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The global finals of the world's largest technology competition, Imagine Cup 2009, began yesterday in Cairo, Egypt with 444 students from 124 countries and regions, including Nigeria. At stake is $288, 000 in prize money and the chance to kick-start their careers in one of several technological fields.
There were fears at the weekend that the multi-billion dollar Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project being midwifed by Nigeria, Algeria and Niger is now a target for sabotage by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
Three African countries yesterday signed an accord to build a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.
Egypt has made great strides in improving access to drinking water and is well-situated to address remaining challenges related to water and sanitation, a United Nations independent human rights expert said today.
An agreement between the governments of Nigeria and Algeria to build a trans-Saharan gas pipeline is expected to be signed in Abuja next week, reports Vanguard.
An agreement to build a gas pipeline from Nigeria across the Sahara Desert to Algeria will be signed next week in Abuja, Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said on Monday.
A consortium composed of France Telecom and Divona/Orange has been awarded the third mobile license in Tunisia. The license covers the regular GSM services and 3G, as well as landline services.
A communiqué released on Friday by the Ministry of communications and relations with the Chamber of Deputies announced new appointments in the sector of communication.
AFRICAN countries should share experiences and help solve problems faced by member states, if the continent is to progress and claim its rightful position on the globe, Algerian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Ali Mokrani has said.
In a press release dated June 25, 2009, the Tunisian Central Bank's Executive Board meeting has announced that it will maintain its key interest rate, "while focusing on the need to ensure a continuous and rigorous follow up of the trend of both the national and international environment, as well as the financing of the economic activity".
"Tunisia aims at becoming a high value added Mediterranean industrial hub by 2016", said Mr Afif Chelbi , Minister of industry, energy and small and medium enterprises on Thursday.
Two guests of honor at the 2009 Carthage Investment Forum hailed the Tunisian economic model, as well as the mechanisms set up to contain the effects of the economic and financial crisis.
The daily Le Temps reports in its issue dated June 24, 2009, that the British energy and engineering group, PETROFAC will build and operate the Skhira oil refinery project. According to rough estimates investment costs will range from 500,000 dollars to 1 billion dollars.
Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, is billed to commence a four-nation tour to Nigeria and three other African nations today; in a bid to boost Russia's global influence and vie with China and the U.S. for control of energy and resources. The four African countries are Egypt, Nigeria, Angola and Namibia.
An annual survey carried out by the Tunisian German Chamber of Commerce and Industry was presented to the press in Tunis on Tuesday.
During a meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr Mohamed Ghannouchi on Tuesday, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali focused on the evolution of partnership projects with brotherly and friendly countries in light of the agreements reached, as well as those currently in progress.
A communiqué released on Monday by the Ministry of Communication Technologies has announced that the consortium composed of Divona/ Orange -France-Telecom, presented the best technical offer for the attribution of Tunisia's second and third generation mobile phone licence.
Four students from Makerere University's Faculty of Computing and Information Technology will represent the country at the world's biggest IT innovations event to be held in Cairo, Egypt early next month.
The Japanese rating agency R&I (Rating and Investment Information) has confirmed Tunisia's sovereign risk rating granting it A - with stable outlook, following the meeting of its rating committee on June 17,2009.
The second international cryptology conference is currently taking place at Gammarth north of Tunis. The conference which is placed under the patronage of the Ministry of Communication Technologies was opened on Monday and will continue till June 25.
During a ceremony organized at the Carthage International Airport on Thursday, a Tunisair subsidiary in charge of passenger assistance, baggage handling, and maintenance of aircrafts , Tunisair Handling (TH) was officially attributed the ISO 9001-2000 certification for its activities in all of Tunisia's airports. The ceremony was chaired by the Minister of Transport Mr Abderrahim Zouari.
The Ministry of education and vocational training signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the ICT multinational "Intel" for the training over 3 years of some 135,000 ICT instructors in the field of information and communication technologies.
The Tunisian engineering and consulting group "Telnet" has signed cooperation agreements at Le Bourget's 2009 aeronautical fair which is currently taking place near Paris.
In its annual report on Tunisia entitled "The Report, Tunisia 2009", the Oxford Business Group (OBG) has published an interview by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali where he evokes the country's main achievements over the past five years, as well as Tunisia's priorities concerning economic development, investment, youth and employment.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is famously idiosyncratic, but during his groundbreaking visit to Italy this month he secured something no African country has managed from a former colonial power -- an apology for colonialism and $5 billion in symbolic reparations.
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