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A smart phone that speaks 50 African languages

Performing everyday tasks, such as understanding a document or checking your account balance, is a headache for people who cannot read or write.

This is one of the reasons that prompted a Beninese engineer, Alain Capo Chichi, to create a new cell phone suitable for illiterates.

Its "Koné" voice assistant provides access to all its features in 50 languages ​​of the continent. 

Meet the Cape penguins

Even more in danger than the white rhinoceros, the Cape penguin is threatened with extinction.

Their number has decreased by more than 50% over the past 20 years.

In question: climate change and overfishing which have caused a lack of fish, their main food.

In South Africa, a refuge is doing everything to save the species.

The Sanccob center feeds and cares for them in order to release them in a protected reserve. 

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