Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A “critical milestone” has been reached in South Africa’s plans to build new nuclear power stations, the government has said. In a statement, the government on Wednesday said the stage was now set for the preparatory stage of the procurement process that would be undertaken in line with the country’s
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The governments of Kenya and Ethiopia have signed an agreement that aims at creating opportunities for communities at the borders of the two countries, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday adding that the agreement will create stability and security. Speaking at a farewell ceremony for Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Kenya, Shemsedin
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Nest owners will now be able to adjust their thermostats with simple, spoken commands. After buying Nest Labs for $3.2 billion back in January, it was only a matter of time before Google introduced deeper integration with the popular smart thermostat. Now, nearly a year later, Nest owners will be
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A machine that administers sedatives recently began treating patients at a Seattle hospital. At a Silicon Valley hotel, abellhop robot delivers items to people’s rooms. Last spring, a software algorithm wrote a breaking news article about an earthquake that The Los Angeles Times published. Although fears that technology will displace
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork LOS ANGELES — They pushed strollers, tugged toddlers and streamed into the convention center in the heart of this city on Sunday, thousands of immigrants here illegally and anxious to find out if they could gain protection from deportation under executive actions by President Obama. The crowd, waiting in a
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Follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork HONG KONG — In China, the smartphone battle used to be Samsung versus Apple. But not anymore. Over the summer, a Chinese company, Xiaomi, took the No. 1 position in China’s competitive market and became the world’s third-largest phone maker in the process. Founded in 2010 as a lean start-up
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The redbrick bank in Weir, Kan., in a building cater-corner from the mortuary on Main Street, does not look much like a candidate for the bank of the future. Inside, an Emerson boombox with a fully extended silver antenna is tuned to KJMK, Classic Hits. The huge steel vault, from
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attached is the letter of support fro NYC Community board 10 Arts & Culture committee for the Go Africa Harlem 2015 Street Festival to be held on July 18th 2015 CB 10 A&C board approval letter for GAN Harlem event 12-3-2014
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork China Eximbank has loaned Ivory Coast around 466 billion CFA francs ($875 million) for the construction of a second container terminal at Abidjan port, the director general of the port said on Monday. Ivory Coast plans to increase capacity at the port in its economic capital Abidjan, one of the
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Russia is keen on further expanding its footprint in Zimbabwe’s business circles and has cast its eyes on agriculture, promising to set up vast equipment assembly plants at a knock down cost. There is a growing demand for agricultural produce in Russia, which is under sanctions from the European Union
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