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Gracenote And Civolution Team with Spinlet to Provide a Music Identification And Monitoring Platform for Mobile Music Service in Africa
Gracenote® and Civolution have teamed with Spinlet to provide a music identification and monitoring platform for Spinlet’s new mobile music service in Africa.
Bone Marrow Register an “important Milestone” for Nigeria
Only a fraction of the millions of people worldwide with blood and autoimmune disorders survive – especially those in poorer countries – partly due to the lack of bone marrow stem cell transplants. A recently established Nigerian bone marrow...
Local Radios in Africa Will Receive a Technical Upgrade From UNESCO
“Innovative communication and information technologies are no longer luxuries for big radio stations,” says Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. Through a UNESCO project, staff at modest radio stations like Iso-Community Radio in a remote Northern...
Africa Will Not Compromise Quality in the Quest Towards Achieving Education For All
Africa will not compromise quality in its quest toward achieving the Education For All (EFA) target in the continent, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, said on Saturday at the close of the 5th Conference of Ministers...
Sierra Leoneans Relieved That Former Warlord And President of Liberia Charles Taylor has been Convicted
Sierra Leoneans are relieved that former warlord and President of Liberia Charles Taylor has been convicted by the Special Court of Sierra Leone on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi Says Africa has a Lot of Untapped Textile Resources Which Could Help the Economy
Africa has been asked to up-grade its infrastructure and to use its untapped textile resources, which could generate billion of dollars investment annually.
Concern Over Welfare of IDPs in Katanga
Aid agencies are unable to access thousands of people displaced from the town of Mitwaba, in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) province of Katanga as a result of recent fighting between rebels and government forces.
Rheumatic Heart Disease is Significantly Under-treated in Africa And India
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is significantly under-treated in Africa and India according to the preliminary findings of a new global study presented at the World Congress of Cardiology. Across the African and Indian regions included in the study it...
