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CRT monitors given a second life in Africa

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Andrew Donoghue ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 15 Oct 2007 16:07 BST

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Edwin Martins from Computers for Schools Kenya explains how the IT charity is turning donated CRT monitors from UK organisations into televisions.

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• IBM targets data centre power crisis
• Donated PCs become African multimedia centres
• HP backs African recycling research
• Microsoft backs Digital Pipeline to Africa
• Photos: Re-use don't recycle, says Computer Aid
• CRT monitors given a second life in Africa

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