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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.4738923048134893"&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;Over the last few years Internet penetration has continued to grow in Sub-Saharan Africa. &amp;nbsp;While the access gap remains significant in most countries, policy makers and the public now know that it’s not just a question of getting more Africans online, but also about the economic benefits that the Internet can bring. &amp;nbsp;For example, last year &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.internetmatters.co.za/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;a study in South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; showed that the Internet economy contributes up to $7.1 billion/R59-billion (or 2 percent) to South Africa’s gross domestic product.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&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;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous espérons que ce rapport aidera les gouvernements et les décideurs de la région à mieux comprendre dans quelle mesure Internet peut les aider à booster leur économie, à rester compétitifs et à améliorer la vie de leurs concitoyens.  Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.impactoftheinternet.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;http://www.impactoftheinternet.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Publié par Ory Okolloh, responsable stratégie et Relations gouvernementales, Google Afrique&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; 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;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Are your bags packed? Its time to hit the road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 1.15;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&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;Vos valises sont prêtes&amp;nbsp;? C'est le moment de prendre la route.&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;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 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="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Somali journalists protesting death of one of their colleagues - Image courtesy of Human Rights Watch&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;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;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;Let’s hope that this narrative can be stopped. &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;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/AjhKKEv_dok" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/472500424798128109?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/472500424798128109?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/AjhKKEv_dok/helping-journalists-stay-secure.html" title="Helping journalists stay secure " /><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/-jNLav1xo_50/UWQJNpAwu7I/AAAAAAAAAOA/AKFdRIKWz8U/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2013-04-09+at+1.26.47+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/04/helping-journalists-stay-secure.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkABQ3s9fip7ImA9WhBWEEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-1319265655771645315</id><published>2013-04-04T12:45:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2013-04-04T12:45:52.566+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-04T12:45:52.566+03:00</app:edited><title>Explore Kilimanjaro, Everest and more with Google Maps</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.59375px;"&gt;(Cross-posted from the Official Google &lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/explore-everest-kilimanjaro-and-more.html"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.59375px;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&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;/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 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"&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;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;Pendant la saison des ascensions à Plaza Argentina, un gardien est présent en permanence, et un héliport et un centre médical sont à disposition.&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;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;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;These new points of interest add to the many locations already available on the Google Maps of Africa, including more than 40,000 schools in Nigeria; more than 34,000 schools in Kenya courtesy of the country’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ict.go.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;ICT board&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;; and 8,000 other places such as hospitals, market centres, shops and churches thanks to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ubos.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;Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Other organizations and government departments who have quality data are also welcome to work with us through the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/basemap/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;basemap data partner program&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;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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&lt;span class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9664598284289241"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The Internet is increasingly playing an important role in transforming the way citizens participate and engage in the elections across Africa, as we saw last year in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/01/follow-senegal-elections-and-make-your.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Senegal&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; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/10/bringing-information-to-ghanaian-voters_23.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghana&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;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&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&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Next it’s Kenya’s turn, and March 4th 2013 will be a pivotal moment as Kenyan voters go to the polls to decide the country’s future. This will be Kenya’s first general election under the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cickenya.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;new constitution&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; and following the post-election violence of 2007/8. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Expectations are high both for a peaceful transition and a deepening of democracy under the new constitution. &amp;nbsp;Voters are already turning to the internet for information: according to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#kenya"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Zeitgeist&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;, the IEBC (Independent Boundaries and Electoral Commission) was the top trending search in Kenya in 2012, and all the major candidates have a strong presence across the various social media outlets.&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;b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; 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&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We want to help empower Kenyans with accessible and useful information during the upcoming elections so we’re launching a number of initiatives to make it easy for voters to find information and make their voices heard. We have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;partnered with the IEBC to provide open source technology powering their &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://vote.iebc.or.ke/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;online voter tools&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;, including registration confirmation online and over SMS, mapping the polling stations, and a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://api.iebc.or.ke/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;developer API&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;&amp;nbsp;With so many constitutional changes including new boundaries, new elective seats, and a new voter registration, it is more important than ever to help keep Kenyans informed about the elective process. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In addition to helping drive citizen engagement, we have trained local journalists, civil society and political parties on digital tools for elections, and partnered with local media organizations to support the use of Google+ Hangouts for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/+GhettoRadio/posts/enegBusasS4"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;interviews with candidates&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&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9664598284289241" style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;G+Hangout on GhettoFM with MikeSonko who is vying for Senator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9664598284289241"&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;And today we are launching the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.co.ke/elections"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kenya Elections Hub, &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;a portal where voters, journalists and campaigns can track news, trends information related to the elections easily. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMF1PimpFI/UO6ZLv-cLdI/AAAAAAAAAJk/x5r_6x21pOo/s1600/Screen+Shot+Election+Hub+Kenya.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="164" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMF1PimpFI/UO6ZLv-cLdI/AAAAAAAAAJk/x5r_6x21pOo/s320/Screen+Shot+Election+Hub+Kenya.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&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 class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9664598284289241"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The Kenyan election will be closely followed both locally and globally in 2013 and as we head to voting day we will continue to work to keep Kenyans more informed about this critical process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tenir les citoyens informés avant les élections au Kenya&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;Internet joue un rôle de plus en plus important dans la façon dont les citoyens participent et s'impliquent dans les élections à travers l'Afrique, comme nous avons pu le constater l'année dernière au &lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/01/follow-senegal-elections-and-make-your.html"&gt;Sénégal&lt;/a&gt; et au &lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/10/bringing-information-to-ghanaian-voters_23.html"&gt;Ghana&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="fr-FR"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&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;Le 4 mars 2013 c'est au tour du Kenya d'appeler les électeurs à se rendre aux urnes pour décider de l'avenir du pays. Il s'agira de la première élection générale du Kenya depuis l'adoption de la &lt;a href="http://www.cickenya.org/"&gt;nouvelle constitution&lt;/a&gt; suite à la vague de violence post-électorale de 2007-2008.   C'est dire si les attentes sont élevées tant pour assurer une transition pacifique que pour asseoir la démocratie dans sa nouvelle constitution.  Les électeurs se tournent déjà vers Internet pour obtenir des informations : selon &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/"&gt;Google Zeitgeist&lt;/a&gt;, l'IEBC (Independent Boundaries and Electoral Commission) était en tête des recherches faites sur Internet au Kenya en 2012 et les principaux candidats affichent tous une forte présence sur les différents médias sociaux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div lang="en-US" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous voulons aider les Kenyans à prendre leur destin en main en mettant à leur disposition des informations utiles et accessibles pour les prochaines élections. C'est pourquoi nous lançons une série d'initiatives pour leur permettre de trouver facilement des informations et pour faire entendre leur voix. Nous nous sommes associés à l'IEBC pour leur apporter la technologie open source requise pour mettre en œuvre leurs &lt;a href="http://vote.iebc.or.ke/"&gt;outils de vote en ligne&lt;/a&gt;, notamment la confirmation d'inscription en ligne et par SMS, la carte des bureaux de vote et une &lt;a href="http://api.iebc.or.ke/"&gt;API développeur&lt;/a&gt;.   Avec les nombreux changements intervenus (nouvelles frontières, nouveaux sièges électoraux, nouvelle liste électorale, etc.), il est d'autant plus important d'aider les Kenyans à s'informer sur le processus électoral.   Outre l'aide que nous apportons à l'engagement des citoyens, nous avons formé des journalistes locaux, la société civile et les partis politiques aux outils numériques pour les élections, et nous nous sommes associés avec les organismes des médias locaux pour soutenir l'utilisation des Hangouts Google+ pour &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/+GhettoRadio/posts/enegBusasS4"&gt;interviewer les candidats&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Et nous lançons aujourd'hui le &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.ke/elections"&gt;hub élections au Kenya, &lt;/a&gt;un portail où les électeurs, les journalistes et les candidats en campagne peuvent suivre facilement les dernières informations et les tendances relatives aux élections.  &lt;br /&gt;Les élections au Kenya seront suivies de près à la fois au niveau local et au niveau international en 2013 et, plus nous approchons du jour J, plus nous nous efforcerons de tenir les Kenyans informés de ce processus critique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Post signé Ory Okolloh, Directrice des politiques et des relations gouvernementales de Google, Afrique sud-saharienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/_TbRv1_pwTQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/6390399929690482180?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/6390399929690482180?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/_TbRv1_pwTQ/keeping-voters-informed-ahead-of-kenyan.html" title="Keeping Voters Informed Ahead of the Kenyan Elections" /><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/-7Ijw2dbFxKw/UO6YgHx2wmI/AAAAAAAAAJc/DpqStoQp3Fw/s72-c/SonkoHO_AG11271.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2013/01/keeping-voters-informed-ahead-of-kenyan.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkIHR3s4eSp7ImA9WhNWEUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-4407407547136167479</id><published>2012-12-10T14:55:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2012-12-10T14:55:36.531+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-12-10T14:55:36.531+03:00</app:edited><title>New Global Impact Awards program provides millions for nonprofit tech innovators working in Africa</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998#french201"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6311170526314527" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Technology has dramatically improved our lives—from the speed at which we get things done to how we connect with others. Yet innovations in medicine, business and communications have far outpaced tech-enabled advances in the nonprofit sector. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Today we’re launching the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Global Impact Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to support organizations using technology and innovative approaches to tackle some of the toughest human challenges. From real-time sensors that monitor clean water to DNA barcoding that stops wildlife trafficking, our first round of awards provides $23 million to seven organizations changing the world, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;of which four organisations will be working in Africa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Charity: water: Real-time technology to monitor water and ensure it gets to more people&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung'; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;One in nine people across the globe lack access to clean water. At any given time, approximately one-third of water pumps &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;built by NGOs and government groups in remote areas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;are not functioning. charity: water will use its $5 million Global Impact Award to install remote sensors at 4,000 water points across Africa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;including in Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Central African Republic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;y 2015, monitoring and recording actual water flow rate to ensure better maintenance of and access to clean water for more than 1 million people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Consortium for the Barcode of Life: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;DNA barcoding to identify and protect endangered wildlife, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;including in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;More than 2,000 endangered species are protected from illegal trade by UN regulations. Intercepting wildlife transferred across borders is critical to slowing illegal trade, but detection tools are expensive and unavailable. The Smithsonian Institution’s Consortium for the Barcode of Life will use its $3 million Global Impact Award to work with researchers in six developing countries to create and implement “DNA barcoding,” a public library of DNA barcode tests that enforcement officials can use as a front-line tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6311170526314527" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;GiveDirectly: Mobile technology to put money directly into the hands of the poor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;in Kenya&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Despite assumptions, direct cash transfers are a proven approach to lifting people out of poverty. Research documents substantial positive impacts on a wide range of indicators, including farm profits and infant birth weight. GiveDirectly will use its $2.4 million Global Impact Award to scale its model of direct cash transfers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;World Wildlife Fund: New technologies to advance anti-poaching efforts, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ncluding in areas of concern in central and southern Africa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The illegal wildlife trade, estimated to be worth $7-10 billion annually, devastates endangered species, damages ecosystems, and threatens local livelihoods and regional security. World Wildlife Fund will use its $5 million Global Impact Award to adapt and implement specialized sensors and wildlife tagging technology.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We invite you to learn &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; about Google’s new Global Impact Awards and the other ways we give. As we reflect back over this year, I’m proud to report that we’ve been able to support organizations changing the world with more than $100 million in grants, $1 billion in technology a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nd 50,00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;0 hours of Googler volunteering.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/french201"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Le nouveau programme Global Impact Awards offre une récompense de 15,4 M$ aux innovateurs en technologie à but non lucratif en Afrique&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6896590883843601"&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 a radicalement amélioré nos vies&amp;nbsp;: de la vitesse à laquelle nous obtenons les choses aux moyens d'entrer en contact avec les autres, Jusqu'à maintenant, les innovations en médecine, dans le monde des affaires et de la communication ont distancé les avancées technologiques du secteur à but non lucratif.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous lançons aujourd'hui le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Global Impact Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour apporter notre soutien aux organisations qui font appel à la technologie et à des approches innovantes pour s'attaquer à des défis humains des plus difficiles. Depuis les capteurs en temps réel pour le suivi de l'eau potable aux codes-barres ADN pour mettre fin au trafic d'espèces sauvages, notre première édition de récompenses offre 23 millions de dollars à sept organisations qui changent le monde, parmi lesquels 15,4&amp;nbsp;millions iront à quatre organisations travaillant en Afrique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Charity: water&amp;nbsp;: une technologie en temps réel pour surveiller l'eau et assurer son accès à plus de personnes&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;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Une personne sur neuf n'a pas accès à l'eau potable dans le monde. Continuellement, près d'un tiers des pompes à eau &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;installées par les ONG et les groupes gouvernementaux dans les régions isolées &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ne fonctionnent pas. charity: water utilisera les 5 millions de dollars de récompense octroyés par Global Impact Awards pour l'installation de sondes mobiles sur 4000&amp;nbsp;points d'eau à travers l'Afrique, notamment au Rwanda, en Éthiopie et en République Centrafricaine, d'ici à 2015. Ces sondes permettront le suivi et l'enregistrement du débit d'eau réel afin d'assurer la maintenance et l'accès à l'eau potable à plus d'un million de personnes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&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 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; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)&amp;nbsp;: un codage à barres de l'ADN pour identifier et protéger les espèces en danger, notamment au Kenya, au Nigeria et en Afrique du Sud.&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;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Plus de 2000 espèces en danger sont protégées contre le braconnage par les réglementations de l'ONU. Intercepter le trafic d'animaux sauvages aux frontières est essentiel dans la lutte contre le commerce illégal, mais les outils de détection sont chers et indisponibles. Le "Smithsonian Institution's Consortium for the Barcode of Life" (code-barre du vivant) consacrera les 3 millions de dollars du Global Impact Award au travail avec des chercheurs de six pays en voie de développement afin de créer et de mettre en place le "code-barre génétique", une base de données publique de codes-barres ADN que les fonctionnaires responsables pourront utiliser comme un outil en première ligne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&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 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; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;GiveDirectly : une technologie mobile pour mettre directement l'argent entre les mains des pauvres au Kenya&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;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;En dépit des idées reçues, les transferts d'argent directs ont fait leurs preuves pour sortir les gens de la pauvreté. La recherche montre des impacts très positifs sur une série d'indicateurs, y compris les profits agricoles et le poids des nourrissons à la naissance. Les 2,4 millions de dollars octroyés à GiveDirectly serviront à étendre son modèle de transferts d'argent liquide directs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&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 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; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Fonds Mondial pour la Nature (WWF)&amp;nbsp;: Des nouvelles technologies pour faire avancer les actions contre le braconnage, notamment en Namibie, en Tanzanie, au Mozambique et au Cameroun.&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;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le commerce illicite d'espèces sauvages, d’un montant estimé à 7-10 milliards de dollars par an, ravage les espèces en danger, nuit aux écosystèmes et menace les moyens de subsistance locaux ainsi que la sécurité régionale. Le Fonds Mondial pour la Nature utilisera son prix de 5 millions de dollars pour adapter et améliorer les détecteurs spécialisés et la technologie de marquage des espèces sauvages.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous vous invitons à en découvrir davantage sur le nouveau programme de Google, Global Impact Awards, ainsi que sur nos autres façons de donner. En considérant l'année qui vient de s'écouler, je suis fière d'annoncer que nous avons soutenu des organisations qui changent le monde grâce à plus de 100 millions de dollars de subvention, 1 milliard de dollars investis dans la technologie et 50000&amp;nbsp;heures de bénévolat des Googlers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWMwewuP2oc/UMHS1m75OhI/AAAAAAAAAI0/MMUBOWKSpoE/s1600/8091441003_e66cd44dcb_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="264" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWMwewuP2oc/UMHS1m75OhI/AAAAAAAAAI0/MMUBOWKSpoE/s400/8091441003_e66cd44dcb_b.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.03839584137313068"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;From Dakar to Kampala, we’ve witnessed the incredible growth in mobile phone usage. Across Africa, mobile subscription rates have increased from 24% in 2007 to 53% in 2011 [ITU 2012].&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;While mobile phones have become commonplace, mobile Internet adoption has lagged. In 2011, for instance, mobile Internet adoption in Africa was 3.8%, compared to 54% in Europe. We’ve been working to better understand the nature and root causes of this dynamic. Earlier this year, Google partnered with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.research.ihub.co.ke/pages/home.php" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;iHub Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to implement field studies in Kenya and Ghana.&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;In Kenya, we interviewed 82 participants over three days. Highlights from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.ihub.co.ke/uploads/2012/november/Mobile_Internet_Usage_Field_Survey_Kenya_Executive_Summary.pdf" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;full summary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mobile data service cost is an important factor; however, access to a data-enabled handset appears to be a larger barrier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Among participants who do not currently use the mobile Internet, lack of a data-enabled phone and other factors were cited more often than service cost.&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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Better understanding of mobile Internet costs may associated with less usage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;Respondents who understood the relationship between the size of a webpage and the associated cost reported spending less money on mobile data. These same respondents were willing to pay less per megabyte of data than those who did not understand this relationship.&lt;/span&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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;However, improved information about mobile data costs while browsing may increase usage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;Of users surveyed, half said that they would use the mobile Internet more with improved cost management tools, 13% said they would use it less, and 32% said their usage levels would remain the same.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We ran a similar study in Ghana in August this year. Key insights from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.ihub.co.ke/uploads/2012/november/Mobile_Internet_Usage_Field_Survey_Ghana_Executive_Summary.pdf" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;summary report&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mobile data users spend more money to make calls and send SMS messages than to use mobile Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Most users of mobile Internet (48%) spend less than GHc 5 (USD 2.50) per week on mobile data, while 28% spend less than GHc 5 on voice calls per week. Approximately half of users top up their mobile accounts daily in order to make calls and send SMS messages, compared to 37% of users who top up daily to use mobile Internet.&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-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Users and non-users do not have an accurate understanding of mobile Internet costs and many believe they are billed by time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; O&lt;/i&gt;nly 19% of users were able to correctly identify which mobile Internet activities were most expensive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Fewer users monitor mobile Internet spend, compared to voice/SMS balances.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Nearly 75% of users keep track of their voice/SMS balances, compared to 38% who track their mobile Internet balance. Thirty-seven percent of users have accidentally spent more money than they intended on mobile Internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;If mobile Internet costs were more transparent, it might encourage non-users to become mobile Internet users.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Of the non-users who are already tracking voice/SMS balances, 28% responded that better knowledge of mobile Internet costs could convert them to mobile Internet users. Among users, 42% stated that they would increase their usage if they could monitor their mobile Internet expenses more easily.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: line-through; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;These insights are useful to Google and others who are developing solutions to help increase access to the mobile Internet. For example, in addition to speed and cost, transparency about pricing and usage emerged as potential levers for improving adoption. Using these findings, we are leading experiments in sub-Saharan Africa to learn more about how users interact with the mobile Internet and how to provide a better user experience. We hope these findings will also encourage industry, nonprofit, and government entities to collaborate on research and solutions to make the Internet more readily available to everyone, regardless of geography or income.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Posted by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.03839584137313068"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Paul Lee, Senior Product Manager, Google.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/french200"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Identifier les obstacles à l'adoption de l'Internet mobile au Kenya et au Ghana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &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;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.34320746059529483"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mais, alors que le téléphone portable est devenu monnaie courante, l'adoption de l'Internet mobile est resté à la traîne. En 2011, par exemple, l'Internet mobile n'était utilisé en Afrique que par 3,8&amp;nbsp;% de la population, à comparer aux 54&amp;nbsp;% d'internautes en Europe. Nous avons cherché à mieux comprendre la nature et les causes premières de cette dynamique. Au début de l'année, Google s'est associé à &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.research.ihub.co.ke/pages/home.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;iHub Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour effectuer des études de terrain au Kenya et au Ghana.&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;Au Kenya, nous avons interrogé 82 personnes en trois jours. Quelques conclusions issues de la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.ihub.co.ke/uploads/2012/november/Mobile_Internet_Usage_Field_Survey_Kenya_Executive_Summary.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;synthèse générale&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;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le coût du service de données mobile est un facteur important&amp;nbsp;; mais l'accès à un appareil compatible semble un obstacle encore plus conséquent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Parmi les participants non utilisateurs de l'Internet mobile, le manque de mobile compatible et d'autres facteurs ont été cités plus souvent que le coût du service. &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 class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Une meilleure compréhension des coûts de l'Internet mobile conduit à moins utiliser l'Internet mobile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;Les personnes qui ont compris la relation entre la taille d'une page web et le coût associé ont indiqué dépenser moins pour les données mobiles. Les mêmes souhaitent payer moins par Mo de données que ceux qui n'ont pas fait le lien. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&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 class="byline-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Toutefois, une meilleure information sur le coût des données mobiles pendant la navigation peut accroître l'usage&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;Parmi les utilisateurs interrogés, la moitié ont déclaré qu'ils utiliseraient davantage l'Internet mobile s'ils disposaient d'outils de gestion des coûts améliorés, 13&amp;nbsp;% qu'ils l'utiliseraient moins et 32&amp;nbsp;% que cela ne changerait rien. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author" 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 class="byline-author" 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 conduit une étude similaire au Ghana en août dernier. Parmi les principaux résultats issus de la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://research.ihub.co.ke/uploads/2012/november/Mobile_Internet_Usage_Field_Survey_Ghana_Executive_Summary.pdf" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;synthèse&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;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les utilisateurs de données mobiles dépensent plus en appels et en SMS que pour surfer sur l'Internet mobile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;La plupart des utilisateurs de l'Internet mobile (48&amp;nbsp;%) dépensent moins de 5 GHc (2,50&amp;nbsp;USD) par semaine en données mobiles, tandis que 28&amp;nbsp;% dépensent moins de 5&amp;nbsp;GHc en appels par semaine. Environ la moitié des utilisateurs rechargent leur compte mobile tous les jours pour effectuer des appels et envoyer des SMS, alors que seuls 37&amp;nbsp;% le font pour utiliser l'Internet mobile. &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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Utilisateurs comme non-utilisateurs n'ont pas une vision précise des coûts de l'Internet et beaucoup pensent qu'il sont facturés en fonction du temps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Seuls 19&amp;nbsp;% des utilisateurs savent identifier correctement les activités Internet les plus coûteuses. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Moins d'utilisateurs surveillent les dépenses liées à Internet, par rapport à ceux qui consultent leur solde appels /SMS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Près de 75&amp;nbsp;% des utilisateurs suivent leur solde appels/SMS, à comparer aux 38&amp;nbsp;% qui suivent leur solde Internet. 37&amp;nbsp;% des utilisateurs ont par mégarde dépensé plus qu'ils ne l'avait prévu sur l'Internet mobile. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Si les coûts de l'Internet mobile étaient plus transparents, cela pourrait inciter les non-utilisateurs à le devenir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Parmi les non-utilisateurs qui suivent déjà leur solde appels/SMS, 28&amp;nbsp;% ont répondu qu'une meilleure connaissance du coût de l'Internet mobile pourraient les convaincre de l'utiliser. Parmi les utilisateurs, 42&amp;nbsp;% ont déclaré qu'ils surferaient plus souvent s'ils pouvaient contrôler plus facilement leurs dépenses en Internet mobile. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&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;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;Ces conclusions sont d'une grande utilité pour Google comme pour tous ceux qui créent des solutions pour développer l'accès à l'Internet mobile. Par exemple, outre le débit et le coût, la transparence sur les prix et l'usage sont apparus comme des leviers potentiels pour dynamiser l'adoption de l'Internet mobile. Au vu de ces résultats, nous avons lancé des expérimentations en Afrique sub-saharienne pour en savoir plus sur la façon dont les utilisateurs interagissent avec l'Internet mobile et sur les moyens de leur offrir une meilleure expérience. Nous espérons que ces résultats vont aussi inciter les entités industrielles, à but non lucratif et gouvernementales à collaborer, en vue de rechercher des solutions pour rendre l'Internet plus facilement accessible à tous, quels que soient leur lieu de résidence et leurs revenus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Poste par&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.03839584137313068"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Paul Lee, Senior Product Manager, Google.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/RBOini6mX0o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4620652476480797522?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4620652476480797522?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/RBOini6mX0o/understanding-barriers-to-mobile.html" title="Understanding barriers to mobile Internet adoption in Kenya and Ghana" /><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/-eWMwewuP2oc/UMHS1m75OhI/AAAAAAAAAI0/MMUBOWKSpoE/s72-c/8091441003_e66cd44dcb_b.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/12/understanding-barriers-to-mobile.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUCQXs7eyp7ImA9WhNXFk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-4788653669275583286</id><published>2012-12-04T17:40:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2012-12-04T17:44:20.503+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-12-04T17:44:20.503+03:00</app:edited><title>South Africa Census 2011 results live on Google Public Data Explorer!</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998#french199"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.8577694452833384" style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;In November, working together with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.statssa.gov.za/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Statistics South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, we published the 2011 South Africa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=e3ciek2aub81f_"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Population Census results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and annual mid-year &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=e88lldr11b2k1_"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;population estimates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; on Google Public Data Explorer (PDE). &amp;nbsp;PDE is a platform that is designed to help people understand statistics and data through rich, interactive visualisations. South Africa is the second country in Sub-Saharan Africa (after Kenya) to put its census results on Google PDE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;So how can you use the census data on PDE? You &amp;nbsp;can compare the data across provinces and municipalities using the four main categories currently available - Demographics, Education, Households, and Labour Market. &amp;nbsp;For example, you can compare the unemployment rate across all 9 provinces against the national average. You can also compare the unemployment rate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;within&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; a province such as Gauteng, across municipalities of City of Tshwane, City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;You can view the data in different formats - line graphs, bar graphs, maps or bubble charts, across time and geographical location. The population estimates data is dynamic, which means you can watch the graphs/charts move and grow over time, change topics, and highlight different categories. Here is a video showing you how it works:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Once you have the chart ready, you can easily share it with friends or embed it on your website or blog. This makes it a useful tool for researchers, policymakers, town planners, public agencies, non-governmental organisations and the general public interested in tracking statistical changes and trends in South Africa.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; 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: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;At Google, we’re working to promote citizens’ access to information in line with the principles of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.opengovpartnership.org/open-government-declaration" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Open Government Partnership&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, by providing “high-value information, including raw data, in a timely manner, in formats that the public can easily locate, understand and use, and in formats that facilitate reuse.” &amp;nbsp;Over the next few months, we will continue working with Stats SA to put together more of their data on PDE.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Posted by Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, Public Policy Manager, Google South Africa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Les résultats du recensement 2011 en Afrique du Sud en direct sur Google Public Data Explorer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &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;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &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;/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="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;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.0691687255166471"&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;En novembre, en collaboration avec &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.statssa.gov.za/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Statistics South Africa&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 publié les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=e3ciek2aub81f_"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;résultats du recensement de la population&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; 2011 en Afrique du Sud et des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=e88lldr11b2k1_"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;estimations de population&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; annuelles à mi-année sur Google Public Data Explorer (PDE). &amp;nbsp;PDE est une plate-forme conçue pour aider les gens à décrypter les statistiques et les données, via des visualisations riches et interactives. L'Afrique du Sud est le deuxième pays d'Afrique sub-saharienne (après le Kenya) à mettre les résultats de son recensement sur Google PDE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&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="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comment exploiter les données du recensement sur PDE&amp;nbsp;?&amp;nbsp;&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;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vous pouvez comparer les données entre les provinces et les communes à l'aide des quatre catégories principales actuellement disponibles - Démographie, Éducation, Ménages et Marché du travail. &amp;nbsp;Par exemple, vous pouvez comparer le taux de chômage dans les neuf provinces par rapport à la moyenne nationale. Vous pouvez aussi comparer le taux de chômage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;au sein&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; d'une province telle que le Gauteng, dans les communes de la ville de Tshwane, de la ville de Johannesburg et d'Ekurhuleni.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Vous pouvez visualiser les données en différents formats - graphiques linéaires, graphiques à barres, cartes ou diagramme à bulles, dans le temps et l'espace. Les estimations de population sont dynamiques, ce qui signifie que vous pouvez voir les graphiques/diagrammes changer et croître au fil du tempos, modifier les rubriques et mettre en valeur &amp;nbsp;différentes catégories. Voici une vidéo qui explique comment ça fonctionne&amp;nbsp;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Une fois le graphique prêt, vous pouvez très facilement le partager avec des amis ou l'intégrer sur votre site ou votre blog. Cet outil est donc particulièrement utile pour les chercheurs, les décideurs, les urbanistes, les organismes publics, les organisations non gouvernementales et le grand public qui s'intéresse aux évolutions et tendances statistiques en Afrique du Sud.&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; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chez Google, nous travaillons à promouvoir l'accès des citoyens à l'information conformément aux principes du &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.opengovpartnership.org/open-government-declaration" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Partenariat pour un gouvernement transparent&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;, en fournissant “des informations de grande valeur, notamment des données brutes, en temps et en heure, sous des formats à la fois accessibles et faciles à exploiter pour le grand public, et facilitant la réutilisation de données.” &amp;nbsp;Au cours des mois prochains, nous allons poursuivre notre travail avec Stats SA pour regrouper davantage de leurs données sur PDE.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, Publis Policy Manager, Google Afrique sub-saharienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/JYyXTdbBuiI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4788653669275583286?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/4788653669275583286?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/JYyXTdbBuiI/south-africa-census-2011-results-live.html" title="South Africa Census 2011 results live on Google Public Data Explorer!" /><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/-Lys-mzS4qKs/UL3NDOhGtyI/AAAAAAAAAIk/qXdu0hDN2WY/s72-c/South+Africa++Population+Census+-+Google+Public+Data+Explorer.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/12/south-africa-census-2011-results-live.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Dk4DSXc6cSp7ImA9WhNXEUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-8267945827263028003</id><published>2012-11-29T16:15:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2012-11-29T16:16:18.919+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-11-29T16:16:18.919+03:00</app:edited><title>Announcing the Africa News Innovation Challenge winners</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="#french198"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.7777700007427484"&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;Digital tools are an increasing impetus for innovation across African newsrooms. From crowdsourcing content to using infographics to tell stories, journalists are finding new ways to report the news. We're excited to be supporting these innovators through the $1 million Africa News Innovation Challenge, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/05/supporting-innovation-in-african-news.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;announced in May this year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;—the latest in a series of projects to spur innovation in African journalism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #fcfac6; color: #666666; 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;Run by the t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;he&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.africanmediainitiative.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;African Media Initiative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, other partners include&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.omidyar.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Omidyar Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&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.gatesfoundation.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; 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;Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&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.knightfoundation.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; 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;John S. and James L. Knight Foundation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&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.state.gov/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; 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;U.S. State Department&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&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.kas.de/wf/en/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; 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;Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)&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="http://www.wan-ifra.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; 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;World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)&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;The response to the challenge was really enthusiastic, with more than 500 proposals submitted.&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;The 20 winners are all exciting digital journalism projects that will contribute to solving some of the biggest challenges facing the African media industry. They range from mobile apps to mobilise citizens against corruption and improved infographics to communicate complex issues, to developing new platforms for sharing content on buses and taxis. Key themes among the projects include a growing concern about manipulated online content, the security of communications with whistleblowers and sources, and the need to improve engagement with audiences. &amp;nbsp;&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;The projects have the potential to be replicated by media elsewhere in Africa, or to be scaled up across the continent, to create wide and sustained impact. Some projects will also develop new tools to support newsrooms and boost media revenues to support sustainable journalism. Winners will receive cash grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000; technology support from a team of four developers at AMI’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.code4kenya.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;jAccelerator lab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in Kenya, and business development support from top media strategists affiliated with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wan-ifra.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;World Association of Newspapers &amp;amp; News Publishers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Ten of the winners will also be flown to the Knight Foundation’s annual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;M.I.T. Civic Media Conference in the U.S., while the rest will be showcased at other important industry events.&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;The ANIC winners are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7777700007427484"&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;actNOW (Ghana)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;AdBooker (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;South Africa)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: line-through; 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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Africa Check&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa / Nigeria)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;skyCAM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kenya / Nigeria)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Africa’s Wealth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;renamed NewsStack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Nigeria / Namibia)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Citizen Desk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Mozambique)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Code4Ghana (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghana)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ConvergeCMS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;CorruptionNET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;DataWrapper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Nigeria / Senegal / Tanzania)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;End-to-End&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; 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 style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;renamed LastMile Crowdmapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Liberia / Ghana / Kenya)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;FlashCast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Kenya)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Green Hornet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ListeningPost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;MoJo: Keeping media honest by monitoring online journalism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;openAFRICA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Kenya / Nigeria / Rwanda / South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ODADI &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;renamed Code4SouthAfrica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Oxpeckers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;South Africa)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Wikipedia Zero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Cameroon / Ivory Coast / Tunisia / Uganda)&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_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ZeroNews (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;pan-African)&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;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.7777700007427484"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&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&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;You can learn more about the winners’ projects on the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://africannewschallenge.org/2012-winners/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ANIC website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&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&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;We can’t wait to see how these innovations unfold and we look forward to working with more African journalists to help them use technologies to tell important stories.&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;Posted by Julie Taylor, Communications Manager, Sub Saharan Africa&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="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998" name="french198"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Annonce des lauréats de l’Africa News Innovation Challenge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.38561507826671004"&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;Les outils numériques donnent un nouvel élan à l’innovation dans les salles de presse d’Afrique. Depuis le crowdsourcing de contenu à l’utilisation de l’infographie pour relayer des événements, les journalistes trouvent de nouveaux moyens pour rendre compte de l’actualité. Nous sommes heureux d’apporter notre soutien à ces innovateurs par l’intermédiaire de l’initiative Africa News Innovation Challenge, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/05/supporting-innovation-in-african-news.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;annoncée en mai dernier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;—dernière d’une série de projets visant à stimuler l’innovation dans le secteur du journalisme.&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;
&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;Ce projet est géré par&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.africanmediainitiative.org/"&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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;African Media Initiative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, les autres partenaires sont&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.omidyar.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Omidyar Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; 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;Fondation Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; 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;Fondation John S. and James L. Knight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.state.gov/"&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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Département d’État des États-Unis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kas.de/wf/en/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wan-ifra.org/"&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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Avec plus de 500 propositions soumises, cette initiative a reçu un accueil très enthousiaste.&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;
&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;Les 20 lauréats primés aujourd’hui sont porteurs de projets extrêmement prometteurs dans le domaine du journalisme, qui ont tous pour objectif de contribuer à résoudre les problèmes les plus critiques auxquels le secteur des médias est aujourd’hui confronté. Les projets retenus sont de tout orrdre&amp;nbsp;: applications sur mobile destinées à mobiliser les citoyens contre la corruption, amélioration de l’infographie pour aider à expliquer des problèmes complexes, nouvelles plates-formes de partage de de contenu à bord des bus et des taxis. Les thématiques clés qui se retrouvent dans ces projets ont notamment trait à l’inquiétude croissante concernant la manipulation des contenus en ligne, la sécurité des communications, des dénonciateurs et des sources, et à la nécessité d’améliorer la participation des différents publics. &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;
&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;Ces projets peuvent être repris par les médias dans d’autres régions d’Afrique, ou développés à l’échelle du continent afin de produire un impact significatif et durable. Certains d’entre eux seront également axés sur le développement de nouveaux outils pour les salles de presse,et l’augmentation des revenus des médias afin de soutenir un journalisme durable. Les lauréats recevront une subvention en numéraire d’un montant allant 10&amp;nbsp;000 à 100&amp;nbsp;000 dollars, une assistance technique assurée par une équipe de quatre développeurs du laboratoire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.code4kenya.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;jAccelerator lab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; d’AMI basé au Kenya, ainsi qu’une aide au développement d’activité apportée par des stratégistes médias de réputation mondiale affiliés à la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wan-ifra.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;World Association of Newspapers &amp;amp; News Publishers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Dix de ces lauréats pourront également assister à la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;M.I.T. Civic Media Conference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, événement annuel organisé par la Knight foundation, tandis que les autres participeront à d’autres événements de premier plan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&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 /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="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;Les lauréats de l’ANIC sont&amp;nbsp;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author"&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;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&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;actNOW (Ghana)&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;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;AdBooker (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Africa Check&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud / Nigeria)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;skyCAM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Kenya / Nigeria)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Africa’s Wealth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;renommé NewsStack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Nigeria / Namibie)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Citizen Desk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Mozambique)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Code4Ghana (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghana)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ConvergeCMS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Kenya / Tanzania / Ouganda)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;CorruptionNET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;DataWrapper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Nigeria / Sénégal / Tanzanie)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;End-to-End&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; 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 style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;renommé LastMile Crowdmapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Liberia / Ghana / Kenya)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;FlashCast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Kenya)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Green Hornet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ListeningPost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;MoJo&amp;nbsp;: Préserver l’intégrité des médias en contrôlant le journalisme en ligne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;openAFRICA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Kenya / Nigeria / Rwanda / Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ODADI &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;renommé Code4SouthAfrica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Oxpeckers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Afrique du Sud)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Wikipedia Zero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;Cameroun / Côte d’Ivoire / Tunisie / Ouganda)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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 class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;ZeroNews (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Afrique)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="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;/ul&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&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="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pour en savoir plus sur les projets des lauréats, consultez le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://africannewschallenge.org/2012-winners/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;site Internet de l’ANIC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; 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;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous sommes impatients de voir comment ces innovations seront déployées et nous réjouissons à la perspective de travailler en collaboration avec un plus grand nombre de journalistes afin de les accompagner dans l’utilisation des technologies pour relayer les informations importantes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&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="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par Julie Taylor, responsable de la communication, Afrique sub-saharienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/rM6sslOI5Q0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/8267945827263028003?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/8267945827263028003?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/rM6sslOI5Q0/announcing-africa-news-innovation.html" title="Announcing the Africa News Innovation Challenge winners" /><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/-9RrLYL7obQY/ULdegFkNjNI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/ihunCHsCt74/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2012-11-29+at+2.08.31+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/11/announcing-africa-news-innovation.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEUAQX05cSp7ImA9WhNXEUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-7144639163965767639</id><published>2012-11-28T11:59:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2012-11-29T15:30:40.329+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-11-29T15:30:40.329+03:00</app:edited><title>Street View on Google Maps now live in Botswana</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="#french197"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.42637215508148074"&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;Earlier this year &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/02/street-view-comes-to-beautiful-botswana.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;we announced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; that Street View on Google Maps was coming to Botswana. &amp;nbsp;Now anyone can travel virtually to Botswana via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google.co.bw/streetview"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Street View on Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and explore the country’s unique scenery and world-renowned game reserves. Following the launch of Street View in South Africa just before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Botswana will become only the second African country to be on Street View. For a demo on how Street View works, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/learn/using-street-view.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;start here&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;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lJnHMr-W_XE/UK-guntwH4I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/EO0EkaLeiEg/s1600/_MG_5574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lJnHMr-W_XE/UK-guntwH4I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/EO0EkaLeiEg/s320/_MG_5574.JPG" width="320" /&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;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&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; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;Street View Car in Gaborone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&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 style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&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;Take an online safari around some of Botswana’s most unique places, by exploring salt pans like the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makgadikgadi_Panhttps://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-20.462999,24.519834&amp;amp;spn=0.001681,0.00287&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-20.462999,24.519834&amp;amp;panoid=pthJUzqWDFxt592pAvwhYA&amp;amp;cbp=12,311.35,,0,-0.87&amp;amp;z=19" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Makgadikgadi Pan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; , or spot wild animals in the famous &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-17.829518,25.11927&amp;amp;spn=0.001708,0.00287&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-17.829518,25.11927&amp;amp;panoid=K8rEpk_amxn5LK1k6XfPUw&amp;amp;cbp=12,195.69,,0,15.96&amp;amp;z=19" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chobe National Park,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; home to the largest concentration of African elephants in the world. You may prefer to wander the streets of capital city &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Orapa+House+,+Gaborone,+South-East,+Botswana&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-24.662852,25.908174&amp;amp;spn=118.851133,235.898438&amp;amp;sll=-24.64181,25.940805&amp;amp;sspn=118.851133,235.898437&amp;amp;t=w&amp;amp;hnear=Orapa+House,+Mmaraka+Extension+1,+Gaborone,+South-East,+Botswana&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;panoid=Wo5lzhp5NdmVG49HEPY9AQ&amp;amp;cbll=-24.662852,25.908174&amp;amp;cbp=13,-297.10138803167615,,0,-16.386592940741536" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gaborone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, or immerse yourself in what the city has to offer on its outskirts.&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;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_SHZgABr7pI/ULMq2_WO7VI/AAAAAAAAAHI/QBnAxL5_VxQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-11-26+at+9.28.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="170" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_SHZgABr7pI/ULMq2_WO7VI/AAAAAAAAAHI/QBnAxL5_VxQ/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-11-26+at+9.28.02+AM.png" width="510" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic; text-align: left; text-decoration: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chobe National Park elephants &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;                         Tsodilo (UNESCO rock art heritage site)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&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;Botswana is well known for housing the world’s largest inland river delta, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_Delta" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Okavango&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, which spans more than 16,000 square kilometres. The delta is fed by the Okavango River and is an aquatic wilderness teeming with rich wildlife. From today, anyone can experience this dynamic backdrop in Street View. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;With around 70% of the country being covered by the Kalahari desert, Botswana has diverse terrain including the delta and wide open grassland and savannah areas. Depending on which kind of terrain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.co.bw/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/learn/using-street-view.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pegman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; falls on, you can navigate around some of the most remote areas of the country.&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;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wACwiGo_7VA/ULMrFglWALI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/YREfL1cxnqo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-11-26+at+9.31.37+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="170" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wACwiGo_7VA/ULMrFglWALI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/YREfL1cxnqo/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-11-26+at+9.31.37+AM.png" width="510" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Salt Pan &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;     Gaborone &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Whether you are planning a safari, doing a homework assignment on Botswana, or promoting your local business - Street View will allow you to experience a slice of Botswana. &amp;nbsp;We hope to add more cultures, landscapes and sites as Street View continues to expand to new places. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Posted by Ory Okolloh, Policy Manager, Google Sub-Saharan Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;a href="french197"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Street View sur Google Maps a fait son entrée au Botswana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.2588540182914585"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/02/street-view-comes-to-beautiful-botswana.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous avons annoncé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; cette année que Street View sur Google Maps allait arriver au Botswana. &amp;nbsp;C'est chose faite puisque vous pouvez désormais vous déplacer virtuellement au Botswana via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google.co.bw/streetview" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Street View sur Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et explorer les paysages exceptionnels du pays et ses réserves de grands fauves connues dans le monde entier. Après le lancement de Street View en Afrique du Sud juste avant la Coupe du Monde de football 2010, Botswana sera maintenant le deuxième pays africain à être visible sur Street View. Pour voir comment Street View fonctionne, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/learn/using-street-view.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;cliquez ici&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;/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;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Partez faire un safari en ligne dans quelques-uns des sites les plus remarquables du Botswana : explorez les déserts salins tels que le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makgadikgadi_Panhttps:/maps.google.com/maps?ll=-20.462999,24.519834&amp;amp;spn=0.001681,0.00287&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-20.462999,24.519834&amp;amp;panoid=pthJUzqWDFxt592pAvwhYA&amp;amp;cbp=12,311.35,,0,-0.87&amp;amp;z=19" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Makgadikgadi Pan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ou observez la faune du célèbre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-17.829518,25.11927&amp;amp;spn=0.001708,0.00287&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;cbll=-17.829518,25.11927&amp;amp;panoid=K8rEpk_amxn5LK1k6XfPUw&amp;amp;cbp=12,195.69,,0,15.96&amp;amp;z=19" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Chobe National Park,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; où vit la plus grande concentration d'éléphants africains dans le monde. Vous pouvez aussi choisir de déambuler dans les rues de la capitale, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Orapa+House+,+Gaborone,+South-East,+Botswana&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ll=-24.662852,25.908174&amp;amp;spn=118.851133,235.898438&amp;amp;sll=-24.64181,25.940805&amp;amp;sspn=118.851133,235.898437&amp;amp;t=w&amp;amp;hnear=Orapa+House,+Mmaraka+Extension+1,+Gaborone,+South-East,+Botswana&amp;amp;z=3&amp;amp;layer=c&amp;amp;panoid=Wo5lzhp5NdmVG49HEPY9AQ&amp;amp;cbll=-24.662852,25.908174&amp;amp;cbp=13,-297.10138803167615,,0,-16.386592940741536" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Gaborone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; ou de partir à la découverte des sites des environs, tels que la Gaborone Game Reserve.&amp;nbsp;&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;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le Botswana possède l'un des plus grands deltas intérieurs du monde, le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_Delta" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Delta d'Okavango&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, qui s'étend sur plus de 16.000 kilomètres carrés. Le delta est alimenté par le fleuve Okavango et concentre une faune et flore aquatique d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Désormais, vous pouvez accéder en live à tous ces lieux via Street View. Le Botswana, dont environ 70&amp;nbsp;% est couvert par le désert du Kalahari, offre toute une variété de paysages, du delta à la savane, en passant par les vastes prairies sauvages. En fonction des lieux où &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.co.bw/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/learn/using-street-view.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pegman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; s'aventure, vous pourrez naviguer à travers les endroits les plus reculés du pays.&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;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Que ce soit pour préparer un safari, un exposé sur le Botswana, ou faire la promotion d'une entreprise ou d'une initiative locale, Street View vous permettra d'avoir un avant-goût du Botswana. &amp;nbsp;Au fur et à mesure que Street View continuera à s'étendre dans de nouveaux lieux, nous espérons pouvoir ajouter de nouvelles cultures, de nouveaux paysages et de nouveaux sites à explorer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="130" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RT9WMP0WgyE/UK-XZKRfXzI/AAAAAAAAAF4/sOlXL4U4-_g/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-11-23+at+4.33.15+PM.png" width="470" /&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; 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 id="internal-source-marker_0.6242636661045253"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Africa and the Umbono program is excited to announce a new partnership with tech incubator &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.88mph.ac/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;88mph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in Cape Town. The 88mph accelerator program originally launched in Nairobi, and will now be available to entrepreneurs in South Africa. 88mph offers selected start-ups funding, mentorship, and visibility. Google will support this start-up community with mentoring, speaker programs, and workshops. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.6242636661045253"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&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&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Why is Umbono making these changes?&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&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Our goal was always to help kick-start the South African start-up community and bring the pieces of the ecosystem together. We’ve achieved that and the start-up community (“Silicon Cape”) has proven to be filled with talent, and more active investors are now involved. Our new partnership will provide even more resources to entrepreneurs in South Africa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google for Entrepreneurs&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; is supporting tech accelerators and hubs across Africa, and the new program to support 88mph in Cape Town is an exciting addition. The partnership is similar to Google’s other global entrepreneurship support efforts such as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives/eleven.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Eleven&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; (Bulgaria) and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives/le-camping.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le Camping&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; (Paris). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Success Stories&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;The Umbono program brought together a community of talent and angel investors, and helped &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.co.za/intl/en/umbono/success/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;seven startups&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; get their feet off the ground; many of our teams have won international competitions and already received follow-on investments. We will continue to build on their great momentum to help grow the wider tech entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southern Africa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &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; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&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;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&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;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&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;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pUeaU2a3iKw/UK-ZJqEPQUI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7B2RSfraNRc/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-11-23+at+4.40.59+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="130" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pUeaU2a3iKw/UK-ZJqEPQUI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7B2RSfraNRc/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-11-23+at+4.40.59+PM.png" width="470" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;What happens next?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Startups in Cape Town can now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.88mph.ac/" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; apply&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; to be accepted into the 88mph program - &amp;nbsp;so if you know of any early-stage tech startups in the region, let them know ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&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&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;More information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.88mph.ac/" style="background-color: white;"&gt;88mph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Bandwidth Blog article on the 88mph launch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bandwidthblog.com/2012/10/19/88mph-launches-in-cape-town-with-google-umbono/"&gt;event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;G+ link to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104501311420501045819/albums/5802510278768283073"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;photographs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (Oct 17 launch event)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"&gt;Posted by Johanna Kollar, Program Manager, Google South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;a french196="french196" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998&amp;amp;pli=1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dynamiser les start-up en Afrique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.855501783080399"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Afrique et le programme Umbono sont heureux d'annoncer un nouveau partenariat avec l'incubateur de technologie &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.88mph.ac/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;88mph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; au Cap. Le programme d'accélération 88mph, lancé au départ à Nairobi, est désormais accessible aux entrepreneurs d'Afrique du Sud. 88mph assure des financements, un tutorat et une visibilité aux start-up &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sélectionnées. Google soutiendra cette communauté de start-up via des tutorats, des programmes de conférences et des ateliers. &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;
&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="color: #222222; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Pourquoi ces changements concernant Umbono&amp;nbsp;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Notre objectif a toujours été d'aider la communauté des start-up sud-africaines à démarrer, et de mettre ensemble les pièces qui composent l'écosystème. Nous avons atteint cet objectif et la communauté des start-up (“Silicon Cap”) a démontré qu'elle était pleine de talent. Des investisseurs plus actifs y sont désormais engagés. Notre nouveau partenariat va offrir encore plus de ressources aux entrepreneurs en Afrique du Sud. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google for Entrepreneurs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; soutient les accélérateurs et les hubs technologiques à travers l'Afrique, et le nouveau programme de soutien à 88mph au Cap complète naturellement cette démarche. Le partenariat s'inscrit dans la droite ligne des autres soutiens de Google aux entreprises à travers le monde, telles que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives/eleven.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Eleven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (Bulgarie) et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives/le-camping.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le Camping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (Paris). &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;
&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; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Success story &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;à répétition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le programme Umbono a réuni une communauté de talents et des "business angels" et a aidé &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.co.za/intl/en/umbono/success/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sept start-up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; à décoller&amp;nbsp;; plusieurs de nos équipes ont remporté des concours internationaux et bénéficient déjà d'investissements de suivi. Nous allons poursuivre sur cette lancée et aider ainsi au développement du plus vaste écosystème entrepreneurial technologique en Afrique du Sud.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&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;
&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="color: #222222; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Que va-t-il se passer ensuite&amp;nbsp;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les start-up du Cap peuvent désormais &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.88mph.ac/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;postuler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour participer au programme 88mph - &amp;nbsp;alors, si vous connaissez des start-up technologiques en phase de démarrage dans la région, faites-le leur savoir&amp;nbsp;! &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;
&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="color: #222222; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Plus d'informations&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;
&lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.855501783080399"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.88mph.ac/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;88mph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; 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;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.855501783080399"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Article sur le Bandwidth Blog à propos du &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bandwidthblog.com/2012/10/19/88mph-launches-in-cape-town-with-google-umbono/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lancement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; de 88mph.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 15px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.855501783080399"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.855501783080399"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Lien G+ vers des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/104501311420501045819/albums/5802510278768283073"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; (lancement du 17 oct.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Poste par Johanna Kollar, directrice de programme, Google Afrique du Sud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/VnX48qvDZEI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/5000540788607031922?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/5000540788607031922?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/VnX48qvDZEI/boosting-start-ups-in-africa.html" title="Boosting start-ups 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><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RT9WMP0WgyE/UK-XZKRfXzI/AAAAAAAAAF4/sOlXL4U4-_g/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2012-11-23+at+4.33.15+PM.png" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/11/boosting-start-ups-in-africa.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUMCQH4_cSp7ImA9WhNSFk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-8470626591489873689</id><published>2012-10-30T23:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2012-10-30T23:04:21.049+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-10-30T23:04:21.049+03:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">&lt;a href="#french195"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This week we move on from Bangkok to Nairobi where we met with the &lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories/upandelimited"&gt;Upande Ltd&lt;/a&gt; team at their office in the home of Mark de Blois. Upande is a development shop in Nairobi, Kenya that provides web mapping and GIS solutions expertise to a diverse range of enterprise, NGO, and public sector clients. Although Upande is relatively small (about 10 employees at the time of our visit), the tightly knit team is creating a big impact around the world with the Google Maps and Google Earth powered &lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/take-a-tour"&gt;Virtual Kenya &lt;/a&gt;project. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Virtual Kenya is an online interactive platform designed to allow more Kenyans to use and interact with spatial data in both educational and professional pursuits. Users can view, download, publish, share, and comment on various maps covering topics such as water sanitation, wildlife, or politics. According to Upande the goal of the Virtual Kenya project is to, “promote increased data sharing and spatial analysis for better decision-making, development planning and education in Kenya, while at the same time demonstrating the potential and use of web-based spatial planning tools."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;A big part of Virtual Kenya is making the data interactive and visually exciting, while also easy to access. To do this the Upande team uses the &lt;a href="https://developers.google.com/earth/"&gt;Google Earth API&lt;/a&gt; which allows them to use 3D map visualization directly on the site. In the screenshot above is an interactive tour that describes Kenya's tourism sector guided by Google Earth. This tour focuses on major attractions, national parks, environmental challenges, and areas that could be used to improve the industry. The full list of Virtual Kenya’s tours cover a variety subjects, such as &lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps/tours/373-mau-forest-kenya-forest-loss-and-degradation"&gt;deforestation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps/tours/375-mount-elgon-balancing-nature-and-population"&gt;population issues&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps/tours/146-wildlife-tour"&gt;threats to wildlife&lt;/a&gt;. Beyond the tours, there’s also a list of more &lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps-viewer/mashups"&gt;Google Maps based mashups&lt;/a&gt; that help users learn more about a variety of subjects such as the Turkana Oil Fields, water quality, and aspiring politicians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In the video below, Upande geo engineer Bernadette Ndege gives a live demonstration of how Virtual Kenya works. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Many thanks to the Upande team for inviting us into their office and sharing with us their latest projects. To learn more about Upande and the things that you can do with the Google Maps API, visit &lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories/upandelimited"&gt;morethanamap.com&lt;/a&gt;. You can also see more pictures from our visit to Upande &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/112223943229765892230/albums/5767025967922163617/5767026173504074706"&gt;on Google+&lt;/a&gt;. Tune in next week to read about our visit with &lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories/ubilabs"&gt;Ubilabs&lt;/a&gt; in Hamburg, Germany.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="post-author" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Posted by &lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/112223943229765892230/posts"&gt;Carlos Cuesta&lt;/a&gt;, Google Maps API Product Marketing Manager &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #7f6000;"&gt;&lt;a href="" name="french195"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Carte de la semaine : Virtual Kenya selon Upande&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt -0.05pt; text-indent: -0.05pt;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.7818859678227454"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;[Note de l'éditeur&amp;nbsp;: Ce mois-ci, nous avons lancé l'application&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;morethanamap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour présenter les fonctionnalités de Google Maps API. Dans le cadre de ce projet, chaque semaine, nous vous proposerons un article sur la communauté mondiale de développeurs qui utilisent Google Maps API pour créer des entreprises, contribuer à l'amélioration de leurs communautés ou préserver l'environnement.] &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.7818859678227454"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt -0.05pt; text-indent: -0.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Cette semaine nous quittons Bangkok pour rejoindre Nairobi où nous avons rencontré l'équipe d'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories/upandelimited"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Upande Ltd&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="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;dans ses bureaux, sur les terres de Mark de Blois. Upande est une société de développement installée à Nairobi, au Kenya, qui offre son expertise en matière de solutions de cartographie web et GIS à un large éventail d'entreprises, d'ONG et de clients du secteur public. En dépit de sa taille relativement modeste (nous avons rencontré une dizaine employés lors de notre visite), l'équipe très soudée d'Uplande fait un travail dont les retombées ont un impact important dans le monde entier à travers le projet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/take-a-tour"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Virtual Kenya&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;soutenu par Google Maps et Google Earth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt -0.05pt; text-indent: -0.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Virtual Kenya est une plateforme interactive en ligne qui permet à un nombre croissant de Kenyans d'exploiter les données spatiales dans des applications à la fois pédagogiques et professionnelles. Les utilisateurs peuvent ainsi visualiser, télécharger, publier, partager et commenter différentes cartes couvrant des thèmes aussi variés que l'assainissement de l'eau, la faune et la flore sauvages ou la vie politique. Selon Upande, le projet Virtual Kenya a pour objet de «&amp;nbsp;promouvoir le partage de données et l'analyse spatiale pour faciliter le processus décisionnel, développer la planification et l'éducation au Kenya, tout en démontrant le potentiel et l'utilité des outils de planification spatiale basés sur le Web.&amp;nbsp;»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt -0.05pt; text-indent: -0.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;La mission principale de Virtual Kenya consiste à rendre ces données interactives, visuellement attractives et faciles d'accès. L'équipe d'Upande utilise pour cela&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.google.com/earth/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google Earth API&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;qui lui permet d'appliquer directement sur le site la visualisation sur carte en 3D. La capture d'écran ci-dessus illustre un circuit interactif qui décrit le secteur du tourisme kenyan à l'aide de Google Earth. Ce circuit met l'accent sur les principales attractions, les parcs nationaux, les défis environnementaux et les domaines qui pourraient être exploités pour améliorer ce secteur d'activité. La liste complète des circuits Virtual Kenya couvre différents thèmes, par exemple&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps/tours/373-mau-forest-kenya-forest-loss-and-degradation"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;la déforestation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps/tours/375-mount-elgon-balancing-nature-and-population"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;les questions démographiques &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, ou&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps/tours/146-wildlife-tour"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;les menaces sur la faune et la flore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. L'application comporte également d'autres &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.virtualkenya.org/maps-viewer/mashups"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;appli composites (Mashup) basés sur Google Maps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;qui permettent aux internautes d'en savoir plus sur toute une variété de thèmes tels que les champs pétrolifères de Turkana, la qualité de l'eau et les candidats à la vie politique. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt -0.05pt; text-indent: -0.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dans la vidéo ci-dessous, Bernadette Ndge, ingénieur géographe chez Upande, fait une démonstration en direct du fonctionnement de Virtual Kenya.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; 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;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nous remercions vivement l'équipe d'Upande de nous avoir accueillis dans ses bureaux pour nous faire part de ses tout derniers projets. Pour en savoir plus sur Upande et sur les applications de Google Maps API, visitez le site&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories/upandelimited"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;morethanamap.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Vous pouvez également retrouver toutes les photos de notre visite chez Upande &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/112223943229765892230/albums/5767025967922163617/5767026173504074706"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;sur Google+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Ne manquez pas notre rendez-vous de la semaine prochaine pour tout savoir sur notre visite chez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.morethanamap.com/developer-stories/ubilabs"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ubilabs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;à Hambourg en Allemagne.&amp;nbsp;&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="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649;"&gt;&lt;br class="kix-line-break" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/1/112223943229765892230/posts"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Carlos Cuesta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444649; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, Product Marketing Manager, Google Maps API&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/wOgz3byf--o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/8470626591489873689?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/8470626591489873689?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/wOgz3byf--o/en-francais-map-of-week-upandes-virtual.html" title="" /><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/-pmEZg3cDkRg/UIdkPYBTQBI/AAAAAAAABGM/9ZxNSdr0TvM/s72-c/upande.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/10/en-francais-map-of-week-upandes-virtual.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkMASXg7eSp7ImA9WhNTGUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-1899755042186516207</id><published>2012-10-23T13:42:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2012-10-23T14:07:28.601+03:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-10-23T14:07:28.601+03:00</app:edited><title>Bringing Information to Ghanaian Voters</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="#french194"&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.48379682865925133"&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;December 7th 2012, will be an important day for Ghana and Ghanaian voters. &amp;nbsp;Ghana has already established a reputation for a being a vibrant and stable democracy, and expectations are that the upcoming election in December will be yet another opportunity to reinforce the well-deserved reputation. During the election campaign period, &amp;nbsp;the Internet is increasingly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2012/10/ghana%E2%80%99s-presidential-candidates"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; playing a role&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in how Ghanaian citizens’ search for information about elections, and in how politicians seek to engage with voters. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&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;To meet this growing demand for information online around the elections, we embarked on several activities. &amp;nbsp;From training local journalists and political parties on digital tools for elections, to partnering with local media partners like Citi FM to hold Google+ Hangouts with leading candidates and local civil society groups, to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/myjoyonlinetube"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; livestreaming the IEA Evening Encounters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; in Partnership with IEA Ghana and MMG, to partnering our Google Student Ambassadors in Ghana with local civic group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/114381401012034126514/posts"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghana Decides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; - our focus has been on making elections-related information accessible and driving citizen engagement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.8691353888716549"&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;Today, we announce the launch of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com.gh/elections/ed/gh"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghana Elections Hub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, an information portal where you can keep track of news and information related to the Ghana election. &amp;nbsp;Following up on our past efforts in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2011/04/nigerian-election-keeping-track-of-news.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nigeria&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://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/01/follow-senegal-elections-and-make-your.html"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Senegal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, it is one more step in our ongoing effort to make sure our users can easily find and share locally relevant information.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6796894934389505998" name="french194"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Apporter des informations aux électeurs ghanéens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.31309311045333743"&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;Le 7 décembre 2012, sera un grand jour pour les électeurs ghanéens et ghanéennes. Le Ghana s'est déjà forgé la réputation d'être une démocratie stable et dynamique, et tout porte à croire que les prochaines élections qui se tiendront en décembre seront une nouvelle occasion de renforcer cette réputation bien méritée. Durant la campagne électorale, Internet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2012/10/ghana%E2%80%99s-presidential-candidates"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;est de plus en plus consulté&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; par les citoyens ghanéens pour trouver des informations sur les élections et par les hommes politiques pour interpeler les électeurs.&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="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.31309311045333743"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.31309311045333743"&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;Pour répondre à cette demande grandissante d'information électorale en ligne, nous avons récemment entrepris plusieurs activités notamment : former les journalistes et partis politiques locaux aux outils électoraux numériques, signer des accords avec des partenaires de média locaux tels que Citi FM pour tenir des Google+ Hangouts avec de grands candidats et des organisations de la société civile locale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/myjoyonlinetube"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, diffuser en direct sur Internet les "IEA Evening Encounters"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; en partenariat avec l'IEA Ghana et MMG, et associer les étudiants ambassadeurs de Google au Ghana au projet citoyen local "Ghana Decides". L'objectif de toutes ces activités était de rendre accessibles les informations électorales et d'encourager la participation citoyenne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, nous annonçons le lancement du &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://h/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Ghana Elections Hub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, un portail d'informations qui permet de suivre en ligne les actualités et informations relatives aux élections ghanéennes. &amp;nbsp;Après les initiatives que nous avons menées pour le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2011/04/nigerian-election-keeping-track-of-news.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nigeria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/01/follow-senegal-elections-and-make-your.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Sénégal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, cette opération constitue un nouveau jalon dans nos efforts permanents à rendre l'information pertinente aisément accessible et partageable par nos utilisateurs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.3483165430370718"&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;This week, Google launched 42 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/#!home:page=1"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;new online historical exhibitions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, including Apartheid, D-Day and the Holocaust. The stories have been put together by 17 of our partners who have drawn on their archives of letters, manuscripts, first-hand video testimonials and much more. Much of the material is very moving—and some is on the Internet for the first time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.3483165430370718"&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;Amongst the stories told are exhibitions featuring archive material about Apartheid, including never-seen-before material about some of the most iconic heroes of the Struggle. The Apartheid stories have been put together by three of our partners in South Africa - the Steve Biko Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Center of Memory, and Africa Media Online. Some of the exhibitions you can explore include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ul style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/#!exhibit:exhibitId=AQq1-VUP"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Steve Biko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; - on the the 35th anniversary of Steve Biko’s death, this series of exhibitions tell the story of a 15 year old’s political awakening in the midst of the Apartheid movement. Featuring nine documents never released in the public domain including his 1973 banning order, and his Black People’s Convention membership card.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/#!exhibit:exhibitId=gQjfGfsV"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nelson Mandela &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- an update of the current archives, featuring new videos and images covering his early life, his prison years and negotiating for democracy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/#!exhibit:exhibitId=gRYotDA-"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Apartheid events &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- Sharpeville Massacre, Soweto Riots, 1913 Land Act, Heads of Government, Women’s Anti-Pass March, 1994 elections, Treason Trial and a collection of Apartheid signs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;As with the other archives that we’ve helped bring onto the Internet, including the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2011/09/from-desert-to-web-bringing-dead-sea.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Dead Sea Scrolls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; you can zoom in to see photos in great detail and search through millions of items for a specific country, person, event or date. Watch our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpplbJMj-No&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be" style="font-weight: bold;"&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: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; for some guidance about how to find your way around the exhibitions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The historical collections are the latest chapter in the work of the Google Cultural Institute, following the &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2012/04/going-global-in-search-of-great-art.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Art Project&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://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2012/05/explore-historic-sites-with-world.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&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: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;World Wonders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2012/03/explore-mandelas-archives-online.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&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: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nelson Mandela archives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. We’re working closely with museums, foundations and other archives around the world to make more cultural and historical material accessible online and by doing so preserve it for future generations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;You can explore the many exhibitions at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/cultural" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;www.google.com/culturalinstitute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. You can also follow us on our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/+googleculturalinstitute" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Google+ page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. What you see today is just the start, so if you’re a partner interested in contributing your own exhibitions please complete this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://g-cultural-institute.appspot.com/signup" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;form. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: yellow; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.11487312312237918"&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;Cette semaine, Google a lancé 42 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://h/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;nouvelles expositions historiques en ligne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, dont celles sur l'Apartheid, le Débarquement en Normandie (Jour J) et l'Holocauste. Les récits ont été rassemblés par dix-sept de nos partenaires qui ont mis à profit leurs archives&amp;nbsp;: lettres, manuscrits, témoignages vidéo directs, etc. Ces éléments sont pour la plupart très émouvants — et certains sont sur Internet pour la première fois. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Parmi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSKATUciBEE&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; les h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;istoires ainsi racontées, on trouve des archives sur l'apartheid, dont des éléments inédits sur quelques-unes des figures les plus emblématiques de cette lutte. Les récits sur l'apartheid ont été réunis par trois de nos partenaires en Afrique du Sud - la Fondation Steve Biko, le Centre de mémoire Nelson Mandela et Africa Media Online. Parmi les expositions que vous pouvez explorer&amp;nbsp;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://h/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Steve Biko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; - à l'occasion du 35&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;e &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;anniversaire de la mort de Steve Biko, cette série d'expositions raconte l'histoire du réveil politique d'un gamin de 15 ans au sein du mouvement anti-apartheid. Comprenant neuf documents inédits dont son interdiction de séjour en 1973 et sa carte de membre de la BPC (Black People Convention). &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;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&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;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Nelson Mandela &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;- une actualisation des archives actuelles, dont de nouvelles vidéos et images couvrant sa jeunesse, ses années de prison et les négociations pour la démocratie. &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;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&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;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Événements liés à l'apartheid &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;- Massacre de Sharpeville, émeutes de Soweto, Land Act de 1913, chefs du gouvernement, marche des femmes anti-pass, élections de 1994, procès de Treason et une collection de symboles de l'apartheid&lt;/span&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;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"&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;/span&gt;&lt;/div&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 pour les autres archives que nous avons aidé à mettre en ligne, dont les &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2011/09/from-desert-to-web-bringing-dead-sea.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Manuscrits de la mer Morte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, vous pouvez zoomer pour voir le détail des photos et rechercher parmi des millions d'items ceux qui concernent un pays, une personne, un événement ou une date particulière. Regardez notre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpplbJMj-No&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be" style="font-weight: bold;"&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;vidéo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; pour avoir quelques conseils et vous y retrouver dans les différentes expositions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Les collections historiques constituent le dernier chapitre du travail de l'Institut culturel de Google, après &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2012/04/going-global-in-search-of-great-art.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;le projet Art&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://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2012/05/explore-historic-sites-with-world.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&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;les merveilles du monde &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2012/03/explore-mandelas-archives-online.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;les archives de Nelson Mandela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Nous travaillons en étroite collaboration avec les musées, les fondations et autres détenteurs d'archives à travers le monde pour mettre à disposition en ligne le maximum d'archives culturelles et historiques, et les préserver ainsi pour les générations à venir. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&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 explorer les nombreuses expositions sur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/cultural" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;www.google.com/culturalinstitute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Vous pouvez également nous suivre sur notre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/+googleculturalinstitute" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;page Google+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. Ce que vous voyez aujourd'hui n 'est qu'un début. Si vous avez envie de contribuer à cette aventure et de proposer votre propre exposition, veuillez remplir ce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://g-cultural-institute.appspot.com/signup" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;formulaire.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Poste par Mark Yoshitake, Responsable produit, Institut culturel de Google&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9219056316651404" style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Last month we were in Kampala, the “city built on seven hills” for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/s/%23guganda"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;g|Uganda 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; and it was fun all the way (the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/guganda2012/home"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;venue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; was an amusement park, after all!). We were joined by more than 600 developers, tech entrepreneurs and small business owners who participated in presentations, hands-on workshops and panel discussions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pXFAEJq1svI/UHKLnZ61wPI/AAAAAAAAAD8/MSh_VLxG2pw/s1600/IMG_0188.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pXFAEJq1svI/UHKLnZ61wPI/AAAAAAAAAD8/MSh_VLxG2pw/s400/IMG_0188.jpeg" width="340" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iGqsSZzQ33c/UHKLv0cIc1I/AAAAAAAAAEE/GrsWP8woCm4/s1600/IMG_0434.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iGqsSZzQ33c/UHKLv0cIc1I/AAAAAAAAAEE/GrsWP8woCm4/s320/IMG_0434.jpeg" width="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="byline-author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.9219056316651404" style="font-family: 'Apple LiSung';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Next month the Google team will be travelling to South Africa’s “Mother City”, Cape Town, famous for its &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Mountain"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Table Mountain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, but also for its vibrant tech community which has led some to refer to it as Silicon Cape. On 12 and 13 November 2012 we will host our annual two-day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sites.google.com/site/gsouthafrica2012/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;g|South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;. On Day 1 we invite developers to learn about technologies that include HTML5 and the Google API platform, as well as explore some new ideas in development for mobile, product development &amp;nbsp;and improving user experience. On Day 2 we turn our attention to business owners, marketers, publishers and entrepreneurs and focus on the Google tools available for scaling your business, marketing it online, tracking success and measuring Return on Investment (ROI).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;As always seats are limited, so &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gsouthafrica2012/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;apply&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; now. See you there!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.4388073936570436"&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;Le mois dernier, nous nous trouvions à Kampala, la "ville bâtie sur sept collines" pour le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://plus.google.com/s/%23guganda"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;g|Uganda 2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; et l'événement a été particulièrement divertissant (après tout, il avait &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/guganda2012/home"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;lieu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; dans un parc d'attraction&amp;nbsp;!). Nous avons été rejoints par plus de 600 développeurs, entrepreneurs dans le secteur des technologies et patrons de PME, qui ont assisté aux présentations, aux ateliers pratiques et aux discussions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Le mois prochain, l'équipe Google se rendra dans la "ville-mère" d'Afrique du Sud, Le Cap, célèbre pour sa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Mountain"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;montagne de la Table&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;, mais aussi pour sa bouillonnante communauté technologique - qui a conduit certains à la surnommer le Silicon Cap. Les 12 et 13 novembre 2012, nous accueillerons notre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sites.google.com/site/gsouthafrica2012/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;g|South Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; annuel, programmé sur deux jours. Le 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;er&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; jour, nous inviterons les développeurs à en savoir plus sur des technologies telles que HTML5 et la plate-forme API de Google, et à explorer quelques nouvelles idées dans le domaine du développement pour les mobiles, du développement de produit et de l'amélioration de l'expérience de l'utilisateur. Le 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; jour, nous nous focaliserons sur les patrons d'entreprise, responsables marketing, publicitaires et entrepreneurs et nous attacherons aux outils Google disponibles pour faire évoluer l'activité&amp;nbsp;: marketing en ligne, suivi des résultats et mesure du retour sur investissement (ROI).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Comme toujours, le nombre de places est limité, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gsouthafrica2012/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;inscrivez-vous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; donc sans attendre. Au plaisir de vous voir parmi nous !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Publié par Chukwuemeka Afigbo et Elizma Nolte, équipe Google Afrique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~4/bSBD9e6lbNs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/41811124671537808?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6796894934389505998/posts/default/41811124671537808?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleAfricaBlog/~3/bSBD9e6lbNs/from-seven-hills-to-table-mountain.html" title="From the Seven Hills to Table Mountain" /><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/-pXFAEJq1svI/UHKLnZ61wPI/AAAAAAAAAD8/MSh_VLxG2pw/s72-c/IMG_0188.jpeg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-seven-hills-to-table-mountain.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>
