Women have been called the ‘voiceless pillars’ of African agriculture. It’s estimated that two thirds of all women in Africa work in the agricultural sector and produce nearly 90 percent of the food on the continent. This Cameroonian woman displays her crops at the annual agro-pastoral show in Limbe, in the southwest region of Cameroon.
An overview of the latest user numbers in the largest Facebook markets across Africa.
Trying out LapseIt, an Android app for creating time lapse video, on the waterfront in Alexandria, Egypt.
This is a series of maps charting the shrinkage of Native American lands over time, from 1784 to the present day. Made because I was having trouble visualizing the sheer scale of the land loss, and reading numbers like “blah blah million acres” wasn’t really doing it for me. The gif is based on a collection of maps by Sam B. Hilliard of Louisiana State University. You can see the original map here.
For those who do prefer dealing in numbers, here are some:
By 1881, Indian landholdings in the United States had plummeted to 156 million acres. By 1934, only about 50 million acres remained (an area the size of Idaho and Washington) as a result of the General Allotment Act* of 1887. During World War II, the government took 500,000 more acres for military use. Over one hundred tribes, bands, and Rancherias relinquished their lands under various acts of Congress during the termination era of the 1950s.
By 1955, the indigenous land base had shrunk to just 2.3 percent of its original size.
—In the Courts of the Conqueror by Walter Echo-Hawk
* The General Allotment Act is also known as the Dawes Act.
Edit: Got rid of some of the fold lines and discoloration on the gif. *is anal*
Settled in back in Cairo, this time with a view of the Nile.
Photographer Anthony Kurtz series of portraits of women mechanics at Femme Auto in Dakar, Senegal.
What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?
At Priceonomics, we are fascinated by stolen bicycles. Put simply, why the heck do so many bicycles get stolen? It seems like a crime with very limited financial upside for the thief, and yet bicycle theft is rampant in cities like San Francisco (where we are based). What is the economic incentive for bike thieves that underpins the pervasiveness of bike theft? Is this actually an efficient way for criminals to make money?
It seems as if stealing bikes shouldn’t be a lucrative form of criminal activity. Used bikes aren’t particularly liquid or in demand compared to other things one could steal (phones, electronics, drugs). And yet, bikes continue to get stolen so they must be generating sufficient income for thieves. What happens to these stolen bikes and how to they get turned into criminal income?
Continue reading: An economic theory of bike crime.
Global Remittance Flows
This visualization shows the global movements of money due to remittances (money sent by migrants to their home country). Data from the World Bank can be downloaded here.
Alexander Calder’s ‘Little Spider’ at the National Gallery of Art, DC. (Taken with Instagram)
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” —Alan Kay.
Because mHealth depends on the convergence of different competences & technologies, the boom of innovation hubs all across the continent is extraordinary positive.
mHealth Africa is pleased to have listed all innovation hubs from Northern, Eastern, Southern & Western Africa.
