The Medical community of Kenya

WTC Africa Initiative and Italy join hands in trade

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:52:00 +0200

Following a trade agreement reached between the World Trade Center Africa Initiative and Italy, business between Africa and Europe is set to receive a significant boost. The agreement will see business leaders from 12 African countries meet their Italian counterparts in on-site deal rooms next year, at the inaugural Afritalia Commerce Exchange.
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Fast pace of Africa's urbanisation challenge water supplies; sanitation

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:04:00 +0200

Rapid urbanisation over the last five decades is changing Africa's landscape and also generating formidable challenges for supplies of water and sanitation services says a new UN report released this week.
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SMS becomes a business, healthcare tool

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:40:00 +0200

SMS is used more in customer relationship management (CRM) in developing countries like SA than in other markets because more individuals have cellphones than internet access.
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Judging panel announced for 2011 Diageo Awards

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:37:00 +0200

LONDON: The panel of judges has been announced for the eighth Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards set to take place on 30 June 2011. The annual awards aims to encourage more prolific reporting of economic opportunities in Africa and to celebrate excellence in business journalism.
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Roundup of SxSWSA posts from the weekend

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:15:00 +0200

Here is a roundup of the posts published on sxswsa.co.za this weekend. We're over halfway through SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, but there's still plenty material in the works, so keep an eye on the blog for another few days. Also, follow @sxswsa, or the entire the #sxswsa Twitter list. [view twitterfall]
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Nedbank achieves carbon neutrality goal

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:19:00 +0200

Following Nedbank's announcement in September 2009 of its commitment to work towards carbon neutrality, it announced on 13 July 2010 that it has achieved this goal.
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Global players behind anti-counterfeit law campaign

Mon, 24 May 2010 09:14:00 +0200

KAMPALA: The international push behind Kenya's controversial Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 dates back as far as October 2006 when the World Customs Organisation held its first intellectual property rights (IPRs) seminar in Kampala, the capital of neighbouring Uganda, focusing on East African governments' enforcement of these rights.
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Kenya: Facebook group aims to tackle fake medicines

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:20:00 +0200

Kenya's pharmacy and poisons board has set up a Facebook account for people to report pharmacists who give them fake drugs. Kenyans can use the social networking site to report adverse reactions to drugs as well as suspected counterfeit drugs and unregistered pharmacies.
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KENYA: New centre brings HIV services to truckers

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:02:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: "Every trucker should know how to change a tyre and put on a condom," said Anisa Abdalla, a doctor in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, at the opening of a new "roadside wellness centre" offering HIV services to truck drivers and other transport workers.
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Burundi study says coffee harvest linked to increase in gender-based violence

Tue, 29 May 2007 11:37:00 +0200

The April-July coffee harvest period in Burundi has been linked to increases in gender-based violence and the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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