#frique

The crowdsourcing movement to improve African maps — Quartz
▻http://qz.com/829459/the-crowdsourcing-movement-to-improve-african-maps
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In map after map after map, many African countries appear as a void, marked with a color that signifies not a percentage or a policy but merely offers an explanation: “no data available.”

Where numbers or cartography has left African countries behind, developers are stepping in with open-source tools that allow anyone from academics to your everyday smartphone user to improve maps of the continent.

#frique #cartographie_participative

Trésors de l’Afrique:15 sites historiques incontournables

▻http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20160120-diaporama-interactif-tresor-afrique-fes-djenne-pyramides?ns_mchannel=fi

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Diaporama : ▻http://graphics.rfi.fr/afrique-histoire-monuments-historiques-vestiges-tourisme-diaporama/index.html

Dès la nuit des temps, l’Afrique est entrée dans l’Histoire. Les monuments que ses peuples ont bâtis à travers les siècles témoignent de la puissance, de la splendeur des civilisations africaines et parfois même de grandes tragédies dont les Africains ont été victimes. Véritables trésors d’art, d’architecture et de culture, ces monuments invitent aussi à la découverte de l’intelligence et de l’ingéniosité de leurs bâtisseurs qui ont dû souvent travailler avec des matériaux fragiles, peu résistants aux agressions climatiques et temporelles.

#frique #tourisme #patrimoine #patrimoine_de_l_humanité

Rwanda’s Health Care Miracle - NYTimes
►http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/rwandas-health-care-miracle

health coverage for all. All other developed countries have it. But so do some developing nations — Brazil, Thailand, Chile. These countries are mostly middle income. But one country on the list is among the poorest of the poor: Rwanda.

The point is not that Americans should envy Rwanda’s health system — far from it. But Rwanda’s experience illustrates the value of universal health insurance.

(...) Kagame is also widely admired as the most effective leader in Africa. A country in ashes 18 years ago is now safe and clean. It is one of the least corrupt countries in Africa. Per capita income has tripled — although the fact that it is now only $550 a year tells you how destitute Rwanda was.

Its most impressive gains, however, have been in health.

#santé #rwanda #assurance #partners_in_health #pih #frique #sida