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Africa: Development Targets Ride on Vitamins
One hundred and ninety million - that's more than the populations of Germany, France and Poland combined. It is also the number of children affected by vitamin A deficiency around the world.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Enter the iShack, a possible answer to improving Africa’s slums
For those who aren’t familiar with South Africa’s informal settlements, it is estimated that seven million South Africans live in shacks in the country’s many “squatter camps” located around all major cities.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Carlyle Group to Make Africa Investment
Private-Equity Firm Is Latest to Follow Rush Into Continent With Sub-Saharan Fund; 'We're Here for the Long Haul'
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda: Exclusive Growth, Identified As Boosting Instability in Africa
In the recently concluded African Economic Conference (AEC) which was winded in Kigali on November 2nd under the theme "Inclusive and sustainable development in an age of economic uncertainty", it was revealed that continued growth that is not transforming into tangible inclusion of youths in the development process may result into instabilities than economic transformation on the continent.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Four African Teenagers Create Power From Pee
A group of African girls have made an engine that runs on a truly renewable resource: human urine.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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Italians, Israelis aim to fight hunger in Senegal
Trilateral agricultural development project seeks to eradicate hunger by providing farmers with technological know-how.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Accion Microfinance Bank Named Nigeria’s Best Microfinance Bank of the Year
The Lagos State Enterprise (LEAD) Awards has selected Accion Microfinance Bank Limited (MfB) as Nigeria’s “Best Microfinance Bank of the Year” for the second consecutive year. The selection, by an industry research group for the LEAD awards, was based on Accion MfB’s ‘excellent performance and deep understanding of microlending in the microfinance sector.’
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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Enablis, ILO, unveil business competition
The Enablis Entrepreneurial Network East Africa and International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Thursday launched the 2012 annual business plan competition aimed at identifying and growing emerging and existing entrepreneurs.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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