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  1. Kenya: Yu Unveils New Tariff

    Mobile phone service subscribers on the yu network can now call at a flat rate of Sh6 under a new a tariff.

  2. Africa: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning

    The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.

  3. Nigeria: International Firm to Invest U.S.$30 Billion in Niger-Delta

    Following the success of amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region, a firm, Dag Group Germany/United Kingdom, said it has concluded arrangement to partner with the Federal Government with a view to investing $30 billion on human and infrastructural development in the region.

  4. Rwanda: First Taste of Success for a Young Software Developer

    A senior-six student in Essa Nyarungunga, has made a name for himself by creating computer software that is already being used by some companies.

  5. Nigeria: Group Gives Yar'Adua Ultimatum Over South East Roads

    The sorry state of roads in the South East has drawn the ire of a youth organisation known as Odimma Ndigbo Youth Movement which has given the Federal Government up till the first quarter of next year to fix all the dilapidated federal roads in the zone or face the wrath of the people.

  6. Nigeria: New Infrastructure Tops Govt's 2010 Plans

    INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government's agenda in Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.

  7. Nigeria: Of The Nation And The Transparency Rating

    Nigeria descended lower on the corruption index this year and this attracted a lot of attention by government watchers but last year progress was made which did not attract much comments.

  8. South Africa: 'No Additional Funds' to Speed Up Gautrain

    GAUTENG roads and transport MEC Bheki Nkosi yesterday moved to quash speculation that the government was considering making additional funding available to the Bombela Consortium to complete the airport link of the Gautrain in time for the Soccer World Cup.

  9. Uganda: Awareness About the Land Bill Still Low, Says Poll

    The awareness of the proposed Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 by Ugandans has declined since last year by 11 percent, a new poll has revealed.

  10. Nigeria: Need for ICT in Keeping Schools' Records

    Records of most schools in Nigeria, either public or private, are kept manually, in paper form. With the passage of time, vital records and information are lost as the papers get defaced. This problem, coupled with the difficulty of wading through a mountain of paperwork often result in wrong performance analysis, inaccurate planning, and inefficient management of the schools.

  11. Nigeria: Desopadec to Commission N10.2 Billion Projects

    ABOUT 266 projects worth over N10.257 billion executed by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) in different oil communities in Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isoko and Ndokwa ethnic nationalities in Delta State are to be commissioned between December 1 and 14.

  12. Kenya: World's Unbanked Turn to Cellphones for Money Services

    Most consumers will use their phone as a key financial tool, but they will not abandon financial institutions,

  13. Kenya: Phone Operators Differ Over CCK Reform Proposals

    Telecommunications operators are divided over new proposals meant to promote fair competition and guard against abuse of market power.

  14. Nigeria: Babalola Advises States, LGs to Upscale Infrastructural Development

    The Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, on Thursday advised the three tiers of government to look inwards to generate sustainable resources to meet the minimum requirements and needs of their economies, particularly the infrastructural development.

  15. Nigeria: Adamawa Exco Approves N7 Billion for Projects

    Adamawa State Government has approved the sum of over N7 billion for the execution of various projects in the state.


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