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24Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News

Africa INX, Leading ISP In S. Africa, Deploys RADWIN 5000 To Drive High-capacity Services To SMEs

  RADWIN's wireless broadband radios operate in heavy interference & non line-of-sight   TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RADWIN (www.radwin.com), the global provider of Backhaul and Broadband Wireless solutions, today announced that Africa INX, an ISP based in Gauteng, deployed the RADWIN 5000 point-to-multipoint solution to deliver high-capacity services to businesses requiring a reliable, fast connection. The RADWIN 5000 base station was installed at the Irene Mall, and covers the entire R21 office park. The RADWIN installation is also backhauled into the Africa INX fibre node in R21 through which Africa INX provides Internet, MPLS and other related services. RADWIN 5000 point-to-multipoint solution delivers high-capacity of up to 200 Mbps and guarant...
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24Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News

MarketsandMarkets: World Sensors Market in Healthcare Applications is expected to reach $13.11 billion by 2017

  DALLAS, August, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report "World Sensors Market in Healthcare Applications (2012-2017), Global Forecast & Analysis - Segmentation by Type of Sensor (Temperature, Pressure, Chemical, Flow, Level, Position, Image and Biosensors), Monitoring, Therapeutic, Diagnostic, Drug Discovery & Delivery Applications, Geographical & Country-wise Markets" published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total market is expected to reach $13.11 billion by 2017. Browse more than 147 market data tables & figures spread through 402 pages and in-depth TOC on "World Sensors Market in Healthcare Applications (2012-2017". http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/sensors-market-healthcare-applications-372.h...
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24Aug By The African Press OrganizationNo Comments
African News, Kenya News

Catherine Ashton travels to Kenya to reiterate EU support to democracy, security and economic growth in the region

  BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, August 24, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Commission Vice President, is travelling to Nairobi where she is to meet Prime Minister Odinga, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ongeri, and other Kenyan leaders on 28 August. As Kenya is preparing for national elections in March 2013, the EU reiterates its support to the efforts of the Kenyan people to build democracy, security and prosperity in their country. Catherine Ashton regrets the loss of life in the conflict in south-eastern Kenya and appeals to the communities involved to cease violence and resort to peaceful means of conflict resolution. On 26 August, Catherine Ashton will also visit a vessel participating in the ...
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22Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
South Africa News

South African Fashion eCommerce Retailer Expands Into Africa

  Millbug.com, the leading women's fashion ecommerce retailer in South Africa today announced it would be expanding into the rest of Africa. The company, which prides itself on providing elegant and edgy fashion for millennials, has confirmed that its number one priority will be proliferating the African ecommerce environment. “We are very fortunate to have unique insights into the African youth consumer market”, says Managing Director of Millbug (Pty) Ltd, Sabelo Sibanda. “Our site delivers the same user experience whether it's being viewed on a desktop, tablet or mobile device. This, coupled with our live chat, multiple payment gateways and free worldwide shipping, puts millbug.com in a perfect position to spread the love to the rest of the continent”. Millbug.com has built a s...
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22Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News

Advertising code now applicable to Facebook

  By Sarann Buckby Phatic Communications +27 83 381 0710 If you have a social media profile for your brand, such as a Facebook page or Twitter profile, buckle up because a landmark ruling by the Advertising Standards Board in Australia is likely to affect your online business marketing soon. The Advertising Standards Board in Australia received a complaint that the content on the official Smirnoff (Diaego) Facebook page breached the Australian Association of National Advertisers' Code of Ethics. The complaints concerned content submitted by both Smirnoff and its' community. In consideration of the complaint the board concluded that "the Facebook site of an advertiser is a marketing communication tool over which the advertiser has a reasonable degree of control and could be c...
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22Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News, Ghana News

PMI Gold Corporation Announces Significant Drilling Intersections at itsKubi South Prospect

  Please download press-release (all figures, tables, contacts): PMI Significant drill results Kubi (Microsoft Word) Key Points: Diamond drilling intersects significant gold mineralization at the Kubi South Prospect, located 1.5km south of the Kubi Main DepositatPMI Gold’s Kubi Project within the Ashanti Gold Belt. The Kubi Project is located on the north-east trending Ashanti Shear Zonewhich hosts AngloGold Ashanti’s world-class Obuasi Gold Mine (pre-mined endowment of 60Moz) 15km to the north, and a series of cross-cutting east-northeast trending structures which coincide with Perseus Mining’s Edikan Gold Mine (6.6Moz) 12km to the south-west. A total of 12 diamond drill holes have been completed for 2,164.5m designed to follow up historical mineralized intercepts. All a...
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22Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News, South Africa News

SA’s National Development Plan promises greatness

  By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa SOUTH AFRICA's revised National Development Plan (NDP) could be the foundation for a new age of co-operation between business and government, a leading business organisation believes. It is the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry which has welcomed the NDP as a progressive step for the prosperity of South Africa. Michael Bagraim, President of the Chamber said: “We think the priorities are right and we are confident that there will be broad support from business as the plan is implemented.” He said the Chamber agreed with the recommended approach to education which was designed to improve the management of schools and reward those schools which produced significant improvement in their results. “This has to be the starting point for the future ...
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21Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News, South Africa News

New Fair Trade Shop Empowers South African Artisans

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm Shift, a Colorado-based non-profit, recently launched an online shop. The Paradigm Shift Shop sells Fair Trade South African crafts handmade by microentrepreneurs who have participated in Paradigm Shift's holistic entrepreneurship training program. Around the globe millions work in sweatshop-like conditions, earning barely enough to feed their families. Unfortunately, many consumers are unaware of the exploitation that is often involved in the process of making their goods. Former U.S. president Benjamin Harrison once said, "I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process." To counter the exploitation of workers around the world, a social movement has e...
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21Aug By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Sonic Foundry for its Continued Dominance in the Lecture Capture Solutions Market

  With its flagship platform, Mediasite, the company has sustained highest market share for past six years   MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the lecture capture solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Sonic Foundry with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Share Leadership. For six consecutive years, the company has remained the market share leader and continues to consistently enhance the features and functionality of its flagship solution, Mediasite. In 2011, the lecture capture market measured nearly $70 million in revenue. By 2016, Frost & Sullivan anticipates the total market to more than double, growing at a compound annual growth rate in excess of 20 percent. Heightened deployments are ...
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26Jul By Africa BusinessNo Comments
African News

Business in Africa is booming. But are the commercial laws strong enough to sustain long-term growth ?

  An authoritative introduction to the commercial laws being instituted in West and Central Africa through the OHADA harmonization process is published in London this week. Source: IEDP Unified Business Laws for Africa: Common Law Perspectives on OHADA is now available from IEDP. (PRWEB UK) 20 July 2012 The World Bank has just approved an International Development Association (IDA)* US$15 million technical assistance grant to strengthen OHADA's institutional capacity to support, in its member countries, selected aspects of investment climate reforms, including improved corporate financial reporting. President Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has just signed the instruments of ratification of the OHADA treaty and OHADA will become the applicable law in DRC on Sept ...
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