Al-Noor Charitable Agency yakusidia kuisadia Al-Noor Fm

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Jumuiya ya Al-Noor Charitable Agency, imesema kuwa inakusudia kuweka vifaa vya kisasa vya kudhibiti majanga ya moto kwa Radio Al-Noor FM, ili kujikinga na majanga hayo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Jumuiya hiyo Sheikh Nadir Mahfoudh ameeleza hayo wakati akizungumza na Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad nyumbani kwake mbweni, baada ya kupokea msaada wa kompyuta mbili kwa ajili ya Radio hiyo iliyoungua moto mwezi April mwaka huu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema kwa sasa wanaendelea na matengenezo ya studio zilizoungua moto, lakini kwa kushirikiana na shirika la umeme Zanzibar (ZECO), wanajipanga kuweka vifaa vitakavyoweza kudhibiti majanga ya moto ambayo yamekuwa yakikikumba kituo hicho cha Radio mara kwa mara.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema mbali na msaada huo wa Kompyuta, wamekuwa wakipokea misaada mbali mbali kutoka kwa wafadhili na waislamu wengine ndani na nje ya nchi, na kuleta mwelekeo mwema wa kukifufua kituo hicho kilichoungua vibaya kwa moto na kulazimika kusitisha matangazo yake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Sheikh Mahfoudh amesema wanatarajia kurusha tena matangazo ya Radio Al-Noor FM aliyopo Mtoni Kidatu Zanzibar ndani ya kipindi cha siku kumi zijazo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema hatua hiyo imefikiwa kufuatia uamuzi wao wa kujenga studio mbili za muda, ili kuruhusu matangazo hayo, hadi hapo watakapofanya matengenezo kamili ya studio zilizoungua.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Radio Al-Noor ina wasikilizaji wapatao laki tatu kwa mujibu wa tafiti rasmi, na kwamba inakuwa Radio ya mwanzo kuwa na wasikilizaji wengi zaidi kwa Radio za Kiislamu Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amewashukuru waislamu kwa michango wanayoendelea kuituo kwa ajili ya kituo hicho, na kuwaomba wazidishe ari katika kuichangia, ili iweze kurejea katika hali yake ya awali, ambapo zaidi ya shilingi milioni 80 zinahitajika kwa ajili ya kuzijenga upya studio hizo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema akizungumza kabla ya kukabidhi Kompyuta hizo, Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, amezidi kukitakia kheri kituo hicho ili kiweze kutoa huduma kama kawaida.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema bado Radio hiyo itabakia kuwa na umuhimu wa kipekee katika kutoa taaluma mbali mbali zikiwemo zile zinazohusiana na maadili ya kiislamu, jambo ambalo pia linaisaidia serikali katika kurejesha maadili mema kwa jamii.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad (OMKR)</span></div> </div>

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Huawei ipo tayari kuisaidia Zanzibar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kampuni ya Kimataifa ya mawasiliano ya Teknolojia kutoka Nchini Jamuhuri ya Watu wa China ya Huawei Technology ambayo tayari imeshafungua tawi lake Mjini Dar es salaam imeonyesha nia ya kutaka kusaidia Zanzibar kimaendeleo katika mfumo wa kisasa wa Teknolojia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Kampuni hiyo Nchini Tanzania Bwana Bruce Zhang alitoa kauli hiyo wakati wa mazungumzo yake na Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Sei Ali Iddi hapo Ofisini kwake Vuga Mjini Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Bwana Bruce alisema Kampuni ya Huawei Technologies ambayo imepanga kutumia kiasi cha Dolla Bilioni Tano { U$ 5,000,000,000 } ndani ya kipindi cha miaka mitano katika kutekeleza miradi ya mafunzo ya Teknolojia, fursa za masomo ya nje na Afya ikilenga zaidi kwa wananchi wakipato cha kawaida.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema mafunzo ya Teknolojia ya kisasa tayari yameshaanza kutolewa na Taasisi hiyo kwa kuwapatia watendaji wa makampuni yanayotoa huduma za simu sambamba na wanafunzi maskulini ili kuwajengea uwezo wa kazi kupitia mfumo wa kisasa wa mawasiliano.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alieleza kwamba miradi kadhaa ya kielimu imeanzishwa na taasisi hiyo kuwapatia mafunzo wanafunzi wa vyuo na skuli mbali mbali nchini Tanzania zikiwemo fursa za nje ya nchi pamoja na kutafuta wanafunzi wenye vipaji maalum watakaowezeshwa kujengewa uwezo zaidi wa kielimu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Tumekuwa na utaratibu wa kila mwaka ndani ya Kampuni yetu kutenga bajeti maalum kwa ajili ya mafunzo kwa wafanyakazi wa taasisi za mitandao, wanafunzi, utoaji wa vifaa kama Kompyuta pamoja na misaada katika sekta ya afya “. Alifafanua Mkurugenzi Mkuu huyo wa Kampuni ya Huawei Technologies.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha Bwana Bruce Zhang alifahamisha kwamba Kampuni yake kwa kushirikiana na taasisi za Teknolojia ya mawasiliano zimekuwa zikiendesha shindano la kutafuta mabingwa wa mitandao ya Kompyuta { ITC – Star } ili kuzalisha wataalamu zaidi katika fani hiyo muhimu hivi sasa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akitoa shukrani zake Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi aliueleza ujumbe huo wa Kampuni ya Huawei Technologies kwamba Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar hivi sasa iko katika kipindi cha mpito ikijiandaa na mfumo wa matumizi ya Teknolojia ya kisasa ya mawasiliano { E Government } katika utendaji wa Wizara zake zote.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif aliutaka uongozi wa Kampuni hiyo kujitayarisha na maombi ya miradi itakayoweza kuwekeza na taasisi hiyo hapa Zanzibar ili kwenda sambamba na Serikali katika mfumo wa matumizi hayo ya teknolojia ya kisasa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar aliuhakikishia Uongozi wa Huawei Technologies kwamba Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar itatoa kila msaada ili kuona malengo la Kampuni hiyo yanafaidisha pande zote mbili.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Othman Khamis Ame</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

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Wanamichezo bado wanafursa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Washirika wa michezo ndani na nje ya nchi bado wana fursa kubwa ya kuendelea kujitolea kuunga mkono nguvu zao katika sekta ya michezo ili kulijengea heshima nzuri ya kimichezo Taifa katika medani ya michezo Kimataifa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alisema hayo hapo Ofisini kwake Vuga Mjini Zanzibar katika hafla fupi ya kukabidhi michango uliotolewa na taasisi mbali mbali kusaidia Timu ya Wanamichezo wenye ulemavu wa akili Zanzibar wanaotarajiwa kushiriki katika mashindano ya Taifa Mkoani Kibaha hivi karibuni.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Wanamichezo hao 55 wa Zanzibar wa michezo ya riadha, soka, basketball na Volleball watajumuika pamoja na wenzao wa mikoa mbali mbali ya Tanzania Bara katika mashindano ya michezo hiyo ili kupata timu ya Taifa ya Tanzania itakayoshiriki mashindano ya Olympic ya wanamichezo ya watu wenye ulemavu wa akili Duniani yanayotarajiwa kufanyika Nchini Marekani Mwezi Juni mwaka ujao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif alisema wanamichezo wengi hapa nchini hasa wale wenye ulemavu wa akili wana uwezo mkubwa wa kuitangaza na kuipatia sifa nyingi Nchi endapo wataungwa mkono pamoja na kupatia mafunzo maalum ya kina yanayohitaji zaidi uwezeshaji.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Ulemavu sio mwisho wa kila kitu. Watu hawa wanaweza wakawa wataalamu wakubwa na wanamichezo mashuhuri wa kimataifa iwapo watafunzwa na kuandaliwa mazingira mazuri ya Kitaaluma “. Alisema Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar alizishukuru na kuzipongeza juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Taasisi, jumuiya na mashirika ya umma na hata yale binafsi yanayokubali kujitolea muda wote katika kuunga mkono sekta ya michezo hapa Nchini.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aliwashauri wanamichezo hao wenye ulemavu wa akili watakaojumuika pamoja na viongozi na baadhi ya wazazi wao katika safari hiyo kujitahidi kuendelea kupenda mazoezi kila wakati ili wajiimarishe katika kushiriki mashindano tofauti ya Kitaifa na Kimataifa na hatimae kuliletea sifa Taifa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif alielezea matumaini yake kwa wana michezo hao wenye ulemavu wa akili Zanzibar kwamba kinachowapeleka mkoani Kibaha ni kushindana na hatimae kuleta vikombe hapa Zanzibar si vyenginevyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Sina shaka kwa umahiri wa walimu wenu naamini kuwa siku ikifika tutawapokea kwa shangwe na furaha baada ya kushinda kwenye mashindano yenu yanayokukabilini muda mfupi ujao “. Alifafanua Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika kuunga mkono wanamichezo hao wenye ulemavu wa akili wanaoshiriki mashindano ya Taifa Mkoani Kibaha Balozi Seif alichangia Shilingi Laki 500,000/-, akitanguliwa na Uongozi wa Benki ya Taifa ya Biashara { NMB } iliyokabidhi shilingi Milioni 2,000,000/-, Chama cha michezo cha walemavu wa akili Shilingi Milioni 1,000,000/-.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Taasisi nyengine zilizoahidi kusaidia ni pamoja na Mfuko wa Hifadhi ya Jamii Zanzibar { ZSSF }, Mamlaka ya Uwekezaji Vitega uchumi Zanzibar { ZIPA } pamoja na Kampuni ya Azam waliojitolea kuwasafirisha wachezaji hao kwa nusu nauli kati ya Pemba na Unguja, na Unguja - Dar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akitoa shukrani kwa niaba ya wanamichezo hao Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha wanamichezo wenye ulemavu wa akili Zanzibar Saada Hamad aliihakikishia Serikali pamoja na wapenda michezo Zanzibar kwamba Timu yake itarudi Zanzibar na ushindi mzuri.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Saada Hamad alisema changa moto kubwa inayowakabili wanamichezo wenye ulemavu wa akili hapa nchini ni pamoja na ukosefu wa mafunzo ya mara kwa mara yanayohitajika kupatiwa watu hao wenye mahitaji maalum.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema Mratibu wa mchezo ya Olympic Tanzania wa mahitaji maalum kutoka chama cha wanamichezo Walemavu Amour Khamis alisema lengo la mashindano hayo ni kuwaunganisha pamoja wanamichezo wenye mahitaji maalum hapa Nchini.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Amour Khamis alieleza kwamba kupanda kwa gharama za mashindano hayo yaliyokuwa yakifanya kila mwaka nchini katika kukabiliana na hali hiyo hivi sasa yameamulika kupangwa kufanyika kila baada ya miaka minne yakizunguuka mikoa mbali mbali Nchini Tanzania.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Vijana wawili wa Zanzibar Ahmad Bakar na Haji Hamid Khatib waliowahi kushiriki mashindano ya Dunia ya Olympic ya michezo ya watu wenye ulemavu wa akili Mjini Athens Nchini Ugiriki tayari waliwahi kufanikiwa kuipatia Tanzania Medali ya Dhahabu na Fedha kwenye michuano hiyo ya Ulimwengu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Othman Khamis Ame</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

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Kuwekeza kwenye hoteli za kisasa kutasaidia kuitangaza Zanzibar kimataifa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad amesema uwekezaji wa hoteli za kisasa zenye hadhi ya Kimataifa, utaisaidia Zanzibar kujitangaza kiutalii, na kuwafanya watalii wa hadhi ya juu pamoja na viongozi wa kimataifa kushawishika kuja kuitembelea Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif ametoa kauli hiyo wakati akitembelea mradi wa ujenzi wa hoteli ya kisasa ya Grand Hyatt unaotekelezwa na Kampuni ya Dubai katika eneo la Shangani, mkabala na jengo la Mambo msige mjini Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema kwa kipindi kirefu Zanzibar imekua na upungufu wa Hoteli zenye hadhi ya kimataifa, na kwamba kukamilika kwa ujenzi huo itakuwa faraja kwa Zanzibar, hatua ambayo pia itahamasisha wawekezaji wengine katika sekta mbali mbali za kiuchumi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika ziara hiyo Mhe. Maalim Seif ameongozana na viongozi mbali mbali wakiwemo Waziri wa Ardhi, Makaazi, Maji na Nishati, Mhe. Ramadhan Abdallah Shaaban pamoja na Waziri wa Biashara, Viwanda na Masoko Mhe. Nassor Ahmed Mazrui.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akitoa ufafanuzi kuhusiana na ujenzi huo, Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Mji Mkongwe Bw. Issa Sarboko Makarani amesema ujenzi huo umezingatia viwango vya Kimataifa na umeridhiwa na Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Elimu, Sayansi na Utamaduni (UNESCO).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema hatua hiyo imefikiwa baada ya mazungumzo ya muda mrefu na shirika hilo linalojishughulisha pia na urithi wa Kimataifa, ambapo Mji Mkongwe za Zanzibar ni sehemu ya urithi huo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema hoteli hiyo itakapokamilika mwishoni mwa mwaka huu, itakuwa na uwezo wa kuwahudumia watalii wa hadhi ya juu pamoja na viongozi mashuhuri wa kimataifa wakiwemo Marais.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Bw. Makarani amefahamisha kuwa hoteli hiyo ya kisasa ambayo itakuwa na maegesho yaliyo chini ya jengo hilo (underground parking), itakuwa hoteli ya kwanza ya aina yake kuwahi kujengwa Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ujenzi wa hoteli hiyo unaotarajiwa kukamilika mwishoni mwa mwaka huu, unatarajiwa kugharimu dola milioni 35 za kimarekani, ambapo ujenzi wake tayari umefikia zaidi ya asilimia 90.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad, OMKR.</span></div> </div>

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The 16th annual Africa Energy Forum will take place in Istanbul on 18 – 20 June 2014

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">As competition increases among government stakeholders vying for investment into power sector projects across Africa, the most competitive countries will gather in Istanbul to promote stability and bankability. The need for countries to compete was highlighted at the World Economic Forum in Nigeria earlier this month, when questions were asked about the ability of some countries to attract foreign private sector investment.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In terms of investment generation for Africa, the power sector has traditionally been less attractive than elsewhere in the world. With large swathes of poor and crippling infrastructure, the market severely lacked bankability.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.africa-energy-forum.com/">However</a>, government representatives from South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Namibia, Ghana and Zambia are confirmed to showcase the transformations in investment policies and regulation with specific focus on FDI at the Africa Energy Forum . It is clear that for these nations, the credibility is there and that capturing investment is of paramount importance.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The 16th annual Africa Energy Forum, hosted with the support of the Ministry for Energy, Turkey, will take place in Istanbul on 18 – 20 June 2014. The meeting will also host energy ministers from Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Cameron, with a final confirmation pending from the Nigerian Minister of Finance and the Minister of Mines & Energy, Cote d’Ivoire.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Forum in remains a relevant and an important meeting for Africa, despite being held outside of the continent – it’s where the industry gathers to promote investment.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The event is organised by <a href="http://www.energynet.co.uk/">EnergyNet</a> and is part of a global portfolio of investment meetings, conferences and infrastructure events focused specifically on power and industrial sectors across Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of EnergyNet Ltd.</span></div> </div>

The 16th annual Africa Energy Forum will take place in Istanbul on 18 – 20 June 2014

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Orange Launches ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 Smartphone Across Africa & Middle East

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Following the extremely successful launch by Orange of the original ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI which sold nearly 250,000 in 6 months, Orange is bringing the one of the most affordable smartphones available to customers across Africa & Middle East</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">With advanced 3G and 4G networks, localised services, and affordable smartphones – Orange continues to accelerate mobile internet connections and usage across Africa & Middle East</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The smartphone, which retails from $60 with data, voice and SMS offers , makes a feature-rich Android Jelly Bean smartphone experience accessible to even more Orange customers</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.orange.com/">Orange</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> today is announcing the launch of the ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 smartphone - an affordable, feature-packed smartphone that will rapidly bring the benefits of the mobile internet to consumers across Africa and the Middle East.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This launch follows the successful launch by Orange of the original ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, which sold nearly 250,000 units across 6 months, rapidly becoming the most popular smartphone in Orange shops in African and the Middle East. One out of every five smartphones sold by Orange across Africa and the Middle East is now an Alcatel smartphone.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"The smartphone landscape is rapidly changing - with high quality smartphones becoming increasingly affordable and accessible," said Yves Maitre, Executive Vice President, Connected Objects and Partnerships at Orange. "At Orange we continue to make the internet more accessible to our customers in Africa and the Middle East by providing the best phones and tablets, on the best networks, with localised content and services at a price that is accessible for even more of our customers."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">With the ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2, Orange offers customers a full featured 3G Android Jellybean 4.2 smartphone with a 3.5”HVGA screen, dual-core 1.0 GHz processor, 2GB of memory and 512 MB of RAM. The sleek smartphone weighs in at 100g and is only 10.5mm thick.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 comes pre-loaded with the top social networks and other popular applications, and Orange customers will have access to a range of great benefits, including:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">• Orange Football Fan Club: Easily follow the news about their favourite teams and gain access to international football news. Personalise the app in order to follow your favourite teams. In-app gaming also allows you to play and bet on matches and to win prizes.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">• Orange Updates: This application brings relevant and local applications directly to customers. Orange Updates offers the possibility to access the Orange apps catalogue which has been created together with local and international partners, and allows customers to download a variety of Orange apps at no additional cost.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">• “My personal hotspot”: Access sharing across multiple screens with only one internet connection, and simply manage connections from all devices. Through ‘my personal hotspot’, in just one click the smartphone is transformed into a Wi-Fi hotspot.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">• Lookout Mobile Security: Installed on every ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 , this app provides anti-virus protection, monitors and saves data, encrypts your confidential information, and tracks the smartphone when it is either lost or stolen.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">• My Orange: With ‘My Orange’, customers can stay in touch with their Orange account, following the rate of voice, SMS, & data consumption, and recharge their account.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">• Control My Data : Allows customers to monitor their data consumption on the mobile network, Wi-Fi network and also when roaming. Control My Data notifies customers when they reach a data limit that they choose, and allows customers to block data usage by application.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ALCATEL ONETOUCH is proud to be launching the ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 with Orange, bringing the benefits of mobile internet available to even more consumers around the world.” said Dr. George Guo, CEO of TCL Communication Technology, creators of the ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2. “With our strategic partner Orange, we are committed to help everyone to explore and to create more in their daily lives.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 is available today or will be launching soon with Orange in 21 countries across Africa, the Middle East and select countries in Europe and Asia.(1)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Orange.</span></div> </div>

Orange Launches ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 Smartphone Across Africa & Middle East

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UN peacekeeping

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in collaboration with the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) and Tanzania Police Forces cordially invites the media to the wreath-laying ceremony to mark the commemoration of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, to be held at Mnazi Mmoja Heroes Grounds, on Thursday, 29 May, 2014, at 0900am.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Guest of honor at the ceremony will be the Minister of Defence Forces and National Service, Hon. Dr. Hussein Mwinyi. The theme chosen for this year's commemoration is “United Nations Peacekeeping: A Force for Peace. A Force for Change. A Force for the Future” As the world is confronted with new challenges , UN Peacekeeping is evolving to meet them, helping more people than ever through some of the most destructive conflicts.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">UN Peacekeeping is looking at how innovation and technology can help not only deliver in these challenging environments but also to offer real value for money. All in an effort to ensure our Blue Helmets are 'A Force for Peace, a Force for Change, a Force for the Future'.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The programme of the day will include a guard of honor, presentation of messages from the Government and the UN Secretary-General, wreath laying session and performances.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The annual observance of International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was established by General Assembly Resolution 57/129 in 2002. The Day is marked on 29 May each year to pay tribute to “all men and women who have served and continue to serve in United Nations Peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage, and to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace”.</span></div> </div>

UN peacekeeping

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Maalim Seif asifu utendaji wa kamati

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Na: Hassan Hamad (OMKR).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, amesifu utendaji wa kamati ya Baraza la Wawakilishi inayosimamia Ofisi za Viongozi wakuu wa Serikali kwa kusimamia vyema majukumu yake na kuleta ufanisi katika ofisi hizo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumza katika dhifa maalum kufuatia kupitishwa kwa bajeti ya Ofisi ya Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais ya Mwaka 2014/2015 huko nyumbani kwake mbweni, Maalim Seif amesema kamati hiyo imefanya kazi kubwa ya kuikosoa na kuielekeza ofisi yake hadi kufikia kupitishwa kwa bajeti hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema kamati hiyo ina wajibu mkubwa wa kusimamia ofisi hizo kiutendaji, na kuitaka kuendelea na kazi hiyo bila ya kuwaonea haya watendaji wa ofisi hizo, ili kuona kuwa zinafanya kazi kwa juhudi na ufanisi zaidi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amefahamisha kuwa usimamizi bora wa kamati hiyo ndio unaopelekea ufanisi wa matumizi ya fedha za serikali, na kuwahakikishia wananchi kuwa fedha za walipa kodi zinatumika vizuri.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha Maalim Seif amewashukuru wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi kwa kuichambua bajeti ya Ofisi yake na hatimaye kuipitisha kwa kauli moja Jumatatu iliyopita.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema licha ya bajeti ya ofisi hiyo kuwa ndogo, lakini watahakikisha kuwa wanasimamia matumizi ya fedha hizo na kutekeleza malengo waliyojiwekea kwa maslahi ya wananchi na Taifa kwa ujumla.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema akitoa salamu za kamati hiyo, Mwenyekiti wa kamati Mhe. Hamza Hassan Juma, amesema kamati yake inaridhishwa na utendaji wa Ofisi ya Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais, na kwamba imekuwa ikijifunza mambo mengi kutoka kwa watendaji wa ofisi hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amewashauri viongozi kupunguza maneno ya kisiasa, na badala yake washirikiane katika kuijenga nchi, na kuwaletea wananchi maendeleo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nae Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais Mhe. Fatma Abdulhabib Fereji amesema mafanikio yaliyopatikana katika ofisi hiyo yanatokana na mashirikiano mazuri ya kiutendaji miongoni mwa watendaji wa Ofisi hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amewashauri kuongeza bidii katika utendaji wao, ili kuhakikisha kuwa ofisi inapata mafanikio makubwa zaidi, na kuwawezesha wananchi kupata huduma wanazotarajia kwa ufanisi zaidi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kufanyika kwa dhifa hiyo ni utamaduni uliowekwa na ofisi hiyo kila mwaka baada ya kupitishwa kwa bajeti yake.</span></div> </div>

Maalim Seif asifu utendaji wa kamati

Na: Hassan Hamad (OMKR). Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, amesifu utendaji wa kamati ya Baraza la W...

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Watendaji watakiwa maiagizo yatolewayo yanatekelezwa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Watendaji wa Wizara ya Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar wana wajibu mkubwa wa kuhakikisha mawazo na maagizo yote yaliyotolewa na wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi katika kikao chao kinachoendelea wanayatekeleza kwa nguvu zao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Utekelezaji huo ndio kigezo pekee kitakachoashiria Wizara hiyo inafikia lengo liliomo katika mpango wake wa kazi za kawaida na maendeleo iliyouwasilisha kwenye Baraza la Wawakilishi wa mwaka 2014/2015 na kupitishwa na Wajumbe wa Baraza hilo bila ya vikwazo wala kubadilika.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alitoa agizo hilo katika dhifa maalum aliyowaandalia watendaji wa Ofisi yake hapo nyumbani kwake Mazizini nje kidogo ya Mji wa Zanzibar baada ya kazi nzito waliyoifanya ya kuandaa Bajeti ya Wizara hiyo na hatimae kupitishwa na Baraza la Wawakilishi bila ya matatizo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif alisema kilichokuwa kikiwakabili watendaji hao sio kazi rahisi lakini umoja na mshikamano wao wa pamoja ndio siri halisi iliyochangia kufanikisha kazi hiyo ambayo inafaa kuigwa na Wizara nyengine za Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Watendaji wa Wizara wamesikia maagizo, ushauri na hata baadhi ya makemeo ya Wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi. Hivyo kazi iliyo mbele yenu kama watendaji ni kuyatekeleza yote hayo ili kujiweka sawa na Bajet ijayo “. Alifafanua Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar aliwashukuru na kuwapongeza watendaji wote walio chini ya Wizara yake na kuwatoa hofu kwamba wako huru wakati wowote kutoa ushauri wao hata mdogo kiasi gani ambao utasaidia na kuchangia kufanikisha majukumu ya Ofisi yao kwa ujumla.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema watendaji wote wa Serikali ni sawa kwa mujibu wa taratibu na kanuni za utumishi Serikalini lakini kilichopo ndani ya utekelezaji wa majukumu ya watumishi husika ni mgawanyo wa madaraka.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Niko huru wakati wowote kushauriwa na mfanyakazi ye yote yule bila ya kuona shinda, woga au uzito wowote muhimu ilimradi atakachokishauri kitaleta faida kwa Wizara na Taifa kwa ujumla “. Alisisitiza Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mh. Mohamed Aboud Mohamed amewashukuru Wajumbe wa Kamati ya kudumu ya Baraza la Wawakilishi kwa mapendekezo yao yaliyoiwezesha Bajeti ya Ofisi na Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar kupita bila ya vikwazo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Waziri Aboud alimuhakikishia Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif kwamba watendaji wa Wizra hiyo wataendelea kumuunga mkono wakati wowote katika utekelezaji wa majukumu yao waliyopangiwa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alifafanua kwamba ukaribu wa Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar kwa watendaji na wafanyakazi walio chini ya Ofisi yake kwa kiasi kikubwa umewaondolea woga watendaji hao katika utendaji wao wa kazi za kila siku.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema Katibu Mkuu Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Dr. Khalid Salum Mohd kwa niaba ya wafanyakazi wa Wizara hiyo amempongeza Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar na Familia yake kwa uamuzi wake wa kuwa pamoja na watendaji wake katika kubadilishana mawazo baada ya kazi nzito ya Bajeti ya Wizara hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Khalid alielezea faraja yake kutokana na hamasa kubwa iliyoonyeshwa na wakurugenzi kwa kushirikiana na watendaji wote wa Ofisi hiyo katika kushirikiana pamoja iliyoondoa vikwazo katika uandaaji wa Bajeti ya Wizara hiyo kwa mwaka huu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Hamasa iliyoonyeshwa na Viongozi pamoja na watendaji katika kuandaa Bajeti yetu kwa kweli imenipa faraja na kuiwezesha Wizara kufikia malengo mazuri iliyojipangia “. Alifafanua Katibu Mkuu Khalid.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Dhifa hiyo iliyojumuisha watendaji wa Wizara ya Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar, Wajumbe wa Kamati ya Kudumu ya Baraza la Wawakilishi na baadhi ya watendaji wake pamoja na familia ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais iliongozwa na muziki laini uliokuwa ukiporomoshwa na Kikundi mahiri cha Muziki wa Taarabu asilia cha Akheri Zamani.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Muziki huo ulioongozwa na msanii nguli wa muziki hapa Nchini Matona Issa Matona uliwafanya baadhi ya watendaji hao wakijimwaga uwanjani na kupata burdani mwanana.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Othman Khami Ame</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

Watendaji watakiwa maiagizo yatolewayo yanatekelezwa

Watendaji wa Wizara ya Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar wana wajibu mkubwa wa kuhakikisha mawazo na maagizo yote yaliyotol...

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The second Data for Development challenge in Africa: Orange's big data competition for the scientific community

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="yiv4377902699MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1401260331752_5855"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A<a href="http://www.d4d.orange.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">fter the success </a><span style="font-size: large;">of the last challenge in 2013, using the technical data of the mobile network of Orange in Ivory Coast, the next Data for Development (D4D) Challenge will use data sets from Senegal. It will reward the best research projects aimed at promoting development and improving the well-being of people in Senegal. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The main goal of the challenge, which is aligned with Sonatel and Orange's development policy, is to contribute to the development and well-being of the local population. Five priority areas have been defined, and needs in each area have been expressed with the help of the relevant Ministries and partner institutions. The five priorities are healthcare, agriculture, transportation and infrastructure, energy and producing national statistics.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The challenge also aims to contribute towards achieving a more technical goal by rewarding the best work on improving algorithms for anonymisation, data mining, and data visualisation and cross-matching.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The organisers want to get local and regional theoretical and applied researchers involved in order to guarantee results in terms of education and economic development, particularly for the business ecosystem and local start-ups.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Teams can enter the competition until the of end of December 2014, and in April 2015 a jury of representatives from 13 partner institutions* will vote on the best projects. Ten prizes will be awarded in two categories:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> development and improvements to the well-being of the Senegalese people.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> methods for promoting scientific or creative work.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The competitors will be supplied with a set of technical data from Orange Senegal's mobile network, and a set of "synthetic data" based on a very detailed model of the network which simulates the activity of fictional customers whose behaviour is statistically similar to that of the real <a href="http://www.d4d.orange.com/">population</a>. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The challenge illustrates Orange's open innovation strategy and its corporate social responsibility policy, which focuses on using digital technology to promote development and progress for everyone, individuals, regions and communities alike.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Orange.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> </div>

The second Data for Development challenge in Africa: Orange's big data competition for the scientific community

A fter the success of the last challenge in 2013, using the technical data of the mobile network of Orange in Ivory Coast, the next Dat...

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African Water Week started today in Dakar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A new interactive map(</span><a href="http://www.wateraid.org/" style="font-size: x-large;">1</a><span style="font-size: large;">), published by the international development charity WaterAid , has been launched online showing that 14 African governments are on course or within touching distance of reaching the historic mark of everyone in their countries having access to clean drinking water by 2030(2).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The map has been released on the day that African water ministers and delegates arrive for the start of African Water Week(3) conference in Dakar, Senegal for crucial talks as to whether they should back a proposed new global Sustainable Development Goal(4) for universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene by the year 2030.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">WaterAid are lobbying minister and delegates at the conference for the outcome communiqué to include such a commitment.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nelson Gomonda, WaterAid’s Pan-African Programme Manager said:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“This map shows that a new water, sanitation and hygiene Sustainable Development Goal that puts Africa on track to everyone having access to these essential services by 2030 is realistic and achievable.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Many African countries are already on course to achieve this historic milestone at current rates of progress, and most others can get there with relatively modest improvements in levels of access.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Ministers at Africa Water Week conference should grasp this opportunity to set in motion a happier, healthier and more prosperous future for everyone on the continent.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The map is understood to be the first online interactive data representation project produced with a predominantly African audience in mind, which is increasingly online and social media savvy.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">According to the International Telecommunications Union, around 177 million African’s are now internet users(5), while over 50 million African’s have Facebook accounts(6).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The African Water Map shows that on average, 28 million people are gaining access to water each year across Africa, but that if this increased by an extra 17 million people, that everyone everywhere across the continent would have access to clean water by 2030(7).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Currently over a third of African’s, 325 million, lack access to clean drinking water, while over 70%, 643 million, go without basic sanitation(8).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A lack of access to these services costs sub-Saharan Africa over $50 billion USD every year in health care costs and lost productivity(9), more than the continent receives in aid(10).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nearly half a million African’s (481,000) die every year because of diarrhoea diseases attributable to a lack of access to water, sanitation and hygiene(11). A lack of access to these essential services is also understood have a substantial impact on the prevalence and mortality associated with pneumonia, and under-nutrition on the continent.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The UN has estimated that half the hospital beds in developing countries are filled with people suffering from diseases caused by poor water, sanitation and hygiene(12).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of WaterAid.</span></div> </div>

African Water Week started today in Dakar

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Orange continues to support innovation in Africa and launches its third incubator partnership on the continent

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">After the CTIC incubator in Senegal and the Ebène project in Mauritius, </span><a href="http://www.orange.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Orange</a><span style="font-size: large;"> announces the opening of the first start-up incubator in Niger. Orange Niger and its local partners* have helped to set-up CIPMEN, a small- and medium-sized business (SME) incubator designed to encourage the creation of new and innovative companies in the country.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In sub-Saharan Africa, 85% of SMEs fail within the first two years, but 80% of companies that undergo an incubation process are still operating after five years.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Supporting the creation of innovative businesses in Niger</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">CIPMEN was designed to support small- and medium-sized enterprises from their launch phase until they reach a level of maturity and turn enough profit to fend for themselves in the long term. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The purpose of CIPMEN is to help innovative SMEs grow on a market where many companies fail to see the light of day, and to bridge the gap between the informal sector and the larger national and international companies. Niger offers few suitable support mechanisms for upcoming businesses, despite the central role that companies play in creating jobs for young people, helping to form a middle class, and in creating and redistributing wealth.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The incubator will help companies in future-oriented sectors such as Information and Communication Technologies, renewable energy and the environment. The project, initiated by Orange, is a pilot program which should enable the launch of other regional initiatives in Niger.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.niamey.startupweekend.org/">CIPMEN</a> was inaugurated in late April 2014 at the first Startup Weekend held in Niamey, and during which 80 participants spent 54 hours working on innovative projects.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">innovation promoting social and economic development</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Through its network investments and its presence in emerging countries, Orange plays an important role in social and economic development in Africa. What’s more, ICT services encourage the emergence of new economic models, new segments of activity, and the development of markets and local businesses.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Orange is keen to support new ideas that result in progress for all, in particular those that create economic value at a local level. This is why Orange supports partnership initiatives that help to speed up these positive changes. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Orange has already contributed to the creation and support of the CTIC incubator in Dakar and the Ebène project in Mauritius, in addition to the organisation of Hackathons in Tunisia, Uganda and Mauritius. The Group has also set-up a specific prize designed to support African start-ups, the Orange African Social Venture Prize, the fourth edition of which was launched recently.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">These projects embody both Orange’s innovation strategy and the responsible approach it takes when addressing people’s needs in the fields of education, healthcare and farming, as well as financial and administrative services.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Orange.</span></div> </div>

Orange continues to support innovation in Africa and launches its third incubator partnership on the continent

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Serikali ziko makini katika suala zima la ulinzi

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Serikali zote mbili nchini ziko makini katika kufuatilia vitendo vinavyoonekana kufanya au kuandaliwa na baadhi ya makundi vikiashiria matukio ya kihuni yanayosababisha wasi wasi miongoni mwa wananchi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kauli hiyo imetolewa Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM Balozi Seif Ali Iddi wakati akizungumza na Wanachama wa chama cha Mapinduzi, wapenzi pamoja na Wananchi wa Jimbo la Nungwi katika mkutano wa hadhara uliofanyika katika uwanja wa michezo wa skuli ya Nungwi Mkoa Kaskazini Unguja.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif ambae pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar alisema jamii ilishuhudia matukio ya uvunjifu wa amani katika miezi ya hivi karibuni iliyolenga kuhujumu mali za Serikali, chama tawala cha ccm na hata baadhi ya mali za raia kwa visingizio visivyoeleweka.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Tunaposema hivi vikundi vya kihuni vina mkono wa Kisiasa hatusengenyi wala kuonea lakini ukweli uko wazi ni hujuma zinayofanywa na makundi hayo huelekezwa kwa mali za chama tawala na Serikali yake. Kwanini hatujashuhudia makundi hayo kuhujumu mali na ofisi za vyama vya upinzani ? “. Aliuliza Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aliwatahadharisha vijana wote nchini kujiepusha na ushawishi wa kujiingiza katika vikundi hivyo vinavyoonekana kuendesha mambo yao kwa kisingizio cha kutangaza Dini.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumzia siasa Balozi Seif alisema upinzani uliopo nchini Tanzania hadi hivi sasa bado haujaainisha nini wanataka katika mfumo wa Serikali ndani ya Mabadiliko ya Katiba mpya ya Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema Serikali ya Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania imejitahidi kadri ya uwezo wake kutoa fursa pana kwa kila mwananchi kupitia Kamati iliyoundwa kukusanya maoni ili watoe maoni yao jinsi mfumo wanaoutaka, fursa ambayo hata upinzani ulishiriki kikamilifu kutoa mawazo na mapendekezo hao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif aliendelea kuwanasihi wajumbe wa Bunge Maalum la Katiba Tanzania kupitia upande wa Upinzani kurudi ndani ya vikao vya Bunge hilo Mwezi Agosti Mwaka huu ili kukamilisha jukumu walilokabidhiwa na Umma.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema mfumo waliouchukuwa wa kuamua kutoka nje ya vikao na kuendesha mikutano ya hadhara katika maeneo mbali mbali ya nchi unawanyima haki wananchi waliowachagua kuitekeleza kazi waliyowapa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Ukweli ulio wazi ni kwamba Katiba ya nchi kamwe haitungwi kwenye mikutano ya hadhara na mfumo wa Viongozi hao wa upinzani utawanyima haki yao ya msingi wananchi “. Alifafanua Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Mnadhimu wa Baraza la Wawakilishi Zanzibar ambae pia ni Mwakilishi wa Jimbo la Magomeni Mjini Zanzibar Mh. Salmin Awadh Salmin aliwaasa viongozi wa kidini kuacha kujiingiza katika masuala ya kisiasa ambayo yanaweza kuwachanganya waumini wanaowaongoza.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mh. Salmin alisema hoja binafsi inayotajwa hivi sasa kupelekwa katika vikao vya Baraza la Wawakilishi isiwe ndio sababu kwa baadhi ya viongozi hao kutafuta chanzo cha kuleta mtafakuri ndani ya jamii.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mnadhimu huyo wa Baraza la Wawakilishi Zanzibar kupitia CCM aliendelea kusisitiza kwamba hoja hiyo ya kuulizwa Wananchi wa Zanzibar kama bado wanaendelea kuridhika na mfumo uliopo wa uendeshaji wa Serikali ya Umoja wa Kitaifa Zanzibar itawasilishwa kwenye vikao hivyo wakati ukifika.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Hoja kama hiyo binafsi iliwahi kuwasilishwa Barazani, ikajadiliwa na hatimae wananchi wakapewa fursa ya kupiga kura ya maoni na kuamua kuikubali kwa zaidi ya asilimia 60%. Kwanini sasa kuwe na wasi wasi kwa kwa kupelekwa tena hoja nyengine binafsi kama katiba ya Zanzibar inavyoelezea “. Alisema Mnadhimu huyo wa Baraza.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alifahamisha kwamba kilichopo mbele hivi sasa ni kwa wananchi kuendelea na harakati zao za kimaisha kama kawaida, lakini itakapofikia wakati wa suala hilo wao ndio watakaoulizwa na kuamua endapo bado watapenda kuendelea kuwa na Serikali ya Umoja wa Kitaifa Zanzibar au la.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika Mkutano huo wa hadhara wa Jimbo la Nungwi Wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi katika kuunga mkono sekta ya michezo walijitolea kuchangia Seti za jezi na mipira ya Soka na Netiboli kwa timu18 zilizomo ndani ya jimbo hilo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo bado thamani halisi ya gharama za vifaa hivyo vya michezo bado haikufahamika.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Othman Khamis Ame</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

Serikali ziko makini katika suala zima la ulinzi

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Maalim Seif achukuwa fomu

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katibu Mkuu wa Chama Cha Wananchi CUF Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, leo amechukua fomu ya kugombea tena nafasi ya Katibu Mkuu wa Chama hicho.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif amechukua fomu hiyo katika Ofisi za CUF zilizopo Kilimahewa Wilaya ya Magharibi Unguja, na kusindikizwa na viongozi na wanachama kadhaa wakati akichukua fomu hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumza na waandishi wa habari baada ya kuchukua fomu hiyo Mhe. Maalim Seif ambaye pia ni Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais wa Zanzibar amesema ameamua kuchukua fomu hiyo ili aendelee kuwatumikia wanachama na kufikia malengo ya chama waliyojiwekea.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amefahamisha kuwa pia ameshawishika kuchukua fomu hiyo baada ya kujitokeza kauli za kutaka kuzorotesha serikali ya umoja wa kitaifa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Amesema akiwa kiongozi wa Chama ataendelea kuwatumikia wanachama na wananchi hadi pale chama kitakapotimiza malengo yake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif amesema kwa kipindi kirefu alikua hajaamua iwapo agombee tena nafasi hiyo, na ndio maana hapo awali aliwahi kuchukua fomu ya kugombea nafasi ya mjumbe wa Mkutano Mkuu Taifa nafasi ambayo tayari ameondoa jina lake kufuatia uamuzi wake wa kugombea tena nafasi ya Katibu Mkuu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Chama hicho tayari kimekamilisha uchaguzi wa chama ngazi za Matawi na Majimbo, na hatua inayofuata ni uchaguzi ngazi ya Wilaya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumzia kuhusu tetesi za kuzorota kwa serikali ya umoja wa kitaifa Mhe. Maalim Seif amesema serikali hiyo itaendelea kuwepo kwa vile imekuwepo kwa matakwa ya wananchi walio wengi, na kwamba hawako tayari kurudi walikotoka.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ameongeza kuwa katika kipindi cha uongozi wake akiwa Katibu Mkuu wa Chama hicho kilikabiliwa na changamoto kadhaa zikiwemo za upungufu wa rasilimali, lakini akasema wamejitahidi kakabiliana nazo kuona kuwa haziathiri ustawi wa chama hicho.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kuhusu tetesi za kuwepo mgogoro kati ya chama hicho na mbunge wa Jimbo la Wawi Mhe.Hamad Rashid, Maalim Seif amesema Hamad Rashid hawamtambui kwa vile sio mwanachama wa chama hicho.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Wala sisi hatusumbui kwa sababu sio manachama wetu, yeye ni mbunge wa mahakama na wala sio wa CUF”, alisisitiza Maalim Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Pamoja na mambo mengine Mhe. Maalim Seif amesema CUF ni chama kinachofuata misingi ya kidemokrasia, hivyo mwanachama yeyote anayaona ana sifa kugombea nafasi yoyote ikiwemo ya Katibu Mkuu yuko huru kuchukua fomu na kugombea nafasi hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Maalim Seif anatarajiwa kurejesha fomu hiyo tarehe 30/05/2014, ambapo tarehe ya mwisho ya kurejesha fomu ni tarehe 10/06/2014.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hassan Hamad (OMKR).</span></div> </div>

Maalim Seif achukuwa fomu

Katibu Mkuu wa Chama Cha Wananchi CUF Mhe. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, leo amechukua fomu ya kugombea tena nafasi ya Katibu Mkuu wa Chama hi...

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Gemalto selected for Algerian ePassport

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Gemalto (</span><a href="http://www.gemalto.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Euronext NL0000400653 GTO</a><span style="font-size: large;">), the world leader in digital security, announces it has been chosen to provide the Algerian governmental agency “Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie” with its Sealys eCover for ePassports and embedded eTravel software to support the country’s ambitious ePassport program, as well as to increase its production capacity. In this program Gemalto’s technology is reinforced by its advanced production and delivery capabilities that will ensure rapid deployment of ePassports whilst enhancing traveling experience for Algerian citizens.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The embedded Sealys eTravel software is ICAO Common Criteria certified and achieves industry-leading speeds for both personalization and secure data access. As a result, the Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie will benefit from improved personalization performance and cost reduction of ePassport issuance. In addition, Gemalto’s Sealys eCovers meet the high durability and quality requirements of the Algerian program, thanks to their excellent wear resistance over the life time of the ePassport.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“We needed a reliable partner to ensure that the ePassports are delivered as quickly as possible to citizens throughout the country,” stated the Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie. “Gemalto has the global experience and service level, including redundancy production capabilities, to enable us to perform the smooth issuance of the documents in all phases of the program.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The worldwide conversion from paper identity documents to eDocuments is continuing and Gemalto expects that over 50% of passports in circulation in 2017 will embed a microprocessor,” said A. Bouzbib, Senior Vice President of Government Programs at Gemalto. “Algeria is following this worldwide trend and Gemalto’s global experience will allow the Algerian authorities to realize their goals within the shortest possible timeframe.” </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Gemalto.</span></div> </div>

Gemalto selected for Algerian ePassport

Gemalto ( Euronext NL0000400653 GTO ), the world leader in digital security, announces it has been chosen to provide the Algerian governme...

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Chukwani bingwa kombe la Muungano

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hatimae Bingwa wa Mashindano ya Kombe ya Muungano yaliyoanza kutimua vumbi tarehe 23 April Mwaka huu na kushirikisha Timu za Soka zipatazo Kumi na Moja za Jimbo la Kiembe Samaki Wilaya ya Magharibi amepatikana na kufikia hatma yake kwenye uwanja wa michezo wa Kiembe Samaki.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Chukwani United ilitawadhwa kuwa bingwa wa kombe hilo baada ya kuikung’uta New Generation ya Kiembe samaki kwa Magoli mawili kwa bila kwenye pambano la fainali ambapo mgeni rasmi alikuwa Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi akijumuika na mamia ya wapenzi wa mchezo wa soka walioshuhudia pambano hilo kali na la kuvutia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Magoli yote mawili ya Timu ya Soka ya Chukwani United yaliwekwa kimiani katika kipindi cha kwanza cha mchezo huo ambapo Goli la kwanza lilifungwa na mchezaji Khatib Abdulla lile la pili likafungwa na Mfaume Abdulla.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mchezo huo wa fainali uliweza kuleta burdani safi kwa wapenzi wa soka huku wakishuhudia kasi na ufundi wa soka ulioonyeshwa na Vijana hao wa pande zote mbili.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hadi dakika tisini za mchezo huo wa fainali zinamalizika Chukwani United ilitoka uwanjani kifua mbele kwa kupata magoli hayo mbili na New Generation hawakupata kitu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumza mara baada ya pambano hilo mgeni rasmi wa fainali hiyo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi amewapongeza vijana hao pamoja na Uongozi wa Jimbo la Kiembe Samaki kwa uamuzi wao wa kuandaa na kushiriki kwenye mashindano hayo kwa njia ya amani na salama.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif alisema mchezo wa soka hivi sasa umekuwa ukitoa ajira kubwa Kitaifa na Kimataifa. Hivyo aliwaasa Vijana hao kuendelea kufanya bidii katika kudumisha mchezo huo ili hapo baadaye mchezo huo usaidie fursa nzuri ya kuwaendeshea maisha yao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Wengi kati yenu mnatamani kuwa kama George Wheah,Tierry Henry, Ronaldinho au Messi na ndoto hiyo mnaweza kuifikia endapo mtajikita zaidi katika kudumisha mazoezi ya nguvu na nidhamu “. Alisema Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika kuunga mkono juhudi za Vijana hao wa Jimbo la Kiembe samaki za kuendeleza Mchezo wa Soka Balozi Seif amekubaliana na Mwakilishi wa Jimbo la Kiembe Samaki Mahomud Thabit Kombo kuunda udugu wa kimichezo kati ya Vijana wa Majimbo hayo mawili.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema mipango itafanywa hapo baadaye ya kuandaa mashindano ya mchezo utakayojumuisha pamoja wachezaji wa Majimbo yote mawili lengo likiwa kuimarisha urafiki na kujenga udugu wa pande hizo mbili kimichezo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumzia suala la Amani na usalama wa Nchi Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif aliwaasa vijana hao kujiepusha na vishawishi vinavyoonekana kufanywa na baadhi ya watu hasa wana siasa katika kuichezea amani iliyopo hivi sasa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema hali ya amani iliyopo nchini ndio njia ya msingi iliyowapa fursa vijana hao kuendeleza mchezo wa soka sambamba na jamii kushughulikia harakati zao za kutafuta riziki katika maeneo tofauti.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Vijana lazima mfikie pahali na kukubali kuwa wadau wakubwa wa amani iliyopo nchini na kukataa kurubuniwa na watu wenye tabia ya kutaka kuona shari inatawala wakati wote katika maeneo mbali mbali nchini “. Alifafanua Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika Fainali hiyo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif alikabidhi zawadi mbali mbali kwa washindi wa mashindano ya kombe hilo la Muungano zilizotolewa na Mwakilishi wa Jimbo la Kiembe Samaki sambamba na yeye binafsi kuongeza zawadi ya mipira miwili kwa kila Timu iliyoshiriki mashindano hayo kati ya timu 11.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Zawadi hizo zilikuwa ni pamoja na Timu shiriki zote kupata fedha taslimu, mshindi wa tatu, mshindi wa pili na mshindi wa kwanza kupewa fedha taslim pamoja na vikombe.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Halkadhalika Kipa Bora, waamuzi wa mashindano hayo, timu yenye nidhamu, mfungaji bora sambamba na Tawi la CCM Kiembe samaki na Maskani ya Kisima Mbaazi zikazawadiwa Seti ya TV na Mwakilishi wa Jimbo la Kiembe Samaki kuanza kutekeleza ahadi aliyowapa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema Mwakilishi wa Jimbo la Kiembe Samaki Mahmoud Thabit Kombo ambae ndie aliyedhamini michezo hiyo alisema Uongozi wa Jimbo hilo ulifikia hatua ya kuandaa mashindano hayo ya kombe la Muungano ili kupata mapumziko mazuri ya bunge Maalum la Katiba lililokuwa likiendelea Mjini Dodoma.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mahmoud alisema lengo la kuandaliwa kwa mashindano hayo ni kudumisha Muungano, kulinda umoja na Mshikamano miongoni mwa wananchi na hasa vijana wa Jimbo hilo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Jumla ya shilingi Milioni 5,500,000/- zimetumika katika kuandaa mashindano hayo yaliyoanza Tarehe 23 April mwaka 2014 na kushirikisha timu 11 za Jimbo zima la Kiembe samaki zikiwa katika makundi mawili kwenye viwanja vya Kiembe Samaki, Mbweni pamoja na Chukwani.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Timu hizo ni pamoja na Hebron, Buyu, Kiembe Samaki, Mbweni Star, Mbweni Kids, New Boys, New Generation, Small Ziko, Mbweni Academy, Kisima Mbaazi pamoja na Mabingwa wa mashindano hayo Chukwani United.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Othman Khamis Ame</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

Chukwani bingwa kombe la Muungano

Hatimae Bingwa wa Mashindano ya Kombe ya Muungano yaliyoanza kutimua vumbi tarehe 23 April Mwaka huu na kushirikisha Timu za Soka zipatazo...

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Balozi Seif awapongeza vijina wa CCM

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alisema uamuzi uliochukuliwa na Vijana wa CCM wa Kijiji cha Kidoti Wilaya ya Kaskazini “A” Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja wa kujiunga na darasa la Itikadi ndio njia ya msingi itakayowapa fursa Vijana hao kuielewa vyema historia ya Taifa hili pamoja na Chama chao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema ipo mikakati ya makusudi na ya muda mrefu iliyoandaliwa na watu wakiwemo baadhi ya wanasiasa ya kujaribu kuupotosha ukweli halisi wa Historia ya Taifa hasa Mpinduzi ya Zanzibar ya mwaka 1964 yaliyolenga kuwakomboa wakwezi na wakulima wa Visiwa vya Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif alieleza hayo wakati akisalimiana na Vijana wa Darasa la Itikadi wa Kijiji cha kidoti akiwa pamoja na Wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi wa Chama Tawala cha CCM walioamua kufanya ziara maalum ya Chama ndani ya mkoa wa Kaskazini unguja kuangalia utekelezaji wa ilani ya uchaguzi ya CCM ya mwaka 2010.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alisema wananchi walio wengi hapa Zanzibar ndani ya utawala wa kikoloni kwa zaidi ya karne mbili kabla ya Mapinduzi walikuwa wakikandamizwa, kudhalilishwa pamoja na kunyimwa haki zao za kimsingi madhila ambayo waasisi wa Taifa hili wakajipanga kukabiliana nayo kwa kufanya Mapinduzi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Balozi Seif alifahamisha kwamba hadi sasa wapo watu wanaojaribu kufumbia macho ukweli huu na badala yake kujaribu kueneza kasumba mbaya dhidi ya mapinduzi ya Zanzibar ambayo ndio yaliyochangia kuzaliwa kwa Muungano wa Tanzania ambao kila Mtanzania anafaidika nao Kiuchumi, kisiasa na Kijamii.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Nakupongezeni sana Vijana kwa uamuzi wenu wa kujifunza Historia ya Chama chenu pamoja na Taifa hili kwa ujumla na huu ndio uzalendo halisi mnaopaswa kuujenga nyinyi viongozi wa kesho. Naomba muelewe kwamba mtu asiyejua historia yake ajitambue kuwa ni sawa na Mtumwa “. Alitanabahisha Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM aliwatanabahisha Vijana hao 80 wa CCM wa Darasa la Itikadi Kidoti kwamba Historia ya Zanzibar ilichafuliwa na baadhi ya watu kwa kujaribu kuvuruga mfumo wa Mitaala ya Elimu lengo likiwa kuondosha kwa makusudi somo la Historia katika maskuli hapa Zanzibar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika kudhibiti mfumo na kudumishwa kwa historia ya Taifa hili Balozi Seif aliwaomba Wananchi wote nchini kuendelea kukiunga mkono Chama cha Mapinduzi katika sera yake ya mfumo wa Tanzania kuendelea kuwa wa Serikali mbili ili kulinda Historia hiyo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“ Chama cha Mapinduzi kitaendelea kuunga mkono mfumo wa Serikali mbili na huu ndio msimamo wake hata katika Mkutano wa Bunge Maalum la Katiba Tanzania litakaloendelea tena na kikao chake baadaye mwezi Agosti mwaka huu baada ya kumalizika kwa Vikao vya Bunge la Bajeti na Baraza la Wawakikishi Zanzibar “ Alisisitiza Balozi Seif.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alifafanua kwamba mikutano ya viongozi wa upinzani nje ya Bunge Maalum la Katiba ambalo ndio halali na kulazimisha rasimu ya katiba isibadilishwe ni upotoshaji wa kamusudi wa wananchi sambamba na ifinyu wa hoja zisizo na mantiki.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Katika kuunga mkono mikakati ya vijana hao wa Darasa la Itikadi la Kijiji cha Kidoti ya kujitafutia kipato na kukabiliana na maisha yao ya kila siku Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya CCM Balozi Seif aliwaahidi Vijana hao kuwachangia Vyarahani Vitano ili waelekeze nguvu zao katika kazi za amali.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nao Wajumbe wa Baraza la Wawakilishi wa Chama cha Mapinduzi walioambatana na Balozi Seif katika ziara hiyo ya kuimarisha Chama walikubali kuchangia shilingi Laki mbili ili kuwapa motisha vijana hao wa darasa la Itikadi la Kidoti.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mapema katika Risala yao Vijana hao 80 iliyosomwa na mmoja kati yao Mwajuma Juma Haji waliwapongeza Wabunge na Wawakilishi hao wa CCM kwa umahiri wao wa kutetea msimamo wa CCM wa Serikali mbili ndani ya Vikao vya Bunge Maalum la Katiba Mjini Dodoma.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Vijana hao walielezea faraja yao kuona hakukuwa na Mbunge au Mwakilishi wa Chama chao aliyeonyesha msimamo wa kigugumizi katika kuutetea msimamo wao huo kwa pamoja.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Pia waliupongeza Uongozi wa Chama cha Mapinduzi wa Wilaya na Mkoa wao kwa jitihada uliochukuwa wa kuwapatia makada wa kuwasomesha Historia ya Chama chao.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Vijana hao 80 wa Darasa la Itikadi la Kijiji cha Kidoti waliuomba uongozi wa Juu wa Chama chao kuwafanyia utaratibu maalum wa ziara za kimasomo za kujifunza kivitendo badala ya kumaliza mafunzo yao ya nadharia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Darasa hilo la Itikadi la Vijana hao wa CCM wa Kijiji cha Kidoti limeanza tokea Tarehe 20 mwezi wa Aprili mwaka 2013 na limekuwa likiendelea kwa kila Jumamosi.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Othman Khamis Ame</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></div> </div>

Balozi Seif awapongeza vijina wa CCM

Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya Taifa ya CCM Balozi Seif Ali Iddi alisema uamuzi uliochukuliwa na Vijana wa CCM wa Kijiji cha K...

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IBM Analytics and Mobile Solutions Will Ensure Medicine Availability

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400843218155_5553" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">BM (<a href="http://www.ibm.com/">NYSE:IBM</a>) today announced a collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lifesaving drugs. Supported by the World Bank, the Department for International Development, UNICEF and London Business School, Zambia’s Medical Stores Limited (MSL) will deploy a new medical supply chain pilot project using sophisticated analytics and mobile technologies to better manage medicine inventory and delivery. <br /><br />The public health sector in Zambia registers 100,000 deaths annually due to preventable and treatable diseases. The goal of the medicine supply chain management project is to save more lives by making medicine widely available when and where it’s needed. <br /><br />The Ministry of Health is introducing innovative technology to manage a scalable supply chain and control the usage, supply, availability and access to essential medicine within the Zambian health sector. The solution will provide a real-time view of drug usage and stock while analyzing data to identify trends and forecasts to prevent gaps in the medical supply chain.<br /><br />“With help from our partners, we have already introduced simple improvements in the medical supply chain that will save the lives of thousands of children across our country by 2015,”said Dr. Bonface Fundafunda, CEO at MSL. “To build on these gains, we’re working with IBM to replace our paper-based inventory system with cutting-edge technology that can pinpoint the exact locations where stocks of essential medicines are running dangerously low.”<br /><br />Using the IBM SPSS medicine supply forecast model, which takes into account local conditions such as the local rainy season, lead time and differences in each district’s demographics, MSL will be able to determine optimized distribution of drugs across an initial 2190 health centers. <br /><br />"Zambia is taking strong action to prevent avoidable deaths by testing and deploying new methods to get drugs to people on time,” said John Makumba, operations officer, Africa Health Unit at the World Bank. “Supply chains are invisible and low profile, but when they don’t work, there are terrible consequences."<br /><br />The IBM Analytics capabilities will be integrated with the IBM MobileFirst application development portfolio, enabling staff at health facilities in three Zambian districts to use mobile devices with barcode scanners to record and transmit stock and utilization details to a central inventory control system. This will ensure continued access to vital medication and enhanced understanding of the usage patterns of vital medication.<br /><br />To achieve the best availability of medicine in the health centers, the program will leverage IBM’s ILOG optimization technology to calculate the ideal composition of drug shipments based on available inventory, resources and historical usage. The transparency of the system means that each district will have a real time view of drug stock levels at the clinics and the ability to coordinate the transfer of supplies from one facility to another if required.<br /><br />“The Zambian pilot is designed to be sustainable and locally owned,” said Peter Ward, solution manager, IBM. “Our unique analytics technology can help save lives by ensuring access to safe and effective medicines where they are needed most. IBM's work to create smarter healthcare systems around the world is optimized around the patient, helping countries develop new patient-centric care models, and connecting health information through analytics." <br /><br />IBM was recently involved in a similar project to combat the number of deaths from malaria in Tanzania. Called "SMS for Life", the solution was successfully piloted in 135 villages in remote areas and has now been rolled out across the whole of Tanzania. <br /><br />“Besides potential lives saved, a digital system based on timely data could have related benefits such as lower costs, better management of scarce resources, better procurement decisions, and improved accountability throughout the supply chain,” said Jérémie Gallien, Associate Professor of Management and Operations, London Business School, who led the academic research.<br /><br />The 12-month pilot project begins this month and will free up health facility staff from providing detailed paper stock inventories, allowing them to provide meaningful health care. <br /><br />IBM has established the world’s deepest portfolio of Big Data and Analytics technologies and solutions, spanning services, software, research and hardware. Today, more than 400 IBM mathematicians and 6,000 industry solution business partners are helping clients use big data to transform their organizations. Additionally, IBM secured 1,500 Big Data and Analytics-related patents in 2013 alone, and continues to engage and build solutions and skills across a broad community of 1,000 university partnerships, 135,000 Big Data University enrollments and a worldwide network of nine Analytic Solutions Centers.<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of IBM.</span></div> </div>

IBM Analytics and Mobile Solutions Will Ensure Medicine Availability

I BM ( NYSE:IBM ) today announced a collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lif...

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Orange launches the 4th edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Following on from the success of the past three years, <a href="http://www.orange.com/">today</a> Orange is launching the 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize. A new category has been introduced for the fourth edition: the “Orange Partner" award will recognize the best project that integrates an Orange application. <br /><br /> Encouraging innovation and the use of ICT for development <br /><br />The Orange African Social Venture Prize once again rewards entrepreneurs developing products or services that use ICT in an innovative way to meet the needs of Africans in fields such as health, agriculture, education, energy, industry or trade.<br /><br />Over the past three years, more than 1,500 projects have been submitted for the Orange African Social Venture Prize reflecting the dynamism of African entrepreneurs and the potential of the telecommunications sector.<br /><br /> Supporting social entrepreneurship to accelerate development in Africa<br /><br />Operating in 18 countries in Africa, Orange serves close to 100 million customers. Given the impact that digital services can have on peoples’ daily lives, this presence means that the Group plays an important role in the continent’s economy and its future development. As a result, one of Orange’s main priorities is to improve connectivity, particularly in rural areas, and to introduce innovative mobile-based services. <br /><br />To achieve this, the Group supports entrepreneurs, small and middle-sized firms by facilitating access to finance, supporting structures for incubation and giving access to tools for digital development. Since 2010, Orange is a partner of the CTIC Dakar incubator, a reference in Western Africa in terms of ICT development. In April 2014, the CIPME Niger incubator, initiated by Orange, opened its doors to start-ups in the fields of ICT, renewable energy and the environment.<br /><br /> The 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize evolves with a special “Orange Partner” prize <br /><br />The prize will recognize four projects: three projects with grants of 10,000 EUR, 15,000 EUR and 25,000 EUR, and a new special prize of 10,000 EUR will be awarded to the finalist who presents a project using an Orange API.<br /><br />In addition, the four winners will benefit from a six-month support package from entrepreneurship and ICT experts and, the first prize will be offered a patent submission in the country of the project’s deployment.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.starafrica.com/">Once</a> again this year, internet users can vote online for their favorite project on Orange’s entertainment portal in Africa, The winner of the "favorite project" will have its project submitted to the jury along with the others finalists shortlisted by the experts and will therefore have the maximum possible chance of being among the top four winners for 2014.<br /><br /> Who can enter?<br /><br />Any entrepreneur (aged 21 or over) or legal entity that has been in existence for fewer than three years at the time of the competition may participate at no cost and with no restriction on nationality. Submitted projects must be designed to be deployed in at least one of the African countries in which Orange operates and must use information and communications technology in an innovative way to help improve the living conditions of the populations in these countries.<br /><br />Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Orange.</span></div> </div>

Orange launches the 4th edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize

Following on from the success of the past three years, today Orange is launching the 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture P...

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APO Africa Wire® has a potential reach of 600 million and guarantees the most extensive outreach in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">APO (<a href="http://www.apo-opa.com/">African Press Organization</a>)</span><span style="font-size: large;">, the sole press release newswire in Africa and the global leader in media relations relating to Africa, today announced its renewed and extended contract as exclusive supplier for press release wire distribution in Africa with <a href="http://www.dhl.com/">DHL</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">, the global market leader in the logistics industry with activities in 51 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Commenting today, Megan Collinicos, Head of Advertising & Public Relations for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, stated:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"I would like to commend the APO team on their superior customer service and quality of their media monitoring. We see our partnership with APO as a strategic one and their full service offering, right from translations, through to dissemination and compilation of the online coverage report is effortless. The coverage received is not only impressive in terms of volume, but also the number of markets it touches. DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa serves 51 countries and territories in Africa, and traditionally, it was challenging to gain coverage in a number of markets. We have a great partnership with APO which complements our extensive Pan-African presence. We have recently extended our partnership with APO, which is testament to their professionalism and ultimately, their superior service delivery".</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">DHL’s press releases are distributed via Africa Wire®, the newswire service for press release distribution and monitoring in Africa. This reaches over 50,000 journalists, bloggers and social networks, and redistributes content to more than 50 African websites, as well as to Bloomberg Terminal, Thomson Reuters, Lexis Nexis, Dow Jones Factiva, 250 million mobile subscribers in 30 countries, and more.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Used by some of the world’s largest companies, PR agencies, institutions and organisations, APO Africa Wire® has a potential reach of 600 million and guarantees the most extensive outreach in Africa, acting as a channel that allows APO’s clients to target audiences in all parts of the continent and also the world.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">APO Africa Wire® includes:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- UNLIMITED wording in English.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- UNLIMITED multimedia content at no charge.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- TRANSLATION in all languages spoken in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- TARGETED emailing to the 54 states of Africa for a Pan-African distribution. Your press release is distributed to APO database of journalists from each country covering general news.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- TARGETED emailing to all African and international journalists reporting on the industry or subject highlighted in your release.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- WEB REACH. The release is posted verbatim on APO's 50 official news website partners and more.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- SOCIAL MEDIA REACH on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Scoop.it!, RebelMouse and Repost.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- INTERNATIONAL REACH via APO's partnership with Bloomberg Professional® service (Bloomberg Terminal), Thomson Reuters professional platforms, Dow Jones Factiva, LexisNexis, Acquire Media, ProQuest, and more. The APO technology platform enhances the value of your Press releases by adding Metadata Taxonomies for News (NewsCodes used by the news industry).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- MOBILE REACH. The release is made available to 250 million mobile users in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- GLOBAL FINANCIAL COMMUNITY REACH. APO is NASDAQ GlobeNewswire Authorized Agency for Africa offering unique access to 1.5 Million financial media outlets in North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and more.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">- Various online media monitoring options in 5 working days following distribution.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"APO continues to support small and large organizations to expand their presence in all 54 economies of Africa. In fact, this is the reason why our new services have evolved proving that we are always anticipating our clients needs in Africa", comments Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, APO Founder and CEO.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div>

APO Africa Wire® has a potential reach of 600 million and guarantees the most extensive outreach in Africa

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