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Artprice’s Annual Art Market Report 2011. Art Sales at Their Best

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:49:50 +0000

PARIS, February 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – While old economies are struggling, growth is accelerating in the BRICS countries. The five BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa- have been enjoying much stronger economic expansion than the developed countries and China’s growth in particular has profoundly modified the geographical structure of the global art market [...]

Comviva Launches its Social Networking Solution Hola! at Mobile World Congress 2012

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:32:19 +0000

Democratizes Social Networking Mobile handset diagnostic Economic pricing options – pay-per-use subscription and one time downloadable packs Mobile World Congress, Barcelona – February 27, 2012 – Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile solutions beyond VAS, today announced the launch of Hola!, a one stop shop application to access social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, [...]

Yahsat Launches New VSAT Service Based on iDirect Evolution Platform

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:22:59 +0000

New service positions provider for growth in the government, defence, energy, healthcare and financial sectors HERNDON, Va., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that YahService, the end-to-end managed satellite solutions division of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat), has launched a new [...]

UC Berkeley Alumnus Provides Water, Opportunities to Ghanaian Communities

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:16:16 +0000

Saad Karamat returns from Ghana after developing needs assessment study, maximizing Humanity First’s water project impact. Los Angeles, CA, February 26, 2012 –(PR.com)– Los Angeles resident and UC Berkeley alumnus Saad Karamat returned home on February 20, 2012 after spending nearly 2 months in Ghana volunteering with Humanity First USA. Saad was awarded a grant from [...]

African Utility Week to Address Main Challenges Facing Big Industry in South Africa

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:37:08 +0000

Johannesburg, South Africa, February 26, 2012 –(PR.com)– Rising energy prices and an ever-increasing pressure to conform to international environmental and climate change demands are some of the main challenges facing big industry in South Africa, according to Barry Bredenkamp, senior manager: Energy Efficiency at the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). He is one [...]

Enterprising Women Magazine Announces Finalists for the 2012 Enterprising Women of the Year Award

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:34:04 +0000

Twenty-Five Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs Receive Honorable Mention From International Publication Raleigh, NC, February 26, 2012 –(PR.com)– Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women magazine (http://www.enterprisingwomen.com), has announced the list of finalists receiving honorable mentions for the 2012 Enterprising Women of the Year Award, an annual recognition of the top women entrepreneurs from North America and [...]

African American Science Play Online Just in Time for Black History Month

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:29:45 +0000

African Americans have a long history of scientific inventions; this play helps expose teens to the contributions of African American scientists. Round Rock, TX, February 27, 2012 –(PR.com)– The Real McCoys Science 4 Life is a play about urban youth who do not think they need school, especially science. The play explains that the phrase, “the [...]

Summit Business Media Publications Are NEAL Award Finalists

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:23:08 +0000

NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Summit Business Media announced that its publications have been named as finalists in three categories of American Business Media’s (ABM) NEAL Awards, which will be awarded in March. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100316/SUMMITLOGO) Also referred to as “the Pulitzer Prize of the business press,” the NEAL Awards are the industry’s most prestigious and [...]

Russia and the changing world

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:39:45 +0000

By Vladimir Putin “Russia is only respected and considered when it is strong and stands firmly on its own feet. Russia has generally always enjoyed the privilege of conducting an independent foreign policy and this is what it will continue to do. In addition, I am convinced that global security can only be achieved in [...]

Savoy Label Group and South Africa’s Just Music Partner for South African Distribution, Marketing and Promotion

AfricaBusiness.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:22:50 +0000

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Savoy Label Group (SLG), which not only includes the historic Savoy Jazz label but also Denon and the top charting 429 Records, has just entered into a partnership with South Africa’s Just Music Records it was announced today by Steve Vining, President of The Savoy Label [...]