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		<title>Exploring the Start-up Tech Hubs in Africa</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/exploring-the-start-up-tech-hubs-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chrissy Martin, Guest Columnist Silicon Savannah. Maybe you&#8217;ve heard this term (maybe you&#8217;ve even read why it&#8217;s a <a title="Don't Call Africa's Tech Hub 'Silicon Savannah'" href="http://mashable.com/2013/03/26/nairobi-tech-hub/" target="_blank">misnomer</a> .)  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Mobile Banking Revolution in Tanzania</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/exploring-the-mobile-banking-revolution-in-tanzania/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/exploring-the-mobile-banking-revolution-in-tanzania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[VNI-SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodacom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist In most developed economies, people can be forgiven for taking banks for granted. After all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empowering Rural Health Workers with Mobile Video</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/empowering-rural-health-workers-with-mobile-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/empowering-rural-health-workers-with-mobile-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connected Life Exchange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist State-of-the-art broadband services still don’t reach many parts of the African continent, especially rural villages. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of the Text Message</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/the-power-of-the-text-message/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/the-power-of-the-text-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connected Life Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FrontlineSMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile vni forecast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laura Walker Hudson, Guest Columnist <a href="http://www.frontlinesms.com/" target="_blank">FrontlineSMS</a> grew out of a conviction that mobile could be a more powerful tool if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mobile Healthcare Revolution in the Developing World</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/the-mobile-healthcare-revolution-in-the-developing-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/the-mobile-healthcare-revolution-in-the-developing-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Deans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connected Life Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Markets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mobile applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wireless]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist As I scan the news feeds for new technology trends, I keep finding myself coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing Bridges Generation Gap in Rural Africa</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/crowdsourcing-bridges-generation-gap-in-rural-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/crowdsourcing-bridges-generation-gap-in-rural-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Molly Mattessich, Guest Columnist We all know about crowdsourcing where ideas are solicited to launch new products, or suggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Micro-Insurance within Developing Nations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/mobile-micro-insurance-within-developing-nations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/mobile-micro-insurance-within-developing-nations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Deans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connected Life Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[microinsurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MNO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist When we think of cutting-edge technology, we tend to imagine likely applications in the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Businesses Join the Global Economy. One Basket at a Time</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/rural-businesses-join-the-global-economy-one-basket-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/rural-businesses-join-the-global-economy-one-basket-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Shirley Bloomfield, Guest Columnist I wish I could say this is my story, but it’s not. It’s the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing Commerce in Africa:  Phone Company in a Box</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/developing-commerce-in-africa-phone-company-in-a-box/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/developing-commerce-in-africa-phone-company-in-a-box/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Washer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never thought of paint as being an important part of the engine of commerce. That is, until I met [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Internet Applications in Rural Africa</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/mobile-internet-applications-in-rural-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cisco.com/cle/mobile-internet-applications-in-rural-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Strickland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connected Life Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Molly Mattessich, Guest Columnist In some ways, rural countries, including those in Africa, are ahead of the United States [...]]]></description>
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