The Nation Newspaper

Google begins $1b Africa investment with cloud capability in Nigeria, South Africa

In line with its promise to invest $1billion in Nigeria and other parts of Africa,Google yesterday said it is expanding its network through the Equiano subsea cable and building dedicated cloud ...
Yahoo

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
The Washington Post

Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...
The Citizen

Google fixes Kruger name glitch after public outcry

Google reversed a prank renaming of Kruger National Park to Skukuza National Park, confirming no official name change was ...
Los Angeles Times

14 Greenlands fit inside Africa: Campaign gains global momentum for map accuracy

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...