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An underwater hotel opens in Africa

Joining a list of other experimental under-the-sea hotel rooms in Florida, Sweden and the Maldives, the underwater room at Manta Resort on remote Pemba Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago immerses guests 4m below the.

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Samsung Partners Kenyan University To Supply Lowcost Laptops

Electronic giant, Samsung has come into agreement with a Kenyan institution, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to subsidize the cost of laptops for its student. Samsung,.

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Monetary Union: East African nations reach agreement

Heads of state of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, which have already signed a common market and a single customs union, said on Saturday that the protocol would allow them to.

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New East African railway launched

Kenya has formally launched a new, Chinese-financed railway which should extend across East Africa to reach South Sudan, DR Congo and Burundi. The first section will link the Kenyan port.

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Samsung Offers Smart Business Solutions To Zimbabwean Government

Multinational tech giant, Samsung Electronics has partnered with Zimbabwean Lines Products and Services (LPS) to provide business-to-business (B2B) and government solutions across the Southern African country. The new partnership involves.

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Google Announces Project To Boost Internet Connectivity In Uganda

US tech giant Google, today announced Project Link, an initiative to connect Internet service providers (ISPs) in Kampala, Uganda to a metro fiber network to boost connectivity and internet speed.

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Nigerian teachers honored by Microsoft for innovation

  A school and three teachers from Nigeria were nominated amongst the world’s best as part of Microsoft’s 2014 class of Mentor Schools and the Inaugural Class of Expert Educators this.

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Ethiopia Secures $1.26bn To Strengthen Regional Energy Push

Ethiopia has secured a syndicated $1.26bn fund for an Ethiopia-Kenya high-voltage transmission line, due for completion in 2015, with the economic spillovers expected to benefit neighboring countries. The project is.

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Ethiopian Billionaire Al Amoudi Bankrolls $3.4m Space Observatory

Funded buy billionaire, Mohammed Hussien Al Amoudi, the Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS) has established a $3.4 million space observatory in Addis Ababa, to enhance the country’s knowledge of the.

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African Development Bank (AfDB) Grants Namibian Port $338m Loan

 In keeping with its 10-year strategic focus on infrastructure development, the African Development Bank (AfDB), this week said it had approved a R2.9 billion ($338m) “sovereign guaranteed” loan to Namibia.

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