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This hypercar is China’s first Belt and Road electric vehicle project

The Verge

And in some places, like Djibouti, China is attempting to do nearly all of the above. China’s Belt and Road initiative is a massive effort to spin up infrastructure projects across Asia, Europe, and Africa that, in total, roughly trace the old Silk Road. The projects span dozens of countries and vary in size and scope.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations. The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: 15andcounting.org

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Its fun to look at the petition and see people signed up from Djibouti to Brazil There is a cell phone component to the campaign that has caused it to really take off in South Africa. The site includes a petition and a resource kits with tools, like stakeholders letters, so people can launch campaigns in their country.

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How To: Put Technology to Use (November 2008)

NTEN

Let us know when you can make our office building appear to be somewhere, in, oh, let's say Djibouti. (No, No, really: say "Djibouti" It'll cheer you up.). Important topics: layers , masks , and the clone tool. Here are 60 advanced tutorials.