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Journalists what type of a phone and digital devices do you have? How do you use your mobile phones and digital devices? It is surprising that in this digital age some Journalists still use phones that cannot connect to the internet. Others still do own laptops or desktop computers, cameras, recorders, flash drives or mobile [...]
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Journalists what type of a phone and digital devices do you have? How do you use your mobile phones and digital devices? It is surprising that in this digital age some Journalists still use phones that cannot connect to the internet. Others still do own laptops or desktop computers, cameras, recorders, flash drives or mobile [...]
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We drive west out of Mogadishu, Somalia, in a convoy of three African Union armored personnel carriers, mounted with three heavy machine guns. No building seems untouched by bullet holes; many have collapsed, thorn trees growing through their ruins, their stone guts spilling out into the street. On all sides, in the rubble and on [...]
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In development circles, people talk about "countries that are too big to fail and too small to succeed". The jury may be out on the former but a new book by Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima, "Some Small Countries Do It Better" dispels the notion that countries can be too small to succeed.
Three small countries studied in the book - SIFIRE (SIngapore, FInland, IREland) - not only grew at high rates but were able to sustain them.
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Crossposted from PivotEast The PivotEast competition came to an end on 6th June. In order to understand how the judging panel came to the final decision here is a brief on how the judging was done. The finalists were awarded points by the judges, the investors and the coaches & mentors. Scoring by the judges [...]
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Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government have been on strike. Subsequently 788 of them were sacked by the Lagos State Government, then recalled, now they have refused to go back to work until the recall is put in writing. In all the articles written about the strike, sack, recall one thing has been extremely disturbing. The almost complete lack of empathy about the fate of the patients. This refers to those in support of the doctors, and those in support of the government - there appears to be a cold bloodied disregard for the fate of the hopeless poor that have no other place to go to than public sector hospitals in Lagos State. The fate of the patients has hardly come up in all the discussions...how could it have come to this?
Why have we hardened our hearts so? Is it because we ...
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From the pristine coasts of the Garden Route and the wild grasslands of Kruger National Park to the downtown buzz of Jo'burg's CBD and Cape Town's Waterfront, South Africa is filled with exciting spots, both urban and wild, waiting to be explored. It's time to share the beauty of your country by adding, updating and sharing details about the places you care about on Google Maps. Today, Google Map Maker opens its maps to South Africa so you can help your fellow South Africans and the world to rediscover the treasures of the Rainbow Nation.
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