E+Co combines services and capital to support these local energy businesses.They monitor their investments via impact reporting, based on social, environmental and financial indicators. E+Co secures investment and operating funding from foundations, financial institutions and individuals, in the form of grants, contracts and borrowing.

Job Opportunity

E+Co is seeking an experienced professional to lead its Africa operations.  The Director, Africa will have overall responsibility for the implementation, performance and growth of E+Co’s Africa operations and investments.   This will include managing a staff of 8-10 people based in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania, to develop an investment pipeline leading to new investments and manage the existing portfolio in several countries. This will include ensuring compliance with investment guidelines, overall risk and diversification management and realizing the return objectives.  The Director will work with E+Co’s Senior Management to develop new markets and additional pipeline and if appropriate, design and establish regional funds in Africa.

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1421 would be the year the Chinese discovered s some 70 years before Colombus Christopher.

“On the 8th of March, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China.They ….discovered Antarctica, reached Australia three hundred and fifty years before Cook and solved the problem of longitude three hundred years before the Europeans.”

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Twitter recently announced that African users would no longer be able to send or receive by SmS their updates as they used to.

We should assume, they do not know the potential of Twitter in Africa,do they even know about Africa ? By the look of their press announcement, the answer should be no.

“Twitter will continue to negotiate with mobile operators in Europe, Asia, China, Australia, The Americas, and other regions..”( OTHER REGIONS…ONLY THE IMPORTANT ONES ARE WORTH MENTIONING!!)

For those of you in need of a service a la Twitter, you can migrate to identi

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