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10Oct

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Energy, Green Energy

Annual Saudi Green Building Forum Conference to Discuss Major Green Issues

The Conference will provide a dominant platform for discussing challenges for Green Building related to 3P’s of sustainability to promote Green Building initiatives in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October, 2012 --(PR.com)-- King Abdullah’s initiative, Saudi Green Building Forum (SGB FORUM), continues to lead its unshakable green mission by creating a milestone of achievements from its’ last two Conferences. The delegates and speakers are pepped up for the third annual intellectual think-tank treat which will involve Conference, Workshop, Exposition and Project Case Studies of the current year. Saudi Green Building Forum, patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Dr. Mansour Bin Miteb Bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipalities and Rural Affairs, will host its third annual Confer...

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...

22Jul

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African News, Algeria News, Egypt News, Ethiopia News, Mauritius News, Nigeria News, South Africa News, Zambia News

Africa to gear up for more meaningful engagement with China

The partnership with China should aim to boost Africa's overall capacity, competitiveness and trade in a way that supports African development. African nations must use the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to complement the continent's regional institutions and policy agenda. This is according to a report by Standard Bank Group economists Jeremy Stevens and Simon Freemantle ahead of the fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China, that starts on 19 July 2012. Jeremy Stevens, Standard Bank Group's Beijing-based economist, says that the summit comes at a time when China is distracted by domestic economic challenges and political matters. Meanwhile Africa is now even more reliant on China, in particular Chinese demand for African commodity exports, but even ...

22Jul

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African News

IN CHINA, AFRICA, UNITED NATIONS WILL CONNECT THOSE WHO FACE CHALLENGES WITH THOSE WHO HAVE SOLUTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT BEIJING FORUM

NEW YORK, July 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing, 19 July: It is a great honour for me to participate on behalf of the United Nations at this important Forum on China-Africa cooperation. I thank the Government of China and the people for their kind invitation and warm hospitality. I commend the leadership of President Hu Jintao in organizing this forum at this very important time in Beijing. I also thank the Government of Egypt for their contribution and leadership and for co-chairing this Forum during the last several years. As the largest developing country, and as the region with the largest number of developing countrie...

12Jul

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African News, Nigeria News

DRIVING MONETISATION OF SERVICES IN A FAST CHANGING MARKET. Nigeria Africa Com 26-27 September 2012

Nigeria Africa Com 26-27 September 2012 Eko Hotel & Suite, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria http://www.comworldseries.com/nigeria Join the debate on twitter using #NigeriaCom Join our group on LinkedIn: Nigeria Com DRIVING MONETISATION OF SERVICES IN A FAST CHANGING MARKET Nigeria Com “is the only forum that brings together all stakeholders in the telecoms industry” as described by attendees in 2011. This year’s event is taking place at the Eko Hotel in Lagos on the 26-27 of September. Join us for 2 days of strategic and innovative presentations, panel sessions and interactive debates. If you attend Nigeria Com you will meet and network with the entire Nigerian digital ecosystem which now includes; successful OTT players, innovative app developers, popular social me...