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Meet the man using e-waste to build solar lamps in Nigeria

Hannah Brown

October 24, 2022 |

Euronews |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

QuadLoop is a Nigerian business that produces solar lamps from recycled electronic parts like lithium batteries and screens. This practice makes the lamps more cost-effective and reduces electronic waste.

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Volunteer-powered N.H. elections buoyed by national recruitment campaigns

Steven Porter

October 22, 2022 |

New Hampshire Public Radio |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

Power the Polls is a national campaign that coordinates with companies and organizations across the political spectrum to reach out to potential election volunteers. The campaign then shares the volunteer's information directly with local election officials, with the goal of bolstering the pool of available poll workers.

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Technology and manpower collaborate to plug Johannesburg's pesky potholes

Aarti Bhana

October 20, 2022 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

The Pothole Patrol formed in May 2021 and launched an app that provides residents with a quick, centralized space for reporting any potholes they spot. Since it launched, more than 100,000 potholes have been repaired.

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Ugandan Health Innovators Show It's Possible to Provide Medicare Under Two Hours

Rhonet Atwiine

October 18, 2022 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Healthcare providers in Uganda are turning to telehealth to improve the accessibility of medical care. Patients can speak to doctors over the phone and have samples picked up or medicine delivered straight to them.

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New road surfaces for the future – a long and winding (and green) road

Carla Diamanti

October 17, 2022 |

News48 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy

Gipave is a new type of asphalt technology that combines plastic waste with bitumen, a material already used to pave roads, to make recyclable road surfaces with longer lifespans and reduce emissions from road work by 70%.

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With more working remote, companies tweak in-office culture to recruit new workers

Vic Micolucci Josh Beauchamp

October 17, 2022 |

ClickOnDetroit |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Companies in the United States are offering more remote work options for employees to match the increasing number of people searching for fully or partially remote jobs after the pandemic.

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Powering England with the world's largest offshore wind farm

Sharyn Alfonsi

October 16, 2022 |

CBS News |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: England, Grimsby

Off the coast of Grimsby, England, the largest offshore wind farm in the world created over 500 jobs for a deteriorating fishing town while providing enough clean, renewable energy to power over 2 million homes each day.

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Code Plateau is enhancing digital skills of youths but brain drain poses a threat to sustainability

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

October 13, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

Code Plateau is a fellowship designed to teach young adults digital skills like digital marketing, software engineering, and data science to help them secure good jobs and help the country into a leading digital economy. Since the fellowship began in 2019, it has trained over 1,000 people.

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An Initiative is introducing coding and programming languages into Nigeria's education curriculum

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

October 12, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

KidsThatCode offers weekend programs and summer boot camps to teach Nigerian children coding and programming languages. More than 2,000 students have participated since 2017.

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New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

Abigail Comar

October 12, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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