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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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Science in Africa

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ECOWAS/CEDEAO

Africa Science News Service

 

World Intellectual Property Org.

 

Nigerian Society of Engineers

Engineers Without Borders/Ingénieurs Sans Frontières

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Ethiopian Sci. & Tech. Commission

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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

 

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ABTI-American University of Nigeria

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CareerNation jobs in Africa

 

 

 

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TransAfrica Forum

Africare

US-Africa.org

 

USA/Africa Institute

 

 

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