Mobile technology is disrupting every industry

The Mobile Revolution Is Just Beginning Fon Mathuros, Head of Media, Communications Department, Tel.: +86 158 4088 0591; fmathuro@weforum.org Dalian, People’s Republic of China, 13 September 2013 – Mobile technology is disrupting all industries and sectors, and changing the way people interact among themselves and with service providers, said technology experts and entrepreneurs in a session on the mobile…

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African Green Revolution Forum warns of severe finance gap in African agriculture

MAPUTO, Mozambique,** September 9, 2013/ *– *The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) (http://www.agrforum.com) has warned that a Green Revolution cannot materialise in Africa without a major concerted effort to secure financing for agricultural production. ** The Forum, which ended on Friday, brought together over 200 delegates from across Africa and internationally, focused on the critical role to be played…

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A call for a moratorium on new offshore exploration

Kabwe Zuberi Zitto, MP; Shadow Minister of Finance Tanzania: Tanzania is on the precipice of an economic evolution with the recent discoveries of gas. We have now confirmed reserves of 43 Trillion Cubic feet (TCF), roughly valued at USD 430bn. Plans for LNG production are moving ahead of schedule. As a result there will be considerable new gas resources…

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Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) holds second annual meeting

Maputo, 3 September – The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is today holding its second annual meeting in Maputo, Mozambique. The event brings together over 150 representatives of businesses, financial institutions, NGOs, academia and other stakeholders to share best practice on how to grow businesses that benefit Africa’s rural poor. At this year’s annual meeting there is a particular…

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Access to water: call for long-term approach and incorporation of new technology

2 September 2013 – At the start of World Water Week, a group of field experts in water resource management are calling for a new approach to optimising the use of water in developing and disaster-struck regions. The group – which is exhibiting at AidEx, Europe’s leading humanitarian and development aid event – is calling for a long-term approach…

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Open Government Partnership- Statehouse seeks stakeholders’ views

*CALL FOR STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ON THE GOVERNMENT SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP* Year, 2011, the government of Tanzania joined the global initiative of Open Government Partnership that aims at promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption and encouraging use of new technologies to improve governance. The Government started implementing its OGP commitments which were translated to…

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Crucial African body appoints Tanzanian a board member

*Dar es Salaam, Sunday 25th August 2013:* One of the senior most legal consultants in Tanzania, Dr Eve Hawa Sinare has been appointed as a member of the Management Board of Tunisia based African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). The facility, which is hosted by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), assists African governments in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions…

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Minister promises openness to the media

*Na Tulizo Kilaga* *Waziri wa Maliasili na Utalii,* Mhe. Balozi Khamisi Kagasheki amewataka wahariri wa vyombo vya habari nchini kupanga utaratibu wa kukutana na viongozi wa wizara kwa shabaha ya kuuliza ama kupata uhakika wa mambo yaliyojitokea ndani ya wizara. Mhe. Kagasheki aliyasema hayo katika mkutano na wahariri wa Jukwaa la Wahariri uliofanyika jijini Dar es Salaam leo, kuhusu…

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