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10Oct

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African News

Africa’s IT industry gearing up toward the clouds as summit launches into day one

Africa's IT industry gearing up toward the clouds as summit launches into day one (Microsoft Word) The anticipated 3rd annual Cloud and Virtualisation Summit Africa is taking place at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, from 10 to 11 October 2012. The event is hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events. The must-attend event is aimed at business and technology leaders who need to understand how cloud computing and virtualisation is fundamentally transforming the way in which we think about, acquire and use computing resources. South Africa, Republic of, Oct, 2012 – The Cloud and Virtualisation Summit Africa offers innovative resources, ideas and best practice case studies enabling your enterprise to apply them immediately in o...

8Oct

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African News

Middle East and North Africa: Boosting support for women’s entrepreneurship will pay off in jobs and growth, says OECD

PARIS, France, October 8, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should create urgently needed jobs for the 2.5 million people entering the labour market each year and improve their policies to encourage women’s entrepreneurship in order to reduce structural unemployment, says a new OECD report. Women in Business: Policies to Support Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in the MENA Region notes that while MENA governments have made progress over the past decade in closing the gender gap in education, more needs to be done to tackle gender inequality in business. Today, only 27% of women in the region join the labour force, compared to 51% in other low, middle and high-income economies, and only 11% are self-employed, against...

24Aug

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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...

24Aug

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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...

26Jul

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Kenya News, Malawi News, Science, Tanzania News

New CDC studies point to better practices in timing, testing, and retention of patients in HIV anti-retroviral drug treatment (ART) in Africa

ATLANTA, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New collaborative studies being presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the XIX International AIDS Conference confirm early treatment of HIV patients results in better outcomes, suggest use of viral load testing to detect treatment failure, and highlight factors associated with low rate of ART enrollment. CDC plays an essential role in implementing the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through its scientific and technical expertise, and long-standing partnerships with Ministries of Health and other key global partners such as the World Health Organization. Presentations at the conference reflect CDC's commitment to fighting global HIV/AIDS and to achieving President Obama and Sec...

26Jul

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Science

Element Six Synthetic Diamond Protects CERN Particle Detectors in Recently Announced Higgs boson Experiment Results

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) particle detection systems use Element Six synthetic diamond in their first line of defence against beam-induced radiation damage in their recently announced Higgs boson experiment results. LONDON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, is proud to announce that its highest purity synthetic diamond is an integral part of the CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider) CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) and ATLAS Beam Condition Monitoring Systems, used in the recent experiments which revealed the discovery of a new particle consistent with Higgs boson. This follows Element Six's announcement earlier this year regarding the construction of a $30M Global Innovation Centre in the UK, to...

23Jul

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Science

New Study Finds Greatly Elevated HIV Infection Rates Among Young Black Gay and Bisexual Men in the U.S.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Study results released today by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) show disturbing rates of new HIV infections occurring among black gay and bisexual men in the U.S. (also known as men who have sex with men, or MSM), particularly young black MSM. The HPTN 061 study showed that the overall rate of new HIV infection among black MSM in this study was 2.8% per year, a rate that is nearly 50% higher than in white MSM in the U.S. Even more alarming, HPTN 061 found that young black MSM—those 30 years of age and younger—acquired HIV infection at a rate of 5.9% per year, three times the rate among U.S. white MSM. The overall infection rate among black MSM in this U.S study is comparable to the rate seen in the gen...

22Jul

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Science

75% of People Have Received an Email or Had Information Sent to Them by Mistake Says Independent Data and Information Security Survey

SC Magazine’s latest survey produced in partnership with Egress Software Technologies raises major concerns about how organisations are sharing sensitive information. London, United Kingdom, July 19, 2012 --(PR.com)-- A recent survey carried out by SC Magazine and Egress Software Technologies designed to look at the challenges surrounding the security used by organisations to share sensitive information with third parties has uncovered some startling results. At a time when fines from the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for data breaches are on the increase (http://www.ico.gov.uk/news/latest_news/2012.aspx), the correct systems simply aren't in place to ensure security standards are met. The survey showed that; 94.5% of those surveyed thought that data security system...

22Jul

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African News

Consumer Lifestyles Market in Estonia, Nigeria, Spain, Saudi Arabia & Hong Kong, China Reviewed in New Research Reports

DALLAS, July, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – ReportsnReports.com adds new market research reports on Consumer Lifestyles in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Nigeria and Estonia to its store. These Consumer Lifestyle Reports provide current and detailed snapshots of the unique behaviours, attitudes and spending patterns of consumers in concerned countries. Explore the reports @: 1. Consumer Lifestyles in Estonia 2. Consumer Lifestyles in Nigeria 3. Consumer Lifestyles in Spain 4. Consumer Lifestyles in Saudi Arabia 5. Consumer Lifestyles in Hong Kong, China Find other Country Specific Reports on the Consumer Lifestyle Market @ http://www.reportsnreports.com/tags/consumer-lifestyles-market-research.html. In addition to covering important core topics like h...

17Jul

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African News

Instant Asset Tracking for Enhanced Security Heightens RFID Usage in Data Centers, Observes Frost & Sullivan

Corporate accountability regulations compel data centers to invest in RFID to maintain and manage their IT assets MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing requirement for faster and more accurate tracking and tracing of IT assets in data centers is prompting data center operators and hosting service providers to increasingly adopt radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. This technology can rapidly locate, identify, and track assets without needing a clear line of sight, thereby reducing manual labor and errors. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.autoid.frost.com), Analysis of RFID in the Data Center Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $96.3 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $952.6 million in 2017, with the widespread...