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South Africa has a population of 49 million people, who own 43 million mobile phone handsets, most of them pay as you go. Every year around 350,000 people die of Aids-related diseases in the country. Now a new venture, Project Masiluleka, is trying something new, sending a million free text messages a day to urge people to be tested and treated. When a trial of the project was held, there was a 200% increase in calls to the National Aids… Read More

Last weekend’s Live Earth concerts might have been criticized for their green credentials, but there’s one way they were a huge winner. The nine concerts, inspired by former Vice President Al Gore, held in cities spanning the globe, drew a record 10 million video streams.   Designed to raise awareness of climate change and global warming, concerts were held in New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro,… Read More