Follows us on Twitter @GoAfricaNetwork Jumia has introduced a same day delivery to its customers in Lagos, exactly two years after its major competitor, Konga, introduced a similar service in the country. According to Nicolas Martin, Jumia’s Managing Director, the online retailer’s goal is set to give customers the best online retail experience with its express service
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Follow us on Twitter @GoAfricaNetwork The municipal identification cards that New York plans to start issuing next year in an effort to make life easier for undocumented immigrants will come with an added benefit so enticing that many others may sign up for them too: an offer of free tickets or discounts at 33 of the
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Like many clinics nationwide, my surgery office recently started using electronic medical records. Headaches and glitches abound, but over all, it has been a godsend: no more lost forms, deciphering lousy handwriting or waiting endlessly for someone to “pull the chart” if you want to look up a patient. Everything’s in one centralized computer system,
Follow us on Twitter @GoAfricaNetwork The world of 3D printing on Wednesday welcomed an unexpected new player as rotary tool specialist Dremel announced it will be releasing a consumer-grade 3D printer of its own next month. Dremel’s 3D Idea Builder is an enclosed printer with a build area of 230 x 150 x 140 mm (9 x 5.9 x 5.5
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Connecting sustainable development to investments in women is critical. By Ivan R. Mugisha The International Trade Centre (ITC) has launched a new initiative expected to push for increased participation of women entrepreneurs in public procurement. The initiative is hoped will cut down on the dominance of men, who, participants at the Roundtable of the Global
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Great development here, hopefully this museum will also focus on the amazing history of science and technology in East Africa. The first Science Museum of Ethiopia, which is said to help promoting science and research in the country, has been opened Monday at the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University.
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Robin Evans said that while she does not support the senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes or President Obama she has taken advantage of the Affordable Health Care act. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Affordable Care Act allowed Robin Evans, an eBay warehouse packer earning $9 an hour, to sign up for Medicaid this year. She is being
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American automobile manufacturer Local Motors has built the Strati, the world’s first 3D printed car. The revolutionary vehicle, built by Local Motors with the help of other groups, was unveiled at the International Manufacturing Technology Show held in Chicago from Sept. 8 through Sept. 13. The Strati only required 45 hours to print. It’s a two-seater electric car able to run
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Follow on Twitter @GoAfricaNetwork NEW DELHI — The maker of one of the costliest drugs in the world announced on Monday that it had struck agreements with seven Indian generic drug makers to sell lower-cost versions of its $1,000-a-pill Hepatitis C drug in poorer countries. Gilead Sciences, the California-based drug maker, also said it will begin
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Follow me on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork HELIGOLAND, Germany — Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. And towering symbols of that drive are appearing in the middle of the North Sea. They are wind turbines, standing as far as 60 miles from the mainland, stretching as
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