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Don't pay for a website design, when you can get it FREE!!!

A business without a website is embarassing, especially if you are trying to get business from foreign countries. My company has just completed the development of an amazing online website creation tool called eShaka.com that allows entrepreneurs to create professional websites in 5-10 m… Continue

Added by lebohang Kambule on December 22, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

lithium-ion battery protection circuit

lithium-ion batteries by the knowledge that we can see that the lithium-ion batteries need at least triple the protection ----- Over-charging protection, over-discharge protection, short circuit protection, then they should generated its protection circuit, then this protection circuit protection requirements for the above three purposes:Overcharge Protection: Overcharge protection IC principle as follows: When an external charger for lithium battery, when, in order to prevent temperature ri… Continue

Added by bestlaptopbattery on December 22, 2009 at 9:22am — No Comments

Human Trafficking in Africa

Does anyone know if this is prevelant in Africa and primarily where? I work with a non profit here in the USA that has been fighting this atrocity since 2002 and I would like to do the research for him on this crime in Africa. Can anyone assist? If you don't know what this is, it is the trafficking of persons instead of the trafficking of drugs. Children (often as young as 4 years old) and females getting sold into sexual and work slavery across international borders. This is a serious and p… Continue

Added by Abbey Landis on December 17, 2009 at 11:11pm — No Comments

The Nature Challenge - www.bidnetwork.org/nature

Boosting businesses on sustainable use of natural resources in Mozambique & Kenya * Receive free coaching, feedback and support in writing your business plan * The best businesses are invited to a dedicated event in Nairobi / Maputo to be exposed to business partners, financiers, support organizations and media * International business trips to meet investors and business partners in the Netherlands for the best two entrepreneurs * Entrepreneurs will compete for local prizes of over €10.… Continue

Added by Maria Pontes on December 17, 2009 at 6:08pm — No Comments

New oil find in Nigeria

Pls read http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200912174304067 Continue

Added by Nwakego Eyisi on December 17, 2009 at 5:28am — No Comments

Africa's Potential and Swedish Aid 2.0 ?

Due to the fact that my country, Sweden, gives the most amount of aid money to the African countries (per capita), and the aid is being used very ineffective. The Swedish Aid Minster, Gunilla Carlsson invited me (Africa's Potential) and allot of other Swedish entrepreneurs and business in order to "open up the Swedish aid to creative and innovative ideas in order to become more effective and innovative". SIDA has for many years been very "closed" when it comes to co-operating with Swedish busine… Continue

Added by Emre Gürler on December 12, 2009 at 1:00pm — 5 Comments

Cheaper Web Hosting

Web Hosting in Uganda just got ridiculously affordable UGX 136,000 Per annun (USD 53) for 200MB of Hosting space and Domain Registration. check out: http://imaginet.co.ug/index.php?imgt&as=30 Quality Web Design Now as low as UGX 500,000. Continue

Added by John Birungi Babirukamu on December 10, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Created after the initial samples, the researchers changed the use of metal and salt

In the case of high concentration of antimony can not be dissolved in the electrolyte of magnesium, and therefore, the first sample is too great, not trueUse. (Sade Wei did not disclose the new material, but said they would work under the same principle.) That the team hopes to commercialize the battery can occur within five years. To solve the problem laptop Battery
The destruction of the battery driver, even though the battery can still… Continue

Added by bestlaptopbattery on December 10, 2009 at 9:55am — No Comments

RE/MAX in Morocco!!!!

New Region Owners Look to Make RE/MAX a Household Name RE/MAX International, Inc., recently welcomed the countries of Colombia and Morocco to its growing global franchise network which now boasts offices in more than 80 countries.

Since the beginning of 2009, seven countries and territories have joined… Continue

Added by Anna Biteleva on December 9, 2009 at 5:21pm — 1 Comment

VC4Africa meetup in London- post event briefing

Last week we held a VC4Africa meetup in London (On Dec. 4th, 2009) at which 20-30 people attended. The group that convened was a diverse set of people including from UK, Ethiopia, South Africa, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Surinam, Kenya, Nigeria, India, Ghana and from many different professions(entrepreneurs, investo… Continue

Added by YILKAL on December 8, 2009 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

A business plan competition for entrepreneurs that deliver access to clean energy Africa

Clean energy comprises: wind, solar, biogas, hydro, liquefied petroleum gas, biomass and energy efficiency. Non-renewable energies are not excluded but the approaches to energy production, usage or financing should focus on established, affordable, reliable technologies that move communities up the energy ladder towards cleaner, more modern forms of energy. Submit your complete business plan before January 15th, 2010 The competion is open for business plans for 14 African countries. There is… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on December 8, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A Briiliant but simple idea

As I drink my n'th coffee in a transit lounge, please take a look at the following links, but be quick, the iplayer has a limited time for BBC. In the area where we are operating in Northern Sierra Leone, we have many fast falling perennial streams and I have for a while scratched my head as to how best harness this potential. Here it is; simple robust and of real value. For all in similar environs ( water, hills and means of catchment ), this is a simple way forward. For my own community where… Continue

Added by Adrian Buchanan-Browne on December 4, 2009 at 6:48pm — No Comments

Reuters FX Poll - Countries whose currencies will appraciate by next year due to an upswing in commodity prices

Pls view graph http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/129/AF_FXPOLL1209.gif Continue

Added by Nwakego Eyisi on December 3, 2009 at 7:10pm — No Comments

Would You like to become a Partner in building an ANIMATION SCHOOL for NOLLYWOOD?

We are really working on having a good Animation & VFX School for Nollywood but, would deeply appreciate Foreign Partners who are really versed in the business and who are willing to help build our young film / Animation industry. The Animation & Vfx industry is relatively new, yet very promising with great potentials. It is of massive demand within the Political sector, Communication sector, Media, Film, TV, Education and what have you yet, all Animation works used in Nigeria are done i… Continue

Added by VICTOR EZE OKWUCHUKWU on December 3, 2009 at 3:01am — No Comments

Nigeria Music most profitable and taking on the world - pls check out this video

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Added by Nwakego Eyisi on December 2, 2009 at 5:17am — No Comments

Private Equity Picture ‘Painted’ Positively By Portfolio Managers

South African portfolio managers ‘paint’ positive picture for private equity investment locally The results of the first edition of the DBSA and SAVCA’s ‘Economic Impact of Venture Capital and Private Equity in South Africa 2009 Study’ concluded that aside from the growth benefits of privat… Continue

Added by Ben on December 2, 2009 at 12:35am — No Comments

Is There A Lesson To Be Learnt ? ...

I remember when mobile telephony was being rolled out in the early 1980s. At the time, I was consulting for Racal and Vodaphone, the first into the market, was their subsidiary. Out went my Storno 25 channel radio telephone car and brief case systems and all of a sudden, we had a "talking brick" that could fit inside an attaché case and another which disassembled into various parts of the car but could be assembled as a stand alone weight lifting device. Anyway, I digress... When mobile phones… Continue

Added by Mark Pepera on December 1, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

the correct way for lithium batteries

To sum up, the use of lithium batteries in the charging and discharging, the most important tips are:1, in accordance with standards and procedures, charging time,Apple a1185 white battery even the first three have to do so;2, when there is low power consumption machine when prompted, should try to begin charging a timely manner;3, lithium batteries do not need to activate the special method, in normal use of the machine will… Continue

Added by bestlaptopbattery on November 30, 2009 at 7:43am — No Comments

Emerging Markets Private Equity Association

For those entrepreneurs who have achieved the Seed and Angel Investor stages, you may find this link useful as it contains a comprehensive list of private equity firms looking for emergent market opportunities. http://www.empea.net/Main-Menu-Category/EMPEA-Members/list-of-members.aspx Good luck. Continue

Added by Mark Pepera on November 29, 2009 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Ethiopia - One of the Fastest Growing Economies in the World

The Economist predicts Ethiopia’s economy will grow by 7 per cent in 2010. It also estimates inflation will be reduced by 12 per cent. According to information posted in its website, it also said Ethiopia has become five top fastest growing economies in the world. The magazine predicts Qatar to top the fastest growing economies in the world with a GDP growth of 24.5per cent followed by China, Congo (Brazzaville), Turkmenistan and Ethiopia. Ethiopia's GDP is expected to reach 35 Billion USD in… Continue

Added by Messay H on November 27, 2009 at 10:01pm — No Comments

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