BBC: The tablet computer pulled by donkey. “Back in 2016, mobile technology the like of which had not been seen before rolled into the remote community of Funhalouro, in Mozambique. Pulled by donkey, the container consisted of four LCD screens, powered by solar panels. It was a mobile roadshow, starting with music to draw a crowd and then switching to a three-minute film on the biggest of the screens.”
Club of Mozambique: Mozambique and Brazil universities launch online Swahili Digital Archive – Watch. “The project, launched on September 17 in Brazil, is the brainchild of 12 researchers from the Mozambican universities Eduardo Mondlane (Centre for African Studies) and Lúrio (CEDIM- Centre for Island of Mozambique Studies) and the Brazilian Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. The content available in digital format includes manuscripts in ‘ajami’ (the Arabic alphabet convention for African languages), maps, video interviews, audio-visual cultural expressions and photographs.”
BBC News: How WhatsApp has helped heroin become Mozambique’s second biggest export. “As many as 40 tonnes of heroin could be passing through Mozambique every year, making it the country’s second biggest export, in a trade that is boosted by the use of mobile phone apps, writes Mozambique analyst Joseph Hanlon.”
