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African Countries With The Most Tourist Visits

tape — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:47:21 +0000

Top destinations for 2011 ( year of data ) were : Egypt ( 11, 914,000 ) ,South Africa,Morocco,Tunisia,Mozambique,Algeria( 1,912,000 ) ,Botswana,Kenya,Uganda,Ghana,Tanzania,Rwanda and Angola ( 366,000 )

Editor’s note : What could be the repecursions of political turmoils, observed in Egypt and Tunisia, on the choices of 2012 tourists ? Will we see the emergence of Francophone countries such as Ivory Coast on the preferred destinations list of international tourists ?

Arise Magazine Fashion Week (businessdelamode.com)
African News Innovation Challenge – $ 1 Million (startupafrica.com)

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Post tags: Algeira, Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Top African Destination, Tourism, Travel and Tourism, Tunisia, Uganda

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Africa’s Most Valuable Nation Brand

tape — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:54:14 +0000

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Post tags: Africa Best Nations, Nation Brand, Rebranding Africa

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Africa Fair Mobile Index ( 2011 )

tape — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:49:24 +0000

The Fair Mobile Index aim is to communicate the real value of mobile voice services and to compare the differences in mobile voice services value across the African market.

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Post tags: Africa Fair Mobile Index, Cost Of Mobile Voice Services

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Understanding The Dynamics Of The Real Estate Market In Ivory Coast

tape — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:24 +0000

“Ask your average “son or daughter of the Ivorian elite” about Real Entrepreneurship, sizing opportunity in a market, investing in the stock market, the family wealth, real estate value, power and ties and their impact on society. You will most likely get a blank stare. This generation has been deprived from the very tools that would have enabled them to unlock and secure a promising financial future.”

Read more here @ Diary of an Ivorian Entrepreneur

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Post tags: Africa, AMN, Diary of An Ivorian Entrepreneur, Ghana Real Estate, Ismael COulibaly, Ivory Coast Real Estate, REITF, Residences Camellia, West Africa

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I Am A Professional African Networking Mixer

tape — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:40:45 +0000

A Face2Face Africa produced networking event with the aim to help African professionals connect and take charge of the 1.3 trillion USD economic renaissance taking place on the continent. The even happens in NYC every 3 months. Will we soon see it in Accra,Abidjan,Kigali or Addis Abeba ? The professionals from the diaspora and those on the continent need to connect as well to have a convergent vision of tomorrow’s Africa.

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Post tags: 1.3 trillion economy, Africa Economy, Africa of Tomorrow, Africa Rebranding, Economic growth, Face2face, I am a professional African

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Top African Tech Start Ups

tape — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:54:32 +0000

Forbes Africa lists the top 20 African Start Ups of 2012.See who made the list here.

Meet Truspot, Africa’s Answer To Spotify (forbes.com)
Q&A: Who is Africa’s Top Young Tech Entrepreneur? (joeforlove.wordpress.com)

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Post tags: Business and Economy, Facebook, Forbes Africa, Kenya

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|Business Headlines|Mastercard East Africa,Airtel Money,Nokia,Orange

tape — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:18:24 +0000

MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company, today launched its official East African regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This development brings the number of MasterCard offices across the African continent to five, with other offices operational in Cairo, Casablanca, Lagos, Johannesburg and now Nairobi. |Source |

Airtel Uganda recently launched its mobile money platform ,Airtel Money. The service provides to the market convenient, affordable and innovative financial services through the mobile phone. The platform allows consumers to top up their phones with air time, send and receive money, pay their critical utility bills, access their bank accounts and withdraw Airtel money across all interswitch ATMs countrywide.|Source |

Nokia East Africa annouced a new warranty programme, covering Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania, that sees the combination of online, 24-hour care exchange and repair services to customers across East African borders.|Source |

Orange’s intent to increase its customer acquisition and retention by offering relevant and cost effective data services leads them to offer the following in Kenya:
Targets prepaid Mobile and Internet Everywhere 3G modem users
Access to unlimited daily, weekly and monthly bundles
The offer is the most affordable proposition in the data market.
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Post tags: Africa, Airtel Uganda, Bharti Airtel, Cairo, East Africa, Johannesburg, Kenya, MasterCard, Nairobi, Nokia East Africa, Tanzania, Ticbank Conference, Uganda

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|Event| Meet The Afropolitans-When Digital Media Meets Culture In Africa

tape — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:07:24 +0000

What : Armed with new media as their tools, Africans on the continent and in the diaspora are charting new paths and opportunities for themselves. Challenging perceptions, they provide the global community with a first hand look at contemporary African art and culture.
PANEL – Meet The Afropolitans: An Introduction
A spirited discussion on the social web, digital media and culture in Africa. Who are the emerging thought leaders? How are they using digital media to re-image African in their own likeness? Who should you follow on twitter to be on the pulse of what’s next in music, art and cutlure from the continent?
PHOTOGRAPHY INSTALLATION… Portraits of emerging African artists and cultural curators by award winning Sierra Leonian photographer Delphine Fawundu
LIVE MIXING… Sounds Provided By DJ Frei of AFRIKA21

Where: Global Society Content Hub at Big Fuel Headquarters
40 W. 23rd Street
New York City , 10010

When: Monday, February 13 at 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Who: Chief Boima Writer / DJ / Producer, Kathleen Bomani Event Manager,Africa Gathering,Yolanda Sangweni Senior Editor Essence,Ngozi Odita Founder / Creative Director Society HAE .

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Post tags: Africa, Afropolitan, Chief Boima, Culture, Global Society, Kathleen Bomani, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Ngozi Odita, Social Media Week, Social Media Week New York, Yolanda Sangweni

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The Global Information Technology Report

tape — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:36:22 +0000

Find below the link to the Global Information Technology report by the World Economic Forum.

The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011

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MedAfrica-Increasing Access to Health Related Information

tape — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:10:30 +0000

Watch the video below explaining the concept behind Med Africa.

Visit their website

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Post tags: Africa, health, Health 2.0, Health Information, MedAfrica, medecine 2.0, Medecine in Africa, Mobile Health

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