Mobile phones 'transforming' Africa but growth to slow: study
The rapid spread of mobile phones across Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming the region, but record levels of growth are due to slow sharply, an industry report said this week. The industry contributed...
View ArticleMobile phones ‘transforming’ Africa but growth to slow
Cape Town, October 9 The rapid spread of mobile phones across Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming the region, but record levels of growth are due to slow sharply, an industry report said this week. The...
View ArticleMobile phones ‘transforming’ Africa
CAPE TOWN: The rapid spread of mobile phones across Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming the region, but record levels of growth are due to slow sharply, an industry report said this week. The industry...
View ArticleFacebook is launching a satellite to expand Internet access in Africa
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France's Eutelsat Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The satellite, part of...
View ArticleAfrica Agriculture Status Report - 2015 (AGRA – Alliance for a Green...
(Source: AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) On September 25-27, 2015, the United Nations is held a summit at which the Sustainable Development Goals and their associated targets for the...
View ArticleAfrica Must Industrialize (UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for...
(Source: UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) New York, 26 September 2015 - Participants at a high-level event held today at the United Nations headquarters in New York, voiced strong...
View ArticleWorld needs more steps towards greener GDP
OSLO: Governments took a step towards greener economic growth in 2014 but will need to do far more to limit rising temperatures to a United Nations goal of two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), a study...
View ArticleFacebook to launch satellite to expand Internet access in Africa
Facebook Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France's Eutelsat. Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The satellite, part of Facebook's...
View ArticleFinancial inclusion — a way forward
ONE of the main hurdles in extending financial inclusion has been to increase the outreach of financial services to low-density areas and low-income populations, as this is deemed to be not financially...
View ArticleHow to Monetize and Support the Digital Partnerships Challenge: Use a...
LONDON, Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This week's SPIE focuses on the CSP and digital services supplier partnership challenge. The report aligns the key business requirements that are needed for making...
View ArticleBelarus agrees on economic roadmap
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Working Group of Pakistan and Belarus on Monday agreed on a trade and economic roadmap for bilateral cooperation in short and medium-term. The fields identified for cooperation...
View ArticleADB, Britain to fund key section of M-4 motorway
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Kingdom have agreed to fund a key section of the M-4 motorway in Punjab, which will cut travel time and support the government’s goal of...
View ArticleAfDB stages first Tech Innovation Weekend in Côte d’Ivoire (African...
(Source: African Development Bank Group) The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted an inaugural Innovation Weekend at its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from October 9-11. The goal: to find...
View ArticleUK skills gap clouds hopes for stronger economy
LONDON: A worsening skills shortage could blight hopes that Britain can overcome years of dire productivity performance, potentially denting its economic expansion in future, a report suggested on...
View ArticleOver two dozen INGOs access online registration site
ISLAMABAD: A day after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan unveiled the policy for regulating operations of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in Pakistan, over two dozen...
View ArticleCorruption, tax rates major problems in Pakistan: report
ISLAMABAD: Ranking 126 among140 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index, Pakistan faces corruption and tax rates as the most problematic factors for doing business, a new report published by the...
View ArticleAfrica's 'Light Bulb Moment' and its Lead Role in the Global Renewable Energy...
Africa's 900 million people use less energy than Spain's 47 million. In sub-Saharan Africa, 621 million people have no electricity whatsoever. Each year, 600,000 Africans -- half of them children --...
View ArticleUnemployment and personality changes
Conscientiousness, a personality trait that is important for job-seeking, declines by one standard deviation among men who have...
View ArticleWB to help transform energy sector
ISLAMABAD: World Bank will continue to support Pakistan in transforming the energy sector and supporting the private sector-led growth. This was stated by World Bank’s new country director for Pakistan...
View ArticleMobile Phones Boost Insurance Sales
More people are signing up for insurance products using their mobile operator, thereby deepening the penetration rate for micro-insurance in the country over the past three years. A 2014 National...
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