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We represented MCA-Mongolia at the inaugural MCC Forum on Global Development in April for receiving the Country Commitment Award. To commemorate this achievement, the Mongolian prime minister hosted a high-profile event in Mongolia to celebrate this.
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One outcome of the imbalance in social, political and cultural power between the genders is that our cultural landscape is tainted with false myths around sexuality. When it comes to sexual anatomy, some of these myths have to do with seeing a vagina as something more sacred, erotic and gentle than a penis. A penis [...]
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Last week, news came over the wire that all the countries of the Great Lakes region had agreed to send a neutral force to attack the M23 and FDLR rebels. Can it be? Are we entering into a new phase of the Congolese crisis?
Maybe, but we should reserve some healthy skepticism.
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According to the Official Google Africa Blog, walking directions in Zambia have been improved. To get walking directions, try one of the following: Click Get Directions, enter a starting and ending location and click Get Directions. In the search field, enter a from-to statement (example: from Nyayo House to Anniversary Towers) and click Search Maps. Click [...]
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According to the Official Google Africa Blog, walking directions in Zambia have been improved. To get walking directions, try one of the following: Click Get Directions, enter a starting and ending location and click Get Directions. In the search field, enter a from-to statement (example: from Nyayo House to Anniversary Towers) and click Search Maps. Click [...]
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The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) in Zambia has announced that payments for this season's crops will be made into farmers' bank accounts. The FRA is probably the biggest buyer of crops produced by smallholder farmers and, for many, the major source of income during the year. Many of these smallholder farmers do not have bank accounts.They're part of the great unbanked masses that make up most of
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This September, g|Uganda is coming back to Kampala, and we're mixing things up in a big way, from hosting our guests at a truly original venue (an amusement park!) to two full days of fresh content for our business and developer audiences.
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As Marissa Mayer joins Yahoo as its Chief Executive, the iHub recaps the moments that captured our imagination when she was here last year June. Below are some excerpts from her Fireside Chat with the iHub Community: "Start more companies. Don't be afraid to take risks. It's okay to fail as long as you fail [...]
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Local iHub-born start-up NikoHapa was recently featured on BBC's Technology of Business Business segment. Below is an excerpt from the feature by BBC's Tech reporter, Fiona Graham : Co-founder and chief executive Bernard Owuor says originally they were trying to build a way to send feedback to restaurants and shop owners via text message. "We [...]
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Last week, news came over the wire that all the countries of the Great Lakes region had agreed to send a neutral force to attack the M23 and FDLR rebels. Can it be? Are we entering into a new phase of the Congolese crisis?
Maybe, but we should reserve some healthy skepticism.
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The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) in Zambia has announced that payments for this season's crops will be made into farmers' bank accounts. The FRA is probably the biggest buyer of crops produced by smallholder farmers and, for many, the major source of income during the year. Many of these smallholder farmers do not have bank accounts.They're part of the great unbanked masses that make up most of
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40 per cent of Lesotho's people live in extreme poverty and 82 per cent are engaged, if not reliant, on some form of agriculture. So two bad seasons has had a severe impact on food security. 2010-2011 saw flooding and heavy rains, 2011-2012 a drought. According to crop forecasts: ... the overall area planted in the 2011-2012 agricultural year decreased by nearly 40 percent from the previous year
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