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A mobile-phone giant and a leading US university are setting up a distance-learning project in Africa

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A mobile-phone giant and a leading US university are setting up a distance-learning project in Africa. Stanford University and Ericsson are working with students and staff at University of the Western Cape in South African, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management in Tanzania and Maker ere University in Uganda. The scheme, Dunia Moja or One World, allows academics and students in remote locations to submit and access video audio anc text-basec course materials, take part in online discussions and post blogs

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