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Last updated: Monday, August 24, 2009

IBM Expands Corporate Service Corps in Emerging Markets

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) breakthrough corporate citizenship initiative, the Corporate Service Corps, is entering into new countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide small businesses, educational institutions and non profits with sophisticated pro bono business consulting and skills development to improve local conditions

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman visits northern Nigeria and announces $1.8 million to address malnutrition

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, concluding a visit to the northern states of Kebbi and Sokoto in Nigeria, announced $1.85 million in additional support for UNICEF nutrition programmes.

Global use of rotavirus vaccines recommended

Vaccines can protect millions of children from diarrhoeal disease

Ericsson, Zain, and the Earth Institute fight poverty in Millennium Village in Nigeria with mobile technology

The provisioning of mobile telecom services to the Millennium Village in Pampaida, Kaduna State, Nigeria, is helping to advance achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Chevron Confirms Development of Nigeria Deepwater Field

Chevron confirms that its subsidiary Chevron Nigeria Deepwater Limited and its co-venturers are moving forward to develop the offshore Usan field in Nigeria.

Celtel Nigeria Selects Motorola for $70 Million GSM/EDGE Expansion

Motorola, Inc. today announced that it has received orders valued at $70 million from Celtel Nigeria, part of Zain Group, to further expand and enhance the operator's GSM coverage in the Southern part of Nigeria.

Nigerian pipeline explodes, killing 200

A ruptured gasoline pipeline burst into flames Tuesday as scavengers collected the fuel in Nigeria's largest city, killing at least 200 people. The death toll was expected to rise as rescue workers tried to document more charred corpses.