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Zambia Agricultural Market To Start Trading Again Following 3-Year Hiatus
From Bloomberg Zambian President Michael Sata directed a government minister to implement a law that will allow the country’s agricultural commodities market to resume trading after a three-year halt....
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Russians To Built $3 Billion Platinum Mine In Zimbabwe
From iOL The good news for Zimbabwe is that Russian investors have started a new $3 billion (R33bn) platinum mine about 50km north-west of Harare. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Zimbabwe’s...
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Japan Extends $307M In Capital To African Entrepreneurs Through AfDB
From Ventures Africa The African Development Bank (AfDB) has received a loan of 30.69 billion Japanese Yen ($307 million) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); this is the fifth loan...
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Thirst For Craft Beer Feeds Micro-Brewers’ Growth In South Africa
In South Africa, a country with a strong beer culture, consumers have traditionally opted for mass-produced beer products from South African Breweries — a subsidiary of SABMiller, the world’s...
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The Most Horrifying Spiders In Africa
In Africa, respect and reverence should be paid when beholding the largest stampeding creatures (elephants, hippos) to the smallest of crawlers. This is not only to further delve with appreciation into...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mali’s Independence
Mali celebrates its independence from France on Sep 22 each year – 2014 marks 55 years – with parades, speeches and traditional dance performances. But all is not well in this landlocked West African...
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The Top Business Hotels In Johannesburg
Travelling for business is a tricky thing. Apart from having to recover from a long flight, which can be arduous, even in business class, you also have to adjust to a different time zone and be at the...
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10 Celebrities Who Have Received Organ Transplants
Comedian Morgan proved that exes can be friends. In fact, they can save one another’s lives! Morgan needed a kidney transplant in 2010 and his ex girlfriend Tanisha Hall volunteered one of hers. Morgan...
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10 Terrifying Facts About Meat
If you’ve been toying with the idea of switching to a vegetarian diet, this list might be just the extra push you need. Web sources: EatThis.MensHealth.com, WebMD.com and RodaleNews.com. The post 10...
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10 Reasons Scotland is Always Independently Awesome
Some are mourning, others are cheering. The split in passions and sensibilities over whether Scotland should have gained independence from the United Kingdom after 307 years of attachment was as sliced...
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Test Your Smarts With This African Trivia Quiz
Think you know Africa? What’s the longest river? The most widely spoken language? For many, the African continent is the one they know the LEAST about, especially compared to Europe, Asia, or North...
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Namibia Bicycle Program Fosters Mechanics, Transportation System
Written by Tasbeeh Herwees | From Takepart When Michael Linke first traveled to Namibia 10 years ago, he intended to supply local health care outreach workers with a shipment of recycled bicycles they...
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S.A. Plastic Surgeons Make Big Business From African Women Seeking Kim K,...
From Times Live Women from other parts of Africa are turning to local plastic surgeons for Kim Kardashian breasts, Jennifer Lopez derrières and Jessica Alba washboard tummies. Plastic surgery safaris...
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How One Non-Profit Is Bringing Free Wi-Fi To South Africa’s Poor
Alan Knott-Craig Jr. believes everyone should have the right to free Internet access and he managed to convince local South African governments that he is right. Project Isizwe rolled out six weeks...
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10 Banned Books to Celebrate Banned Book Week
It’s Banned Book Week, y’all! A time to re-piece together the burnt, torn-up, confiscated pages of watershed pieces of literature and philosophy which were just too truthful for some people and their...
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10 Celebrities Who Love CrossFit
Tatum has CrossFit to thank for that “Magic Mike” body. The actor reportedly likes the variety in the workout because he doesn’t get bored. The post 10 Celebrities Who Love CrossFit appeared first on...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ernest Bai Koroma
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has been the focus of much international attention as of late, as he fights to help control the Ebola outbreak that has struck his country. But beyond the...
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10 Gorgeous Public Buildings In South Africa
This regal and impressive building sits at the front of Church Square and was most likely built in the nineteenth century. Like its neighboring structures, The Palace was built in a Dutch style. It is...
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The 10 Best Sites To Kill Time On
LifeHacker.com is exactly what it sounds like—a site that gives you hacks for just about every situation, circumstance, object or human you might come in contact with. You’ll learn anything from sleep...
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M-Pesa To Double Transaction Capacity By 2015
Written by Gabriella Mulligan | From IT Web Africa Transaction capacity on Safaricom Kenya’s mobile money product, M-Pesa, is expected to double in early 2015, says the company’s chief executive...
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