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January 2015

Immigration Rules in Bahamas Sweep Up Haitians

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricNetwork NASSAU, Bahamas — Kenson Timothee was walking down the street when a uniformed officer asked him a question that sends Bahamians of Haitian descent like him into a panic these days: Do you have a passport? Mr. Timothee, who was born in the Bahamas to illegal Haitian immigrants, wound up […]

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MTN set to empower African businesses with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect to business customers

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork MTN Group today announced it would be the first African company to offer Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect to business customers across multiple countries on the continent. The new service will leverage the extensive footprint of MTN’s Global MPLS network, to provide customers with connectivity between their data centres

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A Look at Africa’s Influence in Harlem

Follow Us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Immigration from Africa has exploded all over the country. The U.S. census reports that 1.6 million African immigrants live in the U.S.—or 4 percent of the country’s foreign born population–and the influx has exceeded 300 years of the slave trade. In New York City, the African-born population increased about 39

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Trial of 2 Ebola Vaccines’ Effectiveness Is Announced

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Federal officials said on Thursday that the first clinical trial to test the effectiveness of Ebola vaccines was expected to begin in Liberia in two weeks. Volunteers in the trial will be given either a vaccine being developed by GlaxoSmithKline, a vaccine being developed by Merck or a placebo. There

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Lenovo goes head-to-head with Xiaomi, introduces India’s cheapest 4G smartphone

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Summary:Lenovo will also have to figure out how to differentiate the A6000 from the hugely successful Motorola brand of phones that it also owns. Lenovo has made its intentions very clear: It wants to dominate the Indian smartphone market, and it wants to do so fast. This Chinese computer maker

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Nature’s beauty: Mount Cameroon

Located in the Western/Central African nation of Cameroon, Mount Cameroon is the fourth tallest mountain in Africa rising to  about 13,255 ft. It takes tourists between two and four days to climb the mountain depending on the route. Below is what you can see while climbing Mount Cameroon.   Mout Cameroon national park entrance.     The

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West Africa’s Resurgent Economic Performer

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork PRESS RELEASE AllAfrica Côte d’Ivoire has for centuries been known as a country blessed with abundant natural resources. Today this is reflected in the West African country’s status as the world’s largest exporter of cocoa. That position should not be underestimated. A coup in 1999, followed by a bloody presidential

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MainOne‘s MDX-i tier III Lekki data center in Lagos in open

MainOne, a major provider of telecommunications services in West Africa, has opened its US$40 million data center in Lagos. The Tier III purpose-built facility, the largest of its kind in the region, was originally expected to come online in the third quarter of 2014. MainOne‘s MDX-i tier III Lekki data center in Lagos, Nigeria is

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Full-service bank opens as app only, no branches

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork BankMobile says it is the first full-service mobile-only bank. Taking a trip to your local bank may no longer be necessary. BankMobile, a division of Customers Bank, launched Wednesday, claiming to be the first bank to allow customers to open checking and savings accounts and even get a credit line

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