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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a new financing transaction that takes its annual investments in Africa’s agribusiness sector in fiscal 2008 to more than $70 million, a five-fold increase over its average for the last three years.
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A lethal mix of drought, expanding conflict, rising food and energy prices, disease, and high poverty is pushing children and their families in the Greater Horn of Africa to the brink of disaster.
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested in the shares of Mixta Africa, a real estate company operating in Africa.
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Well-managed wildlife trade has the potential to be even more of a key development tool for the world's poor, finds a new report by the wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC, and WWF.
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A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa.
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On World Malaria Day, the American Red Cross is joining with its partners to raise awareness and encourage a robust global response to this deadly disease.
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Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris et NYSE: ALU) today introduced My Teamwork Office Edition, a software-based multiparty conferencing and collaboration solution tailored to the small-medium business (SMB) market in North Africa.
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At the Growing Together 2008 conference held today in Johannesburg, Nokia revealed new products that accelerate the company's leadership in emerging markets.
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otary International's coordinator for water and sanitation projects, F. Ronald Denham, estimates Rotary clubs are involved in at least 6,000 projects in scores of countries.
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Chevron confirms that its subsidiary Chevron Nigeria Deepwater Limited and its co-venturers are moving forward to develop the offshore Usan field in Nigeria.
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This February - Black History Month - Anheuser-Busch and its flagship brand Budweiser will help one person win the chance of a lifetime: discovering their family's origins and the opportunity to travel to that destination to retrace their family's history.
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Dell and Microsoft Corp. will offer customers a simple way to make a difference in the fight against AIDS in Africa through the purchase of unique (PRODUCT) RED branded personal computers and a printer.
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In its continuing effort to use the power of information and technology to help people better their lives, Google.org today rolled out five core initiatives that will be the focus of its philanthropic efforts over the next five to ten years.
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Renault Sandero marks a new step in the international development of the Renault group.
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Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91 percent between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000, reaching the United Nations 2010 goal to cut measles deaths by 90 percent four years early.
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More than 2.1 million children, aged nine months to five years were immunized against measles during a week long integrated National Measles Campaign in early July.
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Celtel Uganda today launched the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution from Research In Motion to its postpaid subscribers in Uganda.
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BASF welcomes measures intended to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable use of water as a natural resource - initiatives like World Water Monitoring Day, beginning today for the sixth year in succession.
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Ericsson has opened a new Global Service Delivery Center (GSDC) in Beirut, Lebanon, to better service Ericsson's regional and global customers.
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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. announced that its Hertz car rental brand has acquired the vehicle rental business of former licensee, Autotravel, in the United Kingdom.
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