Laptop Computer Company of USA in April this year began computer lessons for primary school pupils in Rhotia Kati and Mareya schools in the Karatu district of Arusha region, an initiative to improve academic standards in Africa.
Tunisia has been one of the foremost countries in the region to adopt the Mediterranean solar plan. The country which plans to boost its output of renewable energies has launched a number of renewable energy projects including wind farming and solar projects, as part of its own solar plan. Recently, it also adhered to the international "Desertec" project.
Ginda Marble and Granite Plant is striving to boost production, and thereby satisfy the demand of the public according to the Acting manager, Mr. Medhanie Yohannes.
Various development programs were implemented in Nacfa sub-zone this year, and that others are in the process of implementation, according to Mr. Idris Ali Sheker, Administrator of the sub-zone.
Worried by the deplorable condition of Nigerian roads, Federal Government has concluded plans with the Republic of Korea to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on roads and housing in a renewed effort by the Federal Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development to improve the two sectors.
One of the oldest black American private universities from the south-eastern USA - Raleigh, North Carolina, known as the Shaw University, has opened an information centre in Abuja.
Uduak, a top flight secretary with one of the major foreign airlines based in Abuja, has been looking forward to this particular trip. After a whole year of hard work, waking up early in the morning, staying long hours at the office and having to cope with the fast paced life in a cosmopolitan city like Abuja, the Christmas and New Year holidays are rather special.
The head of land transport branch in Gash-Barka region, Mr. Solomon Zeru, called for increased popular contribution to the ongoing endeavors towards expanding efficient and balanced transport service.
Schools are under construction in the administrative areas of Libaniay, Girashan and Goboshan in Haikota sub-zone in which there existed no convenient educational infrastructure facilities before.
The Land Transport Department disclosed that concerted action is being taken to expand reliable and efficient service to the public, according to Ms. Senait Lijam, director general of the department.
DESPITE NUMEROUS WARNINGS about the potential impact of the Gibe III Hydroelectric Project on Lake Turkana, our leaders shout "work must go on".
The festive season is around the corner and with it, as is usually the case, deaths due to road carnage have started rising. Just recently, Budiope MP Henry Balikowa died in a road accident in Mabira Forest. Question is, why is Jinja Road becoming a death lane and does the move to impound sugarcane-carrying tractors the ultimate solution on this road?
Two roads, namely Akwanga-Wamba-Fadar Karshi and Nasarawa Toto-Keffi-Kaduna are part of the priority list on the time table of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Nasarawa State, as its Chief Maintenance Engineer, Engr. Useni Musa promised "a substantial progress before the end of the year".
Sequel to the recent approval of additional twenty road projects to the tune of 70.999 billion naira cutting across the nation, the Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, on Friday signed the newly awarded contracts with the contractors.
The protest by staff of NITEL and its mobile arm, Mtel over unpaid 18 months' salaries turned awry last Thursday when one of the protesters, Haruna Ibrahim received a head wound inflicted on him by unidentified staff of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
Delay in completion of road projects in Central Province is pushing the cost of doing business up, with transporters of horticultural produce being the most affected.
The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Zaku, has stressed the need for the promotion and development of Technology Incubation programme.
The government has secured necessary parliamentary approval to borrow Shs130 billion from the African Development Bank and the Arab Bank of Economic Development Bank for the rehabilitation of 26 markets countrywide.
TELKOM is giving nothing away in response to rumours that it is negotiating to buy 60% of Zimbabwe's state-owned telephone operator, TelOne.
Traditional money transfer firms face tough times even as banks come up with new strategies to counter blistering competition from mobile cash transactions that put a strain on their deposits growth.
Negotiators at the historic United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, are making good progress in the area of technology.
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe Limited, the country's largest mobile phone operator, has initiated a multi-billion dollar project to develop Zimbabwe's fibre-optic telecoms backbone, which would link the country to the undersea cable via Maputo, Mozambique.
The deadline for concluding the reconstruction of the Sena railway line, linking the central Mozambican port of Beira to the Moatize coal basin in Tete province, has been extended yet again, this time from December to the end of January.
During a meeting with Mr Hadj Gley, Minister of Communication Technologies, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali took cognizance of the various indicators relative to the growth of telecommunications and internet networks as well as that of electronic postal services and their generalisation throughout the country.
The South Korean government has made available to Ghana a multi-billion cedi housing project that will roll out 200, 000 housing units over a five year period, beginning April 2010.
