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Africa wired
- Source: Africa Renewal, Volume 28, Issue 2, Aug 2014, p. 30 - 30
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- 31 Aug 2014
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Abstract
Ushahidi, a not-for-profit technology company based in Kenya, has invented a cloud-managed, portable Wi-Fi router that consists of a mobile modem, which can also be used as a backup power generator for the Internet during electricity blackouts or in situations of limited network coverage. Called BRCK (pronounced as “brick”), experts are already recognizing it as an ingenious solution to Africa’s intractable power problems.
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