The document summarizes several news stories from Africa:
1) DRCongo and Angola set up a joint commission to resolve long-standing border disputes over offshore and onshore borders including accusations of oil theft.
2) Ethiopia's largest Coca-Cola bottler shut down due to a shortage of foreign currency, leaving over 150,000 Ethiopians affected.
3) Burundi plans to introduce an 18% VAT tax system by July 2009 to replace its current transaction tax and boost investment as it joins the EAC trade bloc.
ILEAD USA - Innovative Technology and ServicesBrian Pichman
Presentation that focuses on different innovative technologies that are extremely unique and how they could be brought into library settings, from technology that is readily available on the market to technology that may be rolling out in the future. Get a sense and feel for new age technology and feel confident that you can bring it into your community to increase circulation,patron usage, or offer more programs.
ILEAD USA - Innovative Technology and ServicesBrian Pichman
Presentation that focuses on different innovative technologies that are extremely unique and how they could be brought into library settings, from technology that is readily available on the market to technology that may be rolling out in the future. Get a sense and feel for new age technology and feel confident that you can bring it into your community to increase circulation,patron usage, or offer more programs.
NEFLIN 13: Engaging the Next Generation of Library Users Through Innovative T...Brian Pichman
This session focuses on unique innovative technologies that are readily available on the market and rolling out in the future. Engage the next generation of users by allowing these technologies to position your library as a community anchor that can provide homework assistance, social growth, and exploration of reading. Get a sense and feel for new age technology and feel confident that you can bring these new gadgets into your community to increase circulation, patron usage, or offer more programs. Through this, you will allow your patrons to learn through discovery, interaction, and collaboration and turn them into permanent library users.
IOLUG - Evolving Librarian Conference; The Evolve ProjectBrian Pichman
The presentation for the Indiana Online User Group's Conference called the "Evolving Librarian". This presentation covers the Evolve Project and what it aims to complete and do.
ILEAD USA - Engaging The Next Generation of Library UsersBrian Pichman
There are a lot of amazing concepts involving new technologies and great content to attract and retain teen users in the library. This session highlights unique services for young adult and teen patrons that librarians across the country have been implementing. Everything from new programs to new gadgets will be covered to engage your teens and attract them to your library.
Show your library as a community anchor that can provide assistance for homework, social growth, and the exploration of reading while turning them into permanent library users as they grow.
***Special Thanks to Patrick Sweeney, Justin Hoenke, Stephen Abram, and librarians from around the world for your input and conversations about ways to engage your patrons. Keep up the amazing work***
Presentation for Workshop #16:
There are a ton of great ideas out there using new technologies and great content to attract and retain teen users in the library. This workshop demonstrates how guitars, video, 3D printing, laser tag, iPhone apps, and more can be tied to programs and library use to engage teens and attract them to the library in any community. And, just as important is how to tie this to their needs for homework help, social needs, and reading. The team of presenters is comprised of on-the-ground, in-the-field teen librarians.
COMESA RISK ASSESSMENT BULLETIN
Volume 1 – N3- April 5th 2009 – Fortnightly – Published by AFRIKASOURCES, your business intelligence solution in Africa
HOT TOPICS in this edition:
• SUDAN: The 1.8-billion-dollar (1.4-billion-euro) Chinese-engineered Merowe dam has been inaugurated
• LYBIA: Libyan ex- intelligence service chief Mussa Kussa was named foreign minister
• KENYA: Kenyan Premier fights corruption and bad deals
• UGANDA: Clouds on Coffee exports
• SEYCHELLES: Security forces have deployed to outer islands of the Seychelles to fight piracy
• SWAZILAND: COSATU have called on the European Union to impose sanctions on Swaziland
And also
1. NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR
2. NUCLEAR GAMES
3. CHINA AND INDIA RIVALRY IN INDIAN OCEAN
North and West Africa have dominated gas exports to western markets. But East Africa could now become a significant gas player as Anadarko Petroleum of the United States and Italy’s Eni have discovered huge gas fields offshore Mozambique. In continuing our Focus on Africa, Daniel Brett reports for the OPEC Bulletin on what these new resources could mean for Mozambique’s economic and industrial growth.
NEFLIN 13: Engaging the Next Generation of Library Users Through Innovative T...Brian Pichman
This session focuses on unique innovative technologies that are readily available on the market and rolling out in the future. Engage the next generation of users by allowing these technologies to position your library as a community anchor that can provide homework assistance, social growth, and exploration of reading. Get a sense and feel for new age technology and feel confident that you can bring these new gadgets into your community to increase circulation, patron usage, or offer more programs. Through this, you will allow your patrons to learn through discovery, interaction, and collaboration and turn them into permanent library users.
IOLUG - Evolving Librarian Conference; The Evolve ProjectBrian Pichman
The presentation for the Indiana Online User Group's Conference called the "Evolving Librarian". This presentation covers the Evolve Project and what it aims to complete and do.
ILEAD USA - Engaging The Next Generation of Library UsersBrian Pichman
There are a lot of amazing concepts involving new technologies and great content to attract and retain teen users in the library. This session highlights unique services for young adult and teen patrons that librarians across the country have been implementing. Everything from new programs to new gadgets will be covered to engage your teens and attract them to your library.
Show your library as a community anchor that can provide assistance for homework, social growth, and the exploration of reading while turning them into permanent library users as they grow.
***Special Thanks to Patrick Sweeney, Justin Hoenke, Stephen Abram, and librarians from around the world for your input and conversations about ways to engage your patrons. Keep up the amazing work***
Presentation for Workshop #16:
There are a ton of great ideas out there using new technologies and great content to attract and retain teen users in the library. This workshop demonstrates how guitars, video, 3D printing, laser tag, iPhone apps, and more can be tied to programs and library use to engage teens and attract them to the library in any community. And, just as important is how to tie this to their needs for homework help, social needs, and reading. The team of presenters is comprised of on-the-ground, in-the-field teen librarians.
COMESA RISK ASSESSMENT BULLETIN
Volume 1 – N3- April 5th 2009 – Fortnightly – Published by AFRIKASOURCES, your business intelligence solution in Africa
HOT TOPICS in this edition:
• SUDAN: The 1.8-billion-dollar (1.4-billion-euro) Chinese-engineered Merowe dam has been inaugurated
• LYBIA: Libyan ex- intelligence service chief Mussa Kussa was named foreign minister
• KENYA: Kenyan Premier fights corruption and bad deals
• UGANDA: Clouds on Coffee exports
• SEYCHELLES: Security forces have deployed to outer islands of the Seychelles to fight piracy
• SWAZILAND: COSATU have called on the European Union to impose sanctions on Swaziland
And also
1. NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR
2. NUCLEAR GAMES
3. CHINA AND INDIA RIVALRY IN INDIAN OCEAN
North and West Africa have dominated gas exports to western markets. But East Africa could now become a significant gas player as Anadarko Petroleum of the United States and Italy’s Eni have discovered huge gas fields offshore Mozambique. In continuing our Focus on Africa, Daniel Brett reports for the OPEC Bulletin on what these new resources could mean for Mozambique’s economic and industrial growth.
Oil quests: African states looking to capitalize on their petroleum resourcesDaniel Brett MSc FRAS
Independent operators are looking to take advantage of high risk, yet high reward areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, and Somalia. Daniel Brett, writing exclusively for the OPEC Bulletin, rounds up the latest developments and challenges so far as Africa continues to develop its oil and gas potential.
Article for OPEC Bulletin
Dynamiques des investissements dans les pays riverains de la Méditerranée - I...AFRIKASOURCES
Auteur: Martin FLEURY, Jean-Philippe PAYET (Cabinet R.M.D.A pour IPEMED)
Un nouveau paradigme se met en place en s’appuyant sur les principaux ressorts du Sud que sont la main d’œuvre qualifiée et hautement qualifiée, la présence de partenaires industriels bien installés dans leurs marchés, une base infrastructurelle solide qui continue à se moderniser, l’accès à des marchés émergents, en Méditerranée et au-delà, une jeunesse enthousiaste et des régimes politiques en transition qui sont tenus d’ériger l’économie en priorité. Dès lors, il ne s’agit plus de conserver au Nord les activités nécessitant une main d’œuvre qualifiée et de délocaliser au Sud les activités nécessitant une main d’œuvre abondante et bon marché, mais d’associer la main d’œuvre qualifiée du Sud, moins onéreuse que celle du Nord, aux activités à forte valeur ajoutée. Il ne s’agit pas non plus de remplacer les emplois qualifiés du Nord par des emplois qualifiés au Sud, mais d’intégrer des partenaires ou des segments localisés au Sud dans un projet commun de croissance sur le marché européen (500 millions de personnes) et sur le vaste marché africain émergent (2 milliards de personnes en 2050).
OIF 2014 - Qui pour succéder à Abdou DIOUF ?AFRIKASOURCES
Les 29/30 novembre 2014, lors de la Conférence de Dakar, l’actuel Secrétaire- Général de l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), M. Abdou DIOUF, quittera ses fonctions après 3 mandats (soit 12 ans).
Diverses personnalités s’affrontent en coulisses pour lui succéder à ce poste prestigieux, certaines de façon officielle, d’autres encore dans l’ombre.
Is Mozambique’s 20 years of peace at risk ?AFRIKASOURCES
Political violence raises amid growing expectations for a future Gas Boom in Mozambique.
"A worst case scenario is a Nigerian-like rebellion (spilling out piracy in the Gulf of Guinea) with Mozambicans Groups attacking offshore platforms and disrupting maritime traffic in the region. But Governments of Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa have already signed a tripartite pact to strengthen maritime security in Indian Ocean and fight piracy..."
Read Afrikasources experts analysis.
Lettre au Ministre des Affaires EtrangèresAFRIKASOURCES
Le Président du Conseil Régional de La Réunion, Didier ROBERT et le Vice Président du Conseil général Roland ROBERT ont adressé une lettre au Ministre des Affaires Etrangères de la France M. Laurent Fabius. Courrier accusateur relatif à leur marginalisation durant les Rencontres pour les 30 ans de la Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI) qui se sont déroulés les 9 et 10 janvier dernier à Mahé.
Mauritius - Export made clear (by Mexa)AFRIKASOURCES
« L’avenir de l’industrie d’exportation dépendra de notre efficacité dans l’identification de marchés alternatifs pour nos biens et services », écrit la Mauritius Export Association (MEXA) dans un document intitulé « Export Made Clear » et dans lequel l’association dissèque la performance du secteur pendant le premier trimestre 2013.
Les conclusions de l’étude montrent un réel dynamisme du tissu économique domien car, malgré des contraintes spécifiques et en dépit de phases de ralentissement et de rebond plus marquées qu’en France métropolitaine, les entreprises ont maintenu un niveau de performance élevé.
An Ecosystems Approach to Water and Food SecurityAFRIKASOURCES
Recognising healthy ecosystems as the basis for sustainable water resources and stable food security can help produce more food from each unit of agricultural land, improve resilience to climate change and provide economic benefits for poor communities, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with 19 other organizations.
More: http://unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2649&ArticleID=8834&l=en
In Madagascar, donors have traditionally counted for almost half of the Government’s budget and have been, by far, the main source of funding in social sectors. Since the beginning of the crisis, official aid toward education, health and social protection surged, reaching almost US$260 million in 2010 against US$180 million in 2008. This increase failed nonetheless to improve significantly social indicators. Does it mean that (i) aid works but the country did not get enough of it to counterbalance the effects of the current political and economic crisis, or (ii) aid effectiveness has been limited and there is a need to improve its quality rather than its quantity?
Lexington Institute Study by Dr. Daniel Goure
The Rapid Equipping Force and Rapid Fielding Initiative should be programs of record to ensure that the best equipment is available should units deploy. Appropriate budgets must be set and funds made available for operational units to purchase mission specific operational equipment through rapid acquisition contractual vehicles such as the Defense Logistics Agency’s Tailored Logistics Support contract or General Services Administration contracts.
U.S. Army Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Training Manual November 2010AFRIKASOURCES
The intent of U.S. UW efforts is to exploit a hostile power’s political, military, economic, and psychological vulnerabilities by developing and sustaining resistance forces to accomplish U.S. strategic objectives. Historically, the military concept for the employment of UW was primarily in support of resistance movements during general-war scenarios. While this concept remains valid, the operational environment since the end of World War II has increasingly required U.S. forces to conduct UW in scenarios short of general war (limited war).
Article in Defense ARJ on DARPA's Command Post of the Future and its successful transition to the Army. 1/1/10
Source: http://www.darpa.mil/Docs/Greene53.pdf
AFRIKASOURCES delivers its COMESA Risks Assessment Bulletin for July 2010 #27.
Highlights:
▪ A Contested President in Burundi
▪ Djibouti solve its Border conflict with Eritrea
▪ 50th Anniversary of Independence of DR Congo
▪ Egypt looking for FDI, preferably from Asia
▪ Kenya: Country divided between YES/NO
▪ Libya: Border tensions with Sudan
▪ Referendum postponed in Madagascar
▪ Seychelles: Presidential Mission to India
▪ IMF positive Evaluation for Zambia
and much more….
El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
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‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
Here is Gabe Whitley's response to my defamation lawsuit for him calling me a rapist and perjurer in court documents.
You have to read it to believe it, but after you read it, you won't believe it. And I included eight examples of defamatory statements/
Acolyte Episodes review (TV series) The Acolyte. Learn about the influence of the program on the Star Wars world, as well as new characters and story twists.
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