By Nawa Mutumweno – The East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy), a 10 000 km fibre-optic submarine cable system that has been recently laid along the east coast of Africa that will have a dramatic impact on the communications capabilities of existing businesses, as well as opening up access to global markets and creating a myriad of new business opportunities. Businesses will take advantage of the improved internet connectivity and the region’s low-cost, skilled workforce while for consumers, it will broaden access to information availability throughout the region and globally, increasing knowledge and enriching lives. It runs from Sudan to... Continue Reading
KAMPALA – President Yoweri K. Museveni of Uganda will officially open the AgriBusiness Forum 2010 on the 4th of October in Kampala. President Museveni will discuss Africa’s role in creating business opportunities out of the food security crisis and the importance of private and public parnerships in achieving this goal. The AgriBusiness Forum 2010 will be held from 3 to 6 October at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort and is organised by the Brussels-based non-profit organisation EMRC in partnership with and under the high patronage of the Government of the Republic of Uganda. The forum will gather more than 400 public... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, the country’s first leader in decades with no known links either to the former Soviet Communist party or secret services, will hold negotiations with President of South Africa Jacob Zuma on August 5, 2010, in Sochi. At Dmitry Medvedev’s invitation, President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will make an official visit to Russia on August 4-6, 2010. . Mr Medvedev – a lawyer by education, is extremely close to his predecessor Vladimir Putin, a former KGB agent. Considered an economic liberal, Mr Medvedev served Mr Putin as first deputy prime minister, and... Continue Reading
MALABO – Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Transport, Technology, Posts and Telecommunications is working to deploy advanced telecommunications services, including phone and Internet, throughout the entire country as part of the goals set forth by the government in the Horizon 2020 plan. Various projects are already underway, including the deployment of a fiber optic submarine cable between the mainland and island region, as well as the development of a backbone network for the entire nation. “There is a network that connects all the provinces today…but we are making major investments to further develop the transmission and to improve service,” said Vicente... Continue Reading
Mining Indaba LLC has secured Niall Ferguson, economic historian and bestselling author of Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World to be a keynote speaker at the 17th annual Investing in African Mining Indaba. The event takes place in Cape Town, South Africa from 7-10 February 2011. Ferguson, a professor of history at Harvard University, will address the world’s premier mining investment conference which attracts the most senior representatives of the global mining value chain. The title of his address will be “The Ascent of Africa and Her Minerals” as Ferguson unpacks the back story on the new... Continue Reading
