Nokia to add open interfaces to its telecoms equipment

Nersa allows Eskom to claw back R13-billion in tariffs

Energy regulator Nersa said on Friday it will allow utility Eskom to recover R13.3-billion from customers for electricity supplied in the 2018/2019 financial year, lower than what the state-owned power utility had applied

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Tankers carrying Iranian fuel approach the Caribbean -data

(Reuters) – A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country’s waters on Sunday, according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking

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Saliva ban would be temporary, says ICC’s Kumble

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A recommendation banning the use of saliva to shine a cricket ball when the sport resumes after the novel coronavirus shutdown is only a temporary measure, Anil Kumble, the chairman of the International Cricket Council’s Cricket Committee, has

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Helios Towers to acquire 65 high sites in South Africa

Independent tower operator Helios Towers said on Friday that one of its South African subsidiaries, HTSA Towers — a joint venture with Vulatel — has agreed to buy 65 wireless telecommunications sites from Eagle Towers

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Angola: Huawei Maintains Investments, Services

Luanda — China's telecommunications multinational, Huawei, expressed its commitment to continue investing and making its services available to customers around the

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Flower tourism wilts under COVID-19

Since the onset of COVID-19 and the lockdown of The Netherlands until at least June 1, however, the country’s flower bulb farming sector has been severely

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Historically Black Colleges Work to Help students Amid Virus | Black Voice News

The school of 268 students helped Johnson, and others like her, despite its somewhat shaky financial condition and concerns that COVID-19 could make things

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National Black Chamber of Commerce

The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) was incorporated as The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., in 1993. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African American communities. Additionally, the organization indicates that it

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Porsches, popcorn and social distancing at Dubai drive-in cinema

With social distancing mandatory in the United Arab Emirates to help curb the spread of the virus, VOX Cinemas says viewers will be limited to two per car at the open-air venue, which opens on Sunday and can accommodate up to 75 cars at

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Uganda: Women Fear Food Shortages Will Make Coronavirus and HIV a Deadly Mix

HIV-positive women in Uganda fear for their health as food shortages leave them unable to take medication

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Icasa moves to get broadcasters out of 'digital dividend' bands

This process will enable the permanent release and awarding of the IMT (mobile telecoms) radio frequency spectrum

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Africa: Strive Masiyiwa Appointed AU Special Envoy

Zimbabwean business mogul, Strive Masiyiwa has been appointed African Union (AU) Special envoy in the global mobilization of medical test kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) for African countries during the Covid-19

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Africa: Another Subsea Cable for Internet Connectivity in Africa Debuts

China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, have partnered to build 2Africa, another submarine cable that is expected to become the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East

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Flag raising goes virtual

With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, official Independence Day celebrations, including the flag raising ceremony, are going to be observed

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LETTERS: Goodwill needed to tackle dirty coal plants

Africa and Kenya for that matter don’t have to follow the path developed nations took over 130 years ago to power their economies through coal

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Kenya: Herb Farmers Crushed By Virus Blow to Exports

Mutuma, the managing director of herb exporter Jambofresh Kenya, has reaped the benefits of a thriving horticultural sector that has become a major driver of Kenya's export

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List of ethnic groups of Africa

The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, each generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan

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Angola: Government Highlights Telecommunications Role

Luanda — The Angolan Government highlighted this Sunday the role that the telecommunications and information technology sector plays in the social context and the Angolan and world

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60 Million People Will Fall Into Extreme Poverty Due to Coronavirus According to World Bank

The World Bank Group announced 60 million people could fall into extreme poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, erasing three years of progress

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Time for new competition in telecoms market, says Opposition

THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) believes the time may be ripe for new competition in the telecommunications market, with inefficiencies in service and the increasing demand for data over voice having been brought even more sharply into focus during this COVID-19

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Meeks, Gregory W. (1953- )

U.S. Congressman Gregory W. Meeks was born on September 25, 1953 in East Harlem, New York City. He was raised in a public housing project in East Harlem and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Political Science from New York’s Adelphi University. He earned his Juris

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How Income Inequality Affects Minority Workers

It’s no secret that white households in the United States take in significantly more income than black and Latino households do, fueling racial inequality. What’s to blame for this discrepancy? It’s not just that whites work in higher paying jobs than their minority counterparts do. Even when

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Kelvin R. Westbrook

Kelvin R. Westbrook is President and Chief Executive Officer of KRW Advisors, LLC, an organization that provides strategic and general business and consulting services to companies in

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China ready to put Apple, other US firms in 'unreliable entity list': report

China is ready to put US companies in an “unreliable entity list” as part of countermeasures against Washington’s move to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies, the Global Times reported on

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Flower tourism wilts under COVID-19

Since the onset of COVID-19 and the lockdown of The Netherlands until at least June 1, however, the country’s flower bulb farming sector has been severely

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Holyfield open to third Tyson fight for charity

(Reuters) – Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield has said he is open to facing one-time rival Mike Tyson in a trilogy fight for charity on the condition that Tyson asks for the bout to be set

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Ethiopia: Hundreds of Child Weddings Thwarted in Ethiopia As Coronavirus Locks Girls Out of Schools

Ethiopia's efforts to end child marriages could be undermined by the new coronavirus

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Geography of Jamaica

Population: 2,847,232 (July 2010

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Somalia: Killing of Seven Health Workers, Shop Owner Shocks the Country

The bodies of seven health workers and a civilian were found Thursday in a village north of Mogadishu, shocking residents, local authorities and elders said

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Indian govt to decide fate of IPL, not cricket board - minister

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s sports minister today said any decision to allow the Indian Premier League to go ahead this year would be taken by the government, not the Indian cricket board, and would be based on how well the country has contained the novel

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