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Why the world wants (sub Saharan) Africa’s oil

Tweet In his 2007 book, Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil (buy from Amazon.co.uk or Kalahari.net), John Ghazvinian suggested that there were at least six reasons why Africa’s oil is really “good” oil. Of course, any oil is good oil these days, but Africa’s oil producers has some distinct advantages that can work in Africa’s [...]

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McKinsey report on Africa – and it’s good news!

Tweet Global consulting company, McKinsey, have just released a report entitled, “Lions on the move: The progress and potential of African economies” (June 2010). It was part of a larger “package” of reports on Africa (click here to view them all). Their report is bullish on Africa, providing some interesting reading for those with little [...]

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FaceBook's new Mobile Site – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C #Fail

FaceBook's new Mobile Site – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C #Fail

Tweet Yesterday’s news on Mashable was the launch of FaceBook’s new mobile site. The new site, 0.Facebook.com, will be available in 45 countries through 50+ mobile and wireless network operators. It is a trimmed-down version of Facebook with most of the features ofm.Facebook.com, including status updates, a newsfeed, Likes, wall posts and comments. The ‘killer [...]

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Free WiFi for everyone in Africa (one man’s dream becoming a reality)

Tweet A recent Fast Company article caught my eye. It was entitled: Kayak.com Cofounder Paul English Plans to Blanket Africa in Free Wireless Internet. This sounds amazing and is worth following. Fast Company give further details: Paul English, the cofounder of travel search engine Kayak.com, wants to blanket all of Africa with free and low-cost [...]

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