chocolate products from sustainable suppliers by 2020. The move, which means the company will only buy ...READ»
Yes, it’s been a dizzying—and thrilling—past couple of years as new disruptive business models rise to the surface across every industry imaginable like digital froth bubbling over a cappuccino. Just last week I came across ...READ»
BY Rachel King Relevancy Score: 57 Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM
You’ve slept in a yurt in Big Sur, cruised the Galapagos and roared with the grizzlies in Denali. Ready for some new eco-travel ideas? Here, seven unexpected trips worth a look.READ»
BYJon Gos Relevancy Score: 48 Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 9:34 AM
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Ugandan Students Translating Firefox into Local Languages
Students in Uganda begin translating Firefox into local African languages.
Alltop.com Notices Africa
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BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 45 Mon May 4, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Maybe it's the craze for sustainable products, or just retro-hipsterism gone amok. But whatever the reason, wooden bikes are gaining in popularity. They're not rickety, jury-rigged jobs either. They're super-sleek, statement pieces. ...READ»
BYChris Jarvis Relevancy Score: 45 Wed Nov 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
There is less cash out there for your to borrow. Your customers are spending less, less often. And your workforce is about to experience a radical turnover in the next 10 years. What are you going to do about it? Try this simple and ...READ»
In the race for renewable energy, the spotlight is on Africa, with Jatropha Circas quickly becoming the super-crop of choice.
Jatropha bushes grow across the continent, from Ghana to South Africa, but Africans have never paid much ...READ»
BYChris Dannen Relevancy Score: 36 Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Malaria kills one million people a year, most of them children in Africa's so-called Malaria Belt (the sub-Saharan region). In partnership with the Gates Foundation, pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is preparing an ambitious ...READ»
BYRobert Fabricant Relevancy Score: 30 Wed May 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Over the last few years the traditional thinking about innovation has been turned on its head. We used to assume that innovation was driven by access to the most advanced tools and resources. But the emphasis has shifted more ...READ»
BY Alison Overholt Relevancy Score: 29 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM
Who: Tom Campbell Title: Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley Where: Berkeley, California Challenge: Bring his school into the top five.READ»
In the final installment of our story about a new solar bag by PopTech, Cordelia Newlin de Rojas travels to the Navajo Nation to demonstrate how there's a need for the FLAP in our own backyard.READ»
BYRay Williams Relevancy Score: 26 Tue May 12, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Where in the world do people feel most content with their lives?
According to a new report released by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) happiness levels are highest in Northern European countries.
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BYJon Gos Relevancy Score: 24 Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 9:17 AM
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The majority of people in developed regions of African countries still have no access to credit cards. Of the African banks that do offer credit or debit cards, ...READ»
BYJeff Chu Relevancy Score: 24 Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Tweeting Fast Company readers take on the Zambian economist and author of the book "Dead Aid", who talks about making chocolate, fighting AIDS, and her friend Chris HughesREAD»
BYChuck Salter Relevancy Score: 23 Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 7:11 PM
Funny thing about Pop!Tech. It draws such a Fast Company crowd that it was like a reunion with people I've written about over the years. A couple of colorful examples:
I interviewed Bill Shannon, aka the CrutchMaster, several years ...READ»
BY Curtis Sittenfeld Relevancy Score: 21 Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:57 PM
Introducing the Quadkey Keyboard, self-adjusting glasses, and Quicktionary -- three leading contenders in Saatchi Saatchi's Innovation in Communication Awards.READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 18 Mon Mar 15, 2004 at 3:48 PM
Howard Rheingold was one of the creators HotWired, as well as editor of The Whole Earth Review and editor-in-chief of The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog. More recently, Rheingold wrote the book Smart Mobs: The Next Social ...READ»
BYJeff Chu Relevancy Score: 16 Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM
The Zambian economist and author of the new book "Dead Aid" explains her beef with the U2 frontman, her love for the Chinese, and her high hopes for her home continent.READ»
BYChuck Salter Relevancy Score: 14 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:36 AM
Monique Greenwood left the publishing fast track to run an inn and open a restaurant. But how did someone eager to balance her life manage to get so busy? And how does someone so busy manage to have so much fun?READ»
