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Undersea cable cuts disrupt data, voice services along African West coast – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says a combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries in West Africa. A statement in Abuja on Friday by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Reuben Muoka, said the countries included Nigeria, Ghana,…
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Africa
FICO and FPG Technologies & Solutions LTD Partner to Help West African Firms Accelerate Digital Transformation
LAGOS, Nigeria & JOHANNESBURG — Global analytics software provider FICO today announced a partnership with FPG Technologies & Solutions LTD, a member of FlexiP Group, to bring advanced decision management and analytics tools to companies across West Africa. FPG will sell, implement and support FICO® Blaze Advisor® decision rules management system and FICO® Xpress Optimization, leading tools that businesses use…
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Africa
Entravision and Meta Partner in Ghana
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Entravision (NYSE: EVC) a leading global advertising solutions, media and technology company, announced today that its Africa-based digital business unit, Entravision 365 Digital in Ghana, has become the Authorized Sales Partner of Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Entravision 365 Digital will provide support, training, lines of credit and local billing to advertisers in…
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NEWS
DHL global forwarding sets sight on Morocco, West Africa markets
DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, ocean and road freight solutions, has strengthened its leadership teams in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Morocco with new country manager appointments. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said Gisele Bambara will lead its West African region team made up of almost 80 per cent women in Burkina Faso,…
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Africa
BOKO HARAM renames self to Islamic State In West Africa
The dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram has renamed the terrorist group as Islamic State in West Africa, BBC reported this morning. The sect in it’s new image released earlier today call itself Islamic State in West Africa. The Boko Haram had recently pledged allegiance to the dreaded Islamic international terror group Islamic State, popularly known as ISIS or IS.
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Africa
Ebola: World Bank Excludes Nigeria From $105m West African Fund
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $105m grant to finance Ebola-containment efforts in West African countries infected with the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease. A statement issued by the bank in Washington on Wednesday to announce the development, however, excluded Nigeria as a beneficiary of the fund. The bank said the fund would help families and…
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Africa
Mali government resigns, new PM appointed: state TV
Mali’s government has resigned and town planning minister Moussa Mara will become prime minister, a presidential spokesman said on state television late on Saturday. Outgoing prime minister Oumar Tatam Ly submitted the entire government’s resignation to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Saturday and it was accepted, the statement said. His replacement Mara, a political veteran who ran against Keita in…
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Press Releases
Armed Forces better equipped than Boko Haram – Presidency
We note the recent attacks of Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State and some comments about them in the media by some leading Nigerians. For the avoidance of doubt and with ample evidence on the ground, we state that the Nigerian Armed Forces and Security Agencies are on top of the situation. The orchestration of mayhem by the insurgents is…
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Features
Special Report: Areva and Niger’s uranium fight
When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners’ huts stranded between the sun-blasted rocks of the Air mountains and the sands of the Sahara. The 1973 OPEC oil embargo changed that. France embraced nuclear power to free itself from reliance on foreign oil and overnight this…
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Africa
Senegalese sculptor awarded French honour
Senegal sculptor Ousmane Sow has become the first African to join France’s Academy of Fine Arts. The 78-year-old, considered one of Africa’s foremost artists, dedicated the honour to “all of Africa…and the great man Nelson Mandela” at a Paris ceremony on Wednesday. A minute’s silence for the anti-apartheid hero was also held. Sow captured the world’s attention in 1999 when…
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Africa
Guinea opposition says will sit in Assembly despite poll dispute
Opposition parties in Guinea said on Thursday they would take their seats in the National Assembly, ending a period of uncertainty that began when the supreme court rejected their challenge to September’s election results. President Alpha Conde’s party won a September 28 parliamentary election that was seen as a final step in the process of restoring civilian rule after a…
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Africa
Pirate Attacks In West Africa To Double In 2014
The number of pirate attacks in the West African waters may double next year if the sub-regional governments fail to protect off-shore assets. Already, there have been over 360 attacks on merchant shipping this year and without action by West African governments this could rise to over 700 incidents in 2014. Speaking at Africa’s largest maritime security event, Maritime &…
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