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AFRICA News, Sep 22, 2011


Nokia's N9 smartphone makes Mideast debut
Khaleej Times
DUBAI — Nokia announced on Teusday the availability of the Nokia N9 smartphone in key markets across Middle East and Africa. This latest smartphone, as blend of design and the latestsmartphone technology, promises to re-define the way smartphones are ...
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African Markets - Factors to watch on Sept 22
Reuters
19, up from $32.3 billion on Sept. 2, the central bank's latest figures showed on Wednesday. * Dangote Flour rises almost five percent on Wednesday, its first climb in 4-days as investors take advantage of recent declines. ...
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Latest job figures disappointing - COSATU
Politicsweb
The Congress of South African Trade Unions notes the recent employment statistics released by Stats SA which reveal that 7000 new jobs were created in the formal non-agricultural sector. This amounts to 0.1% increase in employment for the sector. ...
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Latest World Bank Economic Outlook for Africa
BusinessGhana
The World Bank released today a new issue of "Africa's Pulse," a snapshot of the most urgent economic trends facing African economies. Summary of findings: Recent developments in high-income countries have pulled down global growth and significantly ...
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India latest country to benefit from online solar planning tools
Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)
... which has played an important role in the fast-growing European solar energy industry in recentyears. Meanwhile, the SolarGIS platform was first launched in Europe, Africa and Middle East in 2010, and also consists of other applications: iMaps, ...
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Update on the latest in business:
NECN
Gore spoke Wednesday at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Toby Shapshak, a summit attendee and the editor of Stuff Magazine's South African edition, told The Associated Press that, when speaking about computing's ...
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SA's reputation among G8 countries improving
Creamer Media's Engineering News
Perceptions of South Africa's reputation among the Group of Eight (G8) countries were improving, the Reputation Institute revealed on Wednesday. South Africa is ranked 33 out of 50 countries measured in the latest study undertaken by the institute, ...
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Blackthorn Resources high grade silver hits add to case for Perkoa expansion
Proactive Investors Australia
The company's primary assets are in west and southern Africa targeting copper, zinc and gold. The company also seeks and evaluates other projects in Australia and internationally to add to the diverse mineral asset portfolio. The latest drill results ...
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African economies boom
iAfrica.com
... according to the latest IMF World Economic Outlook. For South Africa, a real GDP growth of 3.4 percent to 3.6 percent is projected. "The region is poised for continued economic expansion in the near term, provided the recent rise in financial and ...
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Africa Utilities Award Contracts for Electricity Supply in Tanzania, Kenya
Transmission and Distribution World
Sweco has been awarded several contracts in Africa. The latest projects are aimed at improving the supply of electricity in several areas of Tanzania and Kenya. The combined contract value amounts to nearly EUR 8.7 million. “Many parts of Africa still ...
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S. African ex-miners sue Anglo American in UK court
Reuters Africa
LONDON (Reuters) - Several hundred South African former miners have launched court proceedings against Anglo American Plc in London, the latest in a wave of lawsuits and compensation claims over lung disease that could cost the gold industry billions. ...
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Oman: A competitive edge
Oman Daily Observer
In its latest Global Competitiveness Report, issued on September 7, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Oman 32nd out of the 142 countries covered in the annual study, an improvement of two places from last year, and well up on its 41st placing in ...
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Oman Daily Observer
Ghana drop in FIFA rankings
KickOff
Ghana has dropped down a place in the latest world football ranking after their recent victory over Swaziland in a Nations Cup qualifier and international friendly against Brazil. The Black Stars are now 37th in the October rankings released by world ...
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American hunter-killer drones 'flying from Seychelles'
Channel 4 News
America's covert war on terror is expanding across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with the building of secret drone airbases from Ethiopia to the Seychelles. Unmanned bomber drones have been active in Pakistan and Afghanistan for several ...
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Channel 4 News
Research and Markets: South Africa Telecommunications Report Q4 2011 - Mobile ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
BMI's latest quarterly update provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on South Africa's ...
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Argentina: A Haven for Colombian Narcos?
InSight Crime
Reports that two of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers traveled to Argentina to hold talks are only the latest evidence that the country is being used as a hideout and base of operations by members of the Colombian underworld. ...
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Strengthening Nigeria-India partnership
BusinessDay
How India is dealing with the challenges and getting results was the thrust of a recentforum on India-Africa relations held at the Lagos Business School. Though the forum was to seek ways of fostering Indo-Africa relations for a sustainable future, ...
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BusinessDay
Long battle ahead against rhino poachers- WWF
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
The WWF held a media briefing on Wednesday morning ahead of World Rhino Day on Thursday. The organisation's Joseph Okori said the latest poaching figures constitute a catastrophe. “This year (2011) we have seen South Africa having lost 287 rhinos. ...
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Africa Night with Ringo and Alexio
Artslink.co.za News (press release)
His latest offering Jayva Sbali recorded in 2010 has been making some waves throughout the country and was also nominated for the Best Contemporary album at the 2010 Metro awards. There are few South African artists as in tune with the “rhythm of their ...
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Artslink.co.za News (press release)
Sewa Day goes global on Sunday 25th September 2011
PR Web (press release)
Sewa Day, a volunteering initiative taking place on Sunday 25th September 2011, is to go global this year with projects in more than 15 countries including Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Australia, SouthAfrica, Hong Kong, Indonesia, UK and the USA. ...
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Turner Blasts Obama's New Tax Plan; Has Breakfast With Mayor
Western Queens Gazette
“This recent rash of gun violence should concern us all, because it's frightening and it's only getting worse,” speaking at a breakfast kickoff for the African American Day Parade. Gun control laws were long overdue, he said. ...
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Keynote Speech by HE Ambassador Liu Xiaoming at the Lib Dem Party Conference
MFA China (press release)
Over the past decade, we have cancelled over 20 billion yuan, or roughly 2 billion pound of African debt. In recent years, apart from aid, we have made more investment and run more joint-production programs in Africa. These are government-led, ...
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MFA China (press release)
A $40b Asset In A £650m Company
Motley Fool UK
Finsch is the latest in a string of acquisitions that takes Petra's tally of producing mines to eight. Seven of the mines are located in South Africa, where the company has a share of between 70% and 74% of each mine, with various Black Empowerment ...
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Should you buy shares in cruise operator Carnival?
MoneyWeek
The average price target is 2662p, 25% above the current level, and there are no recent 'sell' calls. The shares have jumped 6% on the latest announcement, but are still some 12% below the level of our advice in July that they looked 'more than fully ...
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The Health-Wealth Connection
New America Foundation
A recent report from the Pew Research Center, found that the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of African American households and 18 times that of Hispanic households. AfricanAmericans and Latinos are more likely to be in debt and to ...
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French Fires
Kashmir Watch
During the 2005 civil unrest in France, Gaddafi called Chirac and offered him his help in quelling the resistors, who were largely North African, for which President Chirac had thanked him, although the offer was declined. Sarkozy welcomed Gaddafi to ...
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