follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Men’s Fitness The latest fad in homeopathy to hit the United States has roots in an unlikely place: the salt caves of Eastern Europe—a sort of primordial spa where people flocked for eons to treat ailments ranging from respiratory illnesses to skin infections. Dry salt therapy (or, as it’s officially known, “halotherapy”) […]
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Smartphone shipment volumes to the Middle East and Africa grew 83 percent in 2014, boosted the increased availability of cheaper models and dual-Sim devices, according to a media release issued by the IDC.
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Smartphones and tablets have boomed in Africa; however, the standard desktop PC has been left behind. At the Intel Solutions Summit 2015, Intel unveiled its latest innovation – the Intel Compute Stick. Laura Crone, Intel’s VP of the Client Computing Group (CCG) and general manager of Channel Platforms and Operations at
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork On July 1, the payment-services company will start offering buyer protections for services, e-books, software downloads, digital music and much more. A lot of the stuff you buy these days isn’t stuff at all. With consumers spending more money on digital goods, PayPal decided it was time to start offering
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Facebook has announced the launch of free video calling via its Messenger VOiP app in the US, Canada, UK, Nigeria and 14 other countries. The new feature allows users to start a video call within an existing Messenger conversation by tapping the video icon in the corner of the screen. Video calling
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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Achieving Health Equity by Design April 14, 2015 Disparities in health outcomes by race and ethnicity and by income status are persistent and difficult to reduce. For more than a decade, infant mortality rates have been 2 to 3 times higher among African American populations, rates of potentially preventable hospitalization
Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Although it is the most talked about, China is not the only Asian economy looking to Africa – and bankers are moving to facilitate the flow of capital. A case in point: South Africa’s Standard Bank announced a partnership on 23 April with the largest bank in South Korea to
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork China Railway Construction Corp Ltd (CRCC) has signed two deals worth a combined $5.5 billion for construction projects in Africa, Xinhua reported late on Monday, as the country’s railway firms increasingly flex their muscle overseas. CRCC’s China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) unit will work on a $3.5 billion intercity
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Medical experts have hailed a malaria vaccine that will prevent millions of young children from catching the disease, which could be available in October after trial results found that it reduces number of cases by half. Researchers say the vaccine, which has just completed the final stages of testing, could
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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 14, 2015 The Health of Young African American Men Deaths in Ferguson, Missouri; New York City; Sanford, Florida; and other areas have focused international attention on young African American men. In a recent campaign, young African American men draw attention to key overlooked facts that describe their demographic: 1
