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Virtual Banking: Mobile Phone Becomes A Personal Banking Assistant In Rural China
Jan 7, 2015Since 2008, Taisys had been enabling Slim SIM banking services with local banks in China, especially in the rural areas where inadequate financial resources are provided. With Taisys Slim SIM technologies, the banks have successfully built up... -
Morocco Ranks In Top 10 Of 2015 Climate Change Performance Index
Dec 16, 2014The 2015 Climate Performance Index named Morocco “one of the global forerunners in renewable energy policy making,” ranking the country among the top 10 making the most progress in addressing climate change and number one among developing... -
UN Secretary General’s Synthesis Report To Set Stage For Intergovernmental Negotiations On Post 2015 Agenda
Dec 15, 2014By Catherine Nyambura and Lennox Yieke On the 4th of December, 2014, the advance unedited Synthesis Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda was released in New York, U.S. The report, which discussed... -
Powering Africa: Summit Set To Advance Deals And Partnerships For Africa’s Power Industries
Dec 11, 2014Powering Africa: Summit To Be Held in Washington DC, January 28-30th 2015, With Commitments From 12 African Countries To Further Advance Private Sector Participation In Africa’s Power Sector Over the last 20 years EnergyNet has... -
Averda Widens Its Services In Angola, Its Second Operation In Africa
Dec 11, 2014averda, the largest, and one of the fastest growing, waste management companies in the Middle East and Africa, is delivering city cleaning services in Ingombota, a major urban district within Angola’s capital city of Luanda. The... -
Africa: US $35 Million Grant From King Abdallah Of Saudi Arabia To Fight Ebola In West Africa
Dec 11, 2014The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million to help fight Ebola in West Africa. In a statement to the media on this... -
Ebola: Ask your questions LIVE to the Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone
Dec 11, 2014The Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone, Alpha Kanu, will host an online press conference Thursday, December 11, at 15 GMT It is now seven months since Sierra Leone recorded the first case of... -
U.S Government Terminates Military Training For Nigerian Army
Dec 1, 2014A press release issued by the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria today has announced a premature termination of the Military training of Nigerian Army battalion. “At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States... -
Experts Call For Alliances To Improve Family Planning In Nigeria
Nov 28, 2014Medical experts at the 3rd Nigerian Family Planning Conference which held at the Ladi Kwali Hall of Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, have advocated for alliances from different sectorial groups to improve family planning in Nigeria. Dr Farouk... -
The U.S Embassy Introduces New Visa Procedures In Nigeria
Nov 25, 2014For Nigerians and non-Nigerians considering applying for Visa to travel to the United States of America, there is something very important you need to know- the U.S Embassy has introduced new Visa procedures in Nigeria. In...