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FOSTERING INVESTMENT,TRADE & THOUGHT LEADERSHIPBETWEEN AFRICA AND ASIA

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Singapore Business Forum (ASBF) is the foremost podium for nurturing investment, trade and thought management between Africa and Asia.

ASBF 2014 was held on 27-28 August and has talked about acute matters and identified occasions for the premeditated evolution of both regions through demonstrations, panel discussions, and abundant networking opportunities.

Hosted in Singapore since 2010, the forum has brought together close to 1,000 business and government leaders from 30 countries to develop occasions and partnerships between these two lively regions.

Introducing new approaches in areas such as logistics and water treatment can be Singapore's role in Africa's development by introducing new approaches, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the 3rd Africa Singapore Business Forum on (Aug 27).

"When we think of Africa, we must think of it as an opportunity to add value," he said. "Because Singapore is a very small country, we have never thought about opportunities in the rest of the world in terms of scale - let me go in and grab this, or grab that. It is always in terms of how can I find a small niche for myself, where I can add value, where I can introduce new ideas, new approaches, and raise productivity."

Trade ties between Singapore and Africa are mounting. The

Republic entered into a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with two African nations, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, at the business forum.

Singapore's Second Minister for Trade and Industry, S Iswaran, signed the Burkina Faso-Singapore BIT with Minister for Industry, Commerce and Handicraft Arthur Kafando. The Ivory Coast-Singapore BIT was signed with Minister for Commerce, Craft and SME Promotion Jean Louis Billon.

Both BITS aim to guard investors' benefits from the countries involved and open up more business and investment opportunities. Singapore companies functioning in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast will appreciate treaty protection on top of protection under their domestic laws.

Singapore, Southeast Asia's smallest country, is a vivacious, vibrant city-state with one of the highest standards of living in the world. Diminutive in size but overflowing with economic potential, Singapore is the world's easiest place to do business ("Doing Business", The World Bank Group, 2014) and Asia's most competitive country ("Global Competitive Report", World Economic Forum 2013-2014).

Leveraging its strategic location between the East and West, Singapore offers companies worldwide a podium to nurture their

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Authorities at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital are patting themselves on

the back for what they say is their highest half -year medical and clinical performance in five years.

Out-patients attendance to the facility in the first half of this year rose to over 36,000 up by 35 percent of the 2013, while maternal deaths dropped marginally from 64 to 55.

125,000 people sought specialist OPD care, representing 38 percent increase over last year's figure of 92,000.

However deliveries at the hospital dropped slightly from over 5,000 in 2013 to just below the same figure.

The trend over the review period means demand for the hospital's services increased between 50 percent and 150 percent.

The Family Medicine Unit, for instance, recorded 8, 561 visitors as against 4, 171 in 2013, representing a whopping 105 percent.

These revelations come at a time when the hospital is struggling to redeem its image following the

Rwanda is seeking to use the forthcoming iPAD Rwanda Power and Infrastructure Investment Forum to woo investors for its energy and infrastructure sectors.

Amb. James Kimonyo, the Director for Cabinet in the Office of the Prime Minister, said the summit will provide an investment platform for Africa’s next ‘best’ business opportunity that Rwanda should utilise fully.

“The meeting will provide market entry for international investors, as well as technology and solution providers to deliver a viable investment plan to increase power capacity in the country,” he said in a statement.

The two-day forum is organised by the Rwanda Development Board and the Rwanda Energy Group and take will place from November 3-4.

Emmanuelle Nicholls, the iPAD Rwanda Power and Infrastructure Investment Forum event director, said the forum will play an important role in the transformation of Rwanda into a dynamic global hub for business, investment and innovation.

“Rwanda is open for business; “investors should come and tap into Rwanda’s enormous investment opportunities in the power and infrastructure sectors,

After a series of successful tests will the joint venture between the Rwandan government and Korea Telecom launch 4GLTE services from next month across the country. The joint venture will be the platform for other telecom companies in the country to sign up with and AIRTEL, TIGO and MTN will only ‘retail’ the service to their subscribers.

Rwanda is already a leader in the field of ICT services in Eastern Africa and the launch of wireless high speed broadband services, which makes buffering a thing of the past, will only enhance Rwanda’s reputation in the region and beyond.

Other countries in Eastern Africa already offering 4GLTE are Uganda, where Smile Communications has taken the lead in the Entebbe – Kampala – Mukono corridor, though planning to expand into key towns upcountry, while the same company has also established a network in Tanzania, with Kenya notably lagging

missing babies saga, as well as having to contend with delayed payment of claims by the National Health Insurance Authority.

The hospital was partially closed down in the course of the review period after an assault on staff by some Zongo youth in protest of the disappearance of the body of a still-born baby.

Acting Chief Executive, Isaiah Offeh Gyimah, attributes the modest gains to what he describes as staff resilience and dedication in the midst of adversity.

He concedes the missing babies saga had a lot of effects on the hospital.

“The Suweiba (missing baby) thing hurt us but somehow it brought to the fore our deficiencies so we said fine: what can we do better and we did that. And then we encouraged our staff. You remember some of them were physically assaulted; we spoke to them. So we brought them into the picture and this encouragement management gave to our staff has started yielding results”, he said.

A number of infrastructure development took place as quality of in-patient care at the hospital

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Rwanda set for 4G Cellular launchimproved tremendously.For instance, the hospital

managed to repair its obsolete Oxygen Plant for resumption of in-house production of oxygen. The move is to reduce the huge expenditure the hospital incurs to source oxygen from private companies.

The hospital currently sources half of its oxygen needs from private companies at a cost of GHâ‚µ60,000 per month.

The period also saw renovation of the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) building for the first time since 1993 at a cost of Ghâ‚µ107,414.

Mr. Offeh- Gyimah concedes the marginal drop in deliveries at the hospital is a price it had to pay for the missing baby saga.

He told Nhyira FM that a review session that management will invest in customer service training for staff, using newly-designed in-house training modules.

“We have become more alert to our responsibilities towards the clients that we receive here. We were unable for example to produce the body of the still born baby and that hurt Suweiba and the family very much. It cut a slur on our image”. Mr Gyimah explained.

The KATH Acting-CEO who appeared surprised majority of the general public, including clients took to bashing hospital at the time the hospital needed them most is convinced the hospital that prides itself as being a center of excellence has learnt its lessons.

“If you listen to radio phone-ins, you realize that most of the people who called actually condemned us and very few of them recalled the good treatment we give them so we are revising our lessons”. Mr. Gyimah intimated.

The experience from that incident is forcing hospital's management to include customer care training into its in-house training modules.

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behind, as is Burundi.Rwanda has invested over the

past years to install over 3.000 kilometres of fibre optic cables across the country and has the ambitious target to connecting 95 percent of its population and areas of the country by 2017 to 4G services, hoping that projections will come through that such infrastructure investments will boost GDP by a massive 10+ percent.

Visitors to the country already enjoy free wireless 3G internet in many parts of Kigali and this service is expected to be expanded too as time goes by.

Telecoms companies in Rwanda have reportedly imported 4G devices which will shortly go on sale though tariffs from the three main providers for the new 4G service are at this time not available. Rwanda, the Land of a Thousand Hills once again taking the lead.

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and the government is committed to providing a stable and investor-friendly business climate,” he said in the statement.

The meeting is expected to bring together regional and international investors, project developers, finance houses, construction and planning companies, technology providers, as well as government representatives.

According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda needs to invest about $3 billion to increase access to electricity from 16 per cent to 70 per cent by 2017.

The country’s total installed generation capacity currently stands at 110MW and is protected

to reach 563MW by 2017.Energy sector reforms

Recently, the government split the former national utility, Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA) into two separate companies; Rwanda Energy Group Limited (REG Ltd) and Water and Sanitation Corporation Limited (WASAC Ltd) to help improve service delivery and efficiency.

The government is looking to accelerate economic growth and improve social welfare, and energy and infrastructure are some of the key pillars to achieving these objectives.

The government’s Vision 2020 aims at promoting growth driven by private investments.

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Seychelles is not always talked about as the tourism destination for groups

and incentives, but instead it has continued to consolidate its position as an events-based destination.

Over the years, the island destination has taken the lead in convincing its international partners of it strengths in events planning. South Africa is one of the African countries which is a firm believer and supporter of the islands’ main cultural event, its annual carnival.

The Seychelles annual “Carnival International de Victoria’’ is a reference point in cooperation among tourism destinations where South Africa participated as a co-host country for the fourth edition of this event in the tropics alongside La Reunion, Madagascar, and Mayotte

The World Association of mobile operators (GSMA) has released its report on telecommunications in Algeria. It reveals that the Mobilis branch mobile operator Algeria Telecom is the leader in 3G in the second quarter of 2014 with 395,049 subscribers to this new technology launched five months ago, on a target of 41,103,587 of subscribers to mobile, GSMA estimated 0.99% its penetration in the country.

In 2G Djezzy, remains the largest mobile operator in the country. The company has 17,722,901 subscribers, followed by Mobilis with 13,148,520 and finally Ooredoo with 10,232,166.

Average revenue per user (ARPU) is declining with 6.27 euro for the second quarter of 2014 up from 6.42 euro in the previous quarter. Of the more than 41 million mobile customers in the country, 36,810,550 are prepaid or nearly 90% of the mobile market, although this is more expensive than postpaid.

On the Internet side, GSMA predicts strong growth for the rest of the year, driven by mobile. Faced with 1.5 million ADS.

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islands. A South African tourism delegation on a working visit to Seychelles last week re-iterated its commitment to support Seychelles event initiatives, and they have confirmed that they will look into new opportunities of cooperation in this domain.

The South African delegation from the Hotel School and Tourism Office who were in Seychelles on a fact-finding mission paid a courtesy call on Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister of Tourism and Culture, at his offices at Espace Building in Victoria.

The delegation was in Seychelles to discuss projects that could be implemented as part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which South Africa Tourism had signed with Seychelles.

In November 2013, a delegation from the Seychelles Tourism Academy and Seychelles

Tourism Board effected a fact-finding mission in South Africa. It was now the turn of the South African delegation to come to Seychelles for a follow-up working visit.

Eddy Khosa, Chairman of the Federated Hospitality Association (FEDHASA); Tshamekazi Temba, Deputy Director Central, East Africa and Indian Ocean for the National Department of Tourism; and Mandisa Silo, the Head of School – SETH Cape Peninsula University of Technology outlined to Minister St.Ange that Seychelles is an important destination for South Africa, and opportunities exist for both countries to solidify their partnership and work even closer together.

Besides its strength in building events through training and management, the South African delegation spoke of its experience in hotel classifications.

Seychelles has started the process of hotel classification and sees the South African experience as an ideal opportunity where the country can share ideas in this domain. Minister St.Ange said he firmly believes in the potential of South Africa to emerge as an airline hub of Africa.

“A strong country like South Africa should be a key partner of Africa for Africa. You should take ownership of this belief and shine even more on our continent,” he said.

Minister St.Ange added that South Africa and Seychelles should put more effort to promote twin-destination holidays as he explained one of the island's branding concepts, “From the Big Five... to the Best Five,” launched especially for the promotion of safari and beach holiday packages.

“We should merge our USPs, our unique selling points. It’s only by working together that we can make it easier to push the continent forward,” Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture, said.

The visiting South African delegation also gave an oversight of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Seychelles and South Africa.

Tshamekazi Temba said South Africa is working towards the implementation of the terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding.

Seychelles and South Africa also believes in the potential of the Indian Ocean region to be developed into a region for cruise ship holidays saying that this region as a destination has diversity not seen in any other tourism region.

The Seychelles Tourism Academy on the other hand said that they are keen to work with South Africa to develop exchange programs for South African students to undertake their internship programs in Seychelles resort hotels. Minister St.Ange was accompanied at this meeting by Sherin Naiken, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board; Anne Lafortune, the PS for Tourism; and Peter Moncherry of the Seychelles Tourism Academy.

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MTN has begun replacing Johannesburg’s streetlight infrastructure with lampposts that double as cellular base stations, with hundreds of deployments planned before Christmas. MTN South Africa has secured a tender from City Power, Johannesburg’s electricity supply agency, to turn lampposts into cellular base stations in a move the operator believes will go a long way to solving coverage challenges not only in South Africa’s largest city but across urban South Africa.

In the past week, the mobile operator has deployed the first two such towers in the leafy suburb of Bryanston, with more than 100 more to follow before Christmas, its Chief Technology Officer, Eben Albertyn, tells TechCentral.

Albertyn says that through its deal with City Power, MTN is entitled to replace any of the approximately 110,000 lampposts throughout the greater Johannesburg region with this specially designed base station infrastructure. It is the only mobile operator that has permission from City Power to replace Johannesburg’s lampposts and is now in discussions with municipalities elsewhere around South Africa about extending the project to other cities.

When MTN identifies a site that needs better coverage, the company literally replaces the entire lamppost with a new, much stronger pole, which is made of thick, reinforced steel and which integrates the base station equipment, including the radio apparatus. It is then hooked up to electricity and to fibre backhaul, which MTN will supply. Naturally, the lamppost still provides street lighting. Only a trained eye would recognise that it’s not simply a lamppost, says Albertyn.

In terms of the City Power deal, MTN may only use local pole manufacturers that have been approved by the City of Johannesburg. The poles are designed to withstand even the strongest gale-force winds and are earthed and their equipment shrouded to protect them from lightning. However, if lightning destroys a site, MTN will immediately replace the equipment, says Albertyn.

The operator pays a monthly fee to City Power for each the sites it deploys. Constructing a site takes 11 hours from start to finish – this is significantly quicker than building a traditional base station, he adds.

The project will also bring fibre closer to people’s homes, he says. This will play an important part in MTN’s broader plan to roll out home fibre in South Africa and will also help communities install security camera infrastructure in their neighbourhoods. “There will be some fallout [from unhappy consumers], but the benefits are massive,” he says.

MTN intends deploying about one lamppost base station a day for the rest of the year as part of phase one of the project. By Christmas, it will have more than 100 such towers in place in areas such as Bryanston, Sandton, Woodmead, Northcliff, Westcliff, Kyalami and Fairland. It is specifically focusing on areas where it’s 3G and 4G/LTE coverage needs improvement.

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worldwide business. Over 7,000 multinational corporations have set up here, with more than half of them using Singapore as their regional headquarters. Companies beholding to grow their business in Asia will find Singapore the ideal location.

As of the end of 2012, Singapore's investments into Africa touched US$15.9 billion, with a multiple annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2% since 2008.

According to the latest United Nations' World Investment Report 2013, Singapore has arisen as the largest investor in Africa among the ASEAN countries, portentous mounting ties between these two regions. Moreover, trade between

Singapore and Africa reached US$11.1 billion in 2013, realizing a strong CAGR of 11.7% since 2009.

This trade between both regions is chiefly centred on petroleum oils, agricultural products, shipping and floating structures, and electronic integrated circuits. Our largest trading partners in Africa include South Africa, Liberia and Equatorial Guinea.

A growing number of Singapore companies are putting forward into the African market. There are presently over 60 Singapore companies functioning in over 50 countries in Africa. The blend is varied, with both large corporations and small-and-medium sized enterprises tangled in projects in the sectors of oil & gas, agri-business, food & beverage, eGovernment services, information & communications technology, and transport & logistics.

Business aside, one can play as hard as you work in Singapore. The republic is safe and systematic, and it is predictable as one of the freshest and greenest cities in the world.

It has an efficient and affordable public transport system, and world-class healthcare services. Two new combined resorts - Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa - add to its vibrant nightlife and hospitality scene. Testament to its high quality of living, Singapore was ranked as Asia's best place to work, live and play in ("Quality of Living Ranking", Mercer, 2014).

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President’s Name: H.E. Field Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir

Capital: Khartoum

Religions: Islam Total Area: 1,882,000 Sq Km

GDP: $ 90 Billion (PPP) per Capita income $ 2,600 (PPP)

Population: 33,419,625

Languages: Arabic and English

Climate: Desert, Semi-Desert and Dry in for Northern States, Semi-desert to rainy tropical in Central, western and southern regions and Mediterranean in Eastern coast areas. Export Items: Gum Arabic, Cotton, Sorghum, Oil Seeds, Livestock, Gold, Silver, Chrome, Iron Ore, Lead and Oil Products. Import Items: Agriculture Equipment, Wheat, Rice, Textile, Chemicals, Auto Parts, Medicines, Industrial equipment etc. Natural Resources: Agriculture (Wheat Production, Sorghum(Dura), Oil Seeds (Sesame, Groundnut & Sunflower), Livestock 9Cattle, sheep, goats and camels) and Mining (Gold, Silver, Iron ore, Chromate, Mica, Silica, Gypsum, Granite, Lead, Zink, Copper and Cement) Main Sectors: Agriculture, Food processing, Oil and Mining

Sudan is located in north east Africa with the River Nile as the most dominant feature

of its geography, as the Nile basin constitutes 67.4% of the country’s total area. Due to its unique geographical location, Sudan has always been a trading and cultural bridge between northern and southern Africa as well as between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, particularly west and east Africa.

People of Sudan descend from a mixture of many ethnicities and group; most notable are (Arabs/African Hamates), 96.7% of the population in Muslim.

Natural ResourcesSudan is considered on of the

richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources. It is gifted with fertile agricultural land, abundant water resources, minerals and diversified historical and natural tourist attraction sites. The country is characterized by its vast virgin area of land and varied climates, a fact that makes the country capable of producing different kind of horticultural crops.

Government Policies and Regulations Promoting Investment

Policies of economic liberalization resulted in the transition from oriented economy to market economy to promote investment and foreign trade. These regulations resulted in:• Elimination of taxes on raw

agriculture products • Elimination of export taxes on

agricultural goods • Subsidy of agricultural input and

reduction of financing costs• Lack of a specific financing limit

for the agricultural sector

Investment System Include:• Direct investment by companies

and individuals for a period between 30 – 90 years

• Investment through financing formulas: by agreements between investors and existing projects for the production of required crops in accordance

Black Cumin, Hibiscus, Aniseed, Garlic and fennel.

5. Agricultural Inputs Industry Certified, Fertilizers, Pesticides

and Burlap Packing sacks6. Agricultural Mechanization Manufacturing agricultural

machinery and equipment. 7. Post-Harvest Services Preparing fodder, sorting

and grading centers, packing of vegetables and fruits, dry refrigerated transport, refrigerated stores.

IndustryThe installed capacities are

higher than the national needs thereby considerable surplus for

exports to neighboring countries if full capacities can be exploited example of existing manufacturing industries are sugar, flourmill, edible oil, soaps, detergents, shoes industry and dry batteries…etc.Opportunities Available for Industrial Investment 1. Food Industries:- - Production processing of and

preserving of meat and meat products

- Manufacture of dairy products - Processing and preserving of

fruits and vegetables - Processing and preserving of

fish and fish products - Manufacturing of starches and

starch products - Manufacturing of bakery

products - Manufacturing of cocoa,

chocolate and sugar confectionery

- Manufacturing of other food products

- Manufacturing of animal feeds.2. Textile and leather Industry:- - Preparation and spinning of

textile fabrics, weaving of textile

- Finishing of textile - Manufacturing of knitted and

chocolate fabrics and articles - Manufacturing carpets and

rugs - Manufacturing of cordage,

rope, twine and netting4. Manufacture of

Petrochemicals:- - Manufacture of rubber tires

and tubes - Cutting shaping and finishing

of stones - Manufacture of caustic soda - Manufacture of pesticides - Refractory clay products - Manufacture of cement, lime

and plaster5. Manufacture of basic Metals:- - Manufacture of basic iron and

steel - Casting of iron and steel6. Manufacture of Fabricated Metal, Machinery and Equipments:- - Manufacture of hand tools,

Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery

- Manufacturing of medical and surgical equipments and other appliances

- Manufacturing of metallic products for construction

- Building and repairing of ships and boats

- Manufacturing of electric equipments and house ware

- Manufacturing of insulated wire and caplets

- Manufacturing of bicycles - Manufacturing of toys7. Packing Industry:- - Plastic Sacks - Plastic containers - Plastic barrels - Manufacturing of paperboard

Water Sources:Sudan is rich in water resources,

the major sources include:a. Rain: The Rainy season extends

from the month of May to October. The rate of rainfall ranges annually between 25 mms in the far north, mostly desert, to 1500 mms in the south.

b. Rivers: The great River Nile which runs across the whole country from south to north. It has a number of tributaries mainly including the White Nile, The Blue Nile, Bahr Al Gabal, Bahar al-Zaraf, Sobat River, Dindir, Rahad and Atbara Rivers.

c. Underground Water: Sudan has underground water from different sources in its northern, eastern and western parts. The total underground water reserves in the country are

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with agreed upon funding formula.

• Investment partnership: by signing an agreement between Arab investor and the local partner to carry out the project according to each party’s share contributed to the investment capital.

• Investment through the B.O.T system which grants projects all investment safeguards, features and facilities.

• Bilateral investment: through bilateral agreements between governments.

AgricultureAgriculture is the leading

and most relied on sector in the expected developmental renaissance in Sudan, as It represents about 31.6% of the

GDP Contributes about 9% of the

country’s non-oil exports 50.23% of the population works

in the agricultural field Total area = 600 million acres Area of arable land= 200 million

acres Cultivated area per year = 40

million acres Opportunities Available for Agricultural Investment 1. Field Crop • Irrigated Field Crops, Wheat,

Cotton, Peanuts, Maize, Sunflower, Fodder

• Rain-Fed Crops, Sesame, Peanuts, Sunflower, Cotton, Millet, Hibiscus, Sorghum, Maize.

2. Processing of Horticultural Crops • Dried Vegetables • Tomato Concentrates. 3. Sugar Production • Sugar production (sugar cane)

in the White Nile, Blue Nile and Sinnar states.

• Production of sugar beet in Gezira Project and Northern State.

• Residence of wheat, maize millet and peanuts.

4. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Which include: Planting Senna,

estimated at about nine billion cubic meters.

Fish Resources:Sudan is characterized by

the availability of natural water resources which are rich of feeds of fish. These water surface have great potentials for fishery production which are yet to be invested fully. There are great opportunities for fish production at the lakes of the dams of rosaries, Sinnar and Jabal Awlia and Nuba Lake of Aswan Dam. Only 30% of the total fish recourses in the country have been utilized so far.

Oil:The utilization of petroleum

resources is considered as the biggest achievement realized by to country in recent years. Sudan who had been importing oil against a bill of 400 million dollars a year (half of its revenues of foreign exchanges) has no. after utilization of its oil resources as of August 1998, realized self sufficiency and entered the club of oil exporting countries.

Mineral Resources:Sudan is endowed with a

vast mineral wealth, which is still greatly unexploited. The Sudan has deposits of Gold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Chrome, Uranium, Gypsum, Mica and other metals used in buildings. As part of the country’s utilization of its mineral resources, there is the project for gold mining is eastern Sudan undertaken by Ariab Mining Company, which is a joint venture between Sudan and France.

The company’s production is continuously increasing. There are also a number of projects, which are under implementation such as copper mining in south Darfur.

Livestock:Sudan ranks at the forefront

of the countries of the Middle East regarding the animal wealth and ranks the second in Africa. It has a national herd of about 135 million heads of livestock. The animal resources contribute considerably to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country.

For more information contact:trade@sudanembassyindia.orgwww.sudanembassyindia.orgwww.mofa.gov.sd/new

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BusinessBUzz 05Ruckus Wireless Expands Its Presence in Africa with Appointment of Westcon Africa

MTN connects Bugesera orphanage to solar energy

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE: RKUS) has appointed Westcon Africa as the

newest member of its growing distributor network as part of the company’s continued expansion into Africa. Westcon Africa is now an official distributor of all Ruckus Wireless solutions across the continent effective from 1 August 2014.

Says Michael Fletcher, sales director for Ruckus Wireless sub-Saharan Africa: “We made our commitment to Africa when we launched in South Africa at the end of 2011 and over the last few years we have made strong inroads – with Africa a strong growth market for us. To ensure we are able to continue to support our growing African customer base – existing and new – we made a strategic decision to appoint Westcon Africa.”

Mobisol, a German Company generating power from solar energy sources, marked the 1000th solar home system installation in Abajambo Orphanage, Nyamata Sector in Bugesera District.

The off-grid system was installed in collaboration with MTN as part of efforts to improve access to electricity in rural households.

MTN CEO Ebenezer Asante, who officially switched on the solar system at the orphanage said financing the project was not only part of giving back to the community, but also created

a win-win situation.“We want to ensure that the

community gets connected to electricity that continues to play a major role in promoting economic activities.

In the long run, we hope mobile phone usage will increase and consequently, services like Mobile Money will be delivered in the community.”

Jules Ndenga, the in charge of planning and policy at the Ministry of Infrastructure, said solar energy is much cheaper and fits in well with the budgets of rural households.

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Airtel Takes ICT to Rural Communities

As part of a strategic effort to empower more Nigerians in line with its key objective of becoming Nigeria’s number one mobile Internet operator, Airtel Nigeria has announced an empowerment initiative that focuses on creating awareness for ICT use and uptake in the rural areas across the country.

The programme, Boost ICT Usage in Rural Areas, is designed to help consumers living in or visiting the designated locations in these underserved communities to have first-hand experience of the company’s unequalled data services with no financial implications to the consumers.

According to Airtel, the programme will also assist to facilitate ICT/Data penetration in the country’s rural settlements.

Currently, Nigeria has 55,930,391 mobile Internet users out of a population of 174,507,539 representing 32.9% penetration rate with heavy concentration in the urban areas.

Speaking about the Boost ICT Usage in Rural Areas programme, Airtel’s Chief Commercial Officer, Maurice Newa, said the initiative is designed to bridge the gap between consumers in the rural settings and the world of opportunities before them.

“We are pleased by the prospect of ensuring our customers in the rural communities experience data services aimed at enhancing their quality of work and living. As a responsible corporate citizen, we have consistently sought ways of rendering life enriching services to them just like we

have done with those in the urban areas.

“There is a lot going on acrossthe globe which ordinarily may fall outside the scope of the rural dwellers but which, if they are given the right access, may bring their dreams to fulfilment. So we are

providing this trusted platform for them to achieve more.This initiative is in tandem with our vision of becoming the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians,” he said.

Speaking further, Newa also assured on the company’s readiness to lead the drive for internet penetration and uptake especially in the rural areas of the country which has about 50% of the total population but is yet to be covered effectively in terms of access to data services.

“As a data-centric operator, we are prepared for the challenge of internet penetration in the rural areas. We have shown leadership with our 3.75G network which is in over 200 cities and towns across the nation,” he said.

Under the Boost ICT Usage in Rural Areas, Airtel will provide the enabling tools like tablets and smart phones to facilitate theexperience of customers.

Starting with rural communities in Ebonyi, the Airtel ICT train will criss-cross rural communities in Imo, Enugu, Benue, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Cross Rivers, Bayelsa and Rivers. Others are Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Kwara, Oyo, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory.

The initiative highlights Airtel’s role as the innovative leader in data services. It currently prides itself as the leading data-centric company being the only operator with 3.75G services which can be accessed in over 200 cities and towns across Nigeria.

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Westcon Africa is a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers. With over 100 offices, Westcon Africa ships to more than 100 countries and is constantly adding new facilities and expanding their footprint to cater to the continent’s requirements.

“We are focused on creating the programs and support that accelerate the business of our partners,” says John Spreadborough, General Manager, Convergence at Westcon Africa.

“As a pure-play wireless LAN (WLAN) vendor, Ruckus Wireless continues to excel as one of the fastest growing enterprise WLAN suppliers in the market and as such, we are pleased to add Ruckus to our list of vendors

in our aim to continue to drive high quality professional services that meet the changing needs of business and the individual nature of each client.”

Ruckus Wireless also continues to aggressively grow its partner channel worldwide with their global Partner Programme including: the Ruckus partner portal, its annual Big Dogs channel partner conferences, and comprehensive Ruckus University Wi-Fi training programs.

“Ruckus partners continue to help Ruckus maintain its position as one of the top wireless networking providers in key vertical markets including the likes of education and hospitality, while also helping it continue to grow its customer base in the healthcare, manufacturing and retail sectors.

And with a global strategy to continue to work with global partners, we welcome Westcon Africa onboard. With their Pan African distribution network, experience and positive track record, we believe our African outreach will continue to grow strongly,” concludes Fletcher.About Ruckus Wireless

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE: RKUS) is a global supplier of advanced wireless systems for the rapidly expanding mobile Internet infrastructure market. The company offers a wide range

of indoor and outdoor “Smart Wi-Fi” products to mobile carriers, broadband service providers, and corporate enterprises, and has over 40,000 end-customers worldwide.

Ruckus technology addresses Wi-Fi capacity and coverage challenges caused by the ever-increasing amount of traffic on wireless networks due to accelerated adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Ruckus invented and has patented state-of-the-art wireless voice, video, and data technology innovations, such as adaptive antenna arrays that extend signal range, increase client data rates, and avoid interference, providing consistent and reliable distribution of delay-sensitive multimedia content and services

over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi. For more information, visit http://www.ruckuswireless.comAbout Westcon Group

Westcon Group, Inc. is a value added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center, and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers. Westcon’s teams create unique programs and provide exceptional support to accelerate the business of its global partners. Strong relationships at every level of the Westcon Group organization enable partners to receive support tailored to their needs.

Westcon Group’s portfolio of market-leading vendors includes: Cisco, Avaya, Brocade, Polycom, Check Point, and Blue Coat.

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DR. NkosAzANA DlAmINI-zumA African Union Chairwoman

DoNAlD kAbeRukAPresident of the African Development Bank (AfDB)

By kirit soBti, editor, [email protected]

African leaders have firmly put agriculture at the top of national development agendas and are prepared to lead the way on a sure path to development and prosperity for their people, we will only achieve success by working in partnership with the global community to mobilize and strategically channel investments into this critical sector.

The African economy is currently overly dependent on public investment for infrastructure development, the Agriculture Fast Track is a critical tool to better leverage donor funding to catalyze private sector investment in support of infrastructure construction and Africa’s long-term economic growth and food security.

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Africa as a continent is presently partially dependent on food imports yet an adequate increase in food imports is dubious to occur.

Farmers tipped on increasing agric productivity

Farmers have been urged to embrace use of a combination of micronutrients and macronutrients to enhance agriculture productivity.

According to a recent study by the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) and the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), application of macronutrients NPK (nitrogen, phosphorous potassium) and DAP (diammonium phosphate), secondary nutrients (sulfur) and micronutrients such as boron, copper, zinc stimulate the plants productivity.

Dr. Leon Nabahungu, the in-charge of land and water management at RAB, said if a hectare which produced 15 to 16 tonnes of Irish potatoes when only micronutrients (NPK, DAP) were used, this could double to 32 tonnes when the combination of micronutrients and macronutrients is used.

“Rice output, for example, can increase from 3.5 tonnes to seven tonnes per hectare,” he said.

This was during a workshop to discuss the final draft of Fertiliser Demonstration Manual 2014 in Kigali last week. The manual is informed by recent on-farm trials on maize, wheat and potatoes’ response to secondary nutrients and micronutrients like boron, copper, and zinc, along with major nutrients.

Landouard Semukanya, the IFDC Rwanda’s technologies transfer officer, noted that farmers were used to the application of macronutrients like NPK and DAP, but ignored secondary nutrients such as sulfur and micronutrients which affects crop output.

He said the study showed that there was lack of such micronutrients, which makes it difficult for plants to respond to fertilisers.

Pascal Twizerimana, a farmer belonging to Imbaraga Association in Musanze District, said a micronutrient test that was done in his potato garden increased yields from 600kg to 1.1 tonnes.

The fertiliser demonstration manual draft is to be revised in December 2014 to validate its findings.

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In Africa, one person in every four, miss sufficient nutrition for a healthy and vigorous life, and high food prices and scarcity are pushing more people

into poverty and starvation.Food security occurs when all people at all

times have both physical and economic access to adequate food to meet their nutritional needs for a productive and healthy life. Attaining food security necessitates that adequate capacities of suitable foods are consistently available, individuals have adequate proceeds or other resources to buy or barter for food. Food should be appropriately processed and stored and individuals should have sound acquaintance of nutrition and child care that they put to good use, and have access to adequate health and sanitation services.

Presently Africa safeguards food supply by a blend of domestic food production and foreign food imports.

West Africa for example hinge on to 40% on imports in safeguarding sufficient rice supply with Thailand as the main rice supplier (FAO, 2010). The total volume of cereal imports in Africa was around 66 million tons in 2010 (FAO, 2013a). This means that for the whole of Africa 30% of all cereals expended were imported. (Cereals exports are negligible: Even if all exports were instead to be used for domestic consumption, 28% of cereals consumed would still be constituted of imports. (FAO, 2013b)) One of the five largest trade flows of wheat in the world is from the US to Nigeria (FAO, 2013a). Despite domestic production and import efforts there were 239 million malnourished people living on the African continent in 2012, most of them in Sub-Saharan Africa.

During the last two decades the number of undernourished people in Africa has increased by more than 35% (FAO, 2012). This shows that food insecurity already now is of increasingly relevant concern. In meeting the rising food demand caused by the growth in population in Africa, there are three options of how this rising demand can theoretically be covered by sufficient food supply: raise overseas food

imports, raise domestic food production, or increase both food production and food imports.

There are numerous explanations heading to the conclusion that safeguarding food supply through augmented overseas food imports will not be a choice which could mollify the snowballing demand for food.

The present world population could so far be affirmed through the paybacks of modern agriculture, which endorses the practice of irrigation systems, chemical fertilizer, farm machinery, and large-scale monoculture farms for augmented efficiency and yields.

The African population is anticipated to double from one to two billion people in the course of the next 40 years. This population growth necessitates a noteworthy increase in food supply. By now there is an increasing number of undernourished people that suggest the increasing significance of safeguarding food security.

Africa as a continent is presently partially dependent on food imports yet an adequate increase in food imports is dubious to occur. This is due to globally stirring population growth and due to progressively challenged modern agricultural systems with their high dependence on non-renewable resources.

The mounting global population will cause national governments to cut food exports in order to meet national food demand. Deteriorating non-renewable resources on which the agricultural sector is depended will cause an upsurge in food prices and a decrease in harvests, both contributing to compromised global food production and reduced

opportunities for food imports to Africa. Rather than growing the dependence on

food imports, which would pose an increasingly large risk in the future as the 2008 rice crisis has already showed, the African nations must stress on increasing domestic production sufficiently. This objective will however also be severely challenged due to the less favorable growing conditions in many African regions and will be further impaired by the ongoing climate change.

How should the African nations answer to these challenges? Highest instant urgency should be given to developmental efforts that upsurge agricultural competence such as the prevalent implementation of drip irrigation schemes to offset the negative effects of climate change while still increasing production.

Cognizance has to be created about the effects of climate change on food security and suitable adaptive capacity should be created. Changes in diet and a lower dependence on meat based food might have to be promoted. Finally, an answer to the ongoing unsustainable population growth needs to be originated.


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Dehradun road having a capacity of pedaled boats. It offers a captivating view of Doon Valley and nearby villages. View during Night is marvelous.Vinog mountain Quail sanctuary: 11 Kms to the south of Library Point lies an old sanctuary established in 1993 and covering an area of 339 hectares. It is well-known for the extinct bird species, Mountain Quail (Pahari Bater), which was last spotted in 1876.kempty Fall: 15 kms from Mussoorie on the Yamunotri Road is the most enthralling and the biggest water fall, Kempty placed in a beautiful valley of Mussoorie. Dhanaulti -Dhanolti: 24 Kms from Mussoorie. Dhanaulti Dhanolti offers a breath-taking view of the valleys and the Himalayan peaks. The long wooded slopes, lazy outings, cool caressing breeze, warm and hospitable inhabitants, lovely weather and fabulous view of snow covered mountains makes it an idyllic haven for a hassle-free holiday. surkanda Devi: Situated at an elevation of 3030 mts above sea level near village Kaddukhal the temple of Surkanda Devi is 33 kms from Kaddukhal and one has to trek about 2 kms. A fair is held every year on

“Ganga Dussehra” during May-June in which thousands of people play a part.lakha mandal: Lakha Mandal is situated on the Yamunotri road, past Kempty Falls. There are hundreds of statues of archaeological standing which have been conserved by the Archaeological Survey of India. municipal Garden: A seamless picnic spot the garden with its preciously created lake with paddled boating facility. It is placed at a distance of 4 km by rickshaw cycles, pony or by a car and 2 km via Waverly Convent School road on foot. Yamuna bridge: About 27 kms from Mussoorie

on Chakrata-Barkot road, is a perfect spot for fishing.Childer's lodge: It is the highest peak of Mussoorie near Lal Tibba, it is situated at 5 km from the Tourist Office and one can go on horseback or on foot. George everest House: The George Everest House is the peak estate of Sir George, the surveyor General of India. Sir George had his office and residence here. The Mount Everest, the highest peak of the Himalayas was named after Sir George. bhatta Fall: About 7 kms from Mussoorie on Mussoorie-Dehradun road. Access by car or

bus upto Balta village from where the fall is 3kms by car or foot. Jharipani Fall: About 8.5 kms from Mussoorie on Mussoorie- Jharipani Road. Visitors can go by bus or by car upto 7 kms to Jharipani from where the fall is 1.5 kms, on foot.Van Chetna kendra: At a distance of about 2 kms on Tehri bye pass road, this place is developed as a picnic spot and has a park enclosed with pine forest and flowering shrubs, and is accessible by foot or taxi/car. The main magnetism is the wildlife of the park like Ghurar, Kanankar, Himalayan Peacock, Monal etc.

Mussoorie with its striking, rippling, tree-covered hills is looking down on the Doon valley and with an

eccentric outlook of the Mighty Himalayas. Mussoorie is post-card pretty and has brilliantly a romantic air, which has time and again enticed honeymooners to it ever since it was recognized way back in 1827.

Mussoorie derives its name from the plants of Mussoorie or shrub mansoor which are available in large quantities in the region. Mussoorie is a wonderful hill station in Uttranchal at a height of 2000 mts above sea level. The lust green hills, the varied flora and fauna and the majestic view of the Shivalik ranges and the Doon Valley attracts hundreds of tourists both domestic and international to Mussoorie each year. Spread over a ridge, 2000 meters above sea level, Mussoorie offers distant views of the holy and mighty river Ganga from one end of the ridge, and of the famous river Jamuna from the other.

Places to Visit in MussoorieCamel’s back Road: The place offers an attractive view of the sunset and a life like similarity of a sitting camel. One can also relish long walks and horse riding here.lake mist: About 5 km before Kempty falls on the Mussoorie-Kempty road is a developed good picnic spot with accommodation and restaurant amenities, boating is also available. Gun Hill: One can adore an exciting ropeway ride to Gun Hill, the second highest peak of Mussoorie (2122 mts). The peak offers the bird's-eye view of the Himalayan ranges.mussoorie lake: A newly established picnic spot set on Mussoorie-Dehradun road. The lake is situated at 6 km on Mussoorie-

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taLkINGtecHnoLoGy08modernization of Fishing Industry

Culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing

of fish related equipments & accessories.

In the best of our efforts of the joint venture partnership in the avowed vision of long term growth of the fishing community, a pilot project was undertaken in Ghana in major port sites including Tema, Exim, Elmina, Jamestown etc. We have supplied FRP fishing boats & patrol boats along with engines & outboard motors. We executed the FRP Lining of 40 nos. of old Ghanaian Canoes. Fibre-Reinforced Plastic (FRP), is a composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. Necessary technique, design, and miscellaneous assistance in the setting up of appropriate workshops manned with skilled personnel for the above purpose was provided by us.The FRP Lining ensured:» Longevity of boats» Increased fuel efficiency of the

boats » Enhancement of the duration of

days on-shore» Creation of wealth for fishing

community

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Boats: As we specialize in development for new boats with international standards & shipping rules, we can supply modern fishing boats as per client’s requirement & specific applications

We can offer fiberglass boats,

aluminium, inflatables & trawlers etc. for the following functions:» Disaster Mitigation» High Speed Applications» Interceptors» Fishing» Inland Water Applications » Patrolling» Fire Services » Crew Transfer » Passenger Travel » Leisure, Diving

Engines & Outboard Motors: We have the entire range of engines of Mercury, Yamaha & other international brands, starting from 5 HP up to 275 HP in both 2 stroke and 4 Stroke versions

Accessories: All Fish related accessories including:» Fishing tackles like rod pods,

buzz-bars, banksticks, tripods, rollers & accessories for carp fishing, coarse fishing, match & pole fishing

» Fishing catapault, forceps, feeders & baiting needles etc.

» Squid hooks & Sports Fishing Hooks made of stainless steel and high carbon steel

» Fishing Nets including a wide range of knotless & knotted nets, Nylon, hdpe, pp, polyester & cotton nets

» Fishing line, reels, flies, spinners & swiles etc.

» Portable Inflatable Tents, Portable Modular Toilets, Portable Water/Fuel Tanks,

Inflatable Bridges and Life Jackets and Life Buoys towards Disaster Mitigation and Rescues

Training: Provide training to the local people in and around the fishing community, in the following trades:» Carpentry for boat building» Mechanics and technicians

trained for fitment, maintenance and repair of marine machinery & propulsion systems

» Boat operators who would learn to handle the modern faster, lighter FRP boats, including learning the modern steering systems

» Reenergizing the various government run marine machinery repair centers, by providing comprehensive training to the existing as well as fresh technicians, in the science of marine engineering

Our firm will conduct these workshops at our / your works

with the assistance of chiefs of the fishing community etc.

Services & SetupsMarine Consultancy:For development of new boats, up gradation of technology, marine products sourcing etc.Design Outsourcing:We design over 200 different kinds of boats in FRP, inflatable and rigid inflatable categoriesSetting Cold Storage Facilities:Recommended storage temperatures, cold storage life of fish, factors limiting storage life, design of cold stores, and operation of cold stores, all can be

provided by usMarina / Water Park Development:We have a team of highly respected experts in the fields for marina development & water parks

The ImpactTo the fishermen:Higher yield for fishermen, better living conditions & greater revenue for poor fishermen

To the environment:Leading towards an environment friendly economic progress

To the youth:Creating a self employed & self reliant and more confident youth

To the communication:Develop an effective communication system between fishing ports & landing sites, so that any distress requirement for rescue or relief can be quickly monitored

To technology:Tools, equipment and technology transfer is made available

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International Conference on Engineering Computing and TechnologiesThe conference will cover areas like Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, Aerospace Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Biometrics / Biomedical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biomechanics.Date: 01 Sep 2014 Venue: The Golkonda Hotel, Hyderabad, India

Annual National Convention on Ethics in Research on Human Subjects The conference will cover areas like protecting the Participants in Human Research, Respect for Individuality and Identity, Autonomy, Voluntariness and Icf- What Is an Ethical Ideal.Date: 02-04 Sep 2014 Venue: JNU Convention Centre, New Delhi, India

Renewable Energy IndiaIt is an annual exposition held in New Delhi to serve the Indian renewable energy market in leading sustainable development globally. It focuses on upscaling and mainstreaming environment-friendly renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, biomass, bio-fuel, small hydro, geothermal and energy efficiency, through an international exhibition and conference platform.8th Renewable Energy India expo is recognised as Asia's largest expo on renewable energy. The 3 day expo is expected to attract over 600 exhibitors, 200 speakers, 1,500 delegates and over 15,000 trade visitors. The event is supported by the Government of India-Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and Ministry of Power.Date: 03-05 Sep 2014 Venue: India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida, India

AgriTech Asia It has conquered a significant position amongst the other agricultural exhibitions held in the entire region of India. This exhibition is attended by the agronomists, farm owners, engineers and technicians, bankers and investors and other professionals related to this industrial sector. There will be conference sessions and almost 200 attendees have registered to take part at this summit. Moreover, for the better interaction of the attendees, approximately 300 one to one meetings are organized so that the visitors can find answer to all their problems directly from the experts. As per the records, it has been noted that maximum percentage, i.e. 24 percent of the visitors came from the irrigation technology sector, followed by 22 percent of agricultural equipment manufacturing sector and the rest came from the livestock, poultry, gardening, fertilizer and plasticulture sectors.Date: 03-05 Sep 2014 Venue: Mahatma Mandir Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, India

FICCI Global Skills Summit It is organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry. The conference will cover areas like Employers Focusing on Creating a More 'Responsive System' For Skills Development.Date: 04-05 Sep 2014Venue: Federation House, New Delhi, India

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prepration Method 1. Mix all the dry ingredients together. 2. Slice the chicken into thin pieces. 3. Sprinkle with the seasoning mix, and allow to sit

for 5 minutes. 4. Thread the chicken onto skewers and brush with

the oil. 5. Grill or broil for 3 minutes on each side, or until

chicken is cooked through.

Handy French1. How old are you? Quel âge avez-vous?

2. I’m feeling very happy today. Aujourd’hui, je suis très

content(e).

3. Are you going for the party? Allez-vous pour la soirée?

4. What’s on your mind? Qu'est-ce qui préoccupe votre esprit?

Note: If using wooden skewers, soak them for at least half an hour before using to avoid burning!

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1. Better Feeling Writing a diary will definitely make you feel better. Just pour your feelings

and thoughts out by writing in a diary and you will feel better instantly! No matter whether you have a bad day or you have no one to talk to, put it on your diary. I have lots of friends, but I don’t have true friends whom I can trust. That’s why I write all my thoughts and secrets in a diary. It makes me feel better!

2. nonjudgmental Friend

Regardless of what you write, your diary will not reply back with its own opinion. You won’t have to feel like you should take back what you’ve just said. Diary is your nonjudgmental friend. You can write about that nice guy, put in any controversial idea of your own or complain about anything and nobody will ever know it.

3. Creating memories If you are a fan of nostalgia, you should definitely consider writing in a diary! Just

imagine, in 15 or so years, your diary will be your own written time machine. I’m a big fan of nostalgia and I like making memories for myself, that’s something that I can look back to and even show it to my future children.

4. Better view on life I always thought that my life was boring and I thought that I didn’t need a diary, ‘cause I had nothing

in my life to write about. But when I started writing in a diary I realized that I was wrong. Life is not boring. On the outside it may just look like an ordinary, but when you look at it deeply, it’s like a

roller coaster ride.5. Self-mirror

Writing a diary is one of the best ways to discover and understand yourself. Trust me, there is no better self-mirror than your diary. Once you start

writing in a diary, you will understand yourself better.6. Creativity

You might think that writing in a diary and creativity are two different things, as all you’re doing is just putting down your thoughts and feelings. But when you write them

down, you write them like a story. A diary can be your own novel and people in it are its characters.7. good secret keeper

Okay, I can’t keep a secret, and I know it. And when my best friend tells me her secret, I just write it in my diary. And when I do that, I know I won’t even have to worry about telling anyone else. A diary is a really good secret keeper.


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We are delighted to announce that the management of budding media powerhouse, LOLO1 Africa Entertainment are back again after the first and second successful events in Lagos, Nigeria

“OgaMadam Live on Stage with LOLO 1 (Season 1) & (Season 2)” which took place 2012 and 2013 respectively at Muson Center, Onikan – Lagos, Nigeria. We are pleased to announce the 3rdEditionofthefunfilledpackagedeventtagged“OgaMadamLiveonStage“Definition

of a Queen” with LOLO 1 (Season 3)” – Powered by LOLO 1 Africa Entertainment. The host of this awesome event will be no other Personality, Compere, Actress and

Award Winning OAP “OmotundeAdebowale David aka LOLO 1”.LOLO1 AFRICA ENETERTAINMENT has promised this event “OgaMadam Live

onStagewithLOLO1–DefinitionofaQueen(Season3)”willbeone(1)ofthebest and biggest event in Lagos, Nigeria ever witnessed by lovers of Entertainment Shows. The event will feature major stars from Nigeria Entertainment Sector ranging from Music, Comedy, Fashion and Movies. We are bringing top class entertainment to the people and fans.

The event will feature major stars from Nigeria & UK Entertainment Sector arranging from Music, Comedy, Fashion and Movies. We are bringing top class entertainment to Nigeria. It promises to be live entertainment at its best with Comedy and Music, which will feature arties like J-Martins, AdewaleAyuba, Kcee, HarrySong, Chidinma, Duncan Mighty, FJ DKing, Sound Sultan, Solid Star, Oritsefemi, Seyi Shay, Blackmagic, Skales, Slyde, Yeka, Joe EL, Gmak, CJ Mama, Lil Kesh, May7ven, Amaiikah. Also Comedians like Yaw, Gordons, Akpororo, Bash,Ogbolo,Senator, Igos,SeyiLaw,McAbbey,Koffi,Odogwu,emmaomgwith thebestofsound by Dj-Real aka Emir of Alaba, DJ Indo and Guest DjMindDGap (UK) with a special guest performance by AY.

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Chale Wote festival is an amazing event set up to show case incredible slew of creatives arts that blows the mind of tourist, people who are much interested in patronizing made in Africa arts and made by an African Artist. In this event young and old talented African directors used the street as their platform to displays all kinds of art works, being films, documentaries, clothing brands, paintings and many more.

Terkloving clothing company took part in this year event to display their recent cloths brands on the street of Accra (James Town) on the 23rd to 24th of August.clothing

Diana Teta is set to release the video of her song Undi Munsi in two weeks time.

Speaking to The New Times, Teta said even as she is still busy with Primus Guma Guma Super Star Season 4 rehearsals,

Ese Emokiniovo Ibru popularly known in the showbiz world as Swag Kid.The boy wonder who is breaking all bounds to becoming one of the youngest rappers in Africa.

The 13-years old rapper was born in Warri, Delta State Nigeria and discovered his talent at age seven.

He has featured at different top events in Ghana like, Miss Ghana Nigeria 2012, Ghana Meet Niger 2013, Tema vs Accra,Miss Nigeria Ghana, Sound City Premium Party, Vodafone 020 Live where Naeto C brought him on stage out of his overwhelming state at the lil man.

His freestyle ability and versatile flowhasearnedhimaspotheisyetto Solidify

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Massive Displays of Terkloving @ Chale Wote Festival

13-Year-old Wonder Nigerian/Ghanaian swag kid premieres New Video Jupa

Teta’s 'Undi Munsi' video coming soon

lines such as Terkloving Tees, Terkloving Hoodies & Crewnecks, Terkloving Tanks, Terkloving Caps and Hardwears were patrolling on the street of Accra (James Town).

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Their main objectives was to tell the world to respect every kingdoms and be creative, hardworking and get inspired by best African artist.

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the video will still come out on schedule.

She also hinted on other upcoming songs but remained cagey with regard to details.

“I am working on two other songs with producer Bob at Pro Records Studio which I don’t want to get into at the moment because I haven’t yet decided which one to release first. But it will happen

immediately after the Primus Guma Guma finale on Sunday 30 august 2014,” Teta added.

Teta is popularly known for such songs as Fata Fata and Canga Ikarita.

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Sudan’s El Meriekh have been crowned Cecafa Kagame Cup 2014

champions after they defeated APR FC 1-0 in the final at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali on Sunday.

The lone goal was netted by Kenyan striker Allan Wanga on the 27th minute after a good cross from skipper Ahmed Elbasha. It is a second consecutive year that APR has lost in the Cup final after losing to Vital’O of Burundi last year in Sudan.

It is the third regional title for the Sudanese giants, who last won it in 1988, while the Rwandan army side was looking to win it for the fourth time on home soil, following successes in 2004, 2007 and 2010.

Police Football Club clinched third position in their debut appearance in the annual regional tournament after they defeated Ugandan champions KCCA on spot-kicks 4-2 after both sides drew 1-1 in normal time.

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game in first half which led to skipper Elbasha beating full back Michel Rusheshangoga on the right wing before setting up Wanga, who scored what turned out to be the winner.

The army side had opportunities to equalise through Isaie Isonga, Djamar Mwiseneza and Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza but they all failed to beat El Mereikh’s Ugandan goalkeeper Salim Omar Magoola.

In the third place playoff match, Police FC took the lead through striker Jimmy Mbaraga on the 34th minute before Brian Omony equalised for the Ugandan champions on the 49th minute.

Andre Cassa Mbungo’s side

won the game in the post match spot-kicks as Jacques Tuyisenge, Eric Ngendahimana, Jean d’Amaour Uwimana and Frederick Ndaka converted their kicks. KCCA,

coached by former player George ‘Best’ Nsimbe, missed two penalties from ex-APR left back Habib Kavuma and Richard Kasaga, while Omony and Tom Masiko scored theirs.

Omony finished as the tournament’s top scorer with five goals. The two-week tournament attracted a record 14 clubs from the 11 Cecafa member countries.

El Mereikh, on top of the trophy, took home a cash prize of $30,000, APR walked away with silver medals and $20,000 for finishing second, while third-placed Police FC took $10,000 in addition to bronze medals.

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Springboks recall Smith after long absence

Juan Smith has been recalled by South Africa after a three-year absence for a Rugby Championship Test in Argentina. The flanker replaces Marcell Coetzee in one of the three changes to the Springboks starting line-up that laboured to a 13-6 victory over the Pumas in Pretoria.

Eben Etzebeth comes in for Bakkies Botha at lock and loose-head prop Gurthro Steenkamp replaces Tendai 'The Beast' Mtawarira. Coetzee, Botha and Mtawarira have been named among eight replacements for the second-round southern hemisphere match in north-western city Salta.

In a change to the backline replacements, wing-cum-full-back Lwazi Mvovo gets the nod ahead of centre Jan Serfontein.The inclusion of Smith, 33, who last wore the green and gold against England in 2010 at Twickenham, is the latest chapter in a fairy-tale comeback.

An achilles tendon injury early in 2011 sidelined Smith for two years and after five unsuccessful operations, his rugby career appeared over.But French giants Toulon thought otherwise, offered him a contract, and he helped them become 2014 European champions by scoring a try in the final triumph over English opponents

Saracens. Smith, who can operate as a flanker, No. 8 or lock, also collected a French Top 14 winners' medal with Toulon.

"We had a couple of options at blind-side flanker, but decided that this was a great opportunity to give Juan a chance," coach Heyneke Meyer said in a statement.

The demotions of Mtawarira, Botha and Coetzee were expected as the Springboks battled to contain the Pumas pack in monsoon-like conditions. Expected to win comfortably and claim a four-try bonus point, South Africa had to survive a late onslaught to start the Championship with a victory.Team (15-1)

Willie le Roux; Cornal Hendricks, Damian de Allende, Jean de Villiers (capt), Bryan Habana; Handre Pollard, Ruan Pienaar; Duane Vermeulen, Juan Smith, Francois Louw; Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth; Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Gurthro Steenkamp

Replacements: Adriaan Strauss, Trevor Nyakane, Frans Malherbe, Bakkies Botha, Marcell Coetzee, Francois Hougaard, Morne Steyn, Lwazi Mvovo

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Plantation airstrip on the day between noon and 1:30 pm before the competition starts in earnest. The organizers have released their provisional day program which will see a formal briefing for participants at Wilson Beach from 1:45 pm till 2:00 pm at which time the race will start. The event, individual and team, will have to swim 750 meters in Kilifi Creek, before a cycling race over 20 kilometers and finally a run through the plantation will complete the challenge.

Run since 2003 on an annual basis has the triathlon attracted ever more participants and

has positioned itself as a prime fundraising, fun and sporting event at the Kenya coast.

This year is the Kilifi Gold Triathlon supporting Kesho. Kesho is a Kilifi-based NGO that offers a holistic approach to development of disadvantaged children. Through Kesho, vulnerable children from Kilifi are becoming empowered and educated, realising their dreams and beginning to break the cycle of poverty. Kesho’s support is a long-term and holistic approach including but not limited to school fee support, mentoring, and guardian support.

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The fourth edition of International Carnival of Seychelles came to an end, how are you feeling?

Well, for us, delineating our carnival as the ‘Carnival of Carnivals’ had some reason behind it and I feel proud stating that in Seychelles, we invite countries from around the world to participate, and explore Seychelles. Also, the carnival provides an imperative platform to showcase Seychelles as we call it the melting pot of culture.

How do you anticipate India’s participation in the development of Seychelles in the coming years?

No doubt, India is one of the key participants in Seychelles development and growth as we import lot of our products and commodities from India thus making us directly connected to the Indian Sub-continent. So, we anticipate to see Seychelles as India’s first stop on the way to Africa because we are closest geographically to India together with culture.

What are the major exports and imports of Seychelles?

Seychelles imports many products from India, like manufacturer equipment, machinery and many more, most of which is agreed under the line of credit with India. Seychelles import and export with outside world opens up numerous opportunities for Seychelles

businessmen. Also, a great revolution is foreseen in the country as renewable energy is the new talk of the town and India is now producing a lot of high quality renewable energy products that are available and also easy to adapt to

Seychelles environment. How stable is the economy of the

country?

The last five years have been extremely stable, we have build

ourselves, with new banks coming in while trying to make sure that there is a safe and secure environment for investors both local and foreign. Also we have a Bilateral Investment Protection agreement with India

enabling every investor with special advantages like a strong network of bilateral treaties with African countries amongst others.

Tell our readers why investors should only come to Seychelles for business?

The country provides advantages to investors such as relatively low tax, access to affordable credit and all the associated guaranties that are present for any business establishment.

Africa is the fastest emerging economic space in the world right now and Seychelles is present as a facilitator for everyone. With our population of 90,000, Seychelles becomes a micro economy and seeks investment.

How would you comment on the fine and friendly relations between India and Seychelles?

We have many examples to state the relationship of India and Seychelles. Both economies have various elements to offer each other.

We are neighbours sharing Indian Ocean with an equal share of coming future.

Seychelles has always been delineated as ‘Another World’ in terms of its nature, scenic beauty and friendly people, but the Foreign Affairs Minister of this alluring island country of Africa has more to offer through his innovative strategies and efforts. During a candid interview with Indo Africs Times, Minister accentuated and focused on many key areas of growth, development and relationship with India and Seychelles’ Government futuristic approach to enhance and nurture it. Here are some excerpts.

"Africa is the fastest emerging economy"

Jean-Paul Ad am Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Seychelles


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