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The 2013 Africa Summit (#AfricaSummit), hosted by the Omidyar Network in Mauritius, took place last week on 2 October where delegates from around Africa…
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Fingerprint security — while it may appear to be the most “high-tech” means of protecting access to secure information (every lab in a movie…
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