Some of the car sellers in Ivory Coast even go to the extent of buying vehicle only when the value of the dollar is at its lowest. It means their money is worth more. Every idea is welcome as long as it ends up lowering the overall costs of doing business.

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What is YCD ?

Young Creative and Digital night ( created to stimulate the creative scene in Abidjan, consists of a formal and and informal time slots.
A RSVP only event , actors,models,photographers,marketers,web designers,painters,journalists,bloggers ,musicians and dancers are invited to be active participants during this 4 hours meeting.

Presentations: 7 minutes are given to the speakers to present their project or work and share some tips for success.Some of the presentations could be of others work from the continent that isn’t necessarily linked to the presenter, but just something the presenter wants to share as something that’s achievable here.

Activities:Based on the the theme of the night ,several creatives are selected to lead activities,exhibitions or workshops during the rest of the evening where everyone is forced to become more than a spectator.

Read a recap of the first edition here and look @ pics of the first edition here.

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Nairobi-
HassConsult Limited was formed in 1992 ,in Kenya,with a vision to establish a comprehensive Real Estate firm that was going reinvent the market patterns by introducing transparency, integrity and professionalism in a market calling for more global standards .
The company has been reaping benefits from opportunities presented by changing market dynamics as well as evolving business and property cycles.

Their services encompass all the major branches of Real Estate:
-New property developments
-Selling & renting
-Managing Property
-Valuations & Appraisals

Official website

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While Kenya’s central bank raised interest rates for the second time earlier this year.The minister of planning forecasts the economy will expand by 4.2 percent this year, as improved infrastructure including investment in telecoms begin to bear fruit and that the spill-over effects of the ICT revolution are felt within the economy and the acceleration on south-south integration is palpable. [Source:Reuters Africa ]

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Post tags: African economies, business, Economic growth, Economic trends, Kenya, Macro Economics

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Post tags: Art director, Blue Digital, Buddy Media, business, development, Information Architects, Project manager, Software engineering, Web developer

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African Romance™ provides a true “mine to finger” experience at highly competitive prices.

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When:29-31 October 2010

Where:Nairobi,Kenya

What: IPO48 is a boot-camp-style initiative to build new web and mobile services in just 48 hours.

IPO48 starts already 10 days before the actual get-together in Nairobi. Everybody can submit business ideas on HumanIPO, that way all participants can learn and evaluate ideas, ask questions, give their comments and find the potential ideas they would like to work on. On 26th of October we will announce 20 most popular business plans, which will be presented by the authors on Friday evening in IPO48.

IPO48 will peak with the new product demonstration on Sunday evening where the judges will pick the winner of the event. Besides of having strong technological solution for the product/service, the winning team needs to highly focus on their business model.

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Their solution can be opening up increased product sales coupled with additional benefits of mobile payment capabilities, transaction fees revenue, loyalty programs benefits, and more all facilitated by inexpensve and affordable mobile phones

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What do they do ?
They work with top management to beat their competitors and generate substantial, lasting financial impact.
We look at a business as an integrated, cohesive whole. Bain helps companies find where to make their money, make more of it faster, and sustain its growth longer. They help make the big decisions: on strategy, organization, operations, technology, and mergers & acquisitions.

Bain & Company official website

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Post tags: Bain & Company, Boston, business, Consulting, Management consulting

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