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The Second Ministerial Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa officially opened at the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Rabat, Morocco, on October 15, 2014. The opening

session concentrated on the requirement for bilateral and multilateral arrangements in science and technology.

During the period of three-day Forum the ministers in attendance anticipated a gesture calling for a new science and technology support fund. This new fund would be succeeded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The Moroccan Minister for Science and Technology, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, emphasized the significance of science and technology research in furnishing actual renovation in Africa. "We need to adapt science and technology to Africa's needs." The Minister then called on the community to "recognize and act upon the need for cooperation in science and technology".

The AfDB's Resident Representative in Morocco, Yacine Fal, commented

on the vital role that science, technology and innovation play in accomplishing the Bank's essential objective: namely to deliver sustainable and comprehensive growth for Africa.

"The AfDB is focused on developing qualifications and technology," stated Fal. She then deliberated the Bank's current investment in regional centres of excellence, intended to develop the under-represented skills that Africa needs to accomplish revolution.

The Bank is dedicated to working closely with its clients to provide inclusive growth through science and technological modernism, and has recently begun developing and endorsing knowledge and skills infrastructures in hunt of this objective. The Pan-African University is a flawless illustration of this commitment. Recent studies have designated a robust ethos of novelty in African businesses, including

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PROMOTING GREEN GROWTHAdapting Science and Technology to Africa's Needs

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Senegal on ending Ebola Transmission

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WassupAfricA02EU may boost exit screening in Ebola-hit states

Africa’s Top Business School Seeks Free Thinkers for Radical Innovation

European health ministers agreed to launch an immediate

review of the screening of passengers departing Ebola-hit countries in West Africa and boost them if the measures are found to be failing.

The ministers also agreed at a meeting in Brussels to coordinate measures at entry points to the 28-nation European Union, although any decision on screening rests with individual countries, health commissioner Tonio Borg said.

Borg said the European Commission, the EU executive, "will immediately undertake an audit of exit screening systems in place in the affected countries... to check their effectiveness and reinforce them as necessary".

The review of the exit screening in Liberia, Guinea and Sierre Leone will be conducted in coordination with the World Health Organization, he said.

Italian Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin told the same news conference he wanted the database plan in place "as soon as possible

WHO congratulates Senegal on ending Ebola Transmission

WHO officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Senegal over and commends the country on its diligence to end the transmission of the virus.

The introduced case was confirmed on 29 August in a young man who had travelled to Dakar, by road, from Guinea, where he had had direct contact with an Ebola patient.

Senegal's response is a good example of what to do when faced with an imported case of Ebola. The government, under leadership of President Macky Sall and the Minister of Health Dr Awa Coll-Seck, reacted quickly to stop the disease from spreading.

The government's response plan included identifying and monitoring 74 close contacts of the patient, prompt testing of all suspected cases, stepped-up surveillance at the country's many entry points and nationwide public awareness campaigns.

WHO treated this case as a public health emergency and immediately

dispatched a team of epidemiologists to work alongside staff from the Ministry of Health, and other partners, including Médecins sans Frontières and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

On 5 September, laboratory samples from the patient tested negative, indicating that he had recovered from Ebola virus disease. He returned to Guinea on 18 September.

Senegal has maintained a high level of active “case finding” for 42 days – twice the maximum incubation period of Ebola virus disease – to detect possible unreported cases of infection.

While the outbreak is now officially over, Senegal's geographical position makes the country vulnerable to additional imported cases of Ebola virus disease. It continues to remain vigilant for any suspected cases by strict compliance with WHO guidelines.

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because it will remain the best way for us to follow the movement of passengers".

The ministers also agreed to "coordinate national measures" at EU arrival points such as having common protocols and procedures on passenger questionaires.

Several health workers have been evacuated back to Europe from Africa with Ebola, but the only recorded case of transmission on the continent so far is a Spanish nurse in Madrid.

With the decision up to member states to decide what measures to take, the meeting was focused on coordinating efforts to stop the spread of the worst-ever outbreak of the virus, whose victims have almost all been in west Africa.

Borg said experts will hold a

"workshop" in Brussels on November 4 "to exchange best practices on infection control" but reiterated the European position that an epidemic on the continent is highly unlikely.

But Borg said the commission is expected to sign a deal in the next few weeks with the US State Department to use planes

operated by the American government to evacuate any infected EU health workers.

Natalia Alonso, an official with the British-based humanitarian group Oxfam, criticised the EU meeting which drew 21 health ministers at short notice. "Europe was more concerned about its border controls rather than what it should be doing to contain the spread of the disease in West Africa," Alonso said. She said the EU should deploy more medical staff and equipment as well as military personnel in the next two weeks. EU nations have contributed aid worth about 450 million euros ($575 million) to Ebola-hit countries, including 180 million euros from the Commission, officials said.

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The University of Cape Town Graduate School of business is inviting applications to its pioneering MPhil specialising in Inclusive Innovation – a hands-on postgraduate degree that aims to generate practical and scalable sustainable solutions to African challenges.

Africa’s top business school, the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (GSB), is looking for a special kind of person to join its 2015 intake of the Master of Philosophy specialising in Inclusive Innovation (MPhil).

Now in its third year, the MPhil is an interdisciplinary, research-based degree designed to enable free thinking individuals with big ideas to work collaboratively on the development of sustainable solutions to Africa’s most intractable problems.

To further support the achievement of this goal, the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship is offering two scholarships for the 2015 programme – to be awarded to outstanding candidates from across Africa.

“Innovation is now firmly recognised as the key driver for growth in both developed and developing economies – but the reality is that the take-up of innovation in Africa, as a key solution to socio-economic issues, is low,” says Dr François Bonnici, director of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the GSB. The MPhil is positioned to change this.”

Bonnici says that the MPhil

creates the conditions for creative people from across the spectrum of disciplines to work together on complex challenges in what is a vital first step in allowing innovation to thrive in Africa.

Students on the MPhil will collaborate with entrepreneurs in the Solution Space, an innovation and entrepreneurship hub located on the GSB campus where learning and action converge to support the development and the incubation of new business models.

“The fuel to innovate is created

when individuals who are deeply committed to changing the world for the better and have the right expertise, life experience, passion and ideas, come together and are given free reign and in an environment unconstrained by set cultures and poised to support new possibilities,” says Professor Kosheek Sewchurran, director of the Executive MBA at the GSB.

Candidates on the MPhil can explore inclusive business model innovation across several themes, ranging from healthcare, education, finance, housing, the environment

and sustainability. The solutions generated are however, not only limited to new enterprise creation but could be taken up by government or civil society. “We are not placing limits on anything,” says Sewchurran. “Our goal is radical innovation and sustainable solutions for Africa – we aren’t concerned with what shape or form these take – only which they work.”

Classes are delivered in four modules and for the majority of year students will spend their time in the field on research activities

and the creation and live demonstrations of their inventions. Each student will be expected to develop a creative idea by prototyping and testing the product or service via a pilot and then further developing an inclusive business model.

Walter Baets, director of the GSB, says that the MPhil is part of the GSB’s commitment to being rooted in responsiveness relevant to the needs of the continent.

“We are looking for people who are bright and who are extremely passionate about making a difference,” said Baets. “Not your average student, but someone who has proven themselves and now wants to think big, and learn how to apply these ideas to create radical business models, services and products.

“This will help put that into action, through the ideas and innovations it aims to generate nurture and realize. We are seeking to generate world-class innovations to build Africa’s future.”

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The World Bank Board of Directors approved $97 million to support Ghana’s on-going actions to improve the efficiency and coverage of government service delivery using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

The proposed project is structured along four major components to reflect: enabling environment for electronic government and business; foundational systems for electronic identification to promote electronic service delivery and social inclusion; scaling up of ICT applications and services to improve services in priority sectors in Ghana; and effective project management.

The Enabling Environment for Electronic Government and Business component which is ($15.45 million) will support policies, laws, regulations and institutional capacity building to stimulate supply and demand

Seychelles tireless efforts to position its destination as a regional leader of excellence gained recognition during the 2014 World Travel Awards.

Seychelles nominees were in the categories of leading beach destination, Airline Business Class, Cabin Crew, Cruise Destination, Cruise Port, Green Resort Hotel Brand and Villa Resorts and came out on top in the Indian Ocean region. Voted by Travel agents world -wide, Seychelles outshone Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion and walked away with World Travel Award for Best destination.

Air Seychelles, the country’s national airline score highest points, surpassing Air Mauritius, Maldivian and Air Austral for leading Airline-Business Class.

The Airline endless investment to build a star line crew by excellence was rewarded with the title of the region leading Cabin Crew. With these two awards Air Seychelles proved beyond any doubt that it is by far in a better position in the region as the leading Indian Ocean regional airline.

Seychelles Port Authority’s drive to continuously improve its infrastructure for cruise liners and position Port Victoria as a model in the region was hailed when it won the leading cruise Port. In the leading cruise destination category Seychelles was also positioned first.

North Island scooped title of Leading Green Resort. Eight Indian Ocean Resort & Spa were nominated in this category. Last but not least Hilton Hotel & Spa scooped two awards in leading Hotel Brands and leading villa resorts.

“To receive multiple awards across Labriz and Northolme from the World Travel Awards is an outstanding privilege and a great honour, for the hotels and for all team members,” said Claus Steiner, Cluster General Manager – Seychelles Hotels.

Mr Claus Steiner added “Both Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort and Spa and Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort & Spa welcome guests from many different countries and I am

those located in Fragile States. Nevertheless, researchers and entrepreneurs across the continent necessitate additional research and development backing to bring their philosophies and projects to life. This funding gap could be occupied by increasing R&D expenditure by just 1% of GDP.

Additionally, Fal claimed that the paybacks of technology and science cannot be comprehended without hard legal frameworks and appropriate public policies.

Other speakers at the Forum encompassed representatives of UNESCO, ISESCO and Finland, as well as n u m e r o u s academics a n d experts.

A l l s p e a k e r s s e t t l e d that the Forum was an occasion to "grow" new ideas and progress new "formulas" for tangible projects to endorse green growth in Africa. "We must present a united front in our

World Bank allocates $97m to transform Ghana’s ICT project

of electronic services with the help of a transparent, secure and open environment, and will include revisions to the existing laws and regulations as may be necessary.

On the supply side, the World Bank explained that it would support the enabling environment for digital economy, including facilitating interventions

for more efficient storage of electronic data, and opening up of data in a format that is usable by citizens for policy, research, and business development.

On the demand side, it will support better leveraging of digital platforms to create job and entrepreneurship opportunities.

The second component- Support for Upgrading National Identification System and Online Verification Services ($29.15 million) will provide support to develop a robust national identification system based on international standards to help prepare Ghana for a modern e-commerce industry, improved e-government services, and alleviate poverty.

The project will assist the government to link key agencies, including the Births and Deaths Registries, the Department of Social

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Welfare, Electoral Commission, Statistics Department, Social Security and National Insurance, Immigration, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), etc., using the national identification number as a common identifier.

This third component of the project- Scale up of Applications to improve service delivery in priority sectors ($41.55 million) is in response to the government’s request. The project resources will also be used to support use of ICT to improve quality and reach of services in the health and education sectors where the Government of Ghana is lagging in achieving MDG goals, as well as to complete key e-applications currently being implemented under eGhana project.

The fourth component of the project- Project Management Support (US$7.1 million) will support the Ministry of Communications (MoC) as the Project executing agency with overall responsibility for the management of the project.

The project includes a c o n t i n g e n c y / u n a l l o c a t e d amount of US$3.75 million for unanticipated project needs during implementation.

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delighted that our continuous efforts to offer superior levels of personalized service, have once again been globally recognized. I would like thank our guests and the hard-working hotel team members who deserve this honour and the credit for consistently exceeding guest expectations. I would also like to extend a warm and sincere thank-you to the Seychelles Tourism Board and the Seychelles Government for all their support, allowing us to operate successfully”.

World Tourism Award was initiated in 1993. Today it is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality with winners setting benchmark to which all others aspires. Since the award was launched Seychelles always stands as one of the winners.

Seychelles Tourism Board congratulated all winners for this achievements.

‘’I would like to congratulate each and every of the winners for their achievement. This will surely give Seychelles good visibility. These awards serves as testament that as small as we are, we still are very much relevant in today’s world of tourism" said Sherin Naiken, the Chief Executive of Seychelles Tourism Board

World Travel Award also recognises hotels in countries worldwide which portray excellence. Seychelles winners are Hilton Seychelles Northolme & Spa as leading Boutique, Raffles Praslin, leading hotel, Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort& Spa leading resort, Hilton Seychelles leading Spa and enchanted resort leading villa.

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ambition to deliver effective transformation in Africa,

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has worked as a catalyst in the country’s economic growth which is presently revolving around 4.5% and is expected to reach an average of 5.8% till 2017. Djibouti offers plenty of opportunities in the Port Development and Agri-logistics sectors and is the principal port for imports to and exports from neighboring Ethiopia.

Through an investor’s perspective, Djibouti is a young country which is full of opportunities where investors can invest. The prime sectors are:

1. Real EstateDjibouti, a country with

unemployment rate above 50% in urban areas, has a population of 800,000. The foreign military company provides a major share of the consumer spending. The Chinese, the Somalis, and the Americans are the biggest purchasers of the new villas according to the statistics. Chinese financiers and contractors are slowly coming in numbers as interest from the China Africa Development (CAD) Fund grows predominantly around the prospective of logistics, energy and tourism.

2. TourismDjibouti is a welcoming city for

the visitors. Locals usually speak French, Arabic and/or Somali with some locals economically speaking English. The country is also home to internationally well-known scuba diving places in the north. Unfounded and founded refuge concerns have kept the tourism sector from growing. A

couNTryoftheWeek04Djibouti, legitimately the

Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in Africa

which is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The rest of the border is covered by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east.

It enjoys a miscellaneous economic system in which the economy has private freedom, collective with centralized economic planning and government regulation. The country is a member of the African Union (AU), African Economic Community (AEC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Djibouti, though tiniest is the most talented or the most resourceful. Djibouti stands out as an anchorage of firmness and objectivity.

ECONOMIC PROFILEDjibouti's economy is based on

service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a free trade zone in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti provides services as both a transit port for

the region and an international transshipment and refueling center.

Imports, exports, and re-exports - primarily of coffee from landlocked neighbor Ethiopia

- represent 70% of port activity at Djibouti's container terminal. Djibouti has few natural resources and little industry. The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development project. Djibouti in 2012 began construction of a third port to secure its position as a critical transshipment hub in the Horn of Africa and the principal conduit for Ethiopia's trade.

Djibouti also received funding in late 2012 for a desalination plant to begin address the severe freshwater shortage affecting Djibouti City, and particularly its poorest residents. It is a major port for NE Africa for global transshipment and refilling center. The main exports are hides and skins, cattle, and coffee. Foods and beverages, transportation equipment, chemicals, and petroleum products are imported in the country. The foremost interchange partners are Somalia, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, India, and China. The economy depends heavily on the service area, which contributes almost four-fifths of the country’s Gross Domestic Product.

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Due to its geo-strategic location, it has become transport and shipping hub for the provincial neighbors and controls access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. FDI

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Country Official Name: Republic of Djibouti Head of the State: H.E Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh Capital: Djibouti Independence: 27 June, 1977 Religions: Islam Government:Unicameral Legislature Total Area: 8,880 sq mi (23,000 sq km) GDP: 2.4 billionInflation Rate: 3.7%Population: 0.9 millionLanguages: French & ArabicClimate: Desert; torrid, dryExport Items: Refined Petroleum, Other Animals, Sheep and Goats, Coffee, and Bovine Import Items: Palm Oil, Wheat , Raw Sugar , Nitrogenous Fertilizers, and Rubber Footwear Natural Resources: Potential geothermal power, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleumMain Economic Sectors: Industrial and Agricultural Time Zone: (UTC+03:00)Currency: Djiboutian franc

DJIBOUTIheavy boost can be experienced in the tourism sector by investing in moderately priced, quality hotels as well as other touristic facilities (i.e., tour guides, moderately priced restaurants, etc.).

3. Logistics and WarehousingThe Djiboutian ports are

vigorous to Ethiopia and is now growing its importance to South Sudan. Warehousing and transports are overpriced that it is better to dump them out after six months than to store them. During the winter season (right after the Ethiopian rainy season), the port is further jammed due to a major crash in imports and exports. The port blockage will only be calmed through development of the other ports, more reasonable warehousing, and, in the longer term, better transnational interaction over taxes and duties among other things.

4. Education

Djibouti, a place with very small population has more than 60% of its population working. The Université de Djibouti, inaugurated in 2006, is the only college-level education benefactor in Djibouti. Today also those who have enough money it still leave the country for education. In such a young economy, there is a countless need for practical abilities resulting from management institutes and vocational preparatory schools.

The schools can help develop local skills, especially entrepreneurial related skills, essential to enlarge an economy reliant on foreign backing and imports.

5. Livestock Livestock remains the main

commotion in the rural world which is done in two ways: nomadic and sedentary. About 90% of upbringing is nomadic, the rest is sedentary. Breeding also signifies a sturdy element of financial addition as soon as it goes beyond the stage of modest feeding. Djibouti owns an important livestock and due to its strategic position, its assets plays a major role of regional trade in cattle. The possibility of the sector of

breeding is high and full of animal resources, but it demands modern technology and foreign investment in revolution activities like modern glacier massacre houses for export.

7. Fishing With 372 km of shoreline, the

area of mainland ledge Djibouti broken by fisheries is about 2,276 km2. Despite the potential fish with sustainable levels of misuse are estimated at 9,300 tons for demersal fish and large aquatic fish and 22,000 tons for small aquatic domestic production varies between 1,600 and 1,900 tons of yearly moorings. Currently, the fisheries sector provides permanent engagement of 3 600 persons.

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BuSiNeSSBuzz 05Philips Announces Collaboration with Power Free Education Technology (PET) To Commercialize Innovative Wind-Up Fetal Heart Rate Monitor

Diamond Bank Sponsors VVF Surgeries, Donates Equipment to Fistula Centres

Vodafone Tanzania Targets Farmers with Mobile Services

Vodacom launches SA-targeted tablet

Royal Philips (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organization, PET (Power Free Education Technology), to further develop, test and commercialize a Wind-up Doppler Ultrasound Fetal Heart Rate Monitor (in short: Wind-up Fetal Doppler), a unique power-independent clinical innovation aimed at addressing the high rates of preventable infant mortality across Africa.

The Wind-up Fetal Doppler is a device to easily and accurately count the fetal heart rate while the mother is in labor. The Wind-up Fetal Doppler will be commercialized by the Philips Africa Innovation Hub, which is the center for developing innovations “in Africa-for Africa” in the areas of healthcare, lighting and healthy living. The Philips Africa Innovation Hub has unveiled the first Philips prototype of the Wind-up Fetal Doppler, underpinning their commitment to the partnership. The prototype is subject to clinical testing and regulatory approval, before release for general usage.

Current methods to measure the fetal heart rate are either too expensive, too inaccurate or rely on replaceable batteries or electricity to run; the Wind-up Fetal Doppler is especially designed to empower midwives and delivering nurses to give better care.

“It is very hard to do an accurate measurement with a Pinard-stethoscope, because you need to be able to hear the fetal heart well and count the rate correctly. It is often also uncomfortable for the mother. A Doppler ultrasound fetal heart rate monitor is a good solution, but the current monitors on the market require mains or battery power, and are not robust enough.” states, Anneke Jagau, a midwife working for PET.

PET has been working on the development of the hand cranked,

About 30,000 Tanzanian farmers will benefit from a partnership that will see them receive mobile services to improve their farming practices. The programme targets coffee, cotton and cocoa smallholder farmers in Tanzania under the Olam International umbrella.

unrelieved obstructed labour. The consequences of such damage are urinary or faecal incontinence and related conditions in women. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the condition is the single most dramatic aftermath of neglected childbirth.

A2008 research by NDHS shows that Nigeria has the highest prevalence of VVF in the world with approximately 400,000–800,000 women living with the condition and about 20,000 new cases occurring annually. Ninety percent of the cases go untreated.

Mrs.Ayona Trimnell, Head, Corporate Communications,Diamond Bank PLC, said that the Bank places high

Wind-up Fetal Doppler for many years, and they verified the positive impact of the device in tests in Uganda, where 60% more cases of abnormal fetal heart rate were detected in labor, compared to the standard Pinard-stethoscope.

Maarten van Herpen, Head of the Philips Africa Innovation Hub, states:

“Philips is open to collaborations with key stakeholders, including governments and NGOs, to create impactful innovations that matter to people and address the key challenges that confront society. PET has invested many years in the development of this important idea. I am honored that PET has chosen Philips as the company that is best positioned to commercialize it and make it available across Africa”.

“We are very excited about the collaboration with Philips”, said Dr Francois Bonnici, Director of PET and Director of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation at the University of Cape Town, “We chose to work with Philips because of a strong alignment on the mission to improve people’s lives with meaningful innovation. As a market leader in healthcare, Philips will be able to make our innovation available and affordable for frontline healthcare workers across the African continent.”

Philips remains consistently committed to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health, linked to the current UN Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (MDGs); the company has also made a pledge to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s initiative Every Woman Every Child and committed to improving the lives of 100 million women and children by 2025 targeting sub-Saharan Africa where high maternal and infant mortality can be addressed through early diagnosis and preventative care.

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As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to promote the total

health and wellbeing of women in Nigeria, Diamond Bank PLC, a leading retail bank in Nigeria, will be sponsoring medical surgeries for 15 young Nigerian women suffering from Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF).

The project, which is in partnership with Extended Hands Charity, a non-governmental organisation, has also concluded arrangements to donate medical equipment to selected fistula centres across the country.

VVFs are holes resulting from the breakdown of the tissue between the vaginal wall and the bladder or rectum caused by

The deal also brings together, Connected Farmer Alliance (CFA), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and not-for-profit organisation, TechnoServe.

Services will include text messages on how to improve farming practice, market price information for their produce

and training session updates. The telecom hopes to also replace cash transactions between the farmers with mobile money, MPesa.

Vodafone Group Regional CEO, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific Region Serpil Timuray, said: “In this case, mobile services are being used to enhance farmers’ lives and

transform business performance at all points of the agricultural value chain. These partnerships have a powerful effect in helping rural c o m m u n i t i e s develop new skills and grow revenues. Vodafone is committed to using its technology to help improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers around the world.”

TechnoServe Vice President Global Development Simon Winter, said: “Seventy-five per cent of the

Vodacom has launched a low-cost tablet that has been designed specifically for the South African market, reported City Press. This was in a bid to drive greater data usage as voice revenues continue to slide.

“Just over a year ago we stepped back and looked at the devices currently in the market in South Africa and realised there was a massive gap. The smartphones and tablets on offer were either prohibitively expensive or cheap and badly specced,” said Vodacom’s commercial officer Phil Patel.

“We sketched out what we thought the ideal specifications were for South Africa, and using the purchasing power of Vodafone’s global device team, we were able to have the device manufactured at a price point that works out at R2 per day.”

Vodacom said in a statement that the low-cost tablet called the Vodacom Smart Tab 3G will be available on prepaid for R999. The device will be on sale from Wednesday.

In August, Vodacom released its first low-cost smartphone Kicka, and according to Patel over 250,000 units have been sold in a month and a half. He estimated that the data usage per unit was on average 100-150MB. Rival MTN also has its

world’s poor live in rural areas, with the vast majority dependent on agriculture for all or part of their incomes. Growth in the agricultural sector, therefore, has been shown to be at least twice as effective at reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. Tanzania is a model example of this. But unlike in more developed countries, its farmers do not have sophisticated technology and infrastructure to rely on. This programme will help to change that.”

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premium on women’shealth and its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is strategically focused on reaching as many women as possible who may require help.

According to her, “VVF is an avoidable medical condition and the initiative to reduce its spread is borne out of Diamond’s Bank’s commitment to reduce the maternal mortality rate in the country.

The initiative will sensitise women on how to internalise good health habits as well as make better informed choices regarding their health and those of their partners.

It will also provide basic healthcare services to women in rural areas and empower them economically in the areas of agriculture and trading.This unique approach will ensure that the affected women are able to make better choices concerning their wellbeing and also have the economic power to improve their living standards.”

The programme commences in October in Ilorin, Kwara State.

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own low-cost device called the Steppa.“Introducing high-quality, low-priced devices is

just one leg of our three-part strategy to connect South Africa. The first leg is the network itself – we’re investing R9bn across South Africa this year to expand both the reach and quality of our coverage,” Patel said.

He said the focus was on township, rural and greater suburban areas and the network was being built to support video and multimedia.

Patel acknowledged that income in rural and township areas especially may be limited and he said the approach to pricing of data will not be the same as with the cities.

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The tale of Africa’s growth is ever-changing. Six of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa! It is alike essential that the triumphs of

any country are amalgamated and improved upon. In the last 15 years Mozambique’s economy has

ripened gradually at an outstanding 7.7 percent per year, compelled by the service sector, light industry, and agriculture. This development beat of the economy is anticipated to be preserved or even surge with an enormous inflow of investment, by now identified, on the order of $15 billion–$20 billion.

Mozambique has, no doubt, enormous potential fortified by its gigantic natural resources. Mozambique’s geographical location as a natural entry and exit point for the flow of goods to its landlocked neighbours will continue to back up the country’s transport channels.

The central transport infrastructure spreads from the Port of Beira to Zimbabwe, and slightly to Malawi and Zambia. The southern transport network links the Port of Maputo to the northeastern part of South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.

These two “transport clusters” are multimodal, mostly functional, and by now enticing attention among private investors. Additionally, Mozambique is well gifted with hydropower potential; it is before now a net exporter of electricity, and can anticipated to play an acute character in the power trade of the region through the progress of its hydropower latent in the near future.

Transport infrastructure is advanced transversely, west–east, joining mining and agricultural clusters inside Mozambique and in neighboring countries to exit ports. The connectivity among population concentrations, as well as the eminence of roads, along these transport corridors is relatively good. The railway system is functional and has been fascinating private interest in recent years. The road network has seen an overhaul in investment and rehabilitation, and a second-generation road fund has been set in place.

Nevertheless Mozambique still confronts critical infrastructure challenges. Perchance the unambiguous lies in the transport sector. While some of the transport corridors are mostly functional in furnishing regional connectivity and linking mining and key production centers to ports, Mozambique’s connectivity among urban and economic clusters is relatively inadequate, lacking linkages that connect parallel corridors to each other.

With the exception of the lately settled north-south National Road N1, the country has no (or has very limited) connection among the several west-east corridors, and evolving full connectivity would necessitate continued and massive investments over decades, with the expected involvement of the private sector and nontraditional financiers.

POURING INVESTMENT

Mozambique has the coal capacity, but it needs the infrastructure to unlock this capacity. The Sena railway's capabilities are limited. The ports have shallow bays and are only suitable for handy-size vessels.

Mr. ViCTor GoMES President of Mozambique Ports and Railways

Mr. riCArDo SAADChief Executive of Vale's Mozambique operations

US $2.2 billion is to be injected by the public enterprise Ports and Railways of Mozambique (CFM) in partnership with the private concessionaire of the Port of Maputo (MPDC), on the project Maputo to update the logistics of the Maputo Corridor. Both the companies are looking forward to meet the demand for the exchange of goods between Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa, hoping for the revolution of Maputo Corridor in 2015. Financial inoculation will be used to prepare the rail and port infrastructure in Maputo for "the big challenge of focusing on cargo transportation via railway" as the present infrastructure of Maputo Corridor supports trucks than trains.

Chairman Victor Gomes, CFM Board of Directors (PCA), when asked about the advantages of the flow of goods via railway articulated that the new system will bring "more comfort, safety and speed" in trade within the neighboring countries. The second reason for investment in the multi-billion-dollar project between CFM and MPDC was to provide a platform for regional logistic trade by railway companies of Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa, the JOC.

The JOC, which was inaugurated in last September, is destined to enhance the use of railways in trade in the region. Jacob Zuma, South African President announced an investment of 300 billion rands in state-owned worker Transnet Freight Rail which will support the Maputo Corridor logistics project.

In the last 10 years, Mozambique's economy has developed progressively at a striking rate of 7.7 percent per year, motivated by the service sector, light industry, and agriculture. This stride is predicted to endure or even upsurge with the enormous incursion of already-planned investment on the order of $15-20 billion. Mozambique's infrastructure is well advanced in some sectors, with its east-west transport infrastructure, power grid, and water and sanitation networks. But the nation still faces acute challenges in these and other areas, including developing north-south transport connections, properly managing the water system, and expanding hydroelectric generation to meet potential. Mozambique spent about $664 million per year on infrastructure during the late 2000s, with as much as $204 million lost annually to inefficiencies. Associating spending needs with existing spending and potential efficiency gains leaves an annual funding gap of $822 million per year. The country could reach infrastructure targets in 20 years through a amalgamation of augmented finance, enhanced efficiency, and cost-reducing innovations.

US $2.2 billion to be injected on Maputo Corridor Logistics Project

The main challenge now is to have a very good railway system and a very good ports and logistics system which can give customers cost-effective value, In Maputo, we have Maputo Port Development Company operating in partnership with CFM, in Beira we have Cornelder, and in Cabo Delgado we have the port of Pemba.

The railway system is functional and has been fascinating private interest in recent years.

Infrastructure Matters to MozambiqueAs a final point, upholding the quickly growing

road and rail network is a huge hurdle to overcome, institutionally and financially, as the size of the network seems to outshine the capacity of the country to furnish funds for its upkeep.

As for water resources, the country’s massive prospective has been only moderately tapped. The key task is how to handgrip the wide range of differing water uses within an environmentally cognizant framework. The existing irrigation area can be prolonged expressively with good economic returns.

Turning to Mozambique’s public infrastructure needs, it will necessitate continued spending of more than $1.7 billion per year within the next decade, or the equivalent of 26 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP); this is among the highest in the southern region. This is grounded on accomplishing an explanatory set of infrastructure targets, and cogitates only public infrastructure needs without taking into account the private infrastructure needs of the concessions allied with coal, iron ore, and aluminum. Close to 70 percent of these needs are imitative from capital needs, and the highest annual price tag is associated with the power sector.

When all bases of spending are taken into account, Mozambique spent an annual average of about $664 million on infrastructure during the late 2000s. That

is equal to about 10 percent of its GDP, a relatively high share likened with other African countries, though still only about half of the share that the estimated needs would require. Around two-thirds of total infrastructure expenditure is investment.

Transport engrosses the largest share of that spending

and water, information and communication technology (ICT) and power signifies similar level of spending. The public sector (through taxes and user fees) and official development assistance are the largest source of investment, followed distantly by private funds.

A total of $204 million is lost yearly to inadequacies, mainly because of the misalignment between tariffs and costs in the power and water-supply sectors. Only by chasing an investment agenda that takes into account regional dynamics and positions Mozambique as a key power exporter is there potential for reducing marginal costs of power below the existing tariff and therefore eliminating this inefficiency.

Evaluating spending needs against prevailing spending and potential efficiency gains leaves an annual funding gap of $822 million per year, or 12.5 percent of GDP, most of it associated with water and sanitation and power. Under business-as-usual assumptions for spending and efficiency, it would take over 50 years for the country to touch these goals. Yet with a combination of increased financing, improved efficiency, and cost-reducing innovations, it should be conceivable to cut that time to 20 years.


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The Republic of Burundi is a small country with rising mountains and lovely beaches which makes it a beautiful place and can be visited by the visitors. Going years have brought improvements

in health care, a spike in coffee and tea exports, and other significant economic progresses.

If you are thinking to relax on the beaches of the enormous Lake

Tanganyika or bird viewing in one of the country’s many national parks, Burundi just might be your ideal holiday spot. Burundi is getting a drip of travelers and the country is safer now than it has been for years. Its humid capital, Bujumbura, has a lovely location on the shores of Lake Tanganyika outer of the city witnesses some of the finest inland beaches on the continent.

A Place with Rising Mountains & Beaches

BURUNDI

BujumburaThe town is actually a lovely, hygienic, well-ordered town. The city has the main port of the country and transports most of the country's export, a town with a large market, the national stadium, a large mosque and the church for the Bishopric. It has many magnetisms like “belvedere” on the topmost of the hill, a dominating point of the town offering a unique view onto Lake Tanganyika. It is a good place where you can find the old masks of Congo tribes from the Congolese handicraft village in town.

Pierre Livingstone – Stanley“Livingstone Stanley Stone” can be found only 12 km out of Bujumbura if went in the direction

of south. The place witnesses of the time of November 1871, the two voyagers Stanley and Livingstone spent few days after coming from Tanzania along Lake Tanganyika and reflects

about their findings and hypothesis over the real source of the river Nile.

Nyanza Region Southern Burundi

Nyanza, is characterized by the agricultural estate of palm trees and

local manufacture of palm oil. Visiting the Pyramid, where southern source of river Nile is found, and Muhweza hot water site, well known place for thermal water treatment. Makamba should be visited for the traditional

dances.

Bugarama – GitegaSecond largest city in Burundi it is located exactly on the center of the country. National Museum can be visited in Gitega. It has a collection of the past and present portraying old-style and ethnic civilizations. The royal palace, the tomb of the last queen, the local craft village, the Gitega Art School for ceramics, paintings and sculptures can be visited in Gitega. Mr. Lazare Rurerekana, one of the greatest artists in Burundi, has opened his workshop here.

Gishora Drums SanctuaryThe most exciting cultural places in Burundi is the Gishora Drums Sanctuary found on

the hills few km out of Gitega. The sanctuary was opened in 1989 and offers to visitors the exhibitions of the group of dancers and drum players. The drums were used only on special occasions and played the professionals who were appointed by the king to do so in the

Burundi tradition. A visit to the Gishora drum sanctuary will help inform you more about the

cultural tradition of Burundi

Ruvubu National ParkThe park covers about 500 sq. Kms. It is mainly made up of Savannah vegetation, swamps and

gallery forests. Ruvubu National Park is a home to a number of animals like hippopotamus, buffalos, crocodiles, waterbucks. Though there are limited number of animals in the park several plans are there to reintroduce zebras and antelopes. There

are different types of monkeys like vervet monkey, red colobus, and baboons. The vegetation is very fascinating and the view from the top of the hills overseeing the river is matchless. The park also has more than 425 bird species among which some are nit found anywhere in the world and

there are different species of flowers.

PLACES TO VISIT

Rusizi Natural ReserveRusizi Natural reserve is situated in the North

of the city of Bujumbura and is divided into two

parts: the larger part lies on the eastern bank

of Rusizi River whereas the smaller part forms

the delta of Rusizi at the entrance point of Lake

Tanganyika. From the river banks many hippos

can be seen, water birds like cormorants,

pelicans, Egyptian goose, African white Faced

duck, herons, moreover the typical African dwarf

crocodiles can also be viewed.

Beans, cassava, sorghum and corn are mainly taken in food by the Burundians. Fresh fish from Tanganyika is a cooking delight. The national dish is beef brochettes (kebabs) and grilled plantains (cooked bananas) present almost everywhere. Hotels there have international food with a mixture of South Asian community.


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For the caramel sauce 1 cup sugar

1 1/4 cups heavy cream

1/2 teaspoon flaky sea salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the custard2 cups whole milk

1 cup heavy cream

4 large egg yolks

1/4 cup sugar

For the caramel sauce

1. Heat 1 cup of sugar in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir to sugar evenly.

2. Add 1 1/4 cups cream, continue to cook, stirring until all the caramel has dissolved.

3. Pour caramel into a separate bowl, stir in 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla. Set aside to cool to room temperature.

For the base

In a medium-size heat-proof bowl, whisk the egg yolks until smooth. Once smooth, gradually whisk in the sugar until the mixture is thick and

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International Conference on Computational Advancement in Communication Circuits and SystemsThe conference will cover areas like Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning, Computer Architecture And Vlsi, Simulation And Modeling, Data Management, Exploration And Mining.Date: 30 Oct-01 Nov 2014 Venue: Narula Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India

Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics ConferenceIt is organized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The conference will cover areas like set in motion the process of a nationwide adoption of comprehensive EHR in India, riding piggy back on the uID project which has already been set in motion.Date: 30 Oct-02 Nov 2014 Venue: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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Neo-International Conference on Habitable Environments, LPU, PunjabIt is organized by the Lovely Professional university will take place from 31st October to the 2nd November 2014 in Lovely Professional university, Punjab, India. The conference will cover areas like Green development and contribution systems, Bye-laws and regulatory mechanism for green buildings.Date: 31 Oct-02 Nov 2014 Venue: Shri Shanti Devi Auditorium, Chandigarh, India

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pale yellow. Set aside. Combine the milk and cream in a heavy-bottomed sauce pan and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until an instant read thermometer reads 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove milk and cream mixture from heat. Temper the egg yolks by pouring a small amount of the hot milk mixture into the yolks while whisking rapidly. Pour the tempered egg yolks into the milk and cream, and return to the heat. Continue to cook until the custard thickens and the instant read thermometer reaches 185 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the custard from the heat and pour through a fine mesh strainer into a clean bowl. Let cool 5 minutes. Then mix in the caramel sauce you made earlier. Chill in an ice bath or in the refrigerator until completely cool. Freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Once it’s out of the ice cream maker, store in an air-tight container and freeze for an additional 2 hours.

prepration Method As it melts the liquid will start to turn golden. Right after you add the cream, this is what happens. Whisky quickly! Once the caramel has dissolved into the cream. Add the sea salt and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Then let it cool to room temperature

The custard is finally ready to chill, and then be put through the ice cream maker.

1. It is better to apply castor oil for a healthy growth of hair.

2. Wash hair with tea once in a week.

3. Apply besan in the hair and wash it with water drained from the cooked rice.

4. Soak a handful of gooseberries in a cup of milk for two hours. Make a paste and apply on the hair.

5. Apply the mixture of an egg white, 2 spoons of castor oil, 1 spoon glycerin, in the scalp and hair. Wash it after some time.

6. Massage hair with warm coconut oil an hour before washing. Cover your head with a hot towel and wash your hair after an hour.

7. Boil a few hibiscus flowers in coconut oil. Filter and use this hair oil to control hair loss and thinning.

8. Do a 'steam-towel-wrap' once in a while, as this steaming opens out the pores and absorbs the oil.

9. Soak 1 teaspoon fenugreek in curd and keep it for a

night. Apply it in the next morning.

10. Boil coconut oil with the juices of curry leaves.

Apply on hair, keep it for some time and

rinse.

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Qweci

Qweci Releases a Cover Art for His Upcoming Single–Anansi S3m

Ghana DJ awards 2015 theme music Released

AK Songstress Nominated Three Times for MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards

Dookoom Burns Down the Farm in Controversial New Music Video

With a love for music and passion to succeed, shines one of todays brightest and gifted male vocal soloist, Producer, Writer... QWECI.

As the first artist to release R&B / SOUL album in Ghana, Qweci is set to release a new single; Anansi Sem.

From a posted artwork on his instagram timeline, @officialqweci, Anansi Sem will obviously talk about the Spider stories of love, gossips and lies.

Been away for more than a decade, the soul singer renaissance springs from both musicians and fans longing for more after the release of his comeback tune, Mipe Wo Saa.

To mark the 3rd anniversary of the annual Ghana DJ Awards, half Ghanaian and half Ivorian afro pop singer, Miray has performed a historic official awards theme song featuring top Ghanaian hypeman Merqury Quaye which was released yesterday on the awards official Facebook page.

The afro-pop music titled ‘Rhythm Nation’ will be heard throughout campaigns and ultimately open the mega Ghana DJ Awards show which will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre during the first quarter of 2015.

This is the first of time an awards program in Ghana has a tune recorded specially for it.

With technical input from 3fs studios, Miray said she tried to come up with something beautiful, thematic and simple but also edgy and festive for the occasion.

Signed on to Swagg Luna gh record label, Miray, real name, Miray Mansan Gomont first had a stint with the entertainment world when she participated in a dancing competition at Ivory coast when she was nine years. Then she participated to a

AK Songstress has been nominated three times for this year’s MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards. The energetic d a n c e h a l l perfromer was nominated for Best Hiphop video, best discovery video, and Best female video for her song “Funcky Fresh”.

The “Rock Ur Body” singer is up against Tiffany, Becca, Eazzy, Mz Vee,Sala as well as Irene, who are also nominated in the Best Female Video category.

The dancehall empress who

“Farmer Abrahams had many farms; many farms had farmer Abrahams,” sings Cape Flats underground legend and Die Antwoord collaborator Isaac Mutant, updating the children’s gospel song Father Abraham. “I work one of them, and so do you, so let’s go burn one down.” The music video ends with the band having branded their logo onto the farm.

Recently, minority rights group AfriForum laid a complaint of hate speech against Dookoom with the South African Human Rights Commission, but Isaac says, “We’re not inciting violence. No one gets hurt in the video. But

Dookoom

it’s about claiming the land and being angry, because we have a right to be angry.”

Larney Jou Poes is an impressive debut from director-to-watch Dane Dodds. “When Isaac sent me a few tracks to choose from, Larney Jou Poes made me feel the most uncomfortable,” says Dane. “As the son of a farmer, I know those feelings are there, so I just wanted to make people talk about them, because they’re often swept under the carpet.”

Born in 1994, Dane’s been making videos since he was five. He’s spent his first year out of high school on a film residency with award-

winning Cape Town production company Fly on the Wall, while also assisting leading street artists Faith47 and DALeast.

Dane’s been shadowing Fly on the Wall over school holidays since he was 15, when he discovered director Bryan little and photographer Filipa Domingues (Suicide Monkey) in South African pop culture magazine One Small Seed. “They’ve been heroes to me,” he says. “The work they do feels South African; it’s not someone trying to be European. That’s the kind of work I want to do.”

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Larney Jou Poes, Dookoom’s incendiary new music video, premiered on City Press and on vice’s music channel Noisey recently. The first track on their new EP, A Gangster Called Big Times, Larney Jou Poes tells the story of a farm uprising in the Western Cape, an area where tensions have flared regularly between farmers and workers.

And having a world class studio in his house, a bird whispered to our ears that Qweci will be releasing single upon singles in every month. Anansi Sem is due for release and we can’t wait to be the first to download.

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singing reality TV show audition in France in 2000. Later during her studies in the United States of America (2004 – 2008), she got to record her first professional song with one of the renowned New York Recording studios and later on performed at various great platforms such as B.B.King in Times Square (alongside the legendary Ghanaian musician Kojo Antwi), Adam Clayton building and Apollo Theatre in Harlem, Open Mics at Iguana Cafe dowtown New York, Marcus Garvey Park during

Teriyah Festival, etc.

The half Ghanaian and half Ivorian ‘ o u t d o o r e d ’ herself to the Ghanaian public when she performed a l o n g s i d e S a r k o d i e , K w a b e n a Kwabena, Fuse ODG and 2face Idibia at the 24 Nite Concert held in Kumasi last year.

The last edition of the Ghana DJ Awards held at the National Theatre of Ghana saw DJ Black of Joy 99.7fm grab the ultimate Best DJ of The Year award.

Ghana DJ Awards, the biggest DJ event in Africa, aims at fostering the development of the Ghanaian music industry by rewarding and celebrating Disc Jockeys who have excelled in their field of endeavor and also recognise veteran DJs who have blazed the trail in the music industry.

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recently released ‘Rock Ur Body’ ft Patoranking and ‘Bully Boy’ will be representing Ghana/Africa at a

national awards ceremony and has our support.

Modern Ghana


SPorTS2WatCh 11Kampala Marathon set to welcome tourists and localsThe 11th edition of Uganda’s

single most popular sporting event, the MTN

Kampala Marathon, will this year be run on Sunday, November 23. Tens of thousands of participants are once again expected to paint the city in yellow with their event t-shirts promoting the corporate colors of main sponsor MTN, providing an exciting event for locals and tourists.

Like in past years, the money raised will largely go towards providing Ugandans with clean and safe drinking water, hence the slogan “Run for Water.”

Runners include professionals and semiprofessionals, amateurs, and thousands of others who train for an entire year to run for their company, their club, or their preferred charity, aiming to raise additional funding over and above

the effort of the organizers.Sections of Kampala’s main

highways and key roads along the route will be closed for regular traffic from about 0600 hours in the morning until the last runners have crossed the finish line at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.

The registration fee of UShs20,000 , equivalent to about US$8, will in turn give the participants the trademark yellow jerseys which are part of a kit given

Roberto Martinez insists that the Everton faithful will see the best of loanee Christian Atsu during the second half of the season.

Atsu arrived at Goodison Park from Chelsea on a season-long loan in the summer but the Ghana international winger has struggled to make an impact at Goodison Park thus far. The 22-year-old has been limited to appearances off the bench, though he made his first Premier League start against Leicester City last month.

to everyone who signs up. Those using MTN Mobile Money will earn a rebate of 10 percent, having to part with only UShs18,000 .

Registration will open soon and added information about the event, the route, and where and how to register will be published soon, as will this year’s email contact and relevant website, as soon as it is released by the company.

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Bralirwa has backtracked on its earlier decision not to sponsor the 2014/15 national football league after holding talks with Sports Minister Joseph Habineza, Times Sport can exclusively reveal.

The Brewery Company released a statement saying that talks with the Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) had not made any progress and that they had decided not to renew sponsorship of the league.

“On September 17th, 2014 Bralirwa sent Ferwafa a letter of intent in which we provided our proposed renewal terms for sponsorship

of 2014/15 season. After much discussion we have not been able to reach an agreement with Ferwafa on the terms of renewal.”

However Sports Minister Joseph Habineza met with officials of Bralirwa and Ferwafa and told this paper that a deal is expected to be signed next week.

“I have met with Bralirwa officials

Habineza intervention secures league sponsorship

Everton hasn’t seen the best of Atsu yet – Martinez

and we had productive talks,” Minister Habineza said in a phone interview adding that a deal will be signed very soon. It is not clear what exactly the two bodies failed to agree on. Bralirwa’s Marketing Manager Martine Gatabazi could not be reached for comment by press time. Bralirwa is the only company that has sponsored the league for the last few years. They gave Ferwafa Rwf170m last year.

Clubs like Rayon Sport have criticised Ferwafa for not being able to negotiate a bigger sponsorship deal.

Aimé Emmanuel Niyonsabye, Rayon Sport’s Secretary General says

the money given to the club is little and only caters for transport.

“Last year we were given Rwf 200, 000 for every match day which is very small and has little effect. Our Club uses over Rwf2m. I’m afraid that this is

what we shall get again this season,” Niyonsabye says adding that Ferwafa needs to call for a General meeting with all stakeholders so that they discuss how to attract better sponsorship packages. The blues signed a 3 year deal with Skol last season where they received 50.000 Euros and will get a 20% increase this season and the next.

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Having spent last season on loan at Vitesse in the Eredivisie, Martinez has urged fans to be patient with Atsu as he becomes accustomed to life the Premier League.

“We need to give him a little bit of time to adapt to the physicality of the Premier League just like any player but especially a winger,” Martinez told theLiverpool Echo.

“In other leagues referees allow less contact and they are a bit more protected.

“It’s just making sure I can give him the right introduction to his role. With the minutes he’s had so far in the Europa League and other games he’s done well.

“I expect him to be himself in the second half of the season and he can be a very important player for us.

“To be left-footed in that wing position with a real penetrative edge like he has can give you a big advantage.”

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Thanks for willing to grant Indo Africa Times an interview. What is 2nd Image International and what do you do?

Thanks for coming. 2nd Image International is a beauty and fashion clinic. We are into beauty therapy i.e. skin care. We take care of the skin that is; we are into the total grooming of our clients. We are also into the production of skin care product which we do through the Cocoa Research Institute in Ghana and we are also in partnership with South Africa and Benin in the production of our body creams. Apart from that, 2nd Image is into fashion designing and sowing. We are also into the training of people who are interested in getting some skills for themselves.

Who is Nikki Boa-Amponsem and how did you become the CEO of 2nd Image International?

Nikki is a Ghanaian, born and bred in Ghana. I started my education here in Ghana and continued to the United Kingdom where I studied biochemistry and majored in Health and Beauty Therapy. With my training I decided to start my own business and that is how 2nd Image International was born. I started in London where I worked for two years and moved to Ghana and for more than ten years now, we have been

working hard to impact our generation.

As a CEO, what has been your motivation and how did you manage to get this far in the fashion industry here in Ghana?

My motivation is to see to it that the people of my country are well groomed in their appearance, well clothed and have a healthy skin care. My other motivation is to give skills training to the young people in the fashion industry. I’m into this with my two sons, Thomas who is handling the ICT department and Clint who is in charge of administration.

How do you see the beauty and fashion industry in Ghana?

In Ghana, the fashion industry is limited to just the cutting and sowing of cloths but the fashion industry is more than that and 2nd Image has come to change that perception. We have ventured further into designing and we are not just doing it but we are also training people in designing as well. Also I have seen that Ghanaian women are only into make-ups and not body therapy so we have taken our work into the next level of body therapy to give Ghanaian women a proper body care.

How are people patronizing your training and what are the caliber of

people attending the school?

The response is overwhelming. We have students coming from the lower level of education thus the Junior High School certificate holders through to the Higher Diploma holders and University graduate. Our primary aim is to give them skills which can help them get themselves established after graduation. That will in fact reduce the graduate unemployment rate in Ghana. Skill training is lacking in Ghana and our universities produce graduates who cannot get jobs and cannot also create one for themselves. We are not interested in that sort of education. So far, we have about 10% of JHS holders, 80% Senior High and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders and about 10% of university graduate enrolling in our school every year.

What are your achievements and challenges in your vocation?

Our greatest achievement is the number of people we are able to enroll every year into our vocational school and the number of our students who graduate with the needed skills. The challenges are numerous but we are determined to surmount them all. There’s some amount of competition out there but we are embolden by them because we are focused and we working

had to reach our goal.

How are you able to work with your own sons?

Well, it’s easy. We have cultivated respect for one another throughout their young and adult life and so working together is not difficult at all.

How do you see the beauty and fashion industry in Ghana?

In Ghana, the fashion industry is limited to just the cutting and sowing of cloths but the fashion industry is more than that and 2nd Image has come to change that perception. We have ventured further into designing and we are not just doing it but we are also training people in designing as well. Also I have seen that Ghanaian women are only into make-ups and not body therapy so we have taken our work into the next level of body therapy to give Ghanaian women a proper body care.

What is the future for 2nd Image International?

We are looking forward to building a university that will not only give skills to our people but also administrative and entrepreneurship skill which will help our graduate to not only start their own businesses but also how to manage them.

The Ghanaian fashion industry has seen some improvement since Nikki Boa-Amponsem, the CEO of 2nd Image International came to the fashion scene. Indo Africa Times Ghana correspondent Francis L. Sackitey visited the CEO at her Adabraka school and clinic in Accra Ghana and has come out with this interview.

GivinG the GhAnAiAn FAshion industry A new look

Nikki Boa-AmponsemAstute Cosmetologist & Fashion Designer,Ghana


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