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Africa's first World Cup: After the final whistle
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... World Cup) is extremely hard to grasp in the developed world that is so dominated by cynicism and detachment, lack of genuine emotion and any faith in any thing," he said. "So, sorry for all of you if ...
Thursday, 15 July 2010
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Wavin' a flag for the Horn of Africa
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... in South Africa. While the FIFA World Cup in South Africa has helped the world see the potential of Africa to compete with developed nations and successfully host major international events, the contribution ...
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
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Lewis Pugh: In search of tomorrow
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... kilograms before the swim. His body has developed the ability to elevate his core temperature by as much as 1.4 degree Celsius before entering cold waters. The phenomenon, known as "anticipatory thermogenises", ...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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Blood Brothers: the emergence of Brazil & Africa
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... Brazil placed huge value on its relationships with African countries, and with its political recognition came fervent commercial interest. Hard hit by the 1973 oil crisis, it developed a thirst for West ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
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Aid from the needy: Africa's support of Haiti
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... to trade for it, and trade requires systems, infrastructure, transport and all the other trappings of a developed economy. So this is not aid, but investment. This form of expenditure is acceptable as ...
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
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The road to prosperity
(Newsletters)
... African leaders called for the developed world to help carry the financial burden of climate change, by enabling funding for African nations battling the fallout of global warming. Although Africa's request ...
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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2009: a good year
(Newsletters)
... in international affairs - presenting a unified front the African leaders have demanded that developed nations payback the burden their emissions will place on African people. This event brings to the ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
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Nigeria - The Good News?
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... order and infrastructure our people will do the rest and we'd have 12% GDP growth in a decade". Pie in the sky? To someone from the developed world maybe! All they would see is chaos, corruption, contradiction ...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
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China in Africa: Is the continent being re-colonised?
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... 'cap-in-hand' approach to courting additional foreign aid from the world's developed nations, which has done little to create long-term growth in Africa. In saying this, China injected upwards of US$ 9 ...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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The grass is green here: Africa and the eco-uprising
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... is considered as part of the morass of emerging economies. What this means, from an energy perspective, is that Africa has not yet developed enough infrastructure to ensure that all her people, industries ...
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
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Why you can't ignore Africa's 900 million consumers
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... the news. However, I’d focused research on citizens of developing and least-developed countries because 86% of all people live in developed countries. So, my thinking is, we have to look at these ...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
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A return to tradition: reconciliation in Sierra Leone
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... an essential part of saving his country. He developed a grassroots programme aimed at enabling communities to face the hardships of reconnecting in the wake of the war. This was no small matter: following ...
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
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Africa to seek billions in climate change compensation
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Tags: [African Union, environmental damages, Copenhagen Climate summit, claim, developed, climate change, global warming, Africa] ...
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
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Facebook generation gears up to monitor Nigeria poll
(News/ICT)
... mobile phones to plot a map of problem areas. The Nigerian project was inspired by Ushahidi, a website first developed in Kenya to map post-electoral violence in 2008, and later used around the world ...
Wednesday, 08 September 2010
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Mobile project launched to reunite refugees
(News/ICT)
... text messaging service by providing a code that enables access to the jointly developed application," Katamba explained. Africa News ...
Tuesday, 07 September 2010
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Diverse water sources key to food security: report
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... infrastructure is least developed. It suggested the use of water from natural wetlands, water stored in the soil, groundwater and water collected in ponds, tanks and reservoirs. "For millions of people ...
Tuesday, 07 September 2010
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African Green Revolution Forum promises to transform African agriculture
(News/Innovation)
... developed," said Annan. AGRF Executive Co-Producer, Akin Adesina, said the meetings kick-started a new phase in the African green revolution: "We have brought together in Accra great minds and strong ...
Monday, 06 September 2010
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UN agency hails move to protect African folklore and traditional knowledge
(News/African Renaissance)
... property." Developed by African experts over a six-year period, the Swakopmund Protocol is a response to the misappropriation and misuse of the continent's traditional knowledge and traditional cultural ...
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
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Vodacom, Nedbank launch mobile cash service
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... allow users without access to bank accounts to transfer money using their mobile phones and eventually pay bills and buy goods. The service was developed by Britain's Vodafone, the majority shareholder ...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
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Nigeria leader unveils plan to end power shortages
(News/Infrastructure finance)
... Some of the firms in highly populated and relatively developed areas such as Lagos are likely to attract significant interest from foreign investors, potentially triggering bidding wars, investors say. ...
Friday, 27 August 2010
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