East Africa
Sun-dried fish is displayed on June 7, 2013 at a meat market near the city centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Drying fish naturally by use of the sun's rays or smoke is a common practice among East Africa's communities living by fresh water lakes that ensures food keeps longer even without refrigiration. According to Unep, an estimated one third of all food produced, which translates to 1.3 billion tonnes, worth around $1 trillion (Sh85 trillion) ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers or spoiling due to poor transportation and harvesting practices each year. As we celebrate the World Environment Day today, the United Nations Environment Programme says traditional cultures can show a wasteful world how to preserve food with the them 'think, eat and save'.
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This is the first report of elimination in a major isolated area and a big step toward eliminating river blindness in East Africa
The new IBM Innovation Center is an important milestone in our expansion and work in East Africa ... The advanced IT and business recourses at the Center will strengthen our climate of innovation and get new East African Solutions into the global marketplace.More quotes »
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Africa is rich in investment opportunities
Kenya -- The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu -- East Africa 's version of CNBC's "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer -- cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Read more »
Around the web
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Rlg makes giant entry into Kenya
After what many market players have described as impressive performance in the West African region, ICT device assembler, Rlg communications has entered Kenya, hoping to spread itself into the booming East African market. The company is hoping to enter T 27 m ago from My Joy Online Read more »
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Background on Ken Hackett, President Obama's nominee as ambassador to the Holy See
By naming a veteran leader in Catholic charities as his new envoy to the Holy See, observers say President Barack Obama has managed both to elevate the prospects for American/Vatican collaboration and, perhaps equally importantly, to avoid opening a new 6/17/13 from The New Advent Read more »
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Scramble for resources fuels conflict in East Africa region
with Sudan threatening to stop transportation of oil from South Sudan through its pipeline. Discovery of oil and gas in East Africa has also brought tension within the region. Tanzania and Malawi are currently in a diplomatic war over ownership of Africa’s 6/17/13 from Daily Nation Read more »
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Small car dealers grow sales at expense of dominant rivals
lower prices of the mostly Asian car brands they stock, a move that has seen them wrest market share from General Motors East Africa, Toyota Kenya and Simba Corporation. “Customers are increasingly looking for lower prices,” said Naresh Leekha, the executive 6/17/13 from Business Daily Read more »
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Tanzanian youth rising
change. Renowned Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski wrote in his 2001 memoir The Shadow of the Sun about what he coined as East Africa's "bayaye" or unemployed youth: "You will notice them at once, because it is they who form the street crowds, so different 6/17/13 from Toronto Star Blogs Read more »
