At the GlobalTED 2009 conference, Michael Pritchard gave a demonstration of the remarkable ability and potential for a product he invented called the Lifesaver Water-purification Bottle. The water bottle (also available as a Jerrycan) uses a “non-chemical nano-filtration hollow fiber membrane” with the smallest pores (15 nanometers) in the industry (smallest virus is about 25 [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 3rd: US Africa Trade on Exhibition at 8th Annual AGOA Forum (via Africa Business Source) – A nice overview of this weeks AGOA forum. Makes the good point that the issue needing MOST focus is no longer market access, but rather building up the competitiveness of African Countries by [...]