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Whether you’re presenting slides in a boardroom in São Paulo or negotiating a Japanese contract in Tokyo, Google Drive speaks your language: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=75940&amp;amp;ctx=cb&amp;amp;src=cb&amp;amp;cbid=ag4xz4xgiwwy&amp;amp;cbrank=2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;65 of them&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;, to be exact, with the addition of 18 new ones today, including Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili, and Zulu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-15c5db65-323c-0888-4386-9e10d2229c6f"&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Afrikaans, Amharic, Basque, Chinese (Hong Kong), Estonian, French (Canada), Galician, Icelandic, Khmer, Lao, Malaysian, Nepali, Persian, Sinhalese, Spanish (Latin America), Swahili, Urdu, Zulu&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;You can &lt;a href="http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=2375018"&gt;switch&lt;/a&gt; back and forth as often as you like.&lt;br /&gt;
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Love to collaborate? No matter which Drive app you’re using --&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/drive/start/apps.html"&gt; Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms&lt;/a&gt; -- you can use them in real time in any language you choose while your fellow collaborators use another language. &lt;br /&gt;
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To try Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides in another language, you can switch by:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Clicking the gear icon&lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Zc3phUQl9rfaQBIzZa3BiEjH8XBJeuFpknMfboEaxANbefFMsv4iWZyLqY9WwoBiGSXZbevUV3Clyp5jmC22Hj7OV0HSR1SSmlYRe0mHkBsraqyE_RPqevbp" /&gt;in the upper right, then select&lt;a href="https://drive.google.com/settings"&gt; Settings&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Under General, select a language from the drop-down menu in the Language section.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Click Save. You’re done! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998#french(blog post number here)"&gt;&lt;img height="230" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NJXNe6VdbyVtMKZWslPmVQVDfLSWKzlr1PB8f8Fng-gIm_khml7RvFCXetRj1-vVTyn6yYMqupFtotBysSSfVnOXP-v1TJwTqT8biIuTNlHqYYKCva_t0NUa" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To change the language for Google Drive for mobile, go to your device’s language settings. If you don’t yet have Drive for mobile, you can visit the &lt;a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;Google Play&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-drive/id507874739?mt=8"&gt;Apple App Store&lt;/a&gt; to get the Google Drive app. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Google Drive et vos applications préférées en afrikaans, amharique, swahili et zoulou&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grâce à Google Drive, vous pouvez stocker vos fichiers et y accéder où que vous soyez : sur le Web, depuis votre disque dur, sur votre téléphone ou en déplacement. Que vous soyez amené à faire une présentation au cours d'un conseil d'administration à São Paulo ou à négocier un contrat en japonais à Tokyo, Google Drive parle votre langue. L'application propose &lt;a href="http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=75940&amp;amp;ctx=cb&amp;amp;src=cb&amp;amp;cbid=ag4xz4xgiwwy&amp;amp;cbrank=2"&gt;65 langues au total&lt;/a&gt;, dont l’afrikaans, l’amharique, le swahili et le zoulou, parmi les 18 nouvelles langues lancées aujourd'hui :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afrikaans, amharique, basque, chinois (Hong Kong), estonien, français (Canada), galicien, islandais, khmer, laotien, malaisien, népalais, perse, cingalais, espagnol (Amérique latine), swahili, ourdou, zoulou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De plus, vous pouvez &lt;a href="http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=2375018"&gt;changer&lt;/a&gt; de langue aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous aimez travailler en équipe ? Quelle que soit l'application Google Drive utilisée (&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/drive/start/apps.html"&gt;Documents, Feuilles de calcul, Présentations, Formulaires&lt;/a&gt;), vous pouvez travailler en temps réel dans la langue de votre choix, même si vos collaborateurs utilisent une autre langue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour essayer les diverses applications de Google Drive dans une autre langue, rien de plus simple:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cliquez sur l'icône représentant une route dentée&lt;img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Zc3phUQl9rfaQBIzZa3BiEjH8XBJeuFpknMfboEaxANbefFMsv4iWZyLqY9WwoBiGSXZbevUV3Clyp5jmC22Hj7OV0HSR1SSmlYRe0mHkBsraqyE_RPqevbp" /&gt; dans l'angle supérieur droit, puis sélectionnez &lt;a href="https://drive.google.com/settings"&gt;Paramètres&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sous Général, sélectionnez une langue dans le menu déroulant de la section Langue.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cliquez sur Enregistrer. Vous avez terminé !&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pour changer la langue de Google Drive sur votre appareil mobile, modifiez simplement les paramètres de votre appareil. Si vous n'avez pas encore installé l'application Google Drive sur votre appareil mobile, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;Google Play&lt;/a&gt; ou sur l'&lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-drive/id507874739?mt=8"&gt;App Store d'Apple&lt;/a&gt; pour la télécharger. Si vous n'avez encore jamais utilisé Google Drive, &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/drive/about.html"&gt;cliquez ici pour commencer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Publié par : Ian Hill, Project Manager, Google Localization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity—jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month’s income. &lt;br /&gt;
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Solving these problems isn’t simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we’re unveiling our latest &lt;a href="https://www.solveforx.com/about/whatisamoonshot/"&gt;moonshot&lt;/a&gt; from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access.  &lt;br /&gt;
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We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides Internet access to the earth below. It’s very early days, but we’ve built a system that uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam Internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today’s 3G networks or faster. As a result, we hope balloons could become an option for connecting rural, remote, and underserved areas, and for helping with communications after natural disasters. The idea may sound a bit crazy—and that’s part of the reason we’re calling it Project Loon—but there’s solid science behind it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Balloons, with all their effortless elegance, present some challenges. Many projects have looked at high-altitude platforms to provide Internet access to fixed areas on the ground, but trying to stay in one place like this requires a system with major cost and complexity.  So the idea we pursued was based on freeing the balloons and letting them sail freely on the winds.  All we had to do was figure out how to control their path through the sky. We’ve now found a way to do that, using just wind and solar power: we can move the balloons up or down to catch the winds we want them to travel in. That solution then led us to a new problem: how to manage a fleet of balloons sailing around the world so that each balloon is in the area you want it right when you need it. We’re solving this with some complex algorithms and lots of computing power. &lt;br /&gt;
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Now we need some help—this experiment is going to take way more than our team alone.  This week we started a pilot program in the &lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Canterbury,+New+Zealand&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-43.735383,171.702576&amp;amp;spn=1.232403,2.897644&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=43.037246,92.724609&amp;amp;oq=canterbury+n&amp;amp;hnear=Canterbury,+New+Zealand&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=9"&gt;Canterbury area of New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; with 50 testers trying to connect to our balloons.  This is the first time we’ve launched this many balloons (30 this week, in fact) and tried to connect to this many receivers on the ground, and we’re going to learn a lot that will help us improve our technology and balloon design.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Over time, we’d like to set up pilots in countries at the same latitude as New Zealand.  We also want to find partners for the next phase of our project—we can’t wait to hear feedback and ideas from people who’ve been working for far longer than we have on this enormous problem of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas.  We imagine someday you'll be able to use your cell phone with your existing service provider to connect to the balloons and get connectivity where there is none today.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is still highly experimental technology and we have a long way to go—we’d love your support as we keep trying and keep flying! Follow our Google+ page to keep up with Project Loon’s progress. &lt;br /&gt;
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Onward and upward.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;Projet Loon : un accès internet alimenté par des ballons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parmi les technologies dont nous disposons à notre époque, Internet est l’une de celles qui ont le plus révolutionné notre existence. Deux tiers de la population mondiale n’ont cependant toujours pas accès à une connexion rapide et bon marché, et il reste beaucoup de chemin à parcourir dans ce domaine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faut en effet compter avec de nombreux obstacles naturels (jungles, archipels, montagnes, etc.) et d’ordre financier. Dans la majorité des pays de l’hémisphère sud, le coût d’une connexion Internet dépasse encore aujourd’hui l’équivalent d’un revenu mensuel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour surmonter ces difficultés, il nous faudra du temps, mais nous devrons également aborder le problème de l’accès sous des angles différents. C’est dans cette optique que nous vous présentons aujourd’hui le dernier-né des &lt;a href="https://www.solveforx.com/about/whatisamoonshot/"&gt;projets expérimentaux&lt;/a&gt; de Google[x], l’accès Internet via des ballons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous pensons qu’il est possible de recourir à des flottes de ballons dérivant au niveau de la stratosphère pour fournir un accès à Internet aux zones survolées. Nous n’en sommes qu’aux balbutiements du projet, mais nous avons d’ores déjà conçu un système qui utilise des ballons, transportés par le vent à des altitudes deux fois supérieures à celles des vols commerciaux, pour fournir un accès à Internet à des vitesses comparables, voire supérieures à celles des réseaux 3G actuels. Nous espérons qu’ils constitueront à terme une solution pour connecter des zones rurales, reculées et mal raccordées, notamment en vue de faciliter les communications en cas de catastrophe naturelle. Cette idée peut sembler farfelue, mais elle repose sur des bases scientifiques solides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si elle est esthétique, cette solution présente néanmoins quelques difficultés. De nombreux projets ont étudié la possibilité de construire des plate-formes à haute altitude pour fournir un accès à Internet sur des zones délimitées. Comme ce type d’installation fixe a l’inconvénient d’être complexe et très coûteux à mettre en place, nous avons opté pour une autre approche : recourir à des ballons dérivant au gré des vents et élaborer un système pour contrôler leur trajectoire dans le ciel. C’est maintenant chose faite. Grâce aux énergies solaire et éolienne, nous pouvons modifier l’altitude des ballons pour qu’ils utilisent les vents que nous souhaitons. Cela nous a amenés à un autre problème : la gestion d’une flotte de ballons dérivant aux quatre coins du globe, de façon que chaque ballon soit positionné dans la zone souhaitée au moment voulu. Pour cela, nous avons élaboré des algorithmes et des systèmes informatiques complexes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons maintenant besoin d’aide, car notre équipe ne peut pas à elle seule tester ce système grandeur nature. Cette semaine, nous avons lancé un programme pilote dans &lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Canterbury,+New+Zealand&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-43.735383,171.702576&amp;amp;spn=1.232403,2.897644&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=43.037246,92.724609&amp;amp;oq=canterbury+n&amp;amp;hnear=Canterbury,+New+Zealand&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=9"&gt;la région de Canterbury en Nouvelle-Zélande&lt;/a&gt;, avec l’aide de 50 testeurs qui essaient de se connecter à nos ballons. Jamais auparavant nous n’avions lancé autant de ballons (30 en tout pour cette seule semaine) et tenté d’établir une connexion avec autant de recepteurs au sol. Cette expérience sera très utile pour nous aider à améliorer nos technologies ainsi que la conception des ballons. Avec le temps, nous aimerions mettre en place des programmes pilotes dans des pays à la même latitude que la Nouvelle-Zélande. Nous voulons également trouver des partenaires pour la prochaine étape de notre projet, et nous avons hâte de recueillir les avis et les suggestions de personnes qui se sont attaquées à cet énorme défi technologique bien avant nous. Un jour peut-être, vous pourrez utiliser votre téléphone mobile avec votre fournisseur d’accès actuel pour vous connecter aux ballons et naviguer sur Internet dans les zones qui en sont aujourd’hui dépourvues. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il s'agit d'une technologie expérimentale et il reste encore beaucoup à faire. Nous avons besoin de vous pour aller encore plus loin et plus haut ! Abonnez-vous à &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/+ProjectLoon/about"&gt;notre page Google+&lt;/a&gt; pour vous tenir informé de l’avancement du projet Loon, et souhaitez-nous bon vent !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posté par Mike Cassidy, Directeur de Projet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;From your own backyard all the way to Mount Kilimanjaro, Google Maps and Google Earth are here to help you explore the world. You can learn to harness the world’s most comprehensive and accurate mapping tools by registering for&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt; Mapping with Google&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt;Mapping with Google&lt;/a&gt; is a self-paced, online course developed to help you better navigate the world around you by improving your use of the&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2013/05/meet-new-google-maps-map-for-every.html"&gt; new Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;, Maps Engine Lite, and Google Earth. All registrants will receive an invitation to preview the new Google Maps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Through a combination of video and text lessons, activities, and projects, you’ll learn to do much more than look up directions or find your house from outer space. Tell a story of your favorite locations with rich 3D imagery, or plot sights to see on your upcoming trip and share with your travel buddies. During the course, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from Google experts and collaborate with a worldwide community of participants, via Google+ Hangouts and a course forum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt;Mapping with Google&lt;/a&gt; will be offered from June 10 - June 24, and you can choose whether to explore the features of Google Maps, Google Earth, or both. In addition, you’ll have the option to complete a project, applying the skills you’ve learned to earn a certificate. Visit&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt; g.co/mappingcourse&lt;/a&gt; to learn more and register today.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The world is a big place, we like to think that you can make it a bit more manageable and adventurous with Google’s mapping tools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by Tina Ornduff, Program Manager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4ed46dac-1e6c-75de-9386-07397ede9b37"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;Explorer encore plus avec "Mapping with Google"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;De la porte de votre maison au sommet du Kilimanjaro, Google Maps et Google Earth sont là pour vous aider à explorer le monde. Vous pouvez apprendre à tirer le meilleur parti de ces outils de cartographie, les plus complets et les plus précis au monde, en vous inscrivant sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; Mapping with Google&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt;Mapping with Google&lt;/a&gt; est une formation en ligne, que chacun peut suivre à son rythme, développée pour vous aider à mieux explorer le monde qui vous entoure, en améliorant l'utilisation des&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2013/05/meet-new-google-maps-map-for-every.html"&gt; nouvelles Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;, de Maps Engine Lite et de Google Earth. Tous les inscrits recevront une invitation à visualiser en avant-première les nouvelles Google Maps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Par le biais de formations vidéos, de cours écrits, d'activités et de projets, vous apprendrez bien plus qu'à constituer un itinéraire ou à visualiser votre maison depuis l'espace. Racontez des anecdotes sur vos lieux favoris en les agrémentant de riches images en 3D, ou marquez les sites à ne pas rater lors de votre prochain voyage et partagez tout cela avec vos compagnons de route. Pendant la formation, vous serez suivis par des experts Google et vous aurez l'occasion de collaborer avec une communauté mondiale de participants, via les Hangouts de Google+ et un forum spécifique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt;Mapping with Google&lt;/a&gt; est proposé du 10 au 24 juin, et vous pouvez choisir de travailler sur Google Maps, Google Earth, ou les deux. De plus, vous aurez la possibilité de réaliser un projet, en appliquant les techniques apprises, pour obtenir un certificat. Consulter&lt;a href="https://mapping.withgoogle.com/preview"&gt; g.co/mappingcourse&lt;/a&gt; pour en savoir plus et vous inscrire dès aujourd'hui.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le monde est vaste. Nous aimons à penser que l'on peut le rendre un peu plus accessible et plus ouvert à l'aventure avec les outils de cartographie de Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Publié par Tina Ornduff, Responsable Programme &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/fbtz6dYaF-M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/5977033695583286331?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/5977033695583286331?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/fbtz6dYaF-M/explore-mapping-with-google.html" title="Explore Mapping with Google" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/06/explore-mapping-with-google.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUcGSHY_fyp7ImA9WhFTFU8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-4129695911911846411</id><published>2013-06-06T15:50:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-06-06T15:50:29.847+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-06-06T15:50:29.847+03:00</app:edited><title> More than 15 African countries gather to explore the potential of TV White Spaces</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To help bring more of Africa online, we often work with others: offering programs to get &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/africa/universityprograms/inst/gasp.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;universities connected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;, supporting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.google.org/2013/02/improving-internet-access-in-emerging.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;nonprofit innovators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; to increase engineering know-how, and partnering to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.google.org/2013/03/tv-white-spaces-trial-launches-in-south.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; the use of TV White Spaces for broadband access in underserved areas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;TV White Spaces--unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum--have the potential to help cover the last mile of Internet access. The last mile, or final connection to the user, is one of the biggest challenges to improving connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa and other emerging markets. TV White Spaces are important because they offer available and underutilized spectrum (especially in less developed areas), allow signals to travel over long distances, and can enable a lower-cost alternative for broadband.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Many are catching on to the promise of TV White Spaces, developing technologies and advancing regulation to use this spectrum. Last week, 25 countries, 17 in Africa, joined the &lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/tvwsafrica2013/"&gt;TV White Spaces &amp;amp; Dynamic Spectrum Africa Forum&lt;/a&gt; in Dakar, Senegal to discuss what’s next. The event, supported by Google, &lt;a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/spectrum/"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href="http://www.apc.org/"&gt;Association for Progressive Communications&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.afrinic.net/"&gt;Afrinic&lt;/a&gt;, Senegal’s Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Economy and &lt;a href="http://www.isoc.sn/"&gt;ISOC Senegal&lt;/a&gt;, focused on a few key themes that highlight the potential of the technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TV White Spaces are available.&lt;/b&gt; Using our spectrum database, we shared a visual of available white space in Senegal. There is more than 90 MHz available in Dakar alone, and more across the country--spectrum that could be used for broadband. Compared to the San Francisco Bay area, the number of available channels is remarkable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trials show that TV White Spaces work in practice.&lt;/b&gt; Trials in Kenya, Malawi, Singapore, and the UK have demonstrated that white spaces can deliver broadband without interfering with licensed users of spectrum. With the &lt;a href="http://www.csir.co.za/meraka/"&gt;CSIR Meraka Institute&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.tenet.ac.za/about-us/the-cape-town-tv-white-spaces-trial"&gt;TENET&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.esn.org.za/"&gt;e-Schools Network&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href="http://www.wapa.org.za/"&gt;Wireless Access Providers’ Association&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.comsol.co.za/"&gt;Comsol Wireless Solutions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.carlsonwireless.com/"&gt;Carlson Wireless&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.neul.com/"&gt;Neul&lt;/a&gt;, Google has supported one such &lt;a href="http://blog.google.org/2013/03/tv-white-spaces-trial-launches-in-south.html"&gt;trial&lt;/a&gt; to provide broadband to 10 schools in Cape Town. CSIR &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;amp;pid=sites&amp;amp;srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0dndzYWZyaWNhMjAxM3xneDoyMjU3MDcwYWJhYjc5YTg5"&gt;shared&lt;/a&gt; initial results from the trial, which demonstrate that TV White Spaces radios can operate without interfering with TV broadcast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Regulation can pave a path in Africa.&lt;/b&gt; ICASA, the South African regulator, plans to use trial outcomes to evaluate possible rules for use of the TV White Spaces. Other regulators showing interest in TV White Spaces for broadband included Senegal, as well as Malawi, where less than 9% of the population receives broadcast TV and many channels are left available.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Developing new technologies for TV White Spaces.&lt;/b&gt; Radio manufacturers shared how TV White Spaces radios can talk to a database, which tells the radio which channels are available in a given geography. &lt;a href="http://adaptrum.com/"&gt;Adaptrum&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.carlsonwireless.com/"&gt;Carlson&lt;/a&gt; presented the results of deployments of these radios, in Kenya and South Africa respectively.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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Les canaux inexploités des espaces blancs télévisuels sont susceptibles d'aider à couvrir le "dernier kilomètre" pour l'accès à Internet. Le "dernier kilomètre", i.e. la connexion finale de l'utilisateur, est l'un des principaux défis pour améliorer la connectivité en Afrique sub-saharienne et dans d'autres marchés émergents. Les espaces blancs télévisuels sont importants car ils offrent du spectre disponible et sous-exploité (notamment dans les régions les moins développées), permettent aux signaux de transiter sur de longues distances et peuvent constituer une alternative à bas coût pour le haut débit. &lt;br /&gt;
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Beaucoup s'enthousiasment pour les promesses des espaces blancs télévisuels, développant des technologies et proposant des réglementations pour exploiter ce spectre. La semaine dernière, 25 pays, dont 17 en Afrique, ont rejoint le &lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/tvwsafrica2013/"&gt;Forum Afrique sur les Espaces blancs télévisuels et le Spectre dynamique&lt;/a&gt; à Dakar (Sénégal) pour discuter des étapes suivantes. L'événement, soutenu par Google, &lt;a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/spectrum/"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.apc.org/"&gt;l'Association pour le Progrès des Communications&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.afrinic.net/"&gt;Afrinic&lt;/a&gt;, le ministre des communications, des télécommunications et de l'économie numérique du Sénégal et &lt;a href="http://www.isoc.sn/"&gt;ISOC Sénégal&lt;/a&gt;, s'est concentré sur quelques thèmes majeurs qui mettent en valeur le potentiel de cette technologie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Les espaces blancs télévisuels sont disponibles.&lt;/b&gt; À l'aide de notre base de données de spectre, nous avons partagé une visualisation des espaces blancs disponibles au Sénégal. Il y a plus de 90 MHz disponibles rien qu'à Dakar, et davantage dans le reste du pays --un spectre qui peut être exploité pour le haut débit. Comparé à la région de la baie de San Francisco, le nombre de canaux disponibles est impressionnant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Des essais ont montré que les espaces blancs télévisuels fonctionnent concrètement.&lt;/b&gt; Des essais au Kenya, au Malawi, à Singapour et au Royaume Uni ont démontré que le haut débit peut être proposé via les espaces blancs sans interférer avec les détenteurs d'une licence d'utilisation du spectre. Avec &lt;a href="http://www.csir.co.za/meraka/"&gt;l'Institut Meraka du CSIR&lt;/a&gt;, le réseau &lt;a href="http://www.tenet.ac.za/about-us/the-cape-town-tv-white-spaces-trial"&gt;TENET&lt;/a&gt;, la &lt;a href="http://www.esn.org.za/"&gt;e-Schools Network&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.wapa.org.za/"&gt;l'association des fournisseurs d'accès à Internet sans fil&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.comsol.co.za/"&gt;Comsol Wireless Solutions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.carlsonwireless.com/"&gt;Carlson Wireless&lt;/a&gt; et &lt;a href="http://www.neul.com/"&gt;Neul&lt;/a&gt;, Google a soutenu l'un de ces &lt;a href="http://blog.google.org/2013/03/tv-white-spaces-trial-launches-in-south.html"&gt;essais&lt;/a&gt; pour fournir un accès haut débit à dix écoles au Cap. Le CSIR &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;amp;pid=sites&amp;amp;srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0dndzYWZyaWNhMjAxM3xneDoyMjU3MDcwYWJhYjc5YTg5"&gt;a partagé&lt;/a&gt; les premiers résultats de l'essai, qui a démontré que les radios exploitant les espaces blancs télévisuels peuvent opérer sans interférence avec les émissions de  télévision.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;La réglementation peut ouvrir la voie en Afrique.&lt;/b&gt; L'ICASA, l'autorité réglementaire sud-africaine, prévoit d'utiliser les résultats des essais pour évaluer les règles possibles d'exploitation des espaces blancs télévisuels. D'autres autorités réglementaires ont manifesté leur intérêt pour les espaces blancs télévisuels exploités pour le haut débit, dont le Sénégal, ainsi que le Malawi, où moins de 9 % de la population reçoit les émissions de télévisions et où de nombreux canaux sont disponibles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Des essais aux bases de données et aux radios, ces efforts montrent que les acteurs avancent dans l'exploitation des espaces blancs télévisuels pour le développement de l'accès à Internet en Afrique de l'Ouest et au-delà. C'est une bonne nouvelle : un avenir où de plus en plus de gens auront accès à Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/yf1TSERHqIE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4129695911911846411?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4129695911911846411?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/yf1TSERHqIE/more-than-15-african-countries-gather.html" title=" More than 15 African countries gather to explore the potential of TV White Spaces" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-unREWXTr10E/UbCC3adsqXI/AAAAAAAAARo/g2yVkwJvcjg/s72-c/White+space+availability+ConUS.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/06/more-than-15-african-countries-gather.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUECRHo4fyp7ImA9WhBaGUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-5186643001122393277</id><published>2013-05-30T20:05:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-05-31T12:47:45.437+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-31T12:47:45.437+03:00</app:edited><title>Investing in a South African solar project</title><content type="html">As we search for investments that can help speed up the adoption of renewable energy, we’ve been looking beyond the U.S. and Europe to parts of the world where our investments can have an even greater impact. We’ve just closed our first investment in Africa: $12 million USD (120 million Rand) investment in the Jasper Power Project, a 96 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.  Upon completion, Jasper will be one of the largest solar installations on the continent, capable of generating enough electricity to power 30,000 South African homes. The project, developed and funded by SolarReserve, Intikon Energy and the Kensani Group, is also backed by Rand Merchant Bank, the Public Investment Corporation, Development Bank of South Africa and the PEACE Humansrus Trust.&lt;br /&gt;
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When we consider &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/green/energy/investments/"&gt;investing in a renewable energy project&lt;/a&gt;, we focus on two key factors. First, we only pursue investments that we believe make financial sense. South Africa’s strong resources and supportive policies for renewable energy make it an attractive place to invest—which is why it had the highest growth in clean energy investment in the world last year. Second, we look for projects that have transformative potential—that is, projects that will bolster the growth of the renewable energy industry and move the world closer to a clean energy future. The Jasper Power Project is one of those transformative opportunities. To explain why, perhaps some background would be helpful.&lt;br /&gt;
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Back in 2008, South Africa experienced a severe energy shortage, which resulted in blackouts throughout the country and slowed down economic growth. Since then the South African government has been actively supporting the growth of new sources of electricity to power the nation. While today South Africa is primarily dependent on fossil fuels, there’s lots of potential for renewable energy—it’s a country blessed with abundant wind and solar resources—and the government has set an ambitious goal of generating 18 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2030 (as a comparison, the entire South African grid is currently &lt;a href="http://www.reegle.info/countries/south-africa-energy-profile/ZA"&gt;44 GW&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;
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To meet this goal, the South African government has established the &lt;a href="http://www.ipprenewables.co.za/"&gt;Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program&lt;/a&gt; (REIPPPP).  Through the program, renewable energy projects compete on the basis of cost and contribution to the local economy to be awarded a contract with Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned energy utility. Jasper and the other projects being developed through the REIPPPP have the potential to transform the South African energy grid.  And given South Africa’s position as an economic powerhouse in Africa, a greener grid in South Africa can set an example for the whole continent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just as compelling are the economic and social benefits that the project will bring to the local community. Jasper will create approximately 300 construction and 50 permanent jobs in a region experiencing high rates of &lt;a href="http://www.statssa.gov.za/keyindicators/keyindicators.asp"&gt;unemployment&lt;/a&gt;, as well as providing rural development and education programs and setting aside a portion of total project revenues—amounting to approximately $26 million over the life of the project—for enterprise and socio-economic development. We appreciate how forward-thinking the South African government has been in designing the REIPPPP to encourage these kinds of local economic benefits.&lt;br /&gt;
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Google has committed more than $1 billion to renewable energy investments and we continue to search for new opportunities.  Our search has brought us from the U.S. to Europe and now to Africa. We’re excited to see where else it might lead. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;Posted by Rick Needham, Director, Energy &amp;amp; Sustainability&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;Investir dans un projet solaire en Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cherchant à investir dans des projets susceptibles d'accélérer l'adoption de l'énergie renouvelable, nous sommes allés après les Etats-Unis et l'Europe, dans des régions du monde où nos investissements peuvent avoir plus d'impact encore. C'est ainsi que nous venons de clôturer notre premier investissement en Afrique : soit 12 millions de dollars USD (103 millions de Rand) investis dans le Jasper Power Project, une usine photovoltaïque solaire de 94 mégawatts installée dans la province de Northern Cape en Afrique du Sud. Une fois terminée, l'usine sera l'une des plus grandes installations solaires du continent, capable de générer assez d'électricité pour alimenter 30.000 foyers d'Afrique du Sud. Le projet, développé et financé par SolarReserve, Intikon Energy et The Kensani Group, est également soutenu par la Rand Merchant Bank, la Public Investment Corporation, la Development Bank of South Africa et PEACE Humansrus Trust.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pour investir dans un &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/green/energy/investments/"&gt;projet d'énergie renouvelable&lt;/a&gt;, nous prenons en compte deux facteurs clés. Premièrement, nous ne nous engageons que dans des investissements qui, selon nous, tiennent la route financièrement parlant. Les solides ressources de l'Afrique du Sud et la politique du pays en faveur de l'énergie renouvelable en font un lieu attractif pour les investisseurs : c'est la raison pour laquelle le pays a enregistré l'an dernier la croissance la plus forte au monde en matière d'investissement réalisé dans le secteur de l'énergie propre. Deuxièmement, nous recherchons des projets offrant un potentiel transformationnel, c'est-à-dire des projets propices à accélérer le développement de l'industrie de l'énergie renouvelable pour faire avancer la planète vers un avenir énergétique plus propre. La Jasper Power Project en fait partie. Voici quelques rappels pour expliquer ce choix.&lt;br /&gt;
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En 2008, l'Afrique du Sud a connu une grave pénurie d'énergie, qui a causé des pannes de courants à travers tout le pays et ralenti sa croissance économique. Depuis, le gouvernement d'Afrique du Sud s'est activement engagé en faveur de nouvelles sources d'électricité pour alimenter la nation toute entière. Alors qu'aujourd'hui, l'Afrique du Sud est essentiellement dépendante du carburant fossile, elle dispose de tout un potentiel d'énergie renouvelable (le pays dispose de ressources éolienne et solaire en abondance) et le gouvernement s'est fixé comme objectif ambitieux de générer 18 gigawatts (GW) d'énergie renouvelable d'ici à 2030 (à titre de comparaison, le réseau énergétique de l'Afrique du Sud toute entière représente actuellement &lt;a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html"&gt;44 GW&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;
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Pour atteindre cet objectif, le gouvernement sud-africain a défini un programme de production indépendante d'électricité renouvelable, le programme REIPPPP (&lt;a href="http://www.ipprenewables.co.za/"&gt;(Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program)&lt;/a&gt;).  Ce programme met en compétition des projets dans le domaine de l'énergie renouvelable, sur la base du coût et de la contribution à l'économie locale. Les projets sélectionnés font l’objet d’un contrat avec la compagnie publique d'électricité sud-africaine Eskom. Le projet Jasper comme d'autres projets en cours de développement dans le cadre du REIPPPP ont la capacité de transformer le réseau énergétique sud-africain. Et L'Afrique du Sud étant une puissance économique en Afrique, le fait de se doter d'un réseau énergétique plus écologique peut représenter un exemple pour le continent tout entier.&lt;br /&gt;
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Les retombées économiques et sociales que ces projets peuvent avoir sur les communautés locales sont considérables. Jasper devrait en effet créer quelque 300 emplois dans le bâtiment et 50 emplois permanents dans cette région qui souffre actuellement d'un taux très élevé de &lt;a href="http://www.statssa.gov.za/keyindicators/keyindicators.asp"&gt;chômage&lt;/a&gt;. Le projet devrait aussi être porteur de programmes éducatifs et de développement rural et allouer pendant toute sa durée de vie une partie de son budget (environ 26 millions de dollars sur la durée du projet) aux entreprises et au développement socio-économique. Nous nous réjouissons de constater que le gouvernement sud-africain a su s'inscrire dans une perspective d'avenir en lançant le programme REIPPPP appelé à générer localement de telles retombées économiques.&lt;br /&gt;
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Google a investi plus de 1 milliard de dollars dans l'énergie renouvelable et continue de rechercher de nouvelles opportunités.  Nos recherches nous ont menés des Etats-Unis en Europe et aujourd'hui en Afrique. Nous sommes impatients de voir vers où elles vont nous mener à présent. &lt;br /&gt;
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That is why we decided to sponsor the Equinox cybercafé, a typical cybercafé located in Dakar’s vibrant &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9dina,_Dakar"&gt;Medina&lt;/a&gt; neighborhood, to try out the concept. They have replaced their fleet of computers with 15 tablets, and made them available at the same price as a regular cybercafe computer session at 300 XOF an hour (about $0.60).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;When customers start a session on the tablet, they will find popular applications ready for immediate use, and can also directly download any application of their choice. They will be able to use the device comfortably seated on a couch, go to a private booth for a video chat or set their tablet on a dock and type away on a wireless keyboard. Once the session is finished, the cybercafé staff will help the customer perform a factory reset, to ensure that all of their private data on the device is fully erased.&lt;br /&gt;
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How will customers react to this experience? What will be the impact on the cybercafé’s business? We look forward to finding out as the project unfolds, and hope that people living in Dakar will stop by to try out something new.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Posted by Alex Grouet, Business Development Manager, Francophone Africa &amp;amp; Yomi Oyesiku, Program Manager, Emerging Markets Access.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 15.555556297302246px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lancement du premier TabletCafé au Sénégal: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;L’expérience d’un cybercafé avec des tablettes à Dakar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Parce qu’elles sont si faciles à utiliser, les tablettes peuvent être un excellent moyen de  découvrir internet. En revanche, elles restent chères pour la majorité des populations en Afrique. Alors pourquoi ne pas les rendre disponibles dans les cybercafés ? Non seulement les cybercafés pourraient ainsi attirer de nouveaux clients intéressés par une manière plus simple et interactive de surfer, mais ils économiseraient également de manière significative sur leur coût opérationnel le plus important : l’électricité. Les tablettes consomment en effet beaucoup moins que les ordinateurs fixes ou portables, et ne nécessitent pas de ventilation. Ces économies peuvent entre autres être réinvesties dans une connexion internet plus rapide.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C’est pour cela que nous avons décidé de sponsoriser le cybercafé Equinox, un cybercafé typique situé dans le quartier populaire de la &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9dina_(Dakar)"&gt;Médina&lt;/a&gt; à Dakar, pour tester le concept. Ils ont remplacé leur flotte de PC par 15 tablettes, et les rendent disponibles au même prix qu’une séance de cybercafé standard à 300 francs CFA de l’heure (environ 0.45 €).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lorsqu’un client débute sa session, il trouvera les applications les plus populaires prêtes à être utilisées et peut également télécharger directement les applications de son choix.  Il pourra utiliser la tablette confortablement installés sur un canapé, aller dans une cabine privée pour un chat video ou bien poser la tablette sur un socle et taper à l’aide d’un clavier sans fil. Une fois la séance terminée, le personnel du cybercafé aidera le client à restaurer le terminal à sa configuration d’usine d’un simple clic, afin de s’assurer que les données privées sont entièrement effacées.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comment les clients réagiront-ils à cette expérience ? Quel sera l’impact économique sur le cybercafé ? Nous avons hâte de le découvrir au fur et à mesure que le projet se déploie, et espérons que de nombreux dakarois se rendront sur place pour essayer cette nouvelle manière d’aller sur internet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Grouet, Business Development Manager, Francophone Africa et Yomi Oyesiku, Program Manager, Emerging Markets Access. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/Vrv08Ovdu60" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/806725565053910117?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/806725565053910117?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/Vrv08Ovdu60/the-first-tabletcafe-launches-in.html" title="The First TabletCafé Launches in Senegal: Experimenting a cybercafé with tablets in Dakar" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W0Qnc7HcRzQ/UaNUICAP6dI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/b5dJGZQLogY/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2013-05-27+at+1.39.31+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-first-tabletcafe-launches-in.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEMNRXo7eip7ImA9WhBaEEk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-3072399229848203740</id><published>2013-05-20T12:34:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-05-20T12:34:54.402+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-20T12:34:54.402+03:00</app:edited><title>Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every person and place</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;What if we told you that during your lifetime, Google could create millions of custom maps...each one just for you?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In the past, such a notion would have been unbelievable: a map was just a map, and you got the same one for New York City, whether you were searching for the Empire State Building or the coffee shop down the street. What if, instead, you had a map that’s unique to you, always adapting to the task you want to perform right this minute?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This is what you will have with the introduction of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/helloworld/desktop/preview/"&gt;the new Google Maps&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;– a mapping experience that helps you find places you never would have thought to search for.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;The new Google Maps is full-screen and fully interactive&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Every click draws a new map highlighting the things that matter most&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Like a friend drawing you a map to her favorite restaurant, with only the roads and landmarks you need to get there, the new Google Maps instantly changes to highlight information that matters most.&lt;br /&gt;
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And the more you interact with the map, the better it gets. When you set your Home and Work locations, star favorite places, write reviews and share with friends, Google Maps will build even more useful maps with recommendations for places you might enjoy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;The map is tailored to you and gets better with use&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Easier to find the best local places&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to a customized map, we’ve also made it easier to uncover the best local gems. Search results are labeled directly on the map with brief place descriptions and icons that highlight business categories and other useful information – like restaurants that are recommended by your Google+ friends. Info cards provide helpful information such as business hours, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://blog.zagat.com/2013/05/zagat-helping-you-find-exceptional.html"&gt;ratings and reviews&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;so you can quickly decide where to eat, drink and play.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;Amazing imagery for exploring the world&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;Of course, no map would be complete without amazing images for exploring the world. The new carousel gathers all Google Maps imagery in one spot enabling you to fly through cities,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/grand-canyon/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;walk canyon trails&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/the-worlds-highest-peaks/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;climb mountains&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;, and even&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/ocean/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;swim the oceans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;. And on a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=3031966" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;WebGL-enabled browser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;, like Google Chrome, the carousel is also where you'll find the Earth view which directly integrates the beautiful 3D experience from Google Earth into the new maps.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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There’s so much more to discover, including smarter directions and tours generated from user-submitted photos. It’s the biggest change we’ve made to Google Maps since we launched eight years ago. In case you didn’t catch all of that, here’s a quick tour:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/06/never-ending-quest-for-perfect-map.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;quest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;to build the perfect map will never be over, but we’re excited about the steps we’re taking towards building the next generation of maps. Please visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/helloworld/desktop/preview/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;to request an invite and we hope you have fun with the new Google Maps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Découvrez le nouveau Google Maps : à chacun sa carte personnalisée&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Que diriez-vous en apprenant que tout au long de votre vie, Google pouvait créer des millions de cartes personnalisées, juste pour vous ? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Par le passé, une telle idée aurait semblé inconcevable : une carte n’était qu’une carte, et à New York par exemple, vous aviez la même que vous recherchiez l’Empire State Building ou le café au coin de la rue. Et si, à la place, vous disposiez d'une carte rien que pour vous, capable de s'adapter automatiquement à ce que vous souhaitez faire à ce moment précis ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C’est exactement ce que nous vous offrons avec le &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/preview"&gt;nouveau Google Maps&lt;/a&gt; : une expérience cartographique qui vous aidera à découvrir des lieux auxquels vous n’auriez même pas pensé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chaque clic génère une nouvelle carte, qui affiche les informations essentielles &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;C’est un peu comme si un ami vous dessinait l'itinéraire à suivre pour aller à son restaurant préféré, en indiquant uniquement les rues et quelques points de repère pour vous aider : le nouveau Google Maps s’adapte instantanément pour faire ressortir les informations clés.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et plus vous interagissez avec cette carte, plus elle s’améliore. Lorsque vous précisez vos lieux de résidence et de travail et que vous partagez vos avis sur vos adresses préférées avec vos contacts, Google Maps génère des cartes encore plus utiles vous recommandant des lieux que vous pourriez aimer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trouvez plus facilement les meilleures adresses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En plus de vous proposer une carte personnalisée, nous vous aidons à trouver les meilleures adresses d’un quartier ou d’une ville. Les résultats de recherche sont indiqués directement sur la carte, accompagnés d'une courte description, d'icônes précisant le type d’établissement dont il s’agit et d’autres lieux recommandés par vos contacts Google+, comme des restaurants. Les cartes d’information fournissent des renseignements utiles comme les horaires d’ouverture ou &lt;a href="http://blog.zagat.com/search/label/Paris"&gt;les notes et les avis&lt;/a&gt; laissés par les internautes : vous pouvez ainsi décider rapidement du lieu où vous voulez boire un verre ou manger un morceau. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Des images incroyables pour explorer le monde&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bien entendu, une carte ne serait pas complète sans d’incroyables images pour explorer le monde. Le nouveau carrousel regroupe au même endroit toutes les images disponibles dans Google Maps. À partir de là, vous pouvez voler au-dessus des villes, &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/grand-canyon/"&gt;traverser les canyons&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/the-worlds-highest-peaks/"&gt;escalader les montagnes&lt;/a&gt; et même &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/ocean/"&gt;nager dans les océans&lt;/a&gt;. Et dans un navigateur compatible avec la technologie WebGL, comme Google Chrome, c'est aussi dans le carrousel que vous pourrez profiter de la nouvelle vue Google Earth qui intègre directement l’expérience 3D de Google Earth dans les nouvelles cartes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous aurez tant de choses à découvrir dans cette nouvelle version, comme les itinéraires plus intelligents et les diaporamas photos proposés par les utilisateurs. C’est la refonte la plus complète de Google Maps depuis son lancement il y a 8 ans. Si vous n’avez pas tout suivi, vous pouvez aussi regarder une rapide présentation du nouveau Google Maps ci-dessous :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre &lt;a href="http://googlefrance.blogspot.fr/2012/06/en-quete-permanente-de-la-carte.html?q=carte+parfaite"&gt;quête&lt;/a&gt; de la carte parfaite ne s’arrêtera jamais, mais nous sommes heureux de franchir aujourd’hui une nouvelle étape dans l'élaboration de cartes nouvelle génération. Pour demander une invitation, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/preview"&gt;maps.google.com/preview&lt;/a&gt; : nous espérons que vous prendrez autant de plaisir que nous avec ce nouveau Google Maps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonne exploration !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posté par Bernhard Seefeld, Google Maps Product Management Director et Yatin Chawathe, Google Maps Engineering Director.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Jongo Love tells the stories of residents of Jongo, a fictional Nairobi slum, the complex relationships that they form and the family planning choices they make. Created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs’&lt;a href="http://www.jhuccp.org/whatwedo/projects/kenya-urban-reproductive-health-initiative"&gt; Tupange Project&lt;/a&gt;, and produced by Well Told Story, a Tupange partner and previous &lt;a href="http://www.jhuccp.org/news/emmy-nomination-jhu%E2%88%99ccp-partner-represents-first-nomination-kenya%E2%80%99s-history"&gt;International Digital Emmy Award winner&lt;/a&gt;, Jongo Love has fast won fans among urban Kenyan radio listeners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In addition to a radio show, the project includes a Facebook campaign, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjhq7Pp9rccpkTq6axsIklzMT5_PVFeCx%20%E2%80%93"&gt;YouTube videos&lt;/a&gt;, comic books and a &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JongoLove"&gt;Twitter feed&lt;/a&gt;. The characters host online live chats to give listeners and viewers the chance to ask their own questions about sexual health and safety. As the show’s makers put it, “Ni hot, ni sexy, ni idialala...ni radio show ita-blow mind Yako!! Every week on Ghetto Radio, Pwani.FM, Radio Lake Victoria, Radio Umoja na many more!” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The award citation praises the show because  it “entertains but also passes on crucial information to inspire people to think about the decisions they make around relationships, sex and their future.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Google is an ongoing supporter of the One World Media Awards, which recognize and showcase the best media content from the developing world. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Le programme de santé kényan remporte le One World Media Digital Award&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4641960c-a270-1a77-2fb0-8f35a12a2aee"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comment les médias numériques peuvent-ils communiquer des messages importants en matière de santé sexuelle&amp;nbsp;? C'est le défi qui a été lancé au lauréat de cette année du One World Media Awards dans la catégorie Digital Media Award, soutenu par Google&amp;nbsp;: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/JongoLover?group_id=0&amp;amp;filter=2" style="line-height: 1.15; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jongo Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4641960c-a270-1a77-2fb0-8f35a12a2aee" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La série Jongo Love raconte les histoires des habitants de Jongo, un bidonville fictif de Nairobi, leurs relations complexes et les décisions qu'ils prennent en matière de planification familiale. Créée par &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jhuccp.org/whatwedo/projects/kenya-urban-reproductive-health-initiative" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;le projet Tupange&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; de la Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, et produite par Well Told Story, un partenaire du projet Tupange et ancien lauréat du&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jhuccp.org/news/emmy-nomination-jhu%E2%88%99ccp-partner-represents-first-nomination-kenya%E2%80%99s-history" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;International Digital Emmy Award&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, la série s'est faite de nombreux fans parmi les auditeurs kényans.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4641960c-a270-1a77-2fb0-8f35a12a2aee" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;En plus du programme de radio, le projet comprend une campagne Facebook,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjhq7Pp9rccpkTq6axsIklzMT5_PVFeCx%20%E2%80%93" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;des vidéos YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, des bandes dessinées et un&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JongoLove" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;compte Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Les animateurs accueillent des débats en ligne permettant aux auditeurs et spectateurs de poser des questions sur la santé sexuelle et la sexualité sans risque. Comme le disent les créateurs du programme, “Ni hot, ni sexy, ni idialala...ni radio show ita-blow mind Yako!! Every week on Ghetto Radio, Pwani.FM, Radio Lake Victoria, Radio Umoja na many more!”&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4641960c-a270-1a77-2fb0-8f35a12a2aee" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le programme a été récompensé parce qu'il «&amp;nbsp;divertit tout en donnant des informations essentielles aux gens, qui les incitent à réfléchir aux choix qu’ils font en matière de relations, de sexe et d'avenir pour eux&amp;nbsp;».&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4641960c-a270-1a77-2fb0-8f35a12a2aee" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google apporte son soutien continu aux One World Media Awards, qui sélectionnent et présentent le meilleur contenu médiatique du monde en développement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/3YKBVtk8hFY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/2319181066308699575?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/2319181066308699575?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/3YKBVtk8hFY/kenyan-health-project-captures-one.html" title="Kenyan health project captures One Media digital award" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/videoseries/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/05/kenyan-health-project-captures-one.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUUDQn45fCp7ImA9WhBbFEk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-2299443003286101433</id><published>2013-05-13T14:07:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2013-05-13T14:07:53.024+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-13T14:07:53.024+03:00</app:edited><title>Kenyan students, get ready to Doodle 4 Google!</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ever wanted your own artwork to be displayed on the Google homepage? Now is your chance. Doodles are spontaneous and exciting changes made to the Google logo and they have long been a part of life at Google. Google Kenya has celebrated significant local heroes and events with doodles commemorating figures such as &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/wangari-maathai-73rd-birthday"&gt;Wangari Maathai&lt;/a&gt; and events ranging from &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/kenya-independence-day-2012"&gt;Kenya’s independence day&lt;/a&gt; to the the &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-wildebeest-migration-by-samuel-githui"&gt;wildebeest migration&lt;/a&gt; in the Maasai Mara, so we’re pleased to announce an exciting local initiative in Kenya called “Doodle 4 Google - “My Kenya.” This will be the first nationwide drawing competition by Google inviting all aspiring young artists from around the country to design their own Google logo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The competition is open to all school-going children and teenagers aged 6 to 18 years. Young artists are challenged to create a doodle around the “My Kenya” theme that’s inspired by Kenya’s Jubilee year, a celebration of 50 years since independence. In judging the doodles, we’ll look for designs that capture the spirit of the theme and that show artistic merit and creativity. We have assembled a panel of expert judges from tech, entertainment, and media, including Juliani Musik, Churchill, and Caroline Mutoko.&lt;br /&gt;
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For inspiration, have a look: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6RWpg7oVgc"&gt;Behind the scenes with the Doodle team&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Winning Doodle in 2010 Doodle 4 Google competition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The competition launches today and submissions should be posted no later than June 14th 2013.  The winner will be announced on July 26th 2013 and the winning doodle will be displayed on the Google Kenya homepage for 24 hours in August 2013. &lt;br /&gt;
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Interested students can visit the competition website at &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.ke/doodle4google"&gt;www.google.co.ke/doodle4google&lt;/a&gt; for the full contest rules, important dates, and to download entry forms. &lt;br /&gt;
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The winner (and his or her teachers!) stands to win some great prizes including Android phones and tablets, school fee scholarships, and technology equipment for your school - so put on your creative hats and we look forward to receiving your doodles by June 14th!&lt;br /&gt;
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Posted by Farzana Khubchandani, Google Kenya Head of Marketing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Étudiants kényans, tenez-vous prêts pour « Doodle 4 Google » !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-5bd4d7a3-9d86-c6a7-b65d-d62026577699"&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; Vous avez toujours rêvé de voir vos oeuvres exposées sur la page d'accueil Google ? Il est temps de tenter votre chance. Les Doodles sont des adaptations spontanées et exceptionnelles du logo Google et qui font partie intégrante de la vie de Google. Google Kenya a rendu hommage aux héros et événements locaux à travers des Doodles commémorant des personnalités telles que &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/wangari-maathai-73rd-birthday"&gt;Wangari Maathai&lt;/a&gt;, et des événements allant du Jour &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/kenya-independence-day-2012"&gt;de l'indépendance du Kenya&lt;/a&gt; à la &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-the-wildebeest-migration-by-samuel-githui"&gt;migration des gnous vers&lt;/a&gt; la réserve nationale du Masai Mara. Nous sommes donc heureux d'annoncer le lancement d'une nouvelle initiative locale tout aussi passionnante au Kenya : « Doodle 4 Google - Mon Kenya ». Ce sera le premier concours national lancé par Google invitant tous les jeunes artistes du pays à concevoir leur logo pour Google.&lt;br /&gt;
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Le concours est ouvert à tous les élèves de 6 à 18 ans. Il est demandé aux jeunes artistes de créer &lt;br /&gt;
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un « doodle » sur le thème « Mon Kenya », inspiré du Jubilé des 50 ans de l'indépendance du Kenya. Les doodles seront jugés sur la façon dont ils incarnent l'esprit du thème, et sur la créativité et la qualité artistiques mises en oeuvre. Nous avons rassemblés un jury d'experts de la technologie, du divertissement et des médias, parmi lesquels Juliani Musik, Churchill et Caroline Mutoko.&lt;br /&gt;
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Pour en savoir plus, consultez : &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6RWpg7oVgc"&gt;Behind the scenes with the Doodle team&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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La compétition débute aujourd'hui et les candidatures sont à renvoyer avant le 14 juin 2013. Les lauréats seront proclamés le 26 juillet 2013 et le « doodle » gagnant sera publié sur la page d'accueil Google Kenya pendant 24 heures en août 2013. &lt;br /&gt;
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Les étudiants intéressés peuvent visiter le site Internet du concours, &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.ke/doodle4google"&gt;www.google.co.ke/doodle4google&lt;/a&gt;, et se renseigner sur le règlement du concours et les dates importantes, et télécharger le formulaire d'inscription.&lt;br /&gt;
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Le lauréat (et ses professeurs !) gagnera de superbes prix, dont des téléphones portables et tablettes Android, des bourses d'études, ainsi que du matériel informatique pour son école. Alors faites preuve de créativité ; nous attendons avec impatience vos « doodles » avant le 14 juin !&lt;br /&gt;
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Publié par Farzana Khubchandani, responsable du marketing, Google Kenya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/IxGFyVIgK9c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/2299443003286101433?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/2299443003286101433?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/IxGFyVIgK9c/kenyan-students-get-ready-to-doodle-4.html" title="Kenyan students, get ready to Doodle 4 Google!" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-36shisxcVGE/UZDFRRcVEMI/AAAAAAAAAPk/9vo8JgTNgqg/s72-c/6-doodle.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/05/kenyan-students-get-ready-to-doodle-4.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUQCRHc8eSp7ImA9WhBUE00.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-663722351721356591</id><published>2013-04-30T10:36:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-04-30T10:36:05.971+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-30T10:36:05.971+03:00</app:edited><title>BebaPay: Launching electronic payments in Kenya</title><content type="html">&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4e22a78f-5622-9ba4-aad6-643d5958d8f2" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The bus is a great way to get around, but it can be frustrating if you don’t have enough money for the journey, or the conductor forgets to give you change from your fare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4e22a78f-5622-9ba4-aad6-643d5958d8f2" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;So Google has teamed up with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.equitybank.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Equity Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, the largest bank in East Africa, to launch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.beba.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;BebaPay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, a payment card that makes it easier and more convenient to pay for bus travel in Kenya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;With BebaPay, you’ll never again have to worry about carrying change for the bus, or keeping stacks of bulky tickets and receipts in your bag. Instead, people travelling on key Nairobi bus routes such as Riruta, Karen and Jogoo Road will be able to pre-load money onto their BebaPay card, and swipe or tap it on the card reader when boarding a bus to pay for their journey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4e22a78f-5623-d599-85d2-b5342c847a7b"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;BebaPay cards are available for free from major bus stops like Kencom House, Pipeline and Yaya. Once you get your card, you can load money onto your card at select Equity Bank agents, or using mobile money. You can also use the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.beba.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;BebaPay site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to keep an eye on your spending. Every time you use your BebaPay card to pay for a journey, you will be sent a free receipt by SMS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid-4e22a78f-5623-d599-85d2-b5342c847a7b"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;BebaPay uses smart cards powered by Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, plus software from Google. The NFC technology means that payment can take place offline, even when there is no power or network connectivity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In time, Equity Bank will roll out BebaPay more widely, beyond the world of transport. The free BebaPay app turns any NFC-enabled Android phone into a card reader, which means that shops, traders and small businesses can use BebaPay to accept payments from customers, without needing expensive tills and cash registers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We hope you’ll find BebaPay simple and useful, so do try it out the next time you take a bus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Posted by Aneto Okonkwo, Product Manager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le bus est un moyen de transport très pratique, mais très frustrant quand vous n'avez pas assez d'argent pour payer votre ticket, ou que le conducteur oublie de vous rendre la monnaie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;C'est pourquoi Google et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.equitybank.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Equity Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, la plus grande banque d'Afrique de l'est, ont fait équipe pour lancer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.beba.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;BebaPay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, une carte de paiement qui facilite le paiement des trajets en bus au Kenya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Avec BebaPay, vous n'aurez plus besoin d'avoir de la monnaie pour payer votre ticket de bus, ni de garder tickets et reçus. Désormais, les usagers des grandes lignes de bus de Nairobi, telles que Riruta, Karen et Jogoo Road pourront approvisionner leur carte pré-payée BebaPay, et n'auront qu'à la passer devant le lecteur de cartes pour payer leur voyage en bus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les cartes BebaPay sont disponibles dans toutes les grandes stations de bus, comme Kencom House, Pipeline, ou encore Yaya. Une fois en possession de votre carte, vous pouvez l'approvisionner dans certaines agences Equity Bank ou via votre téléphone mobile. Vous pouvez également utiliser le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.beba.co.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;site BebaPay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour suivre vos dépenses. Chaque fois que vous payez un trajet avec votre carte BebaPay, un SMS de confirmation gratuit vous sera envoyé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;BebaPay utilise des cartes à puce alimentées par Near Field Communication (NFC), ainsi que des logiciels Google. La technologie NFC permet d'effectuer des paiements hors ligne, même quand il n'y a ni électricité, ni connexion au réseau.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dans l'avenir, Equity Bank veut développer BebaPay plus largement, pour des applications autre que le transport. L'application gratuite BebaPay fait de chaque téléphone Android équipé du système NFC un lecteur de cartes&amp;nbsp;; ce qui permet aux magasins, commerçants et petits commerces d'utiliser BebaPay pour accepter des paiements de leurs clients, sans avoir besoin de caisses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous espérons que vous trouverez BebaPay simple et utile. N'hésitez pas à l'essayer lors de votre prochain trajet en bus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Publié par Aneto Okonkwo, Responsable produit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="350" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=lesotho&amp;amp;aq=&amp;amp;sll=-29.43793,27.569109&amp;amp;sspn=0.267602,0.416794&amp;amp;t=t&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;hnear=Lesotho&amp;amp;ll=-29.609988,28.233608&amp;amp;spn=70.943966,213.398438&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;panoid=L_MD08p2rO-2T9IxAHdtqg&amp;amp;cbll=-29.16499,28.482146&amp;amp;cbp=13,-316.7975821804584,,0,2.8987393257563383&amp;amp;output=svembed" width="425"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3c86-99b1-8030-1f7c5e9f988a" style="line-height: 1.15; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Other sights include the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ha+lestle,+lesotho&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-29.625148,27.508475&amp;amp;spn=0.001084,0.003549&amp;amp;sll=-29.007502,27.823091&amp;amp;sspn=0.038545,0.056777&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=19&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-29.625148,27.508476&amp;amp;panoid=dZnje8BIZUvFZ0g_yduEkg&amp;amp;cbp=11,236.36,,0,-1.16" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lesotho Evangelical Church&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, which is one of Africa's oldest Protestant churches, founded in 1833 by missionaries from Paris, and the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Nkesi,+Maseru,+Lesotho&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-29.657052,27.904368&amp;amp;spn=116.167039,220.429688&amp;amp;sll=-29.778682,28.894043&amp;amp;sspn=2.448166,3.633728&amp;amp;oq=nkesi&amp;amp;hnear=Nkesi,+Maseru,+Lesotho&amp;amp;t=v&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;panoid=CSc_obK5qNuU4U3ocAJm3Q&amp;amp;cbll=-29.657052,27.904368&amp;amp;cbp=13,-7.806422739549423,,0,13.497183463481093" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;traditional architecture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in Nkesi, Maseru.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3c86-99b1-8030-1f7c5e9f988a" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Now you also can take a virtual stroll through the historic center of Budapest, right along the Danube (the river that carves the city in two). See the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Rfq4F" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Hungarian Parliament building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; or the famous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chain+Bridge,+Budapest,+Ungarn&amp;amp;hl=de&amp;amp;ll=47.499414,19.045913&amp;amp;spn=0.001172,0.00283&amp;amp;sll=46.811339,8.920898&amp;amp;sspn=2.639226,5.817261&amp;amp;oq=chain+bridge+bu&amp;amp;hq=Chain+Bridge,+Budapest,+Ungarn&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=47.499415,19.045913&amp;amp;panoid=pClM3NeKd9-zVNSqpRqeEw&amp;amp;cbp=13,251.41,,0,-3.96&amp;amp;z=19" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chain bridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3ca0-073e-4488-66f23de0f600" style="text-align: start;"&gt;&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3ca5-67c6-4da9-88d56939fcfd" style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung'; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Budapest, Lánchíd (Chain bridge)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3ca0-073e-4488-66f23de0f600" style="text-align: start;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3ca3-7b83-8c8b-c81c7927a8f6" style="color: black; line-height: normal; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Other Hungarian treasures to be discovered include the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/hIZNU" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Széchenyi thermal bath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, the largest medicinal bath in Europe, as well as the wonders of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Budapest+antal+j%C3%B3zsef+rakpart,+Magyarorsz%C3%A1g&amp;amp;hl=hu&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=47.502613,19.035568&amp;amp;spn=0.002345,0.005659&amp;amp;sll=46.959713,18.154956&amp;amp;sspn=0.006473,0.007832&amp;amp;hnear=Budapest,+Id%C5%91sebb+Antall+J%C3%B3zsef+rakpart,+Magyarorsz%C3%A1g&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=47.502515,19.035699&amp;amp;panoid=-HsBAnHIPn1c51VCUb3atw&amp;amp;cbp=12,277.36,,0,-14.57&amp;amp;z=18" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Buda castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="docs-internal-guid--b07df03-3ca0-073e-4488-66f23de0f600" style="text-align: start;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We’re also refreshing and expanding existing Street View coverage in France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore and Thailand. And, we’ve added new special collections of a host of picturesque spots—using our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/help/maps/streetview/learn/cars-trikes-and-more.html#" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Street View Trike&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; technology -- that include Portugal’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&amp;amp;ll=38.787243,-9.390362&amp;amp;spn=0.000847,0.003363&amp;amp;gl=uk&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=38.787243,-9.390362&amp;amp;panoid=QExJj12aTJyvr5cxIbZ8Jw&amp;amp;cbp=12,352.25,,0,-5.58&amp;amp;z=19" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pena National Palace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, or the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/P0rpP" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sha Tin Che Kung Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in Hong Kong or the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kilkenny+Castle,+Kilkenny,+Ireland&amp;amp;hl=de&amp;amp;ll=52.650068,-7.24896&amp;amp;spn=0.016845,0.045276&amp;amp;sll=52.650801,-7.249432&amp;amp;sspn=0.004237,0.011319&amp;amp;hq=Kilkenny+Castle,+Kilkenny,+Ireland&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=15&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=52.650009,-7.248796&amp;amp;panoid=hqVLwv7etU_D62t4awwDeA&amp;amp;cbp=12,324,,0,3.33" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kilkenny Castle in Ireland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;From the first handful of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2007/05/introducing-street-view.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;U.S. cities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, to the now thousands of cities and villages worldwide, we’ve spent the past six years updating Google Maps for you. From&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/become-antarctic-explorer-with.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Antarctica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-au.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/updates-to-street-view-in-australia.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.tw/2012/01/take-tour-of-south-korea-using-street.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;South Korea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/more-of-south-africa-and-rest-of-world.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, from the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/explore-everest-kilimanjaro-and-more.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;snow-capped peaks of Everest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/dive-into-great-barrier-reef-with-first_25.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Great Barrier R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;eef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, you can navigate more than 5 million miles of the world, without ever leaving home. So spin the globe and take a walk through any one of the 50 countries now on Street View.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le Lesotho devient le 50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pays accessible sur Street View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Que vous soyez en train de rédiger un devoir sur le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/gallery/historic-italy/the-colosseum.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Colisée&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ou d'explorer les environs pour une prochaine excursion, Street View vous donne instantanément accès aux lieux que vous souhaitez voir -- avant même de mettre les pieds dehors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2007/05/introducing-street-view.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous avons lancé Street View en 2007 dans cinq villes américaines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour vous donner une expérience "comme si vous y étiez" et nous développons depuis ce programme pour le rendre plus complet, plus précis et plus utile à tout un chacun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, avec le lancement de Street View au Lesotho et en Hongrie, nous parvenons au chiffre de 50&amp;nbsp;pays, et nous étendons notre couverture en Pologne et en Roumanie, entre autres. C'est aussi la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/10/making-google-maps-more-comprehensive.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;mise à jour la plus importante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; des images Street View que nous ayons jamais effectuée, avec des images nouvelles ou actualisées de près de 570&amp;nbsp;000&amp;nbsp;km de routes dans 14 pays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le Lesotho, enclave au cœur de l'Afrique du Sud, est le seul État indépendant qui se situe intégralement à 1000&amp;nbsp;m ou plus au-dessus du niveau de la mer. Découvrez quelques-unes des images de montagne captées par nos véhicules Street View, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=leribe+lesotho&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-29.109407,28.467593&amp;amp;spn=116.47551,213.398438&amp;amp;hnear=Leribe+District,+Lesotho&amp;amp;gl=uk&amp;amp;t=v&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;panoid=q1hd7GtOvrZ5XBkdS9lahQ&amp;amp;cbll=-29.109407,28.467593&amp;amp;cbp=13,-98.31955764444903,,0,11.688339020668764" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;routes en lacet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.ch/maps?q=-29.336618,28.506676&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-29.336862,28.503028&amp;amp;spn=0.026263,0.045447&amp;amp;sll=-29.311025,27.50011&amp;amp;sspn=0.008195,0.024033&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-29.336862,28.503028&amp;amp;panoid=-hmqqjJobrunjU2fVORfLQ&amp;amp;cbp=12,30.53,,0,3.57&amp;amp;z=15" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lacs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; notamment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Parmi les autres vues, citons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ha+lestle,+lesotho&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-29.625148,27.508475&amp;amp;spn=0.001084,0.003549&amp;amp;sll=-29.007502,27.823091&amp;amp;sspn=0.038545,0.056777&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=19&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-29.625148,27.508476&amp;amp;panoid=dZnje8BIZUvFZ0g_yduEkg&amp;amp;cbp=11,236.36,,0,-1.16" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'Église Évangelique du Lesotho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, l'une des plus anciennes églises protestantes d'Afrique, fondée en 1833 par des missionnaires venus de Paris, et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Nkesi,+Maseru,+Lesotho&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-29.657052,27.904368&amp;amp;spn=116.167039,220.429688&amp;amp;sll=-29.778682,28.894043&amp;amp;sspn=2.448166,3.633728&amp;amp;oq=nkesi&amp;amp;hnear=Nkesi,+Maseru,+Lesotho&amp;amp;t=v&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;panoid=CSc_obK5qNuU4U3ocAJm3Q&amp;amp;cbll=-29.657052,27.904368&amp;amp;cbp=13,-7.806422739549423,,0,13.497183463481093" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'architecture traditionnelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; de Nkesi, près de Maseru.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Désormais, vous pouvez aussi vous offrir une promenade virtuelle dans le centre historique de Budapest, le long du Danube (le fleuve qui sépare la ville en deux). Admirez le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Rfq4F" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;bâtiment du Parlement hongrois&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ou le célèbre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chain+Bridge,+Budapest,+Ungarn&amp;amp;hl=de&amp;amp;ll=47.499414,19.045913&amp;amp;spn=0.001172,0.00283&amp;amp;sll=46.811339,8.920898&amp;amp;sspn=2.639226,5.817261&amp;amp;oq=chain+bridge+bu&amp;amp;hq=Chain+Bridge,+Budapest,+Ungarn&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=47.499415,19.045913&amp;amp;panoid=pClM3NeKd9-zVNSqpRqeEw&amp;amp;cbp=13,251.41,,0,-3.96&amp;amp;z=19" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pont des Chaînes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Parmi les autres trésors hongrois à découvrir, n'oubliez pas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/hIZNU" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Thermes Széchenyi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, le plus grand centre thermal d'Europe, ainsi que les merveilles du&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Budapest+antal+j%C3%B3zsef+rakpart,+Magyarorsz%C3%A1g&amp;amp;hl=hu&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=47.502613,19.035568&amp;amp;spn=0.002345,0.005659&amp;amp;sll=46.959713,18.154956&amp;amp;sspn=0.006473,0.007832&amp;amp;hnear=Budapest,+Id%C5%91sebb+Antall+J%C3%B3zsef+rakpart,+Magyarorsz%C3%A1g&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=47.502515,19.035699&amp;amp;panoid=-HsBAnHIPn1c51VCUb3atw&amp;amp;cbp=12,277.36,,0,-14.57&amp;amp;z=18" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;château de Buda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous procédons également à l'actualisation et l'extension de la couverture Street View en France, en Italie, en Pologne, en Roumanie, en Russie, à Singapour et en Thaïlande. Et nous avons ajouté des collections particulières de sites pittoresques à l'aide de notre technologie des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/help/maps/streetview/learn/cars-trikes-and-more.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;tricycles Street View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, collections qui comprennent le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&amp;amp;ll=38.787243,-9.390362&amp;amp;spn=0.000847,0.003363&amp;amp;gl=uk&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=38.787243,-9.390362&amp;amp;panoid=QExJj12aTJyvr5cxIbZ8Jw&amp;amp;cbp=12,352.25,,0,-5.58&amp;amp;z=19" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Palais national de Pena&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; au Portugal, le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/P0rpP" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;temple Sha Tin Che Kung&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à Hong Kong et le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kilkenny+Castle,+Kilkenny,+Ireland&amp;amp;hl=de&amp;amp;ll=52.650068,-7.24896&amp;amp;spn=0.016845,0.045276&amp;amp;sll=52.650801,-7.249432&amp;amp;sspn=0.004237,0.011319&amp;amp;hq=Kilkenny+Castle,+Kilkenny,+Ireland&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=15&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=52.650009,-7.248796&amp;amp;panoid=hqVLwv7etU_D62t4awwDeA&amp;amp;cbp=12,324,,0,3.33" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;château de Kilkenny en Irlande&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Depuis les premières vues de quelques&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2007/05/introducing-street-view.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;villes des États-Unis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, aux quelques milliers de villes et de villages couverts à travers le monde, nous avons passé les six dernières années à développer et actualiser Google Maps pour vous. De&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/become-antarctic-explorer-with.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'Antarctique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-au.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/updates-to-street-view-in-australia.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'Australie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, de la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.tw/2012/01/take-tour-of-south-korea-using-street.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Corée du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/more-of-south-africa-and-rest-of-world.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/explore-everest-kilimanjaro-and-more.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cimes enneigées de l'Everest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/dive-into-great-barrier-reef-with-first_25.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Grande barrière de corail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, vous pouvez parcourir plus de 8 millions de kilomètres sans bouger de chez vous. Alors évadez-vous aux quatre coins de la planète et promenez-vous dans l'un 50 pays désormais référencés sur Street View.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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A new report by &lt;a href="http://www.impactoftheinternet.com/"&gt;Dalberg Global Development Advisors&lt;/a&gt;, supported by Google Africa, is one of the first studies to examine the Internet’s impact on, and potential contribution to, social and economic development in several Sub-Saharan Africa countries.  It reveals how Internet-enabled services are affecting the public and private sectors in agriculture, health, finance, education, governance, energy &amp;amp; transport, and SME growth. The report also analyses the pre-conditions for impact, looking at both business and ICT infrastructure as well as factors that influence how and why users get online.  The findings are based on a survey of 1,300 organizations in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;One of the key findings of the report is that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are surprisingly optimistic about the Internet’s potential. More than 80 percent of SME owners expected that the Internet will help them grow their business. In addition, the report identifies big opportunities for cost savings as businesses shift to enterprise systems powered by the Internet.  For example, in Kenya the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nhif.or.ke/healthinsurance/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;National Health Insurance Fund&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; (NHIF) reduced its administrative costs from 60% to 32% by automating its claims processing, accessing real-time data and tracking payment processes.  In agriculture, access to online information is creating price transparency, improving supply chain management and providing climate and growth data which ultimately reduces costs and increases farmer incomes. For example, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.manobi.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Manobi’s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; time to market service estimates that it has increased gum producer incomes by 40-50% by creating price transparency across local and international markets. Another interesting development is the growing linkage between mobile money and commerce, with services like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pesapal.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pesapal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;, MTN mMoney and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pagatech.com/about-us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pagatech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; creating the infrastructure to generate Internet-based commerce. Meanwhile in healthcare, organizations are leveraging the Internet to reduce training costs for nurses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The primary challenge for policymakers is to align policy across three dimensions - ICT policy, sector policy and general policies for doing business - in order to create the right environment to capture the Internet’s potential.  Some governments in the countries featured have succeeded in creating the right market conditions.  However,  policymakers need to ensure ongoing investment in both core infrastructure and the  conditions that drive Internet usage, including access, awareness, and attractivenes. These are needed to foster thriving ecosystems that drive both economic and social gains.  Without such investments, policy makers risk missing out on the full benefits of the Internet.&lt;/div&gt;
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We hope that this report will help governments and policymakers across the region better understand how they can take advantage of the Internet to drive their economies, to remain competitive and to benefit their citizens.  You can learn more at &lt;a href="http://www.impactoftheinternet.com/"&gt;http://www.impactoftheinternet.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Au cours des dernières années, la pénétration d'Internet n'a cessé de s'étendre en Afrique sub-saharienne.  Alors que l'accès à Internet reste très inégal dans la plupart des pays, les décideurs comme le public ont pris conscience aujourd'hui que l'enjeu n'est pas seulement de donner un accès Internet aux Africains : c'est l'économie toute entière qui peut en tirer parti.  Par exemple, &lt;a href="http://www.internetmatters.co.za/"&gt;une étude menée en Afrique du Sud l'année dernière &lt;/a&gt; a montré que l'économie générée par Internet contribue à hauteur de 7,1 milliards $ / 59 milliards R (soit 2 %) du PIB de l'Afrique du Sud.&lt;/div&gt;
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De même, &lt;a href="http://www.impactoftheinternet.com/"&gt;Dalberg Global Development Advisors&lt;/a&gt; a conduit, avec le soutien de Google Afrique, l'une des premières études sur l'impact et la contribution potentielle d'Internet sur le développement économique et social de plusieurs pays d'Afrique sub-saharienne.  Ce rapport révèle le rôle des services Internet dans les secteurs public et privé de l'agriculture, de la santé, de la finance, de l'éducation, des gouvernements, de l'énergie et des transports et la croissance des PME. Le rapport tient également compte du contexte environnant, notamment les infrastructures en place en matière de technologies d'informations et de communication, le tissu économique ainsi que les facteurs qui déterminent le comportement et les motivations des utilisateurs.  Les résultats de ce rapport se basent sur une étude menée auprès de 1300 organismes du Ghana, du Kenya, du Nigeria et du Sénégal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;L'une des principales conclusions de ce rapport est que les Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (PME) sont étonnamment optimistes quant au potentiel d'Internet. Plus de 80 % des chefs de PME s'attendaient en effet à ce qu'Internet les aident à développer leur business. De plus, le rapport identifie le très grand potentiel d'économie de coûts que représente la transition des entreprises vers des systèmes basés sur Internet.  Ainsi au Kenya, le NHIF &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nhif.or.ke/healthinsurance/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;(National Health Insurance Fund)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; a réduit ses coûts administratifs de 60 % à 32 % grâce à l'automatisation du traitement des réclamations, l'accès à des données en temps réel et le suivi des paiements.  Dans le domaine de l'agriculture, la transparence sur les prix qu'apporte l'accès à des informations en ligne permet d'améliorer la gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement et de disposer d'informations sur la météo et la croissance qui au final permettront de réduire les coûts et d'améliorer le revenu des agriculteurs. Le service Time2Market de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.manobi.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Manobi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;, par exemple, aurait permis, selon Manobi, d'augmenter le revenu des producteurs de gomme de 40 à 50 % en instaurant une transparence des prix sur les marchés locaux et internationaux. Autre évolution intéressante : le lien de plus en plus serré entre le commerce et les paiements mobiles, avec des services tels que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pesapal.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pesapal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;, MTN mMoney et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pagatech.com/about-us" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pagatech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; qui apportent l'infrastructure nécessaire au commerce sur Internet. Les établissements de santé l'ont aussi compris : ils utilisent actuellement Internet pour réduire les coûts de formation des infirmières. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Le premier défi qui s'impose aux décideurs est de faire coïncider leurs actions à trois niveaux : les technologies de l'information et de la communication, les politiques sectorielles et les politiques générales en matière d'entreprises, afin de créer un environnement favorable à l'exploitation du potentiel d'Internet.  Certains gouvernements des pays représentés dans le rapport ont réussi à créer les bonnes conditions de marchés.  Quoi qu'il en soit, les décideurs doivent faire en sorte qu'un investissement continu soit apporté à l'infrastructure de base d'Internet et aux conditions nécessaires à son utilisation (accessibilité, connaissances et attractivité) . Ces conditions sont indispensables pour stimuler les écosystèmes en plein essor, qui généreront à leur tour des gains économiques et sociaux.  Sans ces investissements, les décideurs risquent de passer à côté du plein potentiel qu'Internet peut apporter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/1RDvlh4p0IM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/3849601704209030530?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/3849601704209030530?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/1RDvlh4p0IM/harnessing-internet-to-drive-socio.html" title="Harnessing the Internet to Drive Socio-Economic Development in Africa" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/04/harnessing-internet-to-drive-socio.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkUNRH46eCp7ImA9WhBWFko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-3854353942382210884</id><published>2013-04-11T14:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-04-11T14:04:55.010+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-11T14:04:55.010+03:00</app:edited><title>Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for Mobile now in 4 more African Countries</title><content type="html">&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9738987339660525" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Driving &amp;amp; Walking directions are useful for planning for that weekend get-away or finding directions to a new restaurant. But sometimes you miss a turning, or pull over to verify that you really are on the right road, even though you have the directions. So how cool would it be if &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;your phone could tell you when your turn-off was coming or what to do if you miss it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9738987339660525" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;That’s why we’ve worked to improve the comprehensiveness and usefulness of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Zk65j" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; through advanced features like voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation. From today, these handy features are now available in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9738987339660525" style="line-height: 1.2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;In addition to guiding you on your journey, you also have access to information about any of the thousands of cities, towns, roads, and points of interest that have been mapped by users in Google Map Maker. &amp;nbsp;In other words, whether you’re heading to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.sn/maps?q=stadium,+abidjan&amp;amp;hl=fr&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=5.332841,-4.013464&amp;amp;spn=0.013289,0.022724&amp;amp;sll=5.325918,-4.062023&amp;amp;sspn=0.053156,0.090895&amp;amp;hq=stadium,&amp;amp;hnear=Abidjan,+Lagunes,+C%C3%B4te+d'Ivoire&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;z=16&amp;amp;iwloc=A" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; for a football match or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com.gh/maps?q=cape+coast,+ghana&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=5.125995,-1.248322&amp;amp;spn=0.056251,0.090895&amp;amp;sll=7.955,-1.0318&amp;amp;sspn=7.154956,11.634521&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hnear=Cape+Coast,+Cape+Coast+Municipal,+Central&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;iwloc=A" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Cape Coast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; for a family holiday, Google Maps Navigation has you covered. Your phone will announce upcoming directions to you as you move along your route — in English or French.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;To get Google Maps with Navigation on your Android 2.2+ device, search for and download the newest release of 'Google Maps' in Google Play or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;install Google Maps from the Google Play store&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. If you use an iOS 5.1+ device, search for and download the newest release of 'Google Maps' in the App Store.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les itinéraires Voiture et Piéton sont très utiles pour organiser un weekend ou chercher l'itinéraire d'un nouveau restaurant. Malgré cela, il nous arrive pourtant de rater une rue ou de devoir s'arrêter pour vérifier que nous sommes sur la bonne route. Alors que diriez-vous si votre téléphone vous indiquait que la prochaine rue où il faut tourner approche ou ce que vous devez faire si vous la manquez&amp;nbsp;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;C'est pourquoi nous avons travaillé à améliorer l'exhaustivité et l'utilité de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Zk65j" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à travers des fonctionnalités avancées telles que la navigation détaillée par guidage vocal. Nous sommes très heureux d'annoncer aujourd'hui que ces fonctionnalités sont maintenant disponibles au Kenya, Ghana, Sénégal, ainsi qu'en Côte-d'Ivoire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps Navigation n'a rien à envier à un système de navigation GPS&amp;nbsp;: guidage vocal détaillé, calcul automatique de nouvel itinéraire, et bien plus. &amp;nbsp;Google Maps Navigation (Bêta) ne nécessite aucun téléchargement ou mises à jour, et est accessible à partir de tout Smartphone utilisant la technologie Android 2.2 ou iOS 5.1 dans ces pays (iOS 5.1 n'est pas disponible en Côte-d'Ivoire).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.08674027188681066" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;En plus de votre itinéraire, vous avez accès aux informations sur les milliers d'agglomérations, villes, routes et sites intéressants, ajoutées par les utilisateurs de Google Map Maker. En d'autres termes, que vous vous rendiez à un match de foot au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.sn/maps?q=stadium,+abidjan&amp;amp;hl=fr&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=5.332841,-4.013464&amp;amp;spn=0.013289,0.022724&amp;amp;sll=5.325918,-4.062023&amp;amp;sspn=0.053156,0.090895&amp;amp;hq=stadium,&amp;amp;hnear=Abidjan,+Lagunes,+C%C3%B4te+d'Ivoire&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;z=16&amp;amp;iwloc=A" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ou à une réunion de famille à &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com.gh/maps?q=cape+coast,+ghana&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=5.125995,-1.248322&amp;amp;spn=0.056251,0.090895&amp;amp;sll=7.955,-1.0318&amp;amp;sspn=7.154956,11.634521&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hnear=Cape+Coast,+Cape+Coast+Municipal,+Central&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;iwloc=A" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Cape Coast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, Google Maps Navigation est là pour vous. Votre téléphone vous guidera en temps réel, en anglais ou en français.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pour disposer de la navigation avec Google Maps sur votre appareil Android 2.2+, cherchez et téléchargez la nouvelle version de Google Maps sur Google Play, ou&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; installez Google Maps depuis le site Android Market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par Jacqueline Rajuai, Geo Program Manager &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/GvQO8I-zr88" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/3854353942382210884?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/3854353942382210884?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/GvQO8I-zr88/google-maps-navigation-beta-for-mobile.html" title="Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for Mobile now in 4 more African Countries" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dm0PWo7G28E/UWZ__HhcpMI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/Uqb1CLxxT-w/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2013-04-11+at+10.18.29+AM.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/04/google-maps-navigation-beta-for-mobile.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0cERn89cSp7ImA9WhBWFUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-472500424798128109</id><published>2013-04-09T16:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-04-09T16:43:27.169+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-09T16:43:27.169+03:00</app:edited><title>Helping journalists stay secure </title><content type="html">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.59375px;"&gt;(Cross-posted from the Google&amp;nbsp;Policy Europe&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.be/2013/04/helping-journalists-stay-secure-in.html"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.59375px;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.02976457285694778"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Journalists around the world face security risks. Journalists in the war-ravaged country of Somalia face particular danger. &amp;nbsp;According to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Committee to Protect Journalists&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (CPJ), last year was the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/killed/africa/somalia/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;deadliest year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; on record for a country with a long history of press killings: &amp;nbsp;12 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/2013/02/attacks-on-the-press-killed-in-2012.php" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;journalists were killed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in the line duty. The threat of violence has driven more journalists from Somalia into exile than from any other country in the past year. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.02976457285694778"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;In a bid to help improve Somali journalists’ personal safety, Google has supported the CPJ to translate its &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/reports/2012/04/journalist-security-guide.php" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Journalist Security Guide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; into &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/reports/cpj_security_guide-somali.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Somali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.02976457285694778"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;While the guide is designed for a global audience, &amp;nbsp;a veteran Somali journalist reviewed the material for local relevance. It is our hope that many Somali journalists will find it useful in their day-to-day work. The entire Somali guide can be read, printed, and downloaded &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/reports/cpj_security_guide-somali.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. &amp;nbsp;CPJ will also organize for tutorial sessions on the content in partnership with Somali journalist associations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.02976457285694778"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Just last week, the CPJ reported that two gunmen waited near the home of a young Somali journalist, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/2013/03/visiting-somali-journalist-shot-dead-in-mogadishu.php" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Rahmo Abdulkadir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. The 25-year-old Rahmo had just left an Internet café in Mogadishu around 9:30 p.m. on March 24 with a friend when she was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/gunmen-kill-female-journalist-somalia-18804832#.UVBcg1s8ohM" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;shot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and killed. Her companion was not harmed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Posted by Ory Okolloh, Google Policy and Government Relations Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Comment assurer la sécurité des journalistes en Somalie&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.25678685307502747"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Partout dans le monde, les journalistes doivent faire face à des risques pour leur sécurité Les journalistes en poste en Somalie, pays actuellement ravagé par la guerre, sont particulièrement exposés. Selon le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/"&gt;Committee to Protect Journalists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, l’année 2012 a été la plus &lt;a href="http://cpj.org/killed/africa/somalia/"&gt;meurtrière&lt;/a&gt; dans ce pays qui détient depuis de nombreuses années un triste record dans ce domaine&amp;nbsp;avec&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://cpj.org/2013/02/attacks-on-the-press-killed-in-2012.php"&gt;12 journalistes tués&lt;/a&gt; dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. L’an passé, la menace liée à la violence qui s’exerce dans ce pays a conduit à l'exil un grand nombre de journalistes, plus que dans n’importe quel autre pays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.25678685307502747"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Afin de contribuer à améliorer la sécurité personnelle des journalistes somaliens, Google a apporté son soutien le projet initié par le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comité&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; visant à traduire en &lt;a href="http://cpj.org/reports/cpj_security_guide-somali.pdf"&gt;Somali&lt;/a&gt; le &lt;a href="http://cpj.org/reports/2012/04/journalist-security-guide.php"&gt;Guide de sécurité à l’intention des journalistes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.25678685307502747"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ce guide, qui s’adresse à un large public, a été cependant revu par un journaliste somalien chevronné afin de l’adapter au contexte local. Nous espérons qu'il sera utile à de nombreux journalistes somaliens, dans l’exercice de leur métier au quotidien. Vous pouvez consulter, imprimer et télécharger l’intégralité du guide traduit en Somali &lt;a href="http://cpj.org/reports/cpj_security_guide-somali.pdf"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;. Le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comité &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;prévoit également d’organiser des sessions de formation au contenu de ce guide en partenariat avec des associations somaliennes de journalistes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.25678685307502747"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La semaine dernière encore, le Comité a rapporté que deux hommes armés avaient été vus non loin du domicile de &lt;a href="http://cpj.org/2013/03/visiting-somali-journalist-shot-dead-in-mogadishu.php"&gt;Rahmo Abdulkadir&lt;/a&gt;, une jeune journaliste somalienne. La jeune femme âgée de 25 ans venait de quitter un cyber-café de Mogadishu vers 21h30 le 24 mars en compagnie d’un ami, lorsqu’elle a été &lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/gunmen-kill-female-journalist-somalia-18804832#.UVBcg1s8ohM"&gt;tuée&lt;/a&gt; par balle. Son compagnon n’a pas été blessé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.25678685307502747"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Espérons que nous pourrons mettre fin à cette folie meurtrière. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Most of us have a bucket list of the places we want to visit in our lifetime. If you’re like me, the list is pretty long—to be honest I’d be lucky to get to all of mine. Google Maps has a bucket list too, and today we’re checking off a couple of our favorites so we can make our map more comprehensive and share it with you. And if tall mountains are your thing, you’re in luck.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Now you can explore some of the most famous mountains on Earth, including Aconcagua (South America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe) and Everest Base Camp (Asia) on Google Maps. These mountains belong to the group of peaks known as the Seven Summits—the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. While there’s nothing quite like standing on the mountain, with Google Maps you can instantly transport yourself to the top of these peaks and enjoy the sights without all of the avalanches, rock slides, crevasses, and dangers from altitude and weather that mountaineers face.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"&gt;Start your adventure on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, the dormant volcano known as the Roof of Africa. See amazing views of the highest freestanding mountain in the world covered in snow just three degrees south of the equator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Next, travel to the tallest mountain in Europe, Russia’s Mount Elbrus, and see huts made from Soviet-era fuel barrels. Climbers have to take refuge in the huts built on the mountain when the weather turns wretched.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Get imagery of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps?ll=43.355141,42.439156&amp;amp;spn=0.256624,0.528374&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbp=12,166.11,,0,11.35&amp;amp;panoid=A5oCY2VD27HtxwTgBfI7Jw&amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;z=12&amp;amp;cbll=43.354961,42.439195" style="color: #7759ae; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Mt. Elbrus&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and all of the other mountains on Google Maps on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/4oENi" style="color: #7759ae; text-decoration: none;"&gt;your iPhone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/mSx90" style="color: #7759ae; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Android device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"&gt;This imagery was collected with a simple lightweight tripod and digital camera with a fisheye lens—equipment typically used for our&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/businessphotos/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Business Photos program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"&gt;. See the slideshow below and our&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Lat Long Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a behind-the-scenes look at the regular Googlers that actually climbed these mountains to capture this stunning photography.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style="line-height: 1.5;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9284455934539437" style="line-height: 1.5;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous avons presque tous une liste des endroits que nous aimerions découvrir au cours de notre vie. Si vous êtes comme moi, cette liste est plutôt longue - pour être honnête, j'aurais du mal à aller au bout de la mienne&amp;nbsp;! Google Maps a aussi sa liste, et aujourd'hui, nous allons nous pencher sur deux de nos lieux favoris, pour compléter nos cartes et les partager avec vous. Si les hauts sommets vous passionnent, vous avez de la chance. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9284455934539437" style="line-height: 1.5;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vous pouvez à présent explorer quelques-uns des plus célèbres sommets de la Terre, dont l'Aconcagua (Amérique du Sud), le Kilimanjaro (Afrique), l'Elbrouz (Europe) et l'Everest (Asie), sur Google Maps. Ces monts font partie des pics appelés les Sept sommets — les montagnes les plus élevées de chacun des sept continents. Bien que rien ne remplace la satisfaction d'arriver au sommet d'une montagne, avec Google Maps, vous pouvez vous transporter instantanément sur ces cimes et apprécier les paysages, sans risque d'avalanche, de chutes de rochers, de crevasses et autres dangers de la haute montagne, sans parler de la météo que doivent affronter les alpinistes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9284455934539437"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Démarrez l'aventure sur le Kilimanjaro en Tanzanie, le volcan éteint surnommé le Toit de l'Afrique. Admirez les paysages étonnants de la montagne isolée la plus élevée au monde, couverts de neige à seulement trois degrés Sud de l'équateur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9284455934539437"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;À 5891,80 mètres d'altitude, le pic Uhuru est le point culminant du Kilimanjaro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9284455934539437"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Promenez-vous ensuite sur le plus haut sommet d'Europe, l'Elbrouz en Russie, et découvrez les cabanes fabriqués avec des barils de pétrole de l'ère soviétique. Les alpinistes y trouvent refuge lorsque la météo l'impose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9284455934539437"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Explorez l'imposant Aconcagua (Argentine), le plus haut sommet des deux Amériques. Découvrez comment est installé un camp de base au milieu des rochers exposés à Plaza Argentina et comment les expéditions se nourrissent, campent et préparent leur ascension.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pour terminer, rendez-vous au camp de base de l'Everest, où les expéditions se préparent à escalader le toit du monde. Tout au long de l'ascension, admirez les pics enneigés de l'Himalaya et le magnifique glacier Khumbu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://www.google.com/maps?layer=c&amp;amp;cbp=12,92.93,,0,2.78&amp;amp;panoid=UdU6omw_CrN8sm7NWUnpcw&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;cbll=28.007168,86.86105&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=27.933754,86.943054&amp;amp;spn=0.828666,1.958313&amp;amp;z=10&amp;amp;source=embed" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Agrandir la carte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La route vers le camp de base de l'Everest est l'une des plus fréquentée par les adeptes du trekking dans l'Himalaya&amp;nbsp;; des milliers de marcheurs y affluent chaque année&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ces images ont été réalisées avec un simple trépied léger et un appareil numérique avec un objectif "fisheye" —l'équipement que nous utilisons généralement pour notre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/businessphotos/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;programme Visite virtuelle pour les Pros&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Visionnez le diaporama ci-après et consultez notre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;blog Lat Long&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour découvrir les coulisses de l'exploit&amp;nbsp;: les Googlers régiliers qui ont réellement fait l'ascension de ces montagnes pour prendre ces étonnantes photos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Si vous planifiez d'aller en montage pour votre prochaine grande aventure ou que vous avez juste envie de l'explorer au chaud dans le confort de votre maison, nous espérons que vous apprécierez ces vues du toit du monde. Pour découvrir d'autres de nos photos préférées, rendez-vous sur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery/the-worlds-highest-peaks/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Street View Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Nous accueillerons également un &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMaps" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Hangout on Air&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; aujourd'hui à 10 heures (heure du Pacifique) où nous partagerons les histoires de nos expéditions et répondrons aux questions sur cette collection particulière. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par Dan Fredinburg, aventurier Google, de la part de toute l'équipe de l'expédition &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/n9Frqr3YnQs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/1319265655771645315?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/1319265655771645315?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/n9Frqr3YnQs/explore-kilimanjaro-everest-and-more.html" title="Explore Kilimanjaro, Everest and more with Google Maps" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uKCjAVbo5Rk/UV07a1lalnI/AAAAAAAAANw/IeWYtpO_LNE/s72-c/Elbrus.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/04/explore-kilimanjaro-everest-and-more.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUENQn88eSp7ImA9WhBXE0o.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-3336145940814647916</id><published>2013-03-27T11:38:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-03-27T11:41:33.171+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-03-27T11:41:33.171+03:00</app:edited><title>Africa Maps gets better </title><content type="html">&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.8840894207824022"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The quest to create comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use Google Maps in Africa started about 4 years ago. From basic maps of major roads to detailed maps in many African countries, cities and towns, these maps have since evolved to include &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-maps-domains-in-29-african.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;local domains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/07/google-maps-for-africa-gets-better_09.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;driving and walking directions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/06/get-traffic-conditions-in-7-new.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;traffic information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, Street View imagery in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/9BmGS" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;South Africa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/YTQWq" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Botswana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/#promo-1" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;turn by turn GPS navigation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in South Africa, Algeria and Tunisia. By sourcing information from local businesses, governments, partner providers and of course, our volunteer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mapmaker.google.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Map Maker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; community, our road coverage has increased from 20% in 2008 to 75% in 2012, and the the number of towns and villages mapped has grown by 1000 percent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.8840894207824022"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We’ve also been hard at work with various companies in Nigeria, and now we’re pleased to announce more than 12,000 additional locations such as bank branches, ATMs, POS outlets, eateries, telcos service centres and petrol stations becoming available on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com.ng/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps for Mobile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Without needing to know the specific street name and number, you can easily get addresses and directions by searching for any of the following companies or services on Google Maps:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.8840894207824022"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;banks including &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=access+bank+&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=8.309341,7.108154&amp;amp;spn=6.540861,9.876709&amp;amp;sll=9.081999,8.675277&amp;amp;sspn=13.034291,19.753418&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;fll=7.819847,6.536865&amp;amp;fspn=6.548766,9.876709&amp;amp;z=7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Access Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=diamond+bank&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sll=8.309341,7.108154&amp;amp;sspn=6.540861,9.876709&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=diamond+bank&amp;amp;z=7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Diamond Bank,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=diamond+bank&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sll=8.309341,7.108154&amp;amp;sspn=6.540861,9.876709&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=diamond+bank&amp;amp;z=7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ecobank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/2r93x" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Enterprise Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/mtsvk" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Fidelity Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/RzcUG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;First Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/F8y7U" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;GTBank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/8hqlz" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Keystone Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/xqwSW" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mainstreet Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/0xLHG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Skye Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/6IlW7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sterling Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=United+bank+for+Africa&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=6.730076,3.696899&amp;amp;spn=1.641994,2.469177&amp;amp;sll=7.318882,4.240723&amp;amp;sspn=6.556363,9.876709&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=United+bank+for+Africa&amp;amp;z=9&amp;amp;iwloc=17042309476454629730" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;UBA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=union+bank&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=6.730076,3.696899&amp;amp;spn=3.283655,4.938354&amp;amp;sll=6.730076,3.696899&amp;amp;sspn=3.283655,4.938354&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=union+bank&amp;amp;z=8" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Union Bank &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Xqqdw" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Wema Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;filling stations including &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/pyQBE" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Forte Oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; , &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/CjUeX" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Oando&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/4oO4Y" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Total&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;eateries including &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/1BUqn" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chicken Republic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Oz5vd" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mr Biggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/KCEAp" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Tantalizers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;telcos services centres including &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/GxTRr" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Etisalat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/96lkV" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Starcomms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/NGAWx" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Globacomm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/1kJ4F" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;Visafone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Cela fait maintenant quatre ans que nous nous employons à vous proposer dans Google Maps des cartes de l'Afrique qui soient à la fois précises, complètes et faciles à utiliser. S'il ne s'agissait au départ que de cartes basiques des principales routes, elles ont ensuite évolué pour devenir des cartes détaillées de nombreux pays, villes et villages africains. Elles comprennent désormais des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-maps-domains-in-29-african.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;domaines locaux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/07/google-maps-for-africa-gets-better_09.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;itinéraires en voiture et à pied&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/06/get-traffic-conditions-in-7-new.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;informations sur les conditions de circulation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, des images Street View de l'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/9BmGS" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et du&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/YTQWq" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Botswana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, ainsi que des fonctionnalités de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/#promo-1" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;navigation GPS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; disponibles en Afrique du Sud, en Algérie et en Tunisie. Grâce aux informations provenant de différentes sources, telles que les entreprises, les administrations et nos partenaires locaux, sans oublier bien sûr la communauté de bénévoles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mapmaker.google.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Map Maker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, les routes cartographiées, qui représentaient 20 % en 2008, ont atteint 75 % en 2012. En outre, le nombre de villes et de villages répertoriés sur nos cartes a augmenté de 1 000 pour cent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous avons également travaillé en étroite collaboration avec de nombreuses entreprises du Nigéria pour vous proposer plus de 12 000 lieux supplémentaires qui ont été ajoutés à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com.ng/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Maps pour mobile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Il s'agit notamment d'agences bancaires, de distributeurs automatiques, de points de vente, de restaurants, de boutiques d'opérateurs de télécommunications et de stations-service. Recherchez les entreprises et les fournisseurs de service suivants sur Google Maps pour savoir comment vous y rendre ou obtenir facilement leur adresse exacte, même si vous ne connaissez pas le nom de la rue ou le numéro :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;●&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;banques telles qu'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=access+bank+&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=8.309341,7.108154&amp;amp;spn=6.540861,9.876709&amp;amp;sll=9.081999,8.675277&amp;amp;sspn=13.034291,19.753418&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;fll=7.819847,6.536865&amp;amp;fspn=6.548766,9.876709&amp;amp;z=7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Access Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=diamond+bank&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;sll=8.309341,7.108154&amp;amp;sspn=6.540861,9.876709&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=diamond+bank&amp;amp;z=7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Diamond Bank,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ecobank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/2r93x" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Enterprise Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/mtsvk" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Fidelity Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/RzcUG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;First Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/F8y7U" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;GTBank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/8hqlz" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Keystone Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/xqwSW" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mainstreet Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/0xLHG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Skye Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/6IlW7" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sterling Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=United+bank+for+Africa&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=6.730076,3.696899&amp;amp;spn=1.641994,2.469177&amp;amp;sll=7.318882,4.240723&amp;amp;sspn=6.556363,9.876709&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=United+bank+for+Africa&amp;amp;z=9&amp;amp;iwloc=17042309476454629730" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;UBA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=union+bank&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=6.730076,3.696899&amp;amp;spn=3.283655,4.938354&amp;amp;sll=6.730076,3.696899&amp;amp;sspn=3.283655,4.938354&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;hq=union+bank&amp;amp;z=8" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Union Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Xqqdw" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Wema Bank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;●&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;stations-service telles que&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/pyQBE" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Forte Oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/CjUeX" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Oando&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/4oO4Y" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Total&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;●&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;restaurants tels que&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/1BUqn" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chicken Republic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Oz5vd" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mr Biggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/KCEAp" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Tantalizers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;●&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;boutiques d'opérateurs de télécommunications tels qu'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/GxTRr" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Etisalat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/96lkV" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Starcomms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/NGAWx" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Globacomm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/1kJ4F" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt; Visafone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ces nouveaux points d'intérêt viennent s'ajouter aux lieux déjà disponibles sur les cartes de l'Afrique dans Google Maps, et qui comprennent plus de 40 000 écoles au Nigéria, plus de 34 000 écoles au Kenya (cartographiées grâce au&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ict.go.ke/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Conseil ICT Kenya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;) et 8 000 autres lieux, tels que des hôpitaux, des centres commerciaux, des boutiques et des églises, tous répertoriés avec l'aide du&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ubos.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bureau ougandais de la statistique (UBOS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Nous invitons les autres entreprises et les autres administrations qui possèdent des données de qualité à collaborer avec nous dans le cadre du&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/basemap/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;programme de partenariat pour notre carte de base&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/maps/hsDm3" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous avons également observé qu'une&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mapyourworldcommunity/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;communauté croissante de cartographes passionnés&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; accompagne le lancement de Google Map Maker dans chaque pays du continent. Elle rassemble plus de 100 000 contributeurs individuels qui ont apporté ensemble plus de 2 millions de modifications aux cartes de l'Afrique dans Google Maps. Nous pouvons nous féliciter de nombreux événements qui ont été une véritable réussite : le ministère de l'Éducation du Gauteng et les ateliers de Gauteng Online ont uni leurs efforts pour cartographier les communautés locales. L'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;v=230SAIW9dzE" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;événement MapUp en faveur du tourisme au Rwanda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; s'est concentré sur le secteur de la restauration et de l'hôtellerie. Des événements relatifs à la cartographie ont été organisés pour les femmes en Ouganda et au Ghana. Des événements MapUp ont également eu lieu dans la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ct2omi1k07uskp8sqc5mkqu7b1k" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;province nord-orientale du Kenya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, ainsi qu'en&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mapupcotedivoire/home" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Côte d’Ivoire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. D'autres événements ont été organisés au Nigéria par les membres du&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nysc.gov.ng/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Service national de la jeunesse (NYSC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; en collaboration avec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.egreenng.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;EGreen Web Services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Des campus universitaires de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/10/students-in-africa-put-their.html" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;toute l'Afrique ont pris vie sur nos cartes grâce aux efforts des étudiants ambassadeurs de Google&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Si nous pouvons aujourd'hui bénéficier de cartes de l'Afrique d'une telle qualité, c'est grâce à cette communauté de cartographes passionnés et bénévoles, ajoutant sur Google Maps les lieux qui leur sont familiers et qui leur sont chers. Nous voulons les remercier de nous offrir des cartes de l'Afrique plus complètes et plus précises que jamais sur Google Maps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;White spaces are unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum. They offer the potential to improve Internet connectivity where they are most needed - in the developing world. Today we’re announcing the launch of a trial with ten schools in the Cape Town area, which will receive wireless broadband over a white space network. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;White space has the advantage that low frequency signals can travel longer distances. The technology is well suited to provide low cost connectivity to rural communities with poor telecommunications infrastructure, and for expanding coverage of wireless broadband in densely populated urban areas.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Google supported its first white space &lt;a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/announcing-new-white-spaces-trial-in.html"&gt;trial&lt;/a&gt; in the US in 2010, and Google.org recently launched its &lt;a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/identifying-available-spectrum.html"&gt;spectrum database&lt;/a&gt; for 45 day public comment period with the FCC. In October 2011, we hosted a &lt;a href="http://www.openspectrum.org.za/tvwss-africa-workshop/"&gt;workshop&lt;/a&gt; in Johannesburg, along with partners, at which the &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icasa.org.za%2F&amp;amp;sa=D&amp;amp;sntz=1&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF7juwa5yElgK9H5AkhU70WFTmjiQ"&gt;Independent Communications Authority of South Africa&lt;/a&gt; (ICASA) lent support for an industry-led white spaces trial in South Africa. We then worked together with the &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csir.co.za%2Fmeraka%2F&amp;amp;sa=D&amp;amp;sntz=1&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFczOYqhI_nLVnK9QsVH33bu0uECw"&gt;CSIR Meraka Institute&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.tenet.ac.za/about-us/the-cape-town-tv-white-spaces-trial"&gt;Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.esn.org.za/"&gt;e-Schools Network&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href="http://www.wapa.org.za/"&gt;Wireless Access Providers’ Association&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.comsol.co.za/"&gt;Comsol Wireless Solutions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.carlsonwireless.com/"&gt;Carlson Wireless&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.neul.com/"&gt;Neul&lt;/a&gt; to take up the challenge.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The service will be broadcast from three base stations located at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Tygerberg, Cape Town. Ten schools in the Cape Town area will receive wireless broadband to test the technology. During the trial, we will attempt to show that broadband can be offered over white spaces without interfering with licensed spectrum holders. To prevent interference with other channels, the network uses Google’s spectrum &lt;a href="http://www.google.org/spectrum/whitespace/"&gt;database&lt;/a&gt; to determine white space availability. To confirm results, the CSIR Meraka Institute will take spectrum measurements and frequently report back to ICASA and the local broadcasters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;White Space technology is gaining momentum around the world. In the US, it is already available for licensed exempt uses. In the UK, regulator Ofcom is working on a model regulatory framework based on a licence-exempt or ‘managed access’ use of television white spaces spectrum. We hope the results of the trial will drive similar regulatory developments in South Africa and other African countries. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To read more about the trial background, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.tenet.ac.za/about-us/the-cape-town-tv-white-spaces-trial"&gt;TENET&lt;/a&gt;’s website. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Posted by Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, Public Policy Manager, Google South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Annonce d'une nouvelle expérimentation sur les espaces télévisuels blancs en Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les espaces télévisuels blancs sont des canaux inutilisés dans le spectre des fréquences de diffusion de la télévision. Ils offrent des opportunités d'améliorer l'accès à Internet là où cela est le plus nécessaire - dans le monde en voie de développement. Nous annonçons aujourd'hui le lancement d'une expérimentation auprès de dix écoles de la région du Cap, qui seront dotées d'une connexion sans fil via un réseau d'espaces blancs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;L'avantage d'un espace blanc est que les signaux basse fréquence peuvent parcourir des distances plus importantes. La technologie est bien adaptée pour fournir des connexions à faible coût aux communautés rurales dont les infrastructures de télécommunications sont très réduites et pour étendre la couverture sans fil dans les zones urbaines fortement peuplées. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google a effectué sa première &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/09/announcing-new-white-spaces-trial-in.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;expérimentation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; d'espace blanc en 2010 aux États-Unis, et Google.org a lancé récemment une &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2013/03/identifying-available-spectrum.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;base de données du spectre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour une période d'essai de 45&amp;nbsp;jours avec le FCC. En octobre 2011, nous avons organisé un &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.openspectrum.org.za/tvwss-africa-workshop/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;atelier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à Johannesbourg, avec des partenaires, au cours duquel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.icasa.org.za/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'ICASA (autorité indépendante de régulation des communications d'Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; a prêté son concours à une expérimentation d'espaces blancs pilotée par l'industrie en Afrique du Sud. Nous avons ensuite travaillé avec &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.csir.co.za/meraka/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'Institut Meraka du CSIR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tenet.ac.za/about-us/the-cape-town-tv-white-spaces-trial"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;réseau TENET (Tertiary Education and Research Network) d'Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.esn.org.za/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;réseau e-Schools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wapa.org.za/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'ISPA (association des fournisseurs d'accès à Internet sans fil)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comsol.co.za/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comsol Wireless Solutions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carlsonwireless.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Carlson Wireless&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.neul.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Neul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour relever le défi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le service sera diffusé à partir de trois stations de base situées à la faculté de médecine et de santé de l'Université Stellenbosch de Tygerberg, au Cap. Dix écoles de la région du Cap recevront le réseau sans fil pour tester la technologie. Au cours de l'expérimentation, nous essaierons de montrer que le haut débit peut être proposé via les espaces blancs sans interférer avec les détenteurs de licence du spectre. Pour prévenir toute interférence avec les autres canaux, le réseau utilise la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.org/spectrum/whitespace/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;base de données&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; du spectre Google pour déterminer la disponibilité des espaces blancs. Pour confirmer les résultats, l'Institut Meraka du CSIR effectuera des mesures du spectre et les transmettra fréquemment à l'ICASA et aux diffuseurs locaux. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La technologie des espaces blancs gagne du terrain dans le monde entier. Aux États-Unis, elle est d'ores et déjà disponible pour les usages exemptés de licence. Au Royaume Uni, l'instance de régulation Ofcom travaille sur un cadre réglementaire type basé sur un usage exempté de licence ou à "accès contrôlé" du spectre des espaces télévisuels blancs. Nous espérons que les résultats de l'expérimentation inciteront à des évolutions réglementaires similaires en Afrique du Sud comme dans d'autres pays africains. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pour en savoir plus sur le contexte de l'expérimentation, consultez le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tenet.ac.za/about-us/the-cape-town-tv-white-spaces-trial"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;site TENET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Publié par Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, Public Policy Manager, Google Afrique du Sud&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.553991946624592" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;It’s that time of the year again, when we select students from universities across Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) to be part the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/programs/emea/ambassador/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Student Ambassador program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. The second year of the program saw tremendous growth as it expanded from 6 to 12 countries, and grew from 28 to 97 universities with 160 Ambassadors within 1 year. The program also held its first &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tOH05ceSuU"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;training summit in Nairobi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.553991946624592"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt; GSA training peers during Google awareness day. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;              Students mapping during Africa-MapUp week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.553991946624592"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.553991946624592"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Student Ambassadors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (GSAs) are student leaders on campus whose mission is to use technology to make a difference, not only in their universities, but also in their communities more widely. Ambassadors have helped improve their universities’ online presence by mapping over 60 African university campuses including the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ug.edu.gh/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;University of Ghana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;and Nigeria’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oauife.edu.ng/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Obafemi Awolowo University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.553991946624592"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;GSAs are improving collaboration and communication among students and faculty by conducting trainings on tools such as&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Google Apps for Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/learnmore/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google+ for Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/education"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;YouTube for School&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. They have also helped students and faculty to take advantage of Google initiatives for academia like the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/onlinechallenge/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Online Marketing Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Google scholarships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.553991946624592" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;With the skills picked up during their tenure, a number &amp;nbsp;of GSAs have even gone on to start their own businesses. An example is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webcoupers.com/about/team/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Webcoupers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, a Nigerian digital marketing company that was started by Oluseyi Oladipo (GSA) and Adepoju Abiodun (GSA Alumni).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vous voulez devenir un étudiant ambassadeur de Google ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6045072374399751"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comme chaque année, voici venu le moment où nous sélectionnons, à travers les universités d'Afrique sub-saharienne (ASS), les étudiants qui participeront au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/programs/emea/ambassador/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Programme Étudiant Ambassadeur de Google&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. La deuxième édition du programme a connu une très forte croissance, s'étendant de 6 à 12&amp;nbsp;pays, et de 28 à 97&amp;nbsp;universités, avec 160&amp;nbsp;ambassadeurs en un an. Le programme a organisé son premier &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tOH05ceSuU"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sommet de formation à Nairobi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6045072374399751"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les étudiants ambassadeurs Google &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(GSA) sont des leaders étudiants sur les campus, qui ont pour mission d'utiliser la technologie pour faire la différence, non seulement dans leur université, mais aussi dans leur communauté. Les ambassadeurs ont aidé à améliorer la présence en ligne de leur université en cartographiant plus de 60&amp;nbsp;campus d'universités africaines, parmi lesquelles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ug.edu.gh/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'université du Ghana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oauife.edu.ng/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'université Obafemi Awolowo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;au Nigeria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6045072374399751"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les étudiants ambassadeurs améliorent la collaboration et la communication entre les étudiants et les facultés en effectuant des formations sur des outils, tels que les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Apps pour l'Éducation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/learnmore/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google + pour l'Éducation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/education"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;YouTube for School&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Ils ont également aidé les étudiants et les facultés à profiter des initiatives Google, telles que le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/onlinechallenge/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Online Marketing Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ainsi que les&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/proscho/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; bourses Google&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6045072374399751"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Grâce aux compétences acquises lors de leur titularisation, un certain nombre d'étudiants ambassadeurs ont même monté leur propre entreprise. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webcoupers.com/about/team/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Webcoupers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;une entreprise de marketing numérique nigériane créée par Oluseyi Oladipo (étudiant ambassadeur) et Adepoju Abiodun (ancien étudiant ambassadeur), en est un très bon exemple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6045072374399751"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Si ces exemples vous inspirent, nous vous invitons à rejoindre le programme de 2013. &amp;nbsp;Les étudiants éligibles, de tous horizons, doivent remplir le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goo.gl/rTWA2"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;formulaire d'inscription&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; avant le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;avril&amp;nbsp;2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Pour en savoir plus sur le Programme Étudiant Ambassadeur de Google et sur les autres opportunités en Afrique sub-saharienne, consultez le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/africa/universityprograms/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;site des programmes universitaires&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.7033835926558822"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;One in three Internet users suffers from restricted access to the web due to government censorship, filtering or online surveillance, according to the free expression advocacy group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.rsf.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Reporters Without Borders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Around the world, bloggers and cyber-dissidents are jailed for expressing their views. Reporters Without Borders makes sure their struggles are not forgotten.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We believe in a free and open Internet where everyone can express their opinions and learn from others. For this reason, for the past several years we’ve partnered with Reporters Without Borders to organize their annual Netizen of the Year Award, which honors an Internet user, blogger or cyber-dissident who has made a notable contribution in defense of online freedom of expression. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;This year for the first time, Reporters Without Borders is asking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to help decide who will win the award. Nine “netizens”—from Mali, Senegal, Bulgaria, Egypt, Honduras, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Vietnam—have been nominated for consideration. Watch the videos showing their stories and then vote at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/netizen2013"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;youtube.com/netizen2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;a href="#french209"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Soutenez la liberté d'expression sur Internet, votez pour le Netizen de l'année 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Alors que plus de 2 milliards de personnes bénéficient d'un accès Internet dans le monde, un tiers d'entre eux souffrent d'un accès limité en raison de la censure du gouvernement, de filtrage et de surveillance. Google croit à un Internet libre et ouvert, où chacun peut exprimer son point de vue et apprendre de celui des autres. &amp;nbsp;De plus en plus de citoyens-journalistes, blogueurs et cyber-dissidents à travers le monde sont en prison simplement pour avoir exprimé leurs opinions en ligne. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://inscription.rsf.org/adserver/api/lp/12531-3604/Qui+Sommes-Nous.html?_kk=d419a6a7-bb8b-4536-bbbf-7d84975ebb67&amp;amp;_kt=24250084674" style="background-color: #fafafa; display: inline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Reporters sans Frontières&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; prend leur défense au quotidien.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7629305969458073" style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous soutenons leurs efforts en co-organisant avec Reporters Sans Frontières le prix du Net-citoyen de l'année, afin de sensibiliser le grand public sur l'état ​​de la liberté d'expression en ligne. Depuis 2008, le Prix a rendu hommage à des journalistes, blogueurs ou cyber-dissidents ayant contribué à la défense de la liberté d’expression sur Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pour inciter les internautes à prendre part à ce combat, pour la première fois, Reporters sans frontières avec le soutien de Google vous demande de les aider à décider du lauréat de l’édition 2013 &amp;nbsp;qui va gagner le prix cette année.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Neuf Netizens&amp;nbsp;du Mali, du Senegal, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;de Russie, d’Iran, d’Egypte, de Bulgarie, du Honduras, du Vietnam et du Kazakhstan, ont été nommés par Reporters sans frontières pour votre considération. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Découvrez les vidéos montrant leurs histoires et votez sur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/rsfinternet" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"&gt;youtube.com/netizen2013&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;avant le 5 Mars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7629305969458073" style="white-space: normal;"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous espérons que vous serez aussi inspiré que nous l’avons été par ces citoyens courageux à travers le monde. &amp;nbsp;Le gagnant, le Netizen ayant reçu le plus de votes sur sa vidéo, sera annoncé le 7 Mars et invité à la cérémonie de remise du prix à Paris le 12 Mars - Journée mondiale contre la cybercensure. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Posté par Florian Maganza, équipe Politiques Publiques, Google France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/zSgJXuExRM0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/8133670573935553899?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/8133670573935553899?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/zSgJXuExRM0/support-free-expression-vote-for.html" title="Support free expression: Vote for the Netizen of the Year" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2K5HvNzOzY/US9qp5NTmOI/AAAAAAAAALg/4Vl1C71LyDc/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2013-02-28+at+3.31.54+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/02/support-free-expression-vote-for.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A08AQnc4cCp7ImA9WhBSGEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-4433410214194547574</id><published>2013-02-26T12:10:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2013-02-26T12:10:43.938+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-26T12:10:43.938+03:00</app:edited><title>Improving Internet access in emerging markets</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998&amp;amp;pli=1#french208"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6442064084112644" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;People are constantly finding new ways to use the Internet to address our biggest challenges: global education, health care, clean water, effective government. But we’ve only scratched the surface on the potential of the Web. Today, 5 billion people still don’t have access to the Internet and the opportunity it provides.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google is doing work to get more people connected, especially in places where Internet access lags the most. In Sub-Saharan Africa, we’ve created programs such as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/africa/universityprograms/inst/gasp.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Apps Supporting Programs for Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, offered technical assistance such as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://peering.google.com/about/ggc.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;caches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; for Internet providers, and generated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.org/docs/liberia-internet-ecosystem.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ideas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to build Internet capacity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;To help bring the next billion people online, Google.org is announcing today our support of two organizations that share our mission to connect the world: the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nsrc.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Internet Society (ISOC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We are providing $3.1M to the NSRC to grow their work to bring local network engineering expertise to universities and national research &amp;amp; education networks (NRENs) across Sub-Saharan Africa. Through labs and a train-the-trainers program, NSRC will provide hands-on training on campus network planning, deployment, and management for over 600 university and NREN staff. Their work will bring the Internet to students and staff at over 50 institutions and increase network engineering know-how in Sub-Saharan Africa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUQO3FiHTfw/USt5kDkCY0I/AAAAAAAAALE/nLu1_q-gxO0/s1600/Lesotho+IXP+Setup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUQO3FiHTfw/USt5kDkCY0I/AAAAAAAAALE/nLu1_q-gxO0/s400/Lesotho+IXP+Setup.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lesotho IXP setup. Photo Credit: ISOC/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Michuki Mwangi &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6442064084112644"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We are also supporting ISOC, providing $1.3M to improve and create Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in emerging markets. IXPs play a big role in core Internet infrastructure, allowing Internet Service Providers to peer locally (and cheaply), which can lower end user costs, promote competition, and improve user experience. ISOC will create a toolkit for those who want to create and improve IXPs and build an industry portal to share IXP information and data.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qm2g8uGiQh8/USt5kHuR8vI/AAAAAAAAALI/DOZj4JPjR_U/s1600/nsrc.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="252" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qm2g8uGiQh8/USt5kHuR8vI/AAAAAAAAALI/DOZj4JPjR_U/s400/nsrc.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"&gt;KENET-NSRC Campus Network Design Workshop, Photo: NSRC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Some of the brightest minds are working to improve lives in new ways through the Internet. By supporting the work of NSRC and ISOC, we can make sure that those opportunities are available to more people in more parts of the world.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6442064084112644"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Posted by Jennifer Haroon, Principal, Google.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Promouvoir l'accès à Internet sur les marchés émergents&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7594807455316186"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Sans cesse, de nouvelles manières d'exploiter Internet voient le jour, pour répondre à nos plus grands défis&amp;nbsp;: l'éducation dans le monde, la santé, l'eau potable, la gouvernance. Mais nous n'avons jusqu'ici fait qu'effleurer le potentiel de la Toile. Aujourd'hui, 5&amp;nbsp;milliards de personnes n'ont toujours pas accès à Internet et aux opportunités que cela apporte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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 &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google travaille à connecter le plus de personnes, particulièrement dans les régions où l'accès à Internet fait le plus défaut. En Afrique sub-saharienne, nous avons créé des programmes tels que les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/africa/universityprograms/inst/gasp.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Programmes de support Google Apps pour l'Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, offert une assistance technique telle que des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://peering.google.com/about/ggc.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;caches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour les fournisseurs d'Internet et généré des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.org/docs/liberia-internet-ecosystem.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;idées&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour bâtir une infrastructure Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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 &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pour contribuer à connecter le prochain milliard de personnes, Google.org annonce aujourd'hui son soutien aux deux organismes qui se sont donné la même mission que nous de connecter le monde&amp;nbsp;: le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nsrc.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Internet Society (ISOC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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 &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous finançons le NSRC à hauteur de 3,2&amp;nbsp;millions de dollars pour apporter une expertise en ingénierie de réseau local aux universités et dans les réseaux nationaux de recherche et d'éducation (NREN) en Afrique sub-saharienne. Grâce à des laboratoires et à un programme de formation de formateurs, le NSRC assurera des formations pratiques pour la planification, le déploiement et la gestion des réseaux de campus, auprès de plus de 600 personnes employées par les universités et les NREN. Cette initiative permettra aux étudiants et au personnel de plus de 50 institutions de bénéficier d'Internet et d'accroître le savoir-faire en ingénierie de réseau dans l'Afrique sub-saharienne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7594807455316186"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous soutenons également l'ISOC par une aide de 1,3&amp;nbsp;million de dollars pour améliorer et créer des Points d'interconnexion Internet (IXP) sur les marchés émergents. Les IXP jouent un rôle crucial dans le cœur de l'infrastructure Internet, en permettant aux fournisseurs d'accès Internet de s'associer localement (à un coût moindre), ce qui réduit le coût pour les utilisateurs finals, encourage la concurrence et améliore l'expérience des utilisateurs. ISOC prévoit de mettre en place une boîte à outils pour ceux qui souhaitent créer et améliorer les IXP et développer un portail de partage des informations et des données IXP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Quelques-uns des plus talentueux concentrent leurs efforts sur l'amélioration de la vie des habitants par des moyens innovants basés sur Internet. En soutenant les travaux du NSRC et de l'ISOC, nous avons l'assurance que ces opportunités seront mises à la disposition d'un nombre croissant d'habitants dans de plus en plus de régions du monde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;Poste par&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7594807455316186"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Jennifer Haroon, Principal, Google.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/fafPDux-G1Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4433410214194547574?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4433410214194547574?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/fafPDux-G1Q/improving-internet-access-in-emerging.html" title="Improving Internet access in emerging markets" /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LUQO3FiHTfw/USt5kDkCY0I/AAAAAAAAALE/nLu1_q-gxO0/s72-c/Lesotho+IXP+Setup.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/02/improving-internet-access-in-emerging.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkQMSHczeyp7ImA9WhBSEUU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-7085748912033851953</id><published>2013-02-18T12:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-02-18T12:39:49.983+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-18T12:39:49.983+03:00</app:edited><title>Flip bits, not burgers: Google Summer of Code 2013 is on!</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998#french207"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.059515338856726885"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;I am proud to share the news that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; 2013 will be happening again this year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.059515338856726885"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;This will be the 9th year for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, an innovative program dedicated to introducing students from colleges and universities around the world to open source software development. The program offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects with the help of mentoring organizations from all around the globe. Over the past eight years &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; has had 6,000 students from over 100 countries complete the program. Our goal is to help these students pursue academic challenges over the summer break while they create and release open source code for the benefit of all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.059515338856726885"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Spread the word to your friends! If you know of a university student who would be interested in working on open source projects this summer, or if you know of an organization that might want to mentor students to work on their open source projects, please direct them to our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; 2013 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; where they can find our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;timeline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; along with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #009eb8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;FAQ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;s. And stay tuned for more details coming soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.059515338856726885"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;By Carol Smith, Open Source Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Job d'été : et si faisiez de la programmation? &lt;br /&gt; Le Google Summer of Code 2013 est ouvert !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.8735299452673644" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer qu'une nouvelle édition du &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #009eb8; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; 2013 est prévue cette année.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.8735299452673644" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ce sera donc la 9e édition du &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, programme innovant destiné à sensibiliser les étudiants des écoles et universités du monde entier au développement de logiciels open source. Cette initiative offre aux futurs développeurs une bourse pour élaborer différents projets open source avec l'aide d'organisations d'accompagnement du monde entier. Au cours de ces huit dernières éditions de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, 6&amp;nbsp;000 étudiants de plus de 100 pays y ont participé. Notre objectif est d'aider ces étudiants à relever des défis universitaires pendant les vacances d'été, en créant et en mettant en ligne du code open source destiné à l'ensemble de la communauté.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.8735299452673644" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.8735299452673644" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Parlez-en à vos amis&amp;nbsp;! Si vous connaissez un étudiant qui serait intéressé pour travailler sur des projets open source cet été, ou si vous connaissez une organisation qui serait susceptible d'accompagner des étudiants pour travailler sur leurs projets open source, orientez-les vers notre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #009eb8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Site Internet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Summer of Code&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; 2013 &amp;nbsp;où ils trouveront le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #009eb8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;calendrier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ainsi que la rubrique &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #009eb8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;FAQ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Et restez connecté, vous recevrez plus d'informations très bientôt&amp;nbsp;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Par Carol Smith, Équipe Open Source&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6495919842272997"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;“I am standing in a partial enclosure made of sticks and plant fronds. This is the school for roughly 35 students, ranging in age from three to about 20 years old. There are no desks. There is only a single shared chalkboard, and it has gaping holes.” &amp;nbsp;-- David Rathmann-Bloch from the 21st Century Chalkboard Project, writing from rural Haiti. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;This year we’re delighted to give awards to 30 new organizations from 18 different countries. &amp;nbsp;Combined they will reach more than 90,000 children in 2013, helping inspire and teach the scientists and engineers of the future. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Some, such as Haiti’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyemTezH1L8&amp;amp;noredirect=1"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;21st Century Chalkbo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ard Project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nd the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cnu.lufo.ro/uniritii/activiti"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Uniristii Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in Romania, help those from underserved communities gain access to computing resources. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Others, like the U.K.’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeclub.org.uk/"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Code Club&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and the U.S.’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://codenow.org/about/program/"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;CodeNow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, offer extracurricular activities that help interested children, especially those from underrepresented minority backgrounds, to learn programming. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;A few, such as the Middle East’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://meet.mit.edu/different/"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;MEET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ilabliberia.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;iLab Liberia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, seek to use technology education as a platform to bridge wider social and cultural divides. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #434343; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Some, like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.girlstart.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Girlstart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in the U.S. and New Zealand’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pc4g.org.nz/"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Programming Challenge 4 Girls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, aim to empower girls to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;In addition to receiving funding and support to continue their outreach, RISE Award recipients will be brought together for a global summit this June in London. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #434343; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;To paraphrase an old saying, from small seeds, great things can grow. &amp;nbsp;The recipients of the 2013 RISE Awards have already made a difference. Connecting with other like-minded organizations will help spread valuable and practical expertise, and spark opportunities for global collaboration and expansion. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.18018349166959524"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Je me trouve dans une enceinte construite avec des branchages et des feuillages. C'est là que se trouve l'école prévue pour quelque 35&amp;nbsp;élèves, âgés de trois à environ 20&amp;nbsp;ans. Il n'y a pas de bureaux. Il n'y a qu'un seul tableau pour tous, avec des trous béants." -- David Rathmann-Bloch, du Projet 21st Century Chalkboard, s'exprimant depuis une zone rurale d'Haïti.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Il s'agit là d'un aperçu des multiples difficultés auxquelles sont confrontés les organismes éducatifs qui ont postulé cette année aux &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/edu/rise/recipients.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;RISE Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; de Google. Le programme RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) Awards finance et soutient, à travers le monde, des organismes qui assurent l'enseignement des sciences et de la technologie à un niveau accessible par la population locale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous sommes très heureux cette année de récompenser 30&amp;nbsp;nouveaux organismes issus de 18 pays. Collectivement, ils concerneront plus de 90&amp;nbsp;000 enfants en 2013, contribuant ainsi à former les scientifiques et les ingénieurs de demain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Certains, tels que le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyemTezH1L8&amp;amp;noredirect=1"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Projet 21st Century Chalkboard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;en Haïti et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://cnu.lufo.ro/uniritii/activiti"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'Association Uniristii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; en Roumanie, aident les communautés défavorisées à accéder à des ressources informatiques. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;D'autres, comme le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.codeclub.org.uk/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Code Club&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; britannique et le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://codenow.org/about/program/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;CodeNow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; américain, offrent des activités extra-scolaires, qui aident les enfants intéressés, notamment ceux des minorités sous-représentées, à se former à la programmation. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Quelques-uns, tels que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://meet.mit.edu/different/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;MEET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; au Moyen-Orient et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ilabliberia.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;iLab Liberia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, cherchent à utiliser la formation technologique comme plate-forme pour créer des passerelles entre les populations de milieux sociaux et de culture différents. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Certains, tels que l'américain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.girlstart.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Girlstart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ou le néo-zélandais &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pc4g.org.nz/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Programming Challenge 4 Girls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, visent à donner aux filles les outils pour étudier les sciences, la technologie, l'ingénierie et les mathématiques.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Outre le financement et le soutien requis pour poursuivre leurs objectifs, les lauréats du RISE Award seront réunis dans le cadre d'un sommet mondial à Londres en juin prochain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comme le dit le dicton&amp;nbsp;: des petits ruisseaux naissent les grandes rivières... Les lauréats des RISE Awards 2013 ont d'ores et déjà fait la différence. Entrer en contact avec d'autres organismes travaillant dans le même esprit aide à généraliser des expériences et des pratiques intéressantes, et multiplie les occasions de collaboration et de développement mondial. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;Poste par&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Roxana Shirkhoda, Education Outreach Specialist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9622877503279597"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Technology can sometimes be complicated, but you shouldn’t have to be a computer scientist or security expert to stay safe online. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Protecting our users is one of our top priorities at Google. Whether it’s creating easy-to-use tools to help you manage your information online or fighting the bad guys behind the scenes, we’re constantly investing to make Google the best service you can rely on, with security and privacy features that are on 24-7 and working for you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Last year, we &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/tech-tips-that-are-good-to-know.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;launched&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google.com/goodtoknow"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Good to Know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, our biggest-ever consumer education campaign focused on making the web a safer, more comfortable place. Today, on Safer Internet Day, we’re updating Good to Know to include more tips and advice to help you protect yourself and your family from identity theft, scams and online fraud. You can also learn how to make your computer or mobile device more secure, and get more out of the web—from searching more effectively to making calls from your computer. And you can find out more about how Google works to make you, your device and the whole web safer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9622877503279597"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;For example, we encrypt the Gmail and Google Search traffic between your computer and Google—this protects your Google activity from being snooped on by others. We also make this protection, known as session-wide SSL encryption, the default when you’re signed into Google Drive. Because outdated software makes your computer more vulnerable to security problems, we built the Chrome browser to auto-update to the latest version every time you start it. It gives you up-to-date security protection without making you do any extra work. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Even if you don’t use Google, we work hard to make the web safer for you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Every day we identify more than 10,000 unsafe websites—and we inform users and other web companies what we’ve found. We show warnings on up to 14 million Google Search results and 300,000 downloads, telling our users that there might be something suspicious going on behind a particular website or link. We share that data with other online companies so they can warn their users. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We know staying safe online is important to you—and it is important to us too. Please take some time today to make your passwords stronger and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=180744"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;turn on 2-step verification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to protect your Google Account. Talk with friends and family about Internet safety. And visit our new Good to Know site to find more tips and resources to help you stay safe online. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Posted by Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.45555437286384404"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La technologie peut parfois être compliquée, mais vous ne devriez pas avoir besoin d'être informaticien ou spécialiste de la sécurité pour naviguer en toute sécurité. Chez Google, la protection de nos utilisateurs est une de nos priorités absolue. Qu'il s'agisse de créer des outils faciles à utiliser pour vous aider à gérer vos informations en ligne ou de lutter contre les menaces informatiques, nous investissons constamment pour que Google soit le meilleur service sur lequel vous puissiez compter, avec des fonctionnalités en matière de sécurité et de confidentialité activées 24 h/24, 7 j/7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;L'an dernier, nous avons lancé “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/intl/fr/goodtoknow/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bon à savoir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;”, la plus importante campagne de sensibilisation des internautes jamais réalisée, visant à faire du Web un lieu plus sûr et plus agréable. Aujourd'hui, pour la journée de la sécurité sur Internet (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/safer-internet-day"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Safer Internet Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;) nous avons ajouté au site "Bon à savoir" quelques astuces et conseils pour vous aider à vous protéger, vous et votre famille, contre l'usurpation d'identité, l'escroquerie et la fraude en ligne. Sur ce site, vous pourrez également découvrir comment mieux sécuriser votre ordinateur ou appareil mobile, ainsi qu'à tirer le meilleur parti d'Internet (par exemple, comment faire des recherches plus efficacement ou téléphoner depuis de votre ordinateur). Et vous pourrez en savoir plus sur ce que fait Google pour vous protéger vous-même, votre appareil et l'ensemble du Web.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Par exemple, nous chiffrons le trafic lié à Gmail et à la recherche Google entre votre ordinateur et Google afin que votre activité sur nos services ne puisse pas être interceptée. Cette protection, connue sous le nom de chiffrement de session SSL, est activée par défaut lorsque vous êtes connecté à Google Drive. Et parce qu’un logiciel obsolète rend votre ordinateur plus vulnérable aux problèmes de sécurité, nous avons conçu le navigateur Chrome, qui se met à jour automatiquement chaque fois que vous le démarrez. Vous bénéficiez ainsi d'une protection toujours à jour sans aucune intervention de votre part. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Que vous utilisiez Google ou non, nous travaillons activement à rendre le Web plus sûr pour tous. Chaque jour, nous identifions plus de 10 000 sites Web non sûrs : nous informons les utilisateurs et les autres entreprises du Web de nos résultats. Nous affichons un avertissement pour 14 millions de résultats de recherche Google et 300 000 téléchargements afin d'informer nos utilisateurs d’une potentielle activité suspecte se cachant derrière un site Web ou un lien. Nous partageons ces données avec d'autres entreprises du Web afin qu'elles puissent avertir leurs propres utilisateurs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous savons à quel point il est important pour vous de naviguer sur le Web en toute sécurité. C’est primordial pour nous aussi. Aujourd’hui, prenez quelques instants pour renforcer la sécurité de votre mot de passe en activant la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=fr&amp;amp;answer=175197"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;validation en deux étapes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; afin de protéger votre compte Google. Et pour découvrir d'autres conseils et ressources afin de naviguer sereinement, n'oubliez pas de visiter notre site Bon à savoir. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;At age 16, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/science-heroes?bookmark=science-heroes-matrix-3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Louis Braille&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; invented an alphabet for the blind. When she was 13, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/science-heroes?bookmark=science-heroes-matrix-9"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ada Lovelace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; became fascinated with math and went on to write the first computer program. And at 19, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/science-heroes?bookmark=science-heroes-matrix-1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Alexander Graham Bell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; started experimenting with sound and went on to invent the telephone. Throughout history many great scientists developed their curiosity for science at an early age and went on to make groundbreaking discoveries that changed the way we live. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Today, we’re launching the third annual Google Science Fair in partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American to find the next generation of scientists and engineers. We’re inviting students ages 13-18 to participate in the largest online science competition and submit their ideas to change the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;For the past two years thousands of students from more than 90 countries, including some from Africa, have submitted research projects that address some of the most challenging problems we face today. Previous winners tackled issues such as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/DcSWmoiLhzY"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;the early diagnosis of breast cancer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/l80bxaFrQuM"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;improving the experience of listening to music for people with hearing loss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Last year, 14 year old high school students Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela from Swaziland made it to the finals and were the inaugural winners of the Science in Action prize with their &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/a/googlesciencefair.com/science-fair-2012-project-ahjzfnnjawvuy2vmywlyltiwmtjydwssb1byb2ply3qypagsda/home"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Unique Simplified Hydroponic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;project aimed at reducing food shortage in Swaziland.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;This year we hope to once again inspire scientific exploration among young people and receive even more African entries for our third competition.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Here’s some key information for this year’s Science Fair:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2013 at 11:59 pm PDT.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In June, we’ll recognize 90 regional finalists (30 from the Americas, 30 from Asia Pacific and 30 from Europe/Middle East/Africa).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Judges will then select the top 15 finalists, who will be flown to Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. for our live, final event on September 23, 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;At the finals, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/judging" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;a panel of distinguished international judges &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;consisting of renowned scientists and tech innovators will select top winners in each age category (13-14, 15-16, 17-18). One will be selected as the Grand Prize winner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-align: left; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In August, the public will have the opportunity to get to know our 15 finalists through a series of Google+ Hangouts on Air and will then vote for the Inspired Idea Award&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;an award selected by the public for the project with the greatest potential to change the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lastly, we’ll also be hosting a series of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GoogleScienceFair/posts"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google+ Hangouts on Air.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Taking place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, these Hangouts will feature renowned scientists including inventor Dean Kamen and oceanographic explorer Fabien Cousteau, showcase exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of cutting-edge labs and science facilities, and provide access to judges and the Google Science Fair team. We hope these Google+ Hangouts will help inspire, mentor and support students throughout the competition and beyond.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;www.googlesciencefair.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to get started now—your idea might not only change Africa, it might just change the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.5632168028969318" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Posted by Sam Peter, Google Science Fair Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;La fête de la science Google : à la recherche de la prochaine génération de scientifiques et ingénieurs pour changer le mondes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;À 16 ans, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/science-heroes?bookmark=science-heroes-matrix-3"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Louis Braille&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; inventa un alphabet pour les non-voyants. À 13 ans, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/science-heroes?bookmark=science-heroes-matrix-9"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ada Lovelace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; s'est passionnée pour les mathématiques et écrivit le premier programme informatique. À 19 ans, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/science-heroes?bookmark=science-heroes-matrix-1"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Alexander Graham Bell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; commença à faire des expériences sur le son et finit par inventer le téléphone. À travers l'histoire, parmi les grands scientifiques qui ont par leur découverte révolutionné notre façon de vivre, nombreux sont ceux qui ont commencé très jeunes à s'intéresser aux sciences. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Aujourd'hui s'ouvre la troisième édition annuelle de Google Science Fair en partenariat avec le CERN, le Groupe LEGO et les magazines National Geographic et Scientific American, dont la vocation est de découvrir la prochaine génération de scientifiques et d'ingénieurs. À cette occasion, nous invitons les élèves de 13 à 18 ans à participer au plus grand concours scientifique en ligne et à nous soumettre leurs idées pour changer le monde.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Au cours des deux dernières années, des milliers d'élèves issus de plus de 90 pays à travers le monde, dont des pays africains, ont soumis des projets de recherche visant à résoudre certains des problèmes les plus difficiles qui se posent au monde d'aujourd'hui. Les lauréats des concours précédents s'étaient attelés à des questions aussi ardues que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/DcSWmoiLhzY"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;le diagnostic précoce du cancer du sein &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/l80bxaFrQuM"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;l'amélioration de l'écoute musicale pour les malentendants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. L'année dernière, ce sont deux élèves de 14 ans, Sakhiwe Shongwe et Bonkhe Mahlalela, du Swaziland qui sont arrivés en finale et ont inauguré le prix de la Science in Action avec leur projet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/a/googlesciencefair.com/science-fair-2012-project-ahjzfnnjawvuy2vmywlyltiwmtjydwssb1byb2ply3qypagsda/home"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Unique Simplified Hydroponic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;destiné à réduire la pénurie alimentaire au Swaziland. Cette année pour cette troisième édition, nous espérons encore une fois éveiller la passion pour l'exploration scientifique et recevoir encore plus de dossiers en provenance d'Afrique. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Voici quelques informations clés sur le concours Science Fair de cette année :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;L'inscription des étudiants au concours peut se faire en &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/faqs?bookmark=faqs-accordion-46"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;13 langues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La date limite d'inscription est le 30 avril 2013, à 23h59 PDT. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;En juin, nous sélectionnerons 90 finalistes régionaux (30 pour la région Amériques, 30 pour la région Asie-Pacifique et 30 pour la région Europe/Moyen-Orient/Afrique). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les juges sélectionneront alors les 15 grands finalistes, qui s'envoleront vers Moutain View (Californie), pour rejoindre le siège de Google, où sera diffusée en direct la finale du concours le 23 septembre 2013. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lors de la finale, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/judging"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;un jury international éminent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;composé de scientifiques renommés et d'innovateurs en technologie désignera un gagnant dans chaque catégorie d'âge (13-14, 15-16, 17-18). L'un des gagnants recevra le Grand Prix. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Cette année, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/prizes"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;les récompenses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;du concours Science Fair incluent une bourse d'étude Google de 50&amp;nbsp;000$, un voyage aux Galapagos offert par National Geographic Expeditions, des expériences uniques dans les locaux du CERN, de Google ou de LEGO et un accès d'un an aux archives de la revue Scientific American pour leur école. Scientific American décernera le prix &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/2013/prizes"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;"Science in Action"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, ainsi qu'une récompense de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/science-in-action/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;50 000$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à un projet abordant un problème social, environnemental ou sanitaire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Deux nouveaux prix seront mis en jeu cette année : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;En août, le public pourra découvrir les 15 finalistes à travers une série de Google+ Hangouts et votera ensuite pour le prix "Inspired Idea Award", qui récompense le projet offrant le plus grand potentiel pour changer le monde. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous savons que derrière chaque élève exceptionnel se cachent un très bon professeur et le soutien de toute une école ; c'est pourquoi, nous offrirons une récompense de 10 000$ ainsi qu'un Google+ Hangout avec le CERN à l'école du grand gagnant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6320955764967948"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Enfin, nous accueillerons les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GoogleScienceFair/posts"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google+ Hangouts on Air.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Ces Hangouts auront lieu les lundis, mercredis et vendredis et accueilleront des scientifiques renommés, parmi lesquels Dean Kamen et l'explorateur océanographique Fabien Cousteau. Les Hangouts montreront les coulisses des laboratoires de pointe et des équipements scientifiques, et permettront de faire connaissance avec les juges et l'équipe du concours. &amp;nbsp;Nous espérons que ces Google+ Hangouts inspireront, guideront et soutiendront les étudiants à travers cette compétition et au-delà.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lancez-vous dès à présent en cliquant sur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;www.googlesciencefair.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, votre idée peut changer l'Afrique, elle peut aussi changer le monde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/JSk677KkTfw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/3549660964898287707?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/3549660964898287707?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/JSk677KkTfw/google-science-fair-looking-for-next.html" title="Google Science Fair: Looking for the next generation of scientists and engineers to change the world " /><author><name>Google Africa Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/01/google-science-fair-looking-for-next.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkQEQnsyeCp7ImA9WhBTEEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-2077155414656966244</id><published>2013-01-23T15:10:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2013-02-05T11:51:43.590+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-05T11:51:43.590+03:00</app:edited><title>United Nations use Google+ Hangouts to Push Peace during the Kenyan Elections</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998&amp;amp;pli=1#french203"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.22516865679062903" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We recently launched the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.co.ke/elections"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Elections Hub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to provide easily accessible voter information. Today, we are collaborating with the United Nations System in Kenya and other partners to launch a national interactive campaign that will rally Kenyans to peacefully participate in the upcoming general elections on March 4, 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/+ShabikiaAmani"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sports 4 Peaceful Elections &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;campaign brings together the United Nations in Kenya, Google Kenya, IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission), NCIC (National Cohesion and Integration Commission), Kenya Premier League, Kenya Football Federation, Athletics Kenya and the Kenya Rugby Union under the rallying call ‘Shabikia Amani na Kura Yako’ (Support Peace with Your Vote).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.22516865679062903"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Joe Mucheru, Google Kenya - Country Manager (far right) cutting the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sports 4 Peaceful Elections &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;launch ribbon with Ms.Sahle-Work Zewde Director General, United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) and Prof. Karega Mutahi, Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.22516865679062903"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sports personalities from several disciplines, including football, rugby and athletics, will take part in this campaign using Google+ as the main social media platform. In these interactive Hangouts, the sports stars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;shall engage and urge Kenyans to be “fans of peace” in the lead up and during the elections, in 41 days time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.22516865679062903"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The unprecedented post elections violence witnessed in 2007/8 has led to many Kenyans taking part in peace-related campaigns. With this campaign, we hope to complement these existing initiatives. Additionally, the vast digital space provides an opportunity for greater inclusivity, interactivity and reach to a diverse youthful population.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.22516865679062903"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;In Kenya, social media has been prone to instances of hate and dangerous speech. According to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.ihub.co.ke/downloads/Umati%20Report_October.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;UMATI online monitoring report&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; for October 2012, there were 774 reported incidences of dangerous speech. The Sports 4 Peaceful Elections campaign will appeal for responsible commentary on social media as Kenyans use online tools during the elections period.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.22516865679062903"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The campaign and Google+ Hangouts series will run for a period of 8 weeks. Feel strongly about peace in your local community? Then get involved and join the first of 9 Hangouts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/+ShabikiaAmani"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Les&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nations Unis utilisent les Hangouts de Google+ pour soutenir la Paix durant les élections kenyanes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.706357364077121"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous avons lancé récemment le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.co.ke/elections"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Hub électoral Google&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour fournir aux électeurs des informations électorales aisément accessibles. Aujourd'hui, nous travaillons en collaboration avec le système des Nations Unis au Kenya et d'autres partenaires pour lancer une campagne interactive nationale destinée à mobiliser les Kenyans autour des prochaines élections générales qui doivent se tenir le 4 mars 2013 et les encourager à y participer pacifiquement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.706357364077121"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La campagne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/+ShabikiaAmani"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sports 4 Peaceful Elections &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;réunit les Nations Unies au Kenya, Google Kenya, les commissions IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission) et NCIC (National Cohesion and Integration Commission), la Kenya Premier League, la fédération de football du Kenya, Athletics Kenya et la fédération de rugby du Kenya autour du slogan "Shabikia Amani na Kura Yako" ("soutenez la paix en votant"). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.706357364077121"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;De grands sportifs issus de diverses disciplines, dont le football, le rugby et l'athlétisme, ont pris part à cette campagne en utilisant Google+ comme principal plateforme de média social. Dans ces Hangouts interactifs, les stars du sport interpellent et invitent les Kenyans à être “supporters de la paix" pendant toute la période électorale jusqu'aux élections qui se dérouleront dans 41 jours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.706357364077121"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.706357364077121"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La vague de violence post-électorale sans précédent qui a secoué le pays en 2007/8 a motivé bon nombre de Kenyans à prendre part à ces campagnes en faveur de la paix. Et nous espérons que cette campagne sera un bon complément à leurs actions. De plus, le vaste espace numérique permet d'interpeller, d'atteindre et d'interagir davantage avec une population jeune et diverse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.706357364077121"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Au Kenya, les média sociaux ont souvent eu tendance à servir de tribune à des discours dangereux et haineux. En effet, le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.ihub.co.ke/downloads/Umati%20Report_October.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;rapport de contrôle en ligne UMATI &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;d'octobre 2012 indique que 774 discours dangereux ont été constatés. La campagne "Sports 4 Peaceful Elections" appellera à diffuser des commentaires responsables sur les médiaux sociaux, car les électeurs kenyans utiliseront des outils en ligne pendant la période électorale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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