President Sirleaf: World loses $260 billion from poor water and sanitation

** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **********************MONROVIA, Liberia,** January 30, 2013/ *– *Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued a stark warning in Monrovia on Wednesday to the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel that is meeting this week to address the future of international poverty reduction efforts, noting that economic losses due to poor water and…

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USD 75,000 to be awareded to young African most promising business and social entrepreneurs

Over $75,000 USD to be awarded to 2013 Anzisha Prize finalists between 15 and 22 years old. February 2013, Johannesburg – Applications for the 2013 Anzisha Prize have opened and the search is on to find Africa’s most inspiring youth entrepreneurs. Last year, prize hosts African Leadership Academy and the MasterCard Foundation crisscrossed the continent whittling down hundreds of…

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Family Bank goes live on the PesaPoint network countrywide

Nairobi Kenya: PesaPoint has today announced that Family Bank’s services have gone live across its over 1000 ATMs and agent banking outlets across the country. Effectively, the bank’s customers will now be able to access their cash at a PesaPoint ATM nearby and PesaPoint branded ATMs and agents countrywide. PesaPoint also announced that Family Bank’s own ATMs had been…

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Saving and Investments Tips

By Emmanuel D Tayari There is nothing more important, at this critical time of a year, than planning ahead on areas of improvements for the next year. One of the main areas of which I thought all of us need improvement for the next year, is saving and Investments. To allow us to understand more, I have collected these…

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Orange and Baidu partner exclusively on an enhanced mobile browser for customers in Africa and the M

** * * ********** *Orange and Baidu partner exclusively on an enhanced mobile browser for customers in Africa and the Middle East* ********** *Exclusive partnership to help drive mobile data adoption in markets where Orange is seeing an increased demand for mobile data and smartphones* **- **Baidu signs its first global operator agreement with Orange, on an exclusive…

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FRUIT LOGISTICA 2013 welcomes you to share in its success!

** ** * * ********** *FRUIT LOGISTICA 2013 welcomes you to share in its success!* ********** *Last year 13 countries of Sub Sahara Africa presented their products to 56,000 trade visitors from 139 countries* **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **********************BERLIN, Germany,** January 14, 2013/ *– *FRUIT LOGISTICA (http://www.fruitlogistica.de/en) is the world’s leading international trade fair for the fresh fruit…

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Exset Continues Growth with Key Technology and Business Development Appointments

*Exset Continues Growth with Key Technology and Business Development Appointments *Exset B.V., pioneers of TV ecosystems for emerging markets, has announced two key international appointments LONDON, United-Kingdom,** January 9, 2013/ *– *Exset B.V. (http://www.exset.com), pioneers of TV ecosystems for emerging markets, has announced two key international appointments. This reflects a highly successful 2012 and continued expansion into 2013, particularly…

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Nafasi Art Space

Dear All**** ** ** Nafasi Art Space wishes you all a healthy, prosperous, fulfilling and artistic 2013**** ** ** On Friday 18 January we have the pleasure to invite you to**** ‘She turned around…’ an exhibition by German/French artist Regine Kolle*** * ** ** ** ** **** * * * * * *

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