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NYFA 2013 Speakers
His Excellency President Ali BONGO ONDIMBA
President of The Gabonese Republic
Khalid ABDULLA JANAHI
Group Chief Executive, DMI Trust
Didier ACOUETEY
CEO, AfricSearch
David ADJAYE
Principal Architect, Adjaye Associates
Idelphonse AFFOGBOLO
Founder and Chairman, Africa Capital
Hassan AHDAB
Vice President, Regional Director of Operations-Africa and Indian Ocean, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Clare AKAMANZI
CEO, Rwanda Development Board
Idriss AKKI
Managing Director, SportFive AFRICA
Nina ALIDA ABOUNA
Director General Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Exports (APIEX)
Edmond ALPHANDERY
Member of the European Advisory Panel, Nomura International
Roberta ANNAN
Africa Chair, Fashion 4 Development
Stéphanie ANTOINE
TV Anchor, France 24
Willy Conrad ASSEKO
Managing Director, Les Transports Citadins
Ruben ATEKPE
Executive Chairman, Merchants Company of West Africa
Jacques ATTALI
President, PlaNet Finance
Cécilia ATTIAS
Founder and President, Cécilia Attias Foundation for Women
Richard ATTIAS
Founder and Chairman, The New York Forum
Olatunde AYENI
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skye Bank
Stéphane BACQUAERT
Managing Director, Wendel and Board Member, IHS Africa
Sade BADERINWA
TV Anchor, WABC
Bolagi BALOGUN
CEO, Chapel Hill Denham
François BARRAULT
Chairman, FDB Partners
Jean-Louis BEFFA
Chairman of Asia, Lazard
Afif BEN YEDDER
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, IC Publications
Boris BECKER
Partner, Becker Private Office
Samir BENMAKHLOUF
General Manager, Microsoft Morocco
Fatou BENSOUDA
Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Alan BERNSTEIN
Executive Chairman, Sustainable Forestry Management Africa
Jean-Baptiste BIKALOU
President, Petro Gabon
Jean Louis BILLON
Minister of Commerce, Craft & SME Promotion
Cherie BLAIR
Founder, The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Pierre BLAYAU
Managing Director, SNCF GEODIS and Chairman, GEODIS
Ozwald BOATENG
Designer, Ozwald Boateng and Co-Founder, Made in Africa Foundation
Younes BOUMEHDI
CEO, Hit Radio
Eric Fernando BOUNDONO
President, Vocal Centre SA
Jean-Jacques BOUYA
Minister for Spatial Planning and Delegate-General for Major Projects
H.E. JOSE MANUEL BRIOSA E GALA
Special Advisor and Personal Representative for Africa for Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Portugal
Harry BROADMAN
Managing Director and Chief Economist, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Shashi BULUSWAR
CEO, Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies
Nicholas BUSSARD
CEO, LinkedAfrica.com
Yassir CHAKIB
President, PAYTOP
Jacqueline CHIMHANZI
Senior Strategist, Industrial Development Corporation
Jared COHEN
Author of "The New Digital Age: Re-Shaping the Future of People, Nations and Business" and Director, Google Ideas
Colin COLEMAN
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs international
Melissa COOK
Founder and Managing Director, African Sunrise Partners
Cyrille COSTES
President and CEO, Lynx Energy Partners
Steve DANIELS
Editor In Chief, Makeshift Magazine
Martyn DAVIES
CEO, Frontier Advisory
FW DE KLERK
President, South Africa (1989-1994) and Nobel Laureate (Peace), 1993
Pierre DESCAZEAUX
Senior Vice President Africa and Middle East, Air France KLM, France
Amadou DIALLO
CEO, DHL Freight
Ibrahima Cheikh DIONG
Founder and CEO, Africa Consulting and Trading (ACT)
Gervais Koffi DJONDO
Chairman of the Board of Directors, ASKY Airlines
Sindika DOKOLO
Founder, Sindika Dokolo Foundation
Isabel DOS SANTOS
CEO, Unitel Telecom
Pascal DROUHAUD
Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, Alstom
Nicholas DUNCAN WILLIAMS
Presiding Archbishop & General Overseer, Christian Action Faith Ministries
Vladimir DUTHIERS
International Correspondent, CNN
Latifa ECHIHABI
Director General, National Agency for Promotion of SMEs
William EGBE
Director, Sustainability, Strategy and Business Planning, Coca-Cola
Scott EISNER
Vice President African Affairs & International Operations U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Arnold EKPE
Former CEO, Ecobank
Jean-Louis EKRA
President, African Export-Import Bank
Mohamed EL KETTANI
Chairman and CEO, Attijariwafa bank
Moulay Hafid ELALAMY
President and Founder, SAHAM Group
YARIV ELBAZ
Founder, YCAP
Souad ELMALLEM
Vice President, North Africa, Bombardier
Ebenezer ESSOKA
CEO, South Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
Amadou FALL
Managing Director, NBA Africa
Malta David FORREST
Executive Vice-President & CEO, Groupe Forrest International
Celine Victoria FOTSO
Founder, Je Wanda Magazines
Roert FRIEDLAND
Founder and Executive Chairman, Ivanplats Ltd.
Ibrahima GUIMBA SAIDOU
SVP Africa, SES
Karim HAJJI
CEO, Casablanca Stock Exchange
David HALE
Founding Chairman, David Hale Global Economics
Stefan HEILMANN
Managing Director, IEG-Investment Banking Group
Robert HERSOV
Chairman of the Advisory Board, VistaJet
Gentry HUMPHREY
Sportswear & Footwear Business Director - Basketball & Football, Nike
Ivor ICHIKOWITZ
Founder and Executive Chairman, Paramount Group
Emmanuel ISSOZE NGONDET
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and the Francophonie
Saran KABA JONES
Founder and Executive Director, FACE Africa
Donald KABERUKA
President, African Development Bank
Kola KARIM
Group CEO and Managing Director, Shoreline Energy International
David KHAYAT
President, French Cancer National Institute
Shiv KHEMKA
Vice Chairman, SUN Group
Jacob KHOLI
Partner, Abraaj Group
Stella KILONZO
Founder, Astute Capital
Manoj KOHLI
Managing Director & CEO (International), Bharti Airtel Limited
Isabelle KUMAR
Presenter, Euronews
Angelle KWEMO
President, A StrategiK Group, LLC
Olivier LAOUCHEZ
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Trace TV
Fatine LAYT
Chairwoman & Managing Partner, Oddo Corporate Finance
Acha LEKE
Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company
Francois LOCOH-DONOU
Senior Vice President, Global Products Group, Ciena
Lord MANDELSON
Chairman, Global Counsel and Chairman, Lazard International
Verone MANKOU
Founder, VMK
Beatrice MARSHALL
Anchor, Africa Live, CCTV News
Swaady MARTIN-LEKE
Founder and CEO, YSWARA Luxury Tea
Luc Richard MBAH A MOUTE
NBA Basketball Player, Milwaukee Bucks
Brian MENELL
Principal & CEO, Kemet Group
Paul MERCIER
Managing Director, Michael Page Africa
Serge MIKOTO
CEO, National Fund for Investment
Paolo MONTESSORI
CEO, eServGlobal
Tarek MOUGANIE
Founder, Affinity
Daniel MOUEN MAKOUA
CEO, Bwamanga Sustainable Investment Advisers
Louise MUSHIKIWABO
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Bertin NAHUM
Founder and President, Medtech
Amir NAYERI
Chief of Staff, Richard Attias & Associates
Zemedeneh NEGATU
Managing Partner, Ethiopia, Ernst & Young
Thione NIANG
Founder and President, Give 1 Project
ANTHONY OBAME
Taekwondo silver medallist at London 2012 Olympics Games
Olusegun OBASANJO
President of Nigeria, 1999-2007 and Founder, Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation
Christine OCKRENT
Journalist and Writer
Francis OKOMO-OKELLO
Advisory Board Member, Africa 2.0
H.E. ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA
Presidént de la République de Cote d’Ivoire
ALAIN BA OUMAR
CEO, IG TELECOM
Alberto OLYMPIO
Co-Founder, President and CEO, Axxend
Yaw OWUSU
Founder, Ghana Cyber City
Henri Claude OYIMA
CEO, BGFI Bank
Luc OYOUBI
Minister of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development
Milind OZA
President, Global Ventures – North and West Africa Jindal Steel and Power
Loic PEQUIGNOT
President, Windeo Green Futur Europe
Serge PEREIRA
CEO, Unicon Developments
Michael PETERS
CEO, Euronews
Herbert POHL
Director, McKinsey & Company
Mehdi QOTBI
President, National Museum Foundation
John QUELCH
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Jean-Christophe RAMOS
Executive Director, Canal + Afrique
Moji RHODES
Deputy Chief of Staff, Lagos State Government
Jean-Luc RICCI
Director for Africa, HEC Groupe
Luc RIGOUZZO
President and Managing Partner, Amethis Finance
Alec ROSS
Senior Advisor on Innovation
Nouriel ROUBINI
Co-Founder and Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
Xiaoming RUAN
Chairman, Gemsy New Group
Blessing RUGARA
Managing Director, Circle Capital Global
Nadia SALAH
Editorial Director, The Economist
Minna SALAMI
Founder, MsAfropolitan
Oulimata SARR
Director, Africa 2.0
Albert SASSON
Chairman, Governing Council, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Global Food Security
Moussa SECK
Chairman, Pan African Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Consortium
Saad SEFRIOUI
Managing Director, Addoha Group
Taiye SELASI
Author, 'Ghana Must Go'
Ipeleng SELELE
Founder & CEO, Khumo Group
Abe SHER
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, AquaSciences
Dan SHINE
Curator, The Innovation Hangar
Bright SIMONS
Founder and CEO, mPedigree Network
Dongsheng SONG
President, Sinohydro Corporation
Craig STAPLETON
Senior Advisor, Stone Point Capital & Former U.S. Ambassador to France
Peter SULLIVAN
President, Sub-Saharan Africa, Amrop
Lawrence H. SUMMERS
Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University
Hapsatou SY
Founder, Ethnicia
Thierry TANOH
CEO, Ecobank
Mourad TAOUFIKI
Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Amine TAZI-RIFFI
Director, McKinsey & Company
Sam THENYA
CEO, Nairobi Women's Hospital
Bu THIAM
Vice President, Def Jam Records
Aida TOUIHRI
Journalist, France Televisions
Mamadou TOURE
Founder, Africa 2.0
Katherine TWEEDIE
Executive Director, Investec Investment Institute
Hubert VEDRINE
President, Institut Francois Mitterrand
Alexandre VILGRAIN
Chairman and CEO, SOMDIAA and President, CIAN
Magatte WADE
Founder and CEO, Tiossan
Yong WANG
Vice-President, China-Africa Development Fund
Alek WEK
Supermodel and UN Refugee Agency Advocate
Rosa WHITAKER
Founder, The Whitaker Group
Lee WHITE
Executive Secretary, Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN)
Paul WOOD
Managing Director - Waterfund Africa & Arabia DMCC
Zhiming XU
Chairman, Yuemei Group and Vice-Chairman, China-Africa Business Council
Lan YAN
Managing Director, Head of Greater China Investment Banking, Lazard China
Andrew YOUNG
14th US Ambassador to the United Nations
Yuewen ZHENG
Chairman, Creat Group and Chairman, China-Africa Business Council
Patrick ZHONG
Senior Managing Director, FOSUN International
Lionel ZINSOU
Chairman and CEO, Pai Partners
Leyth ZNIBER
Former CEO, Diana Holding Founder and Chairman, Iltizam Foundation
SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA
Country Coordinating Mechanisms and Women
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South African Swayed by Windpower
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Investing in Africa: Mind the bumps and the rewards will come
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Culture is the New Resistance
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Global Health Plan Aims to End a Third of Childhood Deaths
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Skills shortage could hamper Africa growth surge
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Is Tanzania’s economic growth an urban phenomenon?
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Who Owns the Land? Cameroon's Large-Scale Land-Grabs
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Innovation Leadership Training Program launching in Zambia
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Open Borders top EALA talks
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Open Borders top EALA talks
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Solar Powered Internet School Opens World of Possibilities in Uganda
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Women key to Africa’s development
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Ethiopian capital to burn waste, hopes for energy bonanza
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African Development Bank aims to boost investment to EAC
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Africans enrolled in Chinese Universities up 30 percent in 2012.
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African Health Ministers commit to ramped up TB/HIV treatment
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African Health Ministers commit to ramped up TB/HIV treatment
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12 million Africans entering the job Market every year.
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Emphasis on new Infrastructure driving a maintenance deficit.
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Rwanda’s ICT ambition bearing fruit
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Namibia examines BRICS
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Solar Powered Internet School Opens a World of Possibilities in Uganda
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By 2050, one in three children will be born in Sub-Saharan Africa
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New York African Film Festival Returns To FSLC April 3-9 To Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary
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First women-initiated bank launched in Ethiopia
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Lagos creating energy from waste
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Citi Bank to start operations in Ghana
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Nigeria set to overtake SA as Africa's biggest economy
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Food and drug regulators to cut counterfeits
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Gulf carriers aim for bigger slice of Africa market
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Can floating architecture save this Nigerian slum?
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Rwanda to host Agribusiness Forum.
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South Africa's Naspers in $570 million Russia internet deal
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Burundi supports border communities.
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Tanzanias financial sector is stable.
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Gambia gets its first Journalism School
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How African Feminism Changed the World.
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Rwanda gets U.S. $60 Million for Sustainable Energy
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Japan Boosts Private Sector Investment
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27 Million Women to Access Reversible Contraceptive.
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o Ghanian Entrepreneur Assembles trucks aimed at Industrial Production
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PPPs to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure?
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South Africa, Belarus discuss cooperation in Agriculture
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Google in Africa
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Zimbabwe looks to boost FDI
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Nigeria and Brazil Strengthen Economic Ties
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Ugandan Vocational Training School gets US $82Million
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FAO Report: Women in Agriculture
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African Union: Empowering Women in Agriculture
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Brazil tips Dar es Salaam on gas economy
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Potential in Africa’s renewable energy
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Ethiopia: Heineken to build the country's largest brewery in Ethiopia
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African hotel wins worlds best hotel for second year in a row by Travel + Leisure.
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Rwandan students to learn Chinese language
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New malaria drugs give hope to eradication
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In Rwanda 3000 teachers to enter the labor market
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Biogas looks to women to expand sector.
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Rwanda gets US $60m to develop energy sector
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Africa’s first Pan-African airline hits 75,000 passengers.
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Ambitious infrastructure project funded through contractor financing
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Zimbabwe’s tobacco crop down 3 million in 2012.
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U.A.E. and Zimbabwe discuss multi-billion-dollar cooperation
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S.A. task force to monitor agriculture emissions
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Nokia's Life launched in Kenya, hits 95 million global users
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Africa is more stable than you've been led to think.
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Uganda, Kenya coffees top in Africa
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Uganda student wins Africa IT award
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Are African women on the rise?
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Mozambique receives U.S.$9.3 Million for girls education.
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Malawi President Joyce Banda featured in CFR remarkable women of 2012.
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New oil deposits in Kenya may be commercially viable
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South Sudan and Sudan come to agreement to resume oil exports.
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New laws to stabilize oil market in Ghana.
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Expert engaged to set up futures exchange in Nairobi
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Analysis of micro enterprise growth in Africa and transitions to SME’s.
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Kenya demarcating 9 blocks of territory for auction of license to oil and gas exploration.
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Could the next pope come from Africa?
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Africa forecast to be a $45 billion pharma market by 2020
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Scientist in Benin unveil enhanced malaria test
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Zimbabwe to refine platinum locally.
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Renovated rail line connecting Nigeria’s two largest cities re-launched
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Nigeria top of the pack for internet speed in West Africa.
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PPP’s for infrastructure development.
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Kenya launches ICT master plan, aims to connect all
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MTN extends their fiber network in Uganda
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Cote d’Ivoire Cocoa Farmers Certified and Satisfied
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The effects of reducing risk for farmers in Africa – potentials for growing participants in the commercial sector.
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Uganda launches space program.
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Windows run Huawei phone launched exclusively for African market
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SME’s advised to trade internationally.
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5.4% non-oil growth in sub-Saharan Africa since 2008.
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Wi-Fi Giving Education a Boost
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