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.com | In Kenya, a digital classroom in a box

2015-11-16 10:21:48| Wireless - Topix.net

At the Lighthouse Grace Academy in Nairobi's downmarket Kwangware suburb, yellow school t-shirts carry the slogan 'To Fear God is Wisdom', but in their hands pupils clutch a more worldly path to knowledge: tablet computers. The hand-sized tablets are part of the 'Kio Kit', a digital classroom in a suitcase designed by local technology company BRCK, which two years ago launched the hard-wearing, brick-sized modem that works as a wifi hotspot.

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Orange sells Telkom Kenya

2015-11-10 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

French operator offloads 70% stake in Kenyan incumbent to Helios Investment Partners.

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Siemens to build HVDC link for efficient power transmission between Ethiopia and Kenya

2015-10-29 04:07:51| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

In a consortium with the construction company Isolux Corsan, Siemens is constructing a high-voltage direct current transmission link between Ethiopia and Kenya. The roughly 1,000 kilometers-long direct current transmission line, known as the Ethiopia-Kenya Power Systems Interconnection Project, will transmit environmentally friendly hydroelectricity from Ethiopia to Kenya.

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Before renewable power plant completed geothermal overtake hydro in Kenya

2015-10-21 15:10:46| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: In its quest to generate more reliable, climate-friendly electric energy, Kenya has become the first country in the world to make use of temporary geothermal wellheads, which are currently injecting an extra 56 megawatts into the national grid. According to engineers at the Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen), it takes a number of years to construct a single geothermal power plant, because it has to be fed by steam from several wells, which are often drilled and left open for years awaiting...

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