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In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map
A billion people worldwide live in slums, largely invisible to city services and governments — but not to satellites. A global movement is putting mapping technology in the hands of slum dwellers to...
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Book News: Apple Seeks Patent For Digital Book-Signing Technology
Also: University of Toronto faculty members disown David Gilmour; a new poem by Helen Mort; Teju Cole remembers Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor.(Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A Taxi App Aims To Build Trust Where Crime Is High
In Nairobi, people don't like getting into cabs driven by strangers. They prefer to call drivers they know or who their friends recommend. A new app assigns drivers a trust score based on social...
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See What The 'Cool People' Are Wearing In Four Cities In Africa
They're wearing the diverse fashions of Africa — but they're not wearing African fashion. A new book explains the difference.(Image credit: Deborah Benzaquen)
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$1 Million Goes To An App That Leads To A Better Bus Commute
The $1 million Hult Prize went to team Magic Bus, operating in Nairobi. By cutting wait times, the bus crew could make customers happy — and boost their own income.(Image credit: Courtesy of Magic Bus )
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Kenyan Bus Driver Speaks Out Against Everyday Corruption On Live TV
In a television program, he told the president that he had to have $8 in his pocket every day to pay off the police — or face traffic tickets and towing.(Image credit: iNooroTV/Screenshot by NPR )
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Watch The MTV Soap Opera That Is Secretly Teaching Sex Ed
It's got drama and romance. It's where Lupita Nyong'o got her start. And a new study shows it's not just entertainment.(Image credit: Courtesy of Staying Alive Foundation Inc. )
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In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map
A billion people worldwide live in slums, largely invisible to city services and governments — but not to satellites. A global movement is putting mapping technology in the hands of slum dwellers to...
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Book News: Apple Seeks Patent For Digital Book-Signing Technology
Also: University of Toronto faculty members disown David Gilmour; a new poem by Helen Mort; Teju Cole remembers Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor.(Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A Taxi App Aims To Build Trust Where Crime Is High
In Nairobi, people don't like getting into cabs driven by strangers. They prefer to call drivers they know or who their friends recommend. A new app assigns drivers a trust score based on social...
View ArticleClik here to view.
See What The 'Cool People' Are Wearing In Four Cities In Africa
They're wearing the diverse fashions of Africa — but they're not wearing African fashion. A new book explains the difference.(Image credit: Deborah Benzaquen)
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$1 Million Goes To An App That Leads To A Better Bus Commute
The $1 million Hult Prize went to team Magic Bus, operating in Nairobi. By cutting wait times, the bus crew could make customers happy — and boost their own income.(Image credit: Courtesy of Magic Bus )
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Kenyan Bus Driver Speaks Out Against Everyday Corruption On Live TV
In a television program, he told the president that he had to have $8 in his pocket every day to pay off the police — or face traffic tickets and towing.(Image credit: iNooroTV/Screenshot by NPR )
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Watch The MTV Soap Opera That Is Secretly Teaching Sex Ed
It's got drama and romance. It's where Lupita Nyong'o got her start. And a new study shows it's not just entertainment.(Image credit: Courtesy of Staying Alive Foundation Inc. )
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Deadly Violence Spirals In Nairobi Ahead Of Court Ruling On Presidential Win
At least four people were killed overnight into Sunday in what the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, called "state-sponsored thuggery."(Image credit: Brian Inganga/AP)
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American Among Those Killed As Explosions, Gunfire Rock Nairobi Hotel
The attacks took place at an upscale complex in Kenya's capital. An explosion tore through a bank, then a suicide bomb detonated in a hotel lobby before attackers entered the building, shooting.(Image...
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State Department Identifies American Killed In Nairobi Terror Attack
Jason Spindler was in Nairobi working for a firm he co-founded that promoted business partnerships in emerging markets.(Image credit: AP)
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They Used To Give Their Kids 3 Meals A Day. Then Came Coronavirus
They can no longer work. They have no savings. How do they feed their children? It's a dilemma around the world as COVID-19 lockdowns take a toll. We talk to three families in Kenya.(Image credit:...
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In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map
A billion people worldwide live in slums, largely invisible to city services and governments — but not to satellites. A global movement is putting mapping technology in the hands of slum dwellers to...
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Book News: Apple Seeks Patent For Digital Book-Signing Technology
Also: University of Toronto faculty members disown David Gilmour; a new poem by Helen Mort; Teju Cole remembers Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor.(Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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