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ATF Back Issues and Previous Feature Articles	History of ATF
Journal of the Ethiopian Society of Mechanical Engineers
Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineers
ATF Feature Articles and Publications
ATF Guide: Basic Development and Decision Processes: Technical and Economic Analyses by Michael Tekletsion Berhan (also in .pdf form) New! Introductory PowerPoint slide show	How We Put Together our Own African ISP on a Shoestring by Mark Moore and Casey Smith
Amorphous Silicon PV Panels: Are They a Good Value for the Money? by Arne Jacobson, Richard Duke, and Daniel Kammen	Eradicating Malaria in Poor Nations: The Potential of Vector Control Measures and Vaccine Development by Sanjay Basu (also in .pdf form)
Commercialization of Renewable Energy Technologies in Ghana: Barriers and Opportunities by Mawuli Tse (also in .pdf form) (ATF Editor-in-Chief and, independently, President of Solar Light Company, Ltd., Ghana)	Engineering for Poverty Eradication in Cameroon by Ambe Njoh, Ph.D. (also in .pdf form)
New Mill Design Grinds More Grain for Less Money by Amy Smith (Instructor, MIT D-Lab)	Mathematical Models Can Make Farmers More Efficient by Maurice A. Vodounon
British Manufacturing Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Corporate Responses During Structural Adjustment by Muhonjia Khaminwa

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Agencies, NGOs, etc.	Publications and News	Universities, Institutes, and Scientific & Technical Societies
African Union/Union Africaine	allAfrica (news from many sources)	New! African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions/Réseau Africain des Institutions Scientifiques et Technologiques
UN Economic Commission for Africa/Commission Economique pour l'Afrique	New! African Journals Online	Assoc. of African Universities/Assoc. des Universités Africaines
UN Development Programme, Africa/Programme pour le Développement, Afrique	Africa Newswire Network	African Scientific Societies and Assocs.
African Development Bank/Banque Africaine de Développement	Science in Africa	African Virtual University/ Université Virtuelle Africaine
ECOWAS/CEDEAO	Africa Science News Service
World Intellectual Property Org.		Nigerian Society of Engineers
Engineers Without Borders/Ingénieurs Sans Frontières	Analytical Tools and References	Cameroon Society of Engineers, USA
Book Aid International	Science, Math, and Engineering	Ethiopian Sci. & Tech. Commission
African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (NEPAD S&T)	Economic and Financial	Ethiopian Society of Chemical Engineers
Science with Africa (UNECA & AU)	TEK project: A search engine for the Third World	Institution of Engineers Tanzania
Research-Africa.net	European language translation	International Congress of Mechanical Engineering Societies - ICOMES
	Additional European language translation	ABTI-American University of Nigeria
Business and Travel References	European and Asian language translation	MIT OpenCourseWare
AfricaPhoneBooks.com	Medical References	New! ParisTech OpenCourseWare ressources pedagogiques
Intl. travel entry requirements
World currencies calculator
Afrotalk business networking
CareerNation jobs in Africa

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TransAfrica Forum	Africare	US-Africa.org
	USA/Africa Institute

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