The independent group certifies products and services as environmentally friendly through a life-cycle evaluation - looking at the raw materials and the manufacturing process, transportation and recycling of old products.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Few African countries process their own raw materials - rather, the value is added elsewhere, to the benefit of others.

BBC: Africa

McNamara feels the network will serve as a platform for the exchange of open-source components, a way to "process" those raw materials into something that is useful and available to the entire community.

CNN: Red Hat unveils new support network for users

They should try to diversify their economies and to process more of their own raw materials.

ECONOMIST: Africa��s Millennium Action Plan