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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: littleman on December 06, 2016, 06:24:38 PM

Title: Africa, not what it use to be...
Post by: littleman on December 06, 2016, 06:24:38 PM
https://africaindata.org/

Here at the Core we tend to sound the crisis alarms a lot.  Here is a glimpse at how Africa is improving.
Title: Re: Africa, not what it use to be...
Post by: ergophobe on December 06, 2016, 06:55:52 PM
Have you seen Hans Rosling's TED talks? They were among the first TED talks made public and were, I think, key in making TED popular.

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen

has 11,000,000 views!

https://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling
Title: Re: Africa, not what it use to be...
Post by: littleman on December 06, 2016, 07:29:34 PM
I did see that, but it's been years -- very uplifting news in that presentation. 
Title: Re: Africa, not what it use to be...
Post by: Rumbas on December 07, 2016, 09:33:06 AM
Yeah Rosling does a great job of getting his points across. Not so dim after all.