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15th September 2009
Investing in Africa is a potential profitable investment, but many are unaware of this. Multinational companies and many businessmen are always blinded by the international media exposure of the continent. Most of this news conveys negative images like bl... Read >
Author: Lars Stork19th August 2009
For sometime now, the internet has been replete with various soft wares that allow users in certain countries to browse the internet for next to nothing – or better put, for free. That is, free internet browsing.
It is also a fact that as it is the c... Read >
Author: uneeking19th August 2009
Africa is now on on the middle of transforming from a continent that defines the word uncivilized to a perfect business haven for investors. Together with the UN Development Program, more and more business owner are investing in Africa. This is not just t... Read >
Author: Lars Stork04th August 2009
The following statistics highlight the critical issue of global poverty and the human suffering which accompanies it. All figures are sourced from the World Bank.
• At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day
• The poorest 40 percent o... Read >
Author: Mack Brandon20th July 2009
World AIDS Day is to be observed tomorrow across the globe with some 33 million people living with the virus in 2007, a report of the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) showed.
In its “2008 Report on Global AIDS Epidemic,” UNAIDS s... Read >
Author: aidsdatahub18th July 2009
With the population of over 80 million, Ethiopia is the second largest country in Africa following Nigeria with the total population of 140 million. However, with per capita income
of less than US $200, Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries i... Read >
Author: Arvind78630th June 2009
In 2008 The African continent was seeing its strongest economic growth since the 1970s. 15 African countries entered a second decade in which they posted strong annual economic growth rate of above 5%. Despite strong economic performance, Sub-Saharan Afri... Read >
Author: Lars Stork22nd June 2009
One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a figure which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial crisis, says the UN. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said the figure was a record high. Persistently h... Read >
Author: lucygilbert20th May 2009
You’ve probably contracted HPV at some point in your life. In fact, there’s a good chance you’ve contracted genital HPV, too.
Shocked? Don’t be. More than half of all adults have had “common warts” at one point or other, warts that affect t... Read >
Author: Michelle Anderson02nd April 2009
Even the most upscale designers know the advantages of smart marketing, especially when the hottest celebrities lend their name to the campaigns. Gucci's Creative Director, Frida Giannini, knew what she was doing when she hired one of the year's top names... Read >
Author: Tommy Martin18th February 2009
COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS AND HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS affects everyone in both developed and less develops countries. It is not a disease of poverty. It is not individual problem. But the epidemic does push people deeper into poverty, making it more difficu... Read >
Author: IsmailHossain10th February 2009
Defining the Middle East has long been an awkward task. Robert Kaplan, writing in the NYT, believes it should include a much greater area and that the Mumbai terrorist attacks lend credence to his position. Certainly, there is confusion over what comprise... Read >
Author: Creative Assistant31st January 2009
Summary: Bamboo is the name given to a group of perennial evergreen plant that is commonly found in Eastern Asia, the Americas, Australasia and sub-Saharan Africa. In Eastern and South Eastern Asia, the plant is of high economic importance, where it is u... Read >
Author: David30th January 2009
Poverty Potential A Vast Factor to HIV/AIDS
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Author: Mohammed Khairul Alam07th January 2009
The history of the world is the memory of the past experience of Homo sapiens around the world, as that experience has been preserved, largely in written records. By "prehistory", historians mean the recovery of knowledge of the past in an area where no w... Read >
Author: jamie17th September 2008
Despite many being under the impression that success stories of African exporters are confined to Maghreb countries, such as Tunisia and Morocco, exports in sub-Saharan Africa are far from marginal for some product groups.
For the fifth year in a row... Read >
Author: pmcindoe05th September 2008
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection has now spread to all countries in the world and has infected more than 40 million people worldwide at the end of 2003. More than 1.1 million people in the USA have been infected with HIV. The scourge of HIV ha... Read >
Author: Jade Simpson01st July 2008
West & Central Africa Com, Abuja, Nigeria - "This is a unique moment for the global GPS industry and great milestone; Tramigo is launching Lovemap; the first ever smart phone visual mapping application that works with SMS and has detailed landmark mapping... Read >
Author: TRamigo Ltd.01st July 2008
West & Central Africa Com, Abuja, Nigeria - "This is a unique moment for the global GPS industry and great milestone; Tramigo is launching Lovemap; the first ever smart phone visual mapping application that works with SMS and has detailed landmark mapping... Read >
Author: TRamigo Ltd.21st May 2008
"Tramigo Loves Africa!" comments Arto Tiitinen, Senior Partner of Tramigo Ltd. We have huge success in Sub-Saharan Africa since entering this dynamic market with most growth potential in GSM industry. Tramigo is proud to offer the first ever GPS product w... Read >
Author: TRamigo Ltd.14th May 2008
Can you imagine having nothing more for your break-fast than a bowl of cold maize porridge, left over from the night before, and a cup of weak green tea.
You have no lunch.
For dinner you get a larger bowl of warm maize porridge with, perhaps, a sma... Read >
Author: David Ferrers08th May 2008
Yellow fever can be recognized from historic texts stretching back 400 years. Infection causes a wide spectrum of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness and death. The "yellow" in the name is explained by the jaundice that affects some patients, ca... Read >
Author: peterhutch18th April 2008
Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe.
Cholera has been very rare in industrialized nations for th... Read >
Author: peterhutch19th February 2008
In the traditional African society, the Hyena has been branded 'the coward one'.
This has been due to the way of feeding of the hyena. Known to many a as a scavenger, the hyena is actually a great hunter and scavenging only makes 5%- 10% of their meals.
... Read >
Author: natultrack safaris14th February 2008
The Africa-Cup, also known as Football-Africa-Championship, is organized from the African Football Association CAF and is held every two years. The Qualification Round for the Africa-Championship 2008 was held from September 2006 to September 2007. In tot... Read >
Author: Emeli19th October 2007
Serval is a highly successful feline and hunter. Its beautiful coat and wonderful predatory abilities enable it to stand out among other top predators of the African night. Requiring water constantly for its survival, it lives in grasslands and open plain... Read >
Author: Ailurophile02nd September 2007
Nowadays, work pressure keeps on building up. It is not easy to go and apply for leave. Unless we have a week of paid leaves coming our way, quite a few of us run away so we don't have to put in that leave application without some egging on. However, most... Read >
Author: ajeetkhurana13th December 2006
The savannahs of Kenya are home a wide range of wildlife. One of the most frequently seen wildlife is the spotted hyena, yet little is known about them.
In the traditional African society, the Hyena has been branded 'the coward one'.
This has been due... Read >
Author: Peter Philip17th November 2006
International or world music has never been one of the most popular genres for U.S. audiences, perhaps due to the adherence of American youth culture to trendsetting musical styles. In recent years, however, international music has become something of a ... Read >
Author: EZ Tracks17th November 2006
There are 50 countries listed in the United Nations comparative analysis of poverty, 34 African countries, 10 Asian countries, 5 Pacific Island Nations and one Caribbean nation.
People full of care and love were and still are leaving their own familie... Read >
Author: veronica muscat07th November 2006
A guide to the basic facts surrounding HIV and AIDS and the infection routes of which every adult and child needs to be aware
The terms, AIDS and HIV, have been common currency for over twenty years and in many parts of the world it can appear that the... Read >
Author: Flora Earl23rd August 2006
The big cats- leopard, lion and cheetah, are the top dogs of Africa's predators. The pre-eminence of these feral celebrities in the public imagination has relegated to second place other predators whose success is equally impressive, and sometimes even mo... Read >
Author: Andrew Muigai21st August 2006
In a recent commentary in the newspaper The Australian, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Professor Jennifer Thomson wrote that biotechnology is needed to feed the poor and regulation and opposition to these genetically modified foods, especially in ... Read >
Author: Alisa Baumer13th August 2006
Dangerously increasing datas of deaths, caused due to the HIV and AIDS, is giving sleepless nights to the governments of respective countries. It is a shame that these so called devloped and devloping countries are facing the threat of these diseases, whi... Read >
Author: Annie Williams25th July 2006
Where did HIV come from? This question has been one of controversy since the outbreak of the epidemic, and many maverick and even lunatic theories have been aired, including it being a virus from space deposited by a passing comet or aliens, or God's reve... Read >
Author: Alex Kituli26th May 2006
Many people love their credit cards. It's a fact of life and the figures bare this up. If you look at the rate at which UK credit card debt is rising it is quite amazing. Millions are being spent all day every day in an endless frenzy of spending. Pretty ... Read >
Author: Joseph Kenny30th April 2006
copyright Michael Wooller 2006
I stamped on the brakes hard. Thanks to ABS my car stopped within inches of the car in front. Close! I wiped the offending tears from my eyes. The tears that had nearly brought me to grief. They had flowed naturally and s... Read >
Author: Michael Wooller
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