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Transcorp Boosts Obama Power Africa Initiative With $300m Plant Acquisition

President Barack Obama’s $7 billion US-backed Power Africa initiative has received a major boost with the announcement of the complete payment for the $300 million Ughelli power plant in Delta.

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Facebook wants more Africans online

An initiative to bring internet access to the “next five billion” people has been launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The social network has teamed up with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia,.

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Didier Drogba To Build 5 Hospitals In Cote d’Ivoire

After donating image rights worth £3 million ($4.5 million) to construct a hospital in 2009, former African Footballer of the Year, Didier Drogba is set to go five steps better. The Ivorian.

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Microsoft Launches Scholarship Programme For Africans

To commensurate the International Youth day, Microsoft has launched a scholarship programme – the 4Afrika Scholarship – for African youths. The scholarship which is part of its 4Afrika Initiative that aims to boost economic.

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BRIDGE BRINGS LIFE TO COMMUNITIES

The construction of a one kilometre-long bridge in the mangrove terrain of Ibeno in Akwa Ibom State has brought joy to residents of some 30 communities, reports Amby Uneze It’s.

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Microsoft To Deliver White Space Broadband To South Africa

Software giant, Microsoft Corp. has partnered with University of Limpopo’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and local network builder, Multisource to launch a pilot project that will deliver high-speed.

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World Bank Sub-Saharan Africa Investment Rises To $14.7bn

The World Bank Group’s financial assistance to sub-Saharan Africa rose by $2.5 billion in the 2013 fiscal year to a record high $14.7 billion. In a statement issued by the.

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Food Security For Sub Saharan Africa

A growing number of African countries are making significant progress towards eradicating extreme hunger and poverty. Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa are some of the countries.

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Africa and the Challenge of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

By: Kayode Oladele The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the palliative initiative of the United Nations endorsed in 2000 in New York. The goal had a special focus on and.

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The need for a learning Africa: Implications for African leaders and Africans in Diaspora

By Prof. Chidi Onyia It is a pleasure to join you here in Paris, France to discuss Africa’s future and education system in the transition to a knowledge-based economy. “Education.

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