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7Jul

By AfricaBusiness.comNo Comments

Science, South Africa News

Relief for Back Pain Sufferers in Cape Town

Pretoria, South Africa, July 07, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Chronic back pain sufferers in the Cape Town area will at last find relief at the practice of Dr Lienka Botha and Partners. Millennium Business Park, Century City is the location of the new centre that offers a proven, exercise-based approach to treat this debilitating condition. The centre is conveniently and centrally located, offering ease of access from all surrounding areas. The practice of Dr Lienka Botha and Partners forms part of a network of medical centres that applies the Documentation Based Care (DBC) Active Treatment System. The DBC Active Treatment System originates from Finland and has been researched and developed over the past twenty years. Dr Lienka Botha and Partners is the first practice in the Western Cape tha...

7Jul

By Amat JENGNo Comments

Africa Travel, African News, Gambia News

GAMBIA: TOURISM SECTOR SHINES DESPITE BOTTLENECKS IN GLOBAL ECONOMY, SAHEL REGION

by Amat JENG http://www.mediarevolution-amat.blogspot.com The Minister of Tourism and Culture of The Gambia has appreciated the trend of the tourism sector saying it is undergoing “tremendous transformation”, despite the turbulence in the global economy, exacerbated by political turmoil in some parts of the Middle East, North Africa and in the Sahel. Minister Fatou Mas Jobe-Njie was speaking during the recent Ecowas Tourism Ministers’ Summit hosted by The Gambia at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Kololi, where she said “this tremendous transformation” came as a result of the dynamic changes at the global level, which has necessitated the adoption of certain reforms at both global and national levels to meet the challenges and stay competitive. The global economic meltdown coupled...

5Jul

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Energy, Green Energy

Unique Program Which Brings Solar to Remote Africa Receives Recognition from Soluxe Solar

Solar Provider honors African "Pay as You Go" solar program with Solar Flare award DARIEN, Conn., July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While remote villages in Africa may not be the most expected place to find solar, IndiGo is shining light on unheard of locations through a "Pay As You Go" solar program which allows rural villagers to generate their own power via a photovoltaic panel and battery pack. They can then purchase the produced energy for as little as $1 a week. This unique program has caught the eye of Soluxe Solar, a Connecticut-based solar company. The IndiGo program receives this week's Soluxe "Solar Flare" – a weekly honor the company bestows on an individual or company making great strides in the world of solar advancement. "Each day we are seeing solar develop and crea...

1Jul

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African News

Evaluating enterprise policy interventions in Africa: a critical review of Ghanaian small business support services

Obeng, Bernard and Blundel, Richard (2012). Evaluating enterprise policy interventions in Africa: a critical review of Ghanaian small business support services. Journal of Small Business Management (in press). Abstract Enterprise policies play a central role in economic development across Africa, but more effective, evidence-based policy evaluation is required to inform future interventions. The paper aims to: (i) contribute to filling this gap; (ii) develop more rigorous and appropriate evaluation methodologies. It examines the issues through an empirical study into non-use of small business support services in Ghana. Survey evidence from 253 owner-managers was complemented by interviews with owner-managers and service providers. It concludes that policy evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa...

21Jun

By The African Press OrganizationNo Comments

African News, South Africa News

Report says Southern Africa’s development is not integrated

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A new report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says while the linkages between the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development are well understood within Southern Africa, the subregion has not adopted an integrated approach to development. The report, “Progress towards sustainable development in Southern Africa” prepared with the assistance of the African Development Bank, and circulated at the ongoing Rio+20 conference, says that for this reason, the “inter-linkages between the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development are fundamentally not being achieved”. “Ministries and government departments with responsibility for areas linked to these pillars in r...