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“I'll be the
Presiden
t for
all
the N
am
ibian
People”
Namibia Prime Minister Hage Geingob
wins presidential elections by a landslide
T
he crushing defeat that the
Swapo Party and its candidate
Hage Geingob inflicted on their
electoral rivals in the Presidential
and National Assembly elections
has taken the ruling party to new
levels of popularity and political
dominance never seen before in
Namibia.
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Investment projects approved in
Mozambique total US$3.9 billion
World Bank Loans Refining
Policy Planning in Rwanda
398 projects approved between
January and September this year
in Mozambique represent a total
investment of US$3.9 billion, or
US$700 million more than in the same
period of 2013, the spokesman for the
Council of Ministers said in Maputo.
Henrique Banze, spokesman and
deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation, said that the approved
projects were selected from a total of
403 submitted in the period.
Cited by Mozambican newspaper
Notícias, Banze said Sofala leads the list
of provinces where most investments
were made, with a total of US$1.1
billion, followed by Cabo Delgado, with
US$1.054 billion and thirdly, the city
Maputo, with US$1 billion.
“In sector terms Transport and
Communications leads with 20.27
percent of total investment, followed
by Services and Trade, with 14.37
percent and Agriculture and Agro-
Industry, with 12.93 percent,” said
Banze adding that Aquaculture and
Fisheries, Tourism and Hospitality
and Energy were other important
areas, with a 10.82 percent share of
the total. Banze recalled that in 2013
the total amount invested in projects
reached US$3.2 billion and in 2012
this figure was just US$1.8 billion,
and the projects approved so far
this year have the potential to create
more than 33,000 jobs.
Banze also reported that in the
mining sector in the first nine months
of the year 228 licenses were
approved, both for exploration and
for extraction with Zambezia province
topping the list with 48 projects,
followed by Cabo Delgado, with 45,
and Manica and Tete, with 29 and 28
projects, respectively.
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K
PLC is totalling on
technology to magnify its
existing 2.6 million-client
base by another one million
clients and to drive its existing
electricity generation capability
from 2025 megawatts to 5000
plus megawatts by 2015.
The company strategies to
roll out electricity distribution
facilities across more areas of
Kenya as its pushes a widespread
approach to catch more demand
from under-served regions.
The fresh system will
amalgamate data from ten key
operational foundations to
deliver a single view of enterprise
data. This new infrastructure will
use innovative IBM analytics to
permit KPLC to study and relate
real time and historical data
to improved monitor business
operations and trends, and
expect future electrical needs.
This now permits KPLC teams
to access data on demand on
one dashboard compared to 10
different dashboards.
The real-time analytics can
be retrieved through cloud
computing, permitting executives
working remotely to use mobile
devices to view data pooled from
all junctions of the company.
This will make available
matchless insight into the
electricity company's operations,
and permit instant decision
making to help recover business
performance.
The new solution will also
afford superior awareness into
customer needs. Presently, KPLC
has a number of different systems
for billing, customer relationships
and matching customer
information with government
census details.
The incongruent data sources
make it problematic to collect and
conglomerate data to produce
eloquent customer insights.
The IBM solution makes
available a central repository
for various data sources and the
analytic capabilities reconcile,
correct, and quality-assess
the information to provide a
consolidated view of Kenya
Power's customers.
Based on this opinion, the
company will be able to mend the
call center experience, improved
identify customer needs and
match new services to meet these
needs.
"The analytics solution
gives us the ability to rapidly
perform complex queries on
data," said Dr Ben Chumo, CEO,
KPLC. "For example, we can
better understand the varying
needs of our customers across
different regions in Kenya based
on customer buying behavior or
manage the power grids more
efficiently in specific areas during
certain times of the day."
A full reliance on often
erratic rainfall arrays to power
hydroelectric generators has
stimulated Kenya to branch out
its energy source, with coal and
geothermal sources emerging as
new energy sources.
The Government of Rwanda
and World Bank Group have
recently engaged in two credit
arrangementstotaling$200million
to aid lift the country's public
fiscal management and upkeep
agriculture sector revolution.
With the aid of US $100million,
the Transformation of Agriculture
Sector Program (Phase 3) will
upkeep the Government of
Rwanda's deliberate ideas to
renovateRwanda'sagriculture.The
program will centre on nurturing
famer's income through branching
out of crops, better use of input to
In line with this swing, Kenya
Power is intense to comprehend
how its existing customers are
using power with a view to
rearrangement its setup to better
aid high value and essential
clients.
The new technology
enactment is expected to help
Kenya Power understand the
dynamics behind its customers'
use of power as well as instrument
power distribution monitoring on
a real time basis.
Working with its Business
Partner the Symphony Group, IBM
developed a complete solution
for Kenya Power that includes:
hardware (System z BC-12 server,
DS8870 storage, PureData for
Analytics), software (zOS, DB2,
Tivoli, Cognos, InfoSphere and
SPSS) as well as IBM services and
training.
Mr. Deon Newman, IBM Vice
President System Z, spoke about
how the conglomerate between
IBM and KPLC will help to solidify
Kenya Power powers position in
Africa.
"Kenya Power is partnering
with IBM on what is really a
landmark technology deal;
this positions Kenya Power as
one of the leading technology
institutions not just here in Kenya
but also in East Africa and Africa"
Mr Deon Newman said.
Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) have proclaimed the selection of IBM for an
automated system that will deliver a real time rank of all business processes. This will allow
Kenya Power to enforce its premeditated development plans.
combat land erosion, enlightening
irrigation, and augmented private
sector investments.
The Public Financial
ManagementandStatisticsSystems
program, with an alike funding,
will lift the government's statistical
aptitude to make evidence-based
policy decisions and expand its
planning and accounting. This
will put up to more efficient and
effective use of public resources.
It will focus on accounting,
auditing, budgeting and reporting
in both national and subnational
governmental institutions.
"Public Financial Management
and agricultural transformation
are central to Government's
development plans. It's crucial
that we are able to make evidence
based policies that will in turn have
a positive impact on our people,"
said Claver Gatete, the Minister of
Finance and Economic Planning.
Carolyn Turk, World Bank
Country Manager for Rwanda for
herpartsaid:"Oneoftheinnovative
features of this Program is that
it includes gender-responsive
budgeting, with training for
planning and budget officers to
generate national and subnational
gender statistics".
Both programs will develop
the Program for Results (PforR)
financing gadget in order to
progress the effectiveness
and efficiency of government
expenditure programs and help
build institutions and capacity
under the programs being
maintained.
PforR is one of the three
financing instruments in a four
year Country Partnership Strategy
that was signed between Rwanda
and the World Bank. Others include
Development Policy Objective
DPO-Sector budget support and
Project Modality Support.
MONDAY | DECEMBER 08, 2014

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T
he 86.7% of the votes
Geingob received in the
presidential election
outstrips the level of popularity
that both the founding President
Sam Nujoma and President
Hifikepunye Pohamba enjoyed in
Namibia's previous presidential
polls, and also shows that Geingob
has received substantially broader
support at the polls than his party
did.
At the same time, Swapo's
share of the vote in the National
Assembly election has increased
to 80% - also the highest level
of support the ruling party has
received from the Namibian
electorate.
He has received a heavy
responsibility with his electoral
victory, Geingob said in brief
remarks made after the
announcement of the election
results.
“I'll be the President for all the
Namibian people,” he said, adding
that it would be his mission to
ensure that no Namibian is left out.
ECN chairperson Notemba
Tjipueja declared the Prime
Minister as having been duly
elected as Namibia's next
President after announcing that
Geingob had scored 772 528 of the
total of 890 738 votes cast in the
presidential election.
Geingob's closest rival, DTA
leader McHenry Venaani, received
44 271 votes (4.9% of the total),
followed by RDP leader Hidipo
Hamutenya, with 30 197 votes
(3.4%).
Nujoma won the 1994
presidential election with 74.4%
of the vote, while his support
increased to 76.8% in the 1999
election. In 2005 and again in
2009, Pohamba was elected
President with 76.4% of the vote.
“Democracy remains
incomplete without losers,”
Venaani said in a short
concession speech after Tjipueja's
announcement of the results.
“Democracy is a cycle of winning
and losing.”
Namibia's democracy is safe
and sound, he said.
Addressing Geingob directly,
Venaani said: “As leader of the
official opposition-elect I will keep
you on your toes.”
By winning 715 026 of the
893 643 votes cast in the National
Assembly election, Swapo will
fill 77 of the 96 seats for elected
members of the expanded NA from
21 March next year.
While the ruling party has
risen to a new height of popularity
and dominance, opposition parties
have seen their share of the votes
in the NA election drop. The DTA
of Namibia, the All People's Party,
and the Workers Revolutionary
Party have managed to buck this
trend, though.
For the Rally for Democracy
and Progress and the Congress of
Democrats, the 2014 elections had
been a disaster.
Five years after the RDP
won eight seats in the National
Assembly with 11.3% of the vote
in the 2009 election, the party has
suffered a major setback at the
polls, with its share of the vote
falling to 3,5% (31 372 votes). The
RDP will have only three seats in
the next NA. The number of votes
that the RDP received this year is
about a third of the 90 556 votes it
had won in the 2009 election.
The CoD, which entered the
National Assembly with seven
seats after winning 10.05% of the
votes cast in the 1999 NA election,
will not be returning to parliament
next year. Its share of the vote
E
mirates and Dubai's
Department of Tourism
and Commerce Marketing
(DTCM) have launched a new global
campaign that celebrates different
facets of Dubai.
The $20 million 'See you in
Dubai' campaign, one of Emirates'
largest to date, was created in
partnership with DTCM to reach
audience across the globe, focusing
particularly on markets in Europe,
Asia, Africa, Latin America and the
Middle East.
'Dubai is a global hub and a
global destination in itself. From
Emirates' perspective, it is our
unique differentiator. Our mission
has always been to connect the
Dubai to the world, and connect
the world through Dubai,' said
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed
Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief
Executive, Emirates Airline & Group.
'Our dynamic home city is
developing apace, in line with HH
Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al
Maktoum's Vision 2020. Whether
they're new arrivals or they've been
before, visitors to Dubai will always
discover something new to enjoy
and share in the emirates.
'Last year, Dubai welcomed
Emirates Launches $20m
Campaign to Celebrate Dubai Mozambique is one of three
countries that stand out for their
growth in Africa, a continent that
will become increasingly important
in economic terms in the coming
years, according to consulting firm
Deloitte.
Africa’s gross domestic product
(GDP), according to a report just
published on the economic outlook
for the continent, is expected
to expand 50 percent by 2019,
to US$3.7 trillion, driven by the
growing middle class and an
increase in private consumption.
“An annual growth of about 8
percent would add US$1.1 trillion to
Africa’s GDP by 2019, with Ethiopia,
UgandaandMozambiqueamongthe
most rapidly expanding markets,”
the document said.
A recent report by Standard
Bank Group points to significant
growth of the African middle class
in the coming years – 40 million
homes by 2030, in 11 of the
region’s economies, but in a more
pronounced way in Nigeria.
As in the recent case of the
Benguela Railroad, funded by China
in Angola, this type of infrastructure
is removing vast regions of the
content from previous isolation by
linking production areas to markets
and creating wealth and jobs.
Deloitte said companies need
“long-term strategies” for Africa, a
continent where the business world
Mozambique among the three African
economies with highest growth by 2019
still faces legal and bureaucratic
barriers, along with growing
opportunities in tradable goods,
ranging from mobile phones to
luxury products.
“Where there are challenges,
there are also opportunities
to innovate. Given the growth
potential that the continent offers,
Africa’s business opportunities may
outweigh the risks,” the consultancy
said.Themobilephonemarketisone
that has amongst the highest growth
potential, with a total penetration
growing to an expected 97 percent
by 2017, 25 percentage points more
than current penetration.
This increase, Deloitte said, is
of over 334 million mobile phone
subscribers.
The services sector in
Mozambique is currently
experiencing strong growth,
benefiting from the growth surge
that the country is receiving,
particularly in production facilities
and export of raw materials such as
coal and natural gas.
The Economist Intelligence Unit
projects that economic growth in
Mozambique will accelerate to 7.3
percent in 2014 and 7.8 percent in
2015, driven by the coal industry
and investment in infrastructure,
but also by “strong growth” of the
telecommunications, industry and
financial services.
macauhub/MZ
more than 11 million visitors and
our aim is to continue to grow these
numbers by constantly enhancing
every aspect of Dubai's destination
offering, making our city the top
choice for all types of travellers
from across the globe. Emirates and
DTCM both continually showcase
Dubai through every possible touch
point - whether at international
and industry events, sponsorships
or through marketing campaigns.
We believe our new campaign will
contribute to enhancing Dubai's
appeal to even more visitors across
the globe.'
Across print, broadcast and
outdoor media, the 'See you in
Dubai' campaign will highlight the
familiar as well as the unexpected
experiences that Dubai has to offer,
conveying the spirit of this exciting
global city that is always evolving.
While most visitors are familiar
with Dubai's iconic landmarks such
as the Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa
and The Dubai Mall, the emirate
provides plenty more attractions
and experiences - ranging from a
host of desert activities, to beautiful
beaches and a wealth of water
sports, to a growing arts and culture
scene, and amazing cuisines that
span the globe.
The Emirates Airline Dubai
Rugby 7s, The Emirates Airline
Festival of Literature, and the Dubai
International Film Festival, to name
a few.
Modern Ghana
imploded to only 0.38% this year.
For the DTA, 20 years of
electoral decline have been halted
and reversed this year, but the
party is still far from the levels of
support it had during the 1990s.
The former official opposition,
which had two seats in the NA
after the 2009 election, in which
it scored only 3% of the vote, won
42 933 votes (4.8% of the total)
in the NA election this year. That
gives the DTA five seats in the
next NA and the status of official
opposition. The APP's electoral
fortunes have also improved since
2009, when the party won 1.35%
of the votes cast in the NA election.
After having only one member in
the NA over the past almost five
years, the APP will have two MPs
in the next NA. The party received
20 431 votes (2.3% of the total
votes) this year.
The UDF, with 18 945 votes
(2% of the total), won two seats
in the next NA (2.4% in 2009,
resulting in two seats), while
Nudo won two seats on the back
of 17 942 votes (2% of the vote,
compared to 3% and two seats in
2009).
The Workers Revolutionary
Party will, for the first time, have
members in parliament from 21
March 2015. The leftist party,
which drew 13 328 votes, has been
allocated two seats in the NA.
Although they did not win
enough votes to reach the NA seat
quota of 9 308 votes, Swanu, the
United People's Movement, and
the Republican Party have been
allocated one seat each as a result
of the system of allocating seats
to parties based on the number
of surplus votes received by the
parties. Swanu received 6 354
votes, the UPM 6 353 votes, and
the RP 6 099 votes.
About 72% of the country's
1 241 194 registered voters cast
their votes in the NA election.
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Mali is very opulent in
investment opportunities, some
of which have yet to be discovered.
The flow of Foreign Direct
Investment has been increasing
steadily over the last years.
 Agriculture: It is the footing
of the economy and therefore
remains a significant sector. It
remains the main source of
income for over 80% of the
population Mali. The land
available, predominantly proper
to agriculture, livestock and
forestry, occupy nearly 46 million
hectares. Of a total of roughly 12
million hectares of cropland, only
3.5 million hectares are currently
being exploited. The potential
of irrigable land is projected to
be more than 2 million hectares,
more than half of which can be
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F
LOURISHING ECONOMY
The enormous majority
of Malians are engaged in
farming, herding, or fishing. Cotton
and peanuts are the country's
only noteworthy cash crops, with
millet, rice, corn, sorghum, and
vegetables being the major food
crops. Agriculture and herding
have been progressively hurt by
the encroaching desert.
Mali's industries are largely
limited to the processing of farm
commodities, construction, and
the manufacture of basic consumer
goods. Gold, phosphate, kaolin,
salt, limestone, and uranium are
mined, and the country has wide-
ranging unexploited mineral
resources, including bauxite, iron
ore, manganese, tin, and copper.
Payments from Malians working
abroad are also a significant
source of income. The Manantali
Dam on the Bafing River (a Senegal
tributary) produces hydroelectric
power.
Mali’s economic freedom score
is 55.5, making its economy the
122nd freest in the 2014 Index.
Its score has reduced by 0.9 point
from last year, mostly reflecting
declines in property rights and
five other economic freedoms
that outweigh a prominent gain
in investment freedom. Mali is
graded 21st out of 46 countries
in the Sub-Saharan Africa region,
and its score is below the world
average.
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The cotton industry
epitomizes nearly 15% of GDP.
Mali is the largest cotton producer
and exporter in West Africa.
Nevertheless, less than 1% of
cotton production is managed
locally.
Consequently, despite the cost
of factors of production, the textile
industry is an investment prospect.
Since 2003, Malian textile can
be exported duty to the large US
market under the AGOA.
Mali’s sugar production is
educed from sugar cane farming
on the irrigated perimeters of
the office du Niger. The national
production is not adequate to meet
the demand. Given the prospective
extension opportunities for sugar
cane farming, the construction of
new sugar factories would allow to
meet local demand and export the
surplus to regional and European
markets.
Mali enjoys the most
significant livestock population in
West Africa. Stockbreeding plays
a vital role in Mali’s economy.
Mali has a comparative lead in
the area of skins and hides, with
a specialization index of 3.4 for
raw hides and 2.91 for tanned
hides. This is due to specialization,
predominantly in the hides of
small ruminants, and to the loyalty
of its export markets.
Mali has one the most plentiful
fisheries in the Sahel with a
potential of more than 200.000
tons. Thanks to the rivers Niger
and Senegal, Mali provides 40% of
the fresh water fish production in
West Africa.
 Mining: Accounts for a
noteworthy part of the national
economy, demonstrating 12% of
GDP. Without being an ELDORADO,
Mali was always seen as a country
endowed with an honest mining
potential. This was supported
by a large number of historical
references as well as established
artisan mining activity, which is
still being carried out.
Gold represents Mali’s primary
export and the country is the
third-biggest gold producer after
South Africa and Ghana. Mali’s
commercial mines have produced
over 10 Moz of gold since 1990,
and their measured and indicated
resources total approximately
25 Moz. There are presently
seven active commercial mining
operations in Mali: Sadiola, Yatela,
Morila, Syama, Loulo, Tabakoto
and kalana.
In addition to gold exploration
stated above, companies are also
vigorously involved in exploration
for diamonds, iron ore, base
metals, bauxite and phosphates.
 Oil & Gas: A good prospective
for oil and gas has been deep-
rooted by existence of possible
reservoirs embodied by
Ordovician sommital sandstones,
Devonian and Ordovician basal
sandstones. Upper infracambrian
quartz tic and fractured lime
stones and Cambrian and
upper infracambrian quartz
tic sandstones. Marhed in the
compression zone against the
threshold of Foum El Alba; Bouera,
a horst with E-W direction; and
Yarba, a normal anticline without
reserve faulting, with an area of
180 km2 and a vertical closing of
200 to 300 m.
The Authority for the
Promotion of Oil Exploration in
Mali (AUREP), a division of the
Ministry of Mines, Energy and
Water, is in charge of validating
oil and gas exploration and to
participate in the negotiations
of related agreements and
conventions. Since 2004, the Law
N° 04-037 and its application
decree n° 04-357, protect the
investor, guarantees investment
and allows for two types of
agreements: a production sharing
convention, and a Concession
Convention.
 Energy: Mali has a significant
potential in energy resources.
In 2006, Malian authorities
have readjusted the National
Energy Policy to make it more
coherent and efficient. Its guiding
principles are: decentralization,
liberalization, programme
approach, participatory approach,
competitiveness,crossconsistency
and public-private partnership.
The solar radiation is about
5 to 7 kWh/m2/day and is well
scattered on the national territory.
The wind speed in the Sahelian
and Saharan areas of the countries
ranged from 3 to 7 m/s, on annual
average.
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Mali AT
A GLANCE
Official Name: Republic of Mali
Capital: Bamako
Regions: Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso, Segou,
Mopti , Gao, Tombouctou, Kidal
Area: 1, 241, 238 Km
Location: Mali is located in the heart of
West Africa
Population: 15 006 372
GDP: 332 152 CFA
Growth Rate: + 2.7%
Inflation Rate: +3%
Natural Resources: Gold , Iron, bauxite,
phosphate, limestone, marble, gypsum,
rock salt. Agriculture & allied products:
cotton, rice, millet, maize, sorghum,
fishing, livestock
Export Product: Gold and cotton
Import Products: manufactured
products, goods and equipments
Reasons to Invest in Mali:
- Mali, open to the world, strategic
access point for regional and sub-
regional markets;
-The recovered stability of the Country;
-The Cultural Authenticity of the Country;
-A favorable Economic Growth;
-Business Environment continuously
improving; -A competitive legal and
regulatory framework; -Private sector
serving private sector and;
-A wide range of investment opportunities.
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is
encircled by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to
the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west.
The country's economic construction centers on agriculture and fishing. Some of
Mali's conspicuous natural resources include gold, being the third largest producer
of gold in the African continent, and salt.
M A L ILEGENDS OF GOLD PAVED STREETS

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Access Bank, Airtel Nigeria Unveil Mobile
Money Platform
Tigo Pesa returns TZS 3 Billion to customers as
first quarterly payment: The first mobile money
service in the world to pay profit to its users
FBN Bank Ghana launches MoneyGram
FBN Bank has launched its MoneyGram Service
at an impressive ceremony in Accra.
The launch signifies commencement of
MoneyGram services by FBN Bank Ghana
Limited. This is the first money transfer product
launched by FBN Bank Ghana.
Managing Director (MD) of FBN Bank, Seyi
Oyefeso said the decision to offer MoneyGram
services was one of the initiatives FBN Bank
was using to ensure easy and fast cash transfer
across the sub-region.
He added that the bank will work hard to be
the Number one MoneyGram partner bank in
Ghana. Mr. Oyefeso praised his remittance unit
for achieving a quick turnaround to launch the
service after only two weeks of training.
Regional Manager of MoneyGram
Anglophone West Africa, Mrs. Kemi Okusanya,
said MoneyGram was very glad to add FBN Bank as
a partner in Ghana.
She mentioned that customers of both
organisations will enjoy the dividends of the financial
integration and economic partnership that the two
financial brands offer across the sub-region.
Present at the ceremony were top executives
of FBN Bank and Regional Operations Manager of
MoneyGram International.
FBN Bank Ghana has 19 locations nationwide
and the new MoneyGram service will be available at
all 19 locations.
MoneyGram is an international money transfer
service that allows customers to receive remittances
from relatives from over 200 countries to meet
various personal needs. MoneyGram is available at
over 1,600 locations across Ghana.
Modern Ghana
Access Bank Plc and Airtel
Nigeria Limited have gone into a
partnership to introduce a mobile
money service known as Access
Money.
The service allows customers to
perform simple, secure and instant
financial transactions using their
mobile phones.
With the service, customers on
the mobile network can send and
receive money, make deposits and
withdrawals, pay their utility bills
and buy airtime for their lines.
In addition, it provides the
ability for customers to receive
money through agents nationwide
or through cardless withdrawals
fromanyAccessBankATMmachine.
Speaking at the launch of the
product in Lagos yesterday, Group
Managing Director of Access Bank,
Mr. Herbert Wigwe said: “Through
Access Money, we will be providing
financial access to more and more
people and small businesses;
creating an easier channel for the
distributionoffinancialaid;andalso
making it easier for government to
receive taxes and deliver welfare
payments.”Accordingtohim,Access
Bank and Airtel agreed to introduce
Tigo has announced the first of its
regular quarterly payments worth
3bn/- (US $ 1.8
million) to Tigo
Pesa users. This
payment comes
three months after
the company paid
a staggering profit
ofTZS14.25billion
(US $ 8.64 million)
accumulated in the
Tigo Pesa Trust
Account to become
the first mobile
money service in
the world to pay
the platform into Nigeria’s financial
landscape in line with the financial
inclusion initiative of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“Itissomethingthatreachesnew
groups of people and helps them to
build and grow the success stories
of tomorrow. And it’s something we
are proud to champion,” he added.
On his part, the Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer,
Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya
said his organization, as an
innovative operator in the telecoms
market was strategic in partnering
I
n a way to scoop out its bazaar share
through total quality service delivery,
Samsung Electronics West Africa
opened a new superior service centre
in Nigeria. Meant to develop consumer
brand experience, the centre assists as
a training facility for Samsung device
users as well as provides visitors with
all-inclusive lifestyle accessing services,
including on-the-spot software upgrades
and information on how to make the
best use of Samsung's smart ecosystem
by operating accessories, content and
service offerings that are accessible from
the company.
Cleverly located in the soul of Lekki,
Lagos, Samsung's new Customer Service
Plaza delivers consumers with prompt
entrance to service, repairs and enquires
on Samsung's full range of audio-visual,
mobile and computing devices in a
standalone location.
Meant to develop consumer brand
experience, the centre assists as a
training facility for Samsung device
users as well as provides visitors with
all-inclusive lifestyle accessing services,
including on-the-spot software upgrades
and information on how to make the
best use of Samsung's smart ecosystem
by operating accessories, content and
service offerings that are accessible from
the company.
The Lekki Customer Service Plaza,
the newest in the series of Samsung's
roll out of premium, ultra-modern service
centres all over Nigeria, fetches the total
number of the company's customer
service outlets in the country to 29, with
11 centres in Lagos alone.
Managing Director, Samsung
Electronics West Africa, Brovo Kim
A New Premium Service
Centre by Samsung
echoed the company's promise to
providing its customers with sound,
expedient and flawless after-sales service
infrastructure.
"Given the overwhelming support that
we have received from our customers,
we have embarked on a plan to roll out
new brand shops and customer service
centres in strategic locations across
Nigeria. Today, we are happy to deliver to
our customers our Lekki service centre,
which has been designed to meet the
latest global standards," Kim said.
He added: "We have always applied
a customer-centric approach to our
business - with us, the customer comes
first. Our customers in Lekki and its
surrounding communities can now
enjoy peace of mind and rest assured
that a service centre that can handle
both major and minor repairs for their
mobile and computing devices, as well
as their consumer electronics and home
appliances, is just around the corner".
Presenting a comprehensive range of
services alongside a state-of-the-art
inland, the new Samsung Customer
Service Plaza delivers consumers
with the finest service experience,
demonstrating Samsung's irrefutable
leadership in technology invention. The
centre is operated by highly trained
engineers and also grips genuine
spare parts for Samsung's range of
mobile devices, curved and ultra-high
definition televisions, microwave ovens,
air conditioning units and refrigerators,
among other appliances.
Access Bank in order to create an
enabling avenue for millions of
Nigerians to gain financial inclusion.
“With Access money powered
by Airtel, millions of Nigerians will
be able to make purchases, pay
for services and receive payments
by the touch of a simple button on
their phones,” added.
“We are indeed proud of our
partnership with Access Bank and
hope that many Nigerians will take
advantage of this product,” he said.
To deposit money into the
Access Money, customers were
advised to visit any authorised
agents, any Access Bank.
“Customers will receive
confirmation or notifications SMS
for transactions performed. The
service is also aimed at promoting
financial inclusion for those with no
access to formal financial services.
“This collaboration between
Airtel and Access Bank will deepen
financial inclusion and bring more
Nigerians into the formal financial
system. This will serve to support
CBN’s financial inclusion target of
80 per cent of Nigerians by 2020,”
Wigwe added.
Balancingact-africa
profit to its users. Tigo Pesa has
a subscriber base of 3.6 million
customers.
Tigo General Manager Diego
Gutierrez said “This second round
of profit disbursement shows the
company’s continued commitment
to benefit and improve the lives of
Tanzanians. The payment goes to
all Tigo Pesa users including super
agents, retail agents and individual
users of the service.”
“The first payment was bigger
due to the fact that the profit had
been accumulated over a period
of three and a half years. This
second payment is the profit
accumulated from funds held in
trust in commercial banks for
three months in the quarter July
to September 2014,” the General
Manager said.
Mr Gutierrez explained that,
as before, the average return to a
customer will vary based on their
average daily balance in their
Tigo Pesa e-wallet. This applies
to super-agents, retail agents and
individual customers.
The next installment for the
quarter of October to December
2014 will be paid out in February
2015.
Balancingact Africa

Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria

FRANKLY SPEAKING06
By kirit sobti,
editor, iat
editor@indoafricatimes.com
E
thiopian Airlines is a foremost African airline.
It has every single reason to be delighted
of itself for competing globally. The largest
airline in Africa, has recently started three weekly
flights to Doha, Qatar as of 2nd December 2014.
Ethiopian flights to Doha will bring the total number
of Ethiopian international destinations across five
continents to 84. The city will mark the 10th Ethiopian
destination to the Middle East.
With this new flight, travelers to and from Doha
will relish suitable and seamless connectivity options,
with minimum layover in Addis Ababa, thanks to
Ethiopian extensive network in Africa covering 49
destinations. Expedient connections will be available
to and from cities such as Johannesburg, Nairobi,
Kinshasa, Lagos, Accra, Dakar, Dar-es-Salaam and
Entebbe.
Amongst its achievements, I would highlight few
of them for our readers. It has been voted as the Best
Foreign Airline of the Year from Africa at the Kuala
Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) 9th Annual
Awards held on 21 November 2014.
It was entitled for the African Airline of the Yearby
the African Airlines Association at its 46th Annual
General Assembly held in Algiers between 9 and 11
November 2014. Ethiopian Airline was crowned
Airline of the Year for its extraordinary results in
2013, steady profitability, and sound strategy, which
has empowered it to forge win-win partnerships with
fellow sisterly African airlines.
They have lately proclaimed the beginning of
Mobile Short Message Service (SMS) information
system for easy access to flight information and cargo
tracking for customers starting November 21, 2014.
The service has made it stress-free than ever for
Ethiopian customers to check flight status and cargo
shipment figures by sending a mobile short code SMS
text to 8611 messaging number.
It has endorsed Ethiopian customer to check
flight availability, departure/arrival time, flight status
and cargo shipment tracking information instantly.
Persons welcoming passengers on Ethiopian flights
can now check the exact arrival time of expected
flights with simply texting 8611 with "f" followed by
the flight number or "r" followed by the route they are
expecting.
The Airline was commenced with a Pan-African
sight of linking the newly-independent countries
of the continent. It grew as Africa itself grew,
politically and economically. While most other
airlines engrossed on connecting African countries
FLY HIGH WITH
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
The strengthening of
Johannesburg to Kinshasa
routes comes in the wake
of positive load factors and
increased traffic between
the countries. Air lift
services traditionally lead
GDP in all markets and also
track the rate of increased
leisure travel, investment
and business engagement
between South Africa and
its continental peers.
Manoj Papa
Chief Executive Officer
Air Seychelles
Nico Bezuidenhout
Acting Chief Executive Officer,
SAA
Kenya’s march into the cyber age has
in some areas been nothing short of
spectacular, and a number of service
providers have of late teamed up to hold
workshops and seminars to show the
travel trade how to make the most of the
new tools, apps, and programs available
to help them build and grow their
businesses.
Only yesterday another innovation
launched when Ezy Tkt launched their
platform from which non-IATA travel
agencies can now sell on tickets with their
mark-up already built in.
The new solution has created an
instant buzz and keen interest to use
the latest technologies to stay ahead of
the competition. The system will give
subscribers access to competitive airfares
to sell onto others under their own brand
at their own convenience.
3G Direct Pay, the market leader in
Kenya for secure online settlements,
will be the payment solution for EzyTkt
so the agents can have a full package
of applications that includes the best
available payment platform. Powered by
Travelshoppe, Ezy Tkt was incorporated
in Kenya last year and is based in the new
business hub of Westlands.
Anyone with a passion of travel now
has access to the tools to start or grow
their travel business. Using the latest
technology, Ezy Tkt allows agents to book
and mark up flights to sell onto clients
and still be more competitive than any
traditional travel agent.
Ezy Tkt is part of Travelshoppe. With
over $1million US Dollars in annual
in spend Travelshoppe negotiates
discounted airfares which are 100%
passed onto signed-up agents.
All you need to do is fill our form
for registration. As soon as agents
have registered, a dedicated account
manager will make contact to answer any
questions they may have.
Ezy Tkt is the first platform of-its-kind
in Kenya, making it possible to sell travel
without Galileo or Amadeus training.
Signed up agents enjoy the flexibility
to use the platform as often or as little as
they like. There are no penalties for not
using the system.
There are no set-up costs and travel
agents can create their branded travel
agency without incurring any set-up fees.
This latest development will no doubt
pitch IATA-approved agencies against
those which chose, for whatever reasons,
not to go down that road, as competitive
fares, a key element in a client’s decision
whom to book with and whom to entrust
their money to, are now available by
using the keyboard of a computer, from
any location in fact, to do business.
Competition has always been good
for the consumer in terms of lower prices
and better services, and Ezy Tkt’s market
launch will no doubt stir up things even
more.
Eturbo News
New airline ticketing
innovation for non-
IATA agencies
Mumbai is the 6th
most populated city in the
world and represents a key
strategic addition to our
growing route portfolio. As a
popular gateway to India, we
have optimized our schedule
to offer seamless two-way
connections from Mumbai to
cities such as Chennai, Delhi
and Hyderabad, simplifying
the travel options for both
inbound and outbound
passengers.
In connecting
Africa to India
and China,
Ethiopian
Airline is
an ideal of
South-South
cooperation.
to their former colonial capitals, Ethiopian crossed
the continent, connecting Anglophone, Francophone,
Arabophone and Lusophone countries, breaking down
those false boundaries inherited from the colonial era.
Ethiopian airlines established an ethos of self-
reliance, teaching its own pilots, technicians and
crew, and also furnishing a centre of excellence where
airline specialists from across Africa could come
and gain the skills and expertise they needed. The
management refused to take the existing industry
models at face value and as a substitute developed
their own analysis of how best to build a strictly
outstanding airline. For many years, Ethiopian Airline
declined offers of partnership from bigger airlines,
assertive enough that its own business model would
outshine that of its rivals, and it should only negotiate
with other airlines on equal terms.
By a coincidence of history, Ethiopia Airlines and
the Organisation of African Union (OAU) have alike
life stories. The two institutions were born during
Africa's independence era. Both, from their inception,
embarked upon bringing Africa and Africans together:
physically and politically. Both were determined by a
vision of a combined continent.
Ethiopian Airlines predicted the flow of the
developing economies, not just in Africa, but also in
Asia and Latin America, and is now riding that wave. I
believe it is one of the first airlines to link countries
around the equator, from Brazil, through Africa, to
South and East Asia. In Brazil - the country with the
second largest number of citizens of African descent
after Nigeria - it is an icon of the rise of the global
South.
In connecting Africa to India and China, Ethiopian
Airline is an ideal of South-South cooperation. For
Africans, the Airline has become more than a concrete
asset that can carrying them around the continent
reliably and safely. It is also a symbol, an institution in
which we can take pride and an example to emulate.
The success story of Ethiopian Airlines amazes
those who question Africa's ability to run modern
institutions efficiently, profitably and sustainably.
Its record demonstrates how Africa can engage
and succeed in a globally-competitive and capital-
intensive industry.
Ethiopian Airlines is more than a business: it is
also an emblem of what is possible; a globally modest
commercial enterprise that was shaped and has
grown in Africa, combining continuity and novelty in
an extraordinarily successful mix.
Ethiopians have every reason to be proud of their
national carrier. But, across the continent and beyond,
Africans are also delighted of their continental airline.
Ethiopian Airlines is truly an African flag carrier,
an evidence to the potential of Pan Africanism. I am
assertive that as Africa continues to rise over the next
50 years, Ethiopian Airlines will continue to expand,
flourish and contribute to leading the way.

TRAVEL&tourism 07
Cities and Famous
Destinations of Mizoram
Aizwal City: The capital of Mizoram,
“The Home of the Highlanders”, is the
trademark of tribal culture. Awarded
with enormous natural beauty, it has the
meandering Tlwang River, the delicate
landscape, and peaked hills of Durtlang
assuming a natural boundary to the South
of Aizwal. The city has reputation because
of the Government Offices, State Assembly
House and Civil Secretariat. The legendary
folklores, the enthralling views make the
city a place humming with activities and
liveliness.
Lawngtlai City: This district is sharing
its boundaries with Lunglei and Saiha
Districts. The destination is a dwelling of
minor cultural tribal groups of Lai and
Chakma. Gifted with tropical climate, the
district is perfect for the wild flora and
fauna. It is enclosed with tropical wet
evergreen, mixed deciduous forest and wild
banana forests. You will simply discover
skima wallichi, Banyan tree, Gulmohar tree,
Gamari, Jarus, Champa and several kinds of
bamboos, diverse species of climbers and
numerous kinds of wild fruits.
Lunglei City: This tourist destination
has plentiful and élite flora and fauna along
with striking atmosphere. The nearby
picnic spots of Khawiva and District Park
at Zobawk attracts tourists in herds. The
tropical forests of this region shelter tigers,
T h e H o m e o f t h e H i g h l a n d e r s
MIZORAM
The cities of Mizoram are cushioned by the colossal mystic
mountains, exceptional flora and fauna and thick bamboo forests.
On the contrary of these woods are the swift hills with extravagant
green fields. The twisty river with an elegant gait and sparkling
waterfalls make up the steep atmosphere of the state. The capital city
Aizwal along with many others has prospective of thrilling tourism in
Mizoram. The government has simplify many travel packages and
holiday tours to visit this hill terrain of North East India.
wild boars, leopards, monkeys, barking
deers, sambars and elephants, and many
other migratory animals of the world. Some
rare species of birds like the hombills, pen-
pheasants, tragopans, flower-peckers, sun-
birds and the thrush family are also found
in the woods.
Champai City: This jamming
commercial city has astonishing view of
Myanmar hills. The credence goes as the
history of Mizoram starts and ends at
Champai. The amusing climate, attractive
charm, riotous rice fields and green hillocks
attract many tourists. The major tourist
attractions are Kungawrhi Puk (cave), Tiau
Lui (River), Rih Dil (Lake), Lianchhiari
Lunglen Tlang (Cliff), Thasiama Seno Neihna
(Plateau), Manghaia Lung (Memorail Stone)
and Fiara Tui. Do not miss out to check the
famous Rohdil Lake close to the town.
Kolasib City: This small travel town
is situated on the way to Silchar and Aizwal.
You will go through with the astonishing
ways of lifestyle, traditions, legends and
beliefs here. The simple people of the
district are of Mongolian breed and are
mainly into farming. The hot travel spots for
tourists are the lavish orchids, the peaceful
surroundings, Tlawng River. How about a
fishing expedition in this river.
Tourist Attractions in
Mizoram
Mizoram tourism have lot of travel
magnetisms and tourist places to visit that
makes it a perfect place for your holiday
vacations. This astonishing land has much
in store for you which you determine
when you explore it by undertaking a
Mizoram tourism. Some of the major
attractions are:
Phawngpui Hill View
Attractions: This prevalent mountains
of the state is believed as the home of God.
It offers outstanding view of sapphire
Myanmar hills. It is rich in striking
fauna, many perfumed herbs and rare
species of orchids and rhododendrons.
Being positioned on the bank of the river
Kolodyne, it has breathtaking expanse.
Phulpui Grave: This grave has a
love story of Tualvungi, a raging beauty of
her time, and Zawlpala the Phulpui chief,
that had a tragic climax.
Sibuta Lung - A Historic Stone
Sculpture: Do not miss out to visit this
historical stone portraying a fable of
revenge and seizing of relationships to
have an emotive experience.
Mangkhia Lung monument: It
is located on the boundaries of India
and Myanmar. The memorial stone
of Mangkhia is absolutely wonderful
monument.
Thangliana Lung Grave: It is a
memorial stone of Captain T.H. Lewin, the
first Englishman who visited Mizoram.
This stone is ark of his admiration and
empathy with the Mizos.
Chhingpuii Memorial: Built in
the memory of a young woman called
Chhingpuii who was exceptionally
attractive, it is situated between
Baktawng and Chhingchhip villages.
The stone memorial reminds one of the
legendary love lores of Chhingpuii and
Kaptluanga.
Suangpuilawn Inscriptions: The
magnetisms of inscriptions on the stone
slab here are obscure. It is preserved that
these inscriptions are done by the ancient
habitants of the area.
Pangzawl: This village has
association to the tragic folklore of
Chawngungi, a very gorgeous girl and
much sought for girl. Sawngkhara won
and married her. But the girl soon died
and the lad remained grieving for his
entire life.
Tomb of Vanhimailian: This
memorial tomb was erected in memory
of Vanhimailian Sailo, a great chief who
ruled over Champhai. Worth a Visit Site.
Tualchang: If you desire to see the
biggest monolith of North East India then
visit the largest rock near Tualchang
village in the eastern part of Aizawl
district.
Mountaineering and
Trekking Adventure
Mizoram is an exciting place for
adventurer Tours. Its scenery, the
mountains, the valleys, the gorges are
best matched for adventure holiday
voyages. While trekking in the region
you will come across tribes and tribal
culture and lifestyle, heavy forests,
wild orchids, extraordinary flora
and fauna, captivating views. The
rhapsodic exaltation which
you will experience here is
supreme. The places like
Champai, Phawangpui
(the Blue Mountain),
Lunglei Town
and Phawngpui
National Park are
attracts many
adventure
Budha's Image
There is an
inscribed image
of Buddha with
dancing lasses on
each side. A Tour
of this area in
North East India
is marked with
Buddhist influence.
According to one
faith the frequent
Buddhists from
the hills did the
Buddha engraving.

TALKINGTECHNOLOGY08
I
t is generally recognized
that the development of
relevant skills is an important
instrument for improving the
productivity of any developing
country. Education and skills can
open doors to economically and
socially rewarding jobs and can
help the development of small
informal-sector businesses.
Ultimately, developing job-
related competencies among
the poor, the youth and the
vulnerable is recognized as crucial
to progress in reducing poverty.
The development of job-related
skills is, therefore, not only part
of the country’s human resource
strategies but also of their
economic-growth and poverty-
reduction strategies.
The Local Enterprise and
Skills Development Programme
(LESDEP), is a specialized
employment creation programme
that seeks to provide the requisite
skills, tools and training for the
youth which eventually renders
them self-employed and self –
sufficient.
ThelatePresidentofGhana,His
Excellency John Evans Atta Mills
launched the LESDEP Programme
on the 27th April 2011 with the
aim of creating jobs and rapid
sustainable national development.
During the launch, the President
stressed on the importance of the
initiative as playing a critical role
in the Government’s efforts to
develop the human resource base
of the country, and he was very
optimistic that LESDEP would
provide the needed support for
the Small and Medium Scale
Enterprises to play an active role
in the drive for national economic
growth.
Since its inception, it has
received great support from the
Government of Ghana. Under
the auspices of the Ministry of
LESDEP
Local Government and Rural
Development and the Ministry of
Finance and Economic Planning,
the programme has made
significant strides in creating
jobs, providing the requisite
training and providing tools
and machineries for numerous
beneficiaries across the country
to kick-start their various
businesses.
In collaboration with
the Municipal and District
Assemblies, LESDEP has boosted
entrepreneurial skills among the
youth in alleviating the canker
of unemployment in the country
and instilling the urgency of self-
employment, self-sustenance and
youth empowerment.
LESDEP is definitely not
superfluous and no mere
replication of any other
programme. It is a well thought-
out, well-planned, a well-equipped
programme that will surely create
jobs that pay, to enable people be
highly skilled to be self-reliant
to be able to contribute to the
national economy.
Since its inception, LESDEP
has created a staggering number
of 2 lakhs direct and indirect jobs
with a good number of youth
benefiting in diverse ways across
Ghana from the programme. It
has repositioned itself as the
pathway to an exciting, new era
of business development and
entrepreneurship after achieving
unparalleled milestones in terms
of dispersal of technical and
entrepreneurial skills among the
youth within the country.
Mr. Timothy D. Mawulawoe
is in his sixties and hails from
the Ve community in the Volta
Region. Twenty two years ago,
he suffered from a devastating
fire incident which culminated
in the amputation of his legs. For
Timothy, all seemed lost until
LESDEP opened in the Volta
Region. Now he is extremely
proud to be in charge of a
booming business and being able
to provide for his family and most
importantly, provide employment
for other unemployed persons.
Another proud beneficiary of
the programme, Alhassan Zakaria
whoisa36yearoldmanwasoneof
the persons who took frantic steps
to register with the programme
and train under a module. He
went through the procedures,
processes and training of LESDEP,
and after a successful completion
of the training, he was provided
with the equipment he requested
for, a minivan dumper (bola taxi)
to commence his business. Mr.
Zakaria is now a proud owner of
a minivan dumper (bola taxi) that
plies along the Madina market and
its environs for refuse collection.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
• Mobile Repair Training Center;
• CADD Courses;
• Beauty Salon;
• Agro Processing and Packaging;
• Revenue Collection;
• Machine Maintenance;
• Home Appliances / Electrician;
• Machine Shops / Motor
Winding;
• OfficeAutomation/PCSoftware
and Computer Fundamentals
• Fisheries;
• Dairy Technology;
• Food Processing/Food Catering
• Construction Equipment;
• Oil Extraction and Processing
• Tailoring;
• Hardware and Networking;
• Radio and TV Repair &
Maintenance.
A PANACEA TO UNEMPLOYMENT
Understanding Youth,
Unemployment and Skills in Africa
African countries are working towards improving
the quality and skills levels of the youth. With the
increasing recognition to the activities of LESDEP,
it is enhancing competitiveness and contributing
to social inclusion, decent employment, and
poverty reduction in many African countries.

TRYSOMETHINGNEW 09
Ingredients
 2 tablespoons olive oil
 1 lb lean lamb, cut into 1/2 - 3/4 inch cubes
 Salt, to taste
 Pepper, to taste
 8 cups chicken broth
 1 cup lentils
 1 medium onion, minced
 1 carrot, scraped, and finely chopped
 1 garlic clove, minced
 2 tablespoons butter
 1/4 teaspoon cumin
 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
 1 cup orzo pasta
Prepration Method
1. Rinse the lentils, place in a large pan and
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THOUGHT OF
THE WEEK
IUTAM Symposium on
Multiphase Flows with
Phase Change Challenges
and Opportunities
It is organized by the Indian
Institute of Technology. The
conference will cover areas
like condensers, distillation
columns, and nuclear reactors.
Some prominent speakers
include Prof. S. Balachandar
, Prof. Marianne M. Francois,
Prof. Ross Griffiths, Prof.
Ellen Longmire, Prof. Amala
Mahadevan.
Date: 08-11 Dec 2014
Venue: LAHARI RESORTS,
Hyderabad, India
The International
Conference on Utility and
Cloud Computing
It is organized by the University
of Derby. The conference will
cover areas like High Utility with
Cloud services can already be
achieved for compute, storage
and communication resources
but also for hosted software
and data.
Date: 08-11 Dec 2014
Venue: Hilton London Paddington
Hotel, Chennai, India
Inclusive Finance India
Summit
It is organized by the ACCESS
Development Services. The
like issues related to Financial
Inclusion, Financial Education
and Financial Stability, and
build a Financial Inclusion
Vision 2020.
Date: 08-09 Dec 2014
Venue: The Ashok, New Delhi,
India
India International
Conference on Power
Electronics
It is organized by the IEEE
Advancing Technology For
Humanity.
Date: 08-10 Dec 2014
Venue: National Institute of
Technology, Kurukshetra, India
International
Conference on Plasma
Nanotechnology
It is organized by the Mahatma
Gandhi University. The
like This Conference Will Be
Immensely Rewarding for
Every Scientist, Researcher
and Students Alike as It Is
Being Organized Together with
the 29th National Symposium
Plasma Science Technology.
The Conference Will Hence Be
Attended by More than 500
Delegates Prominen.
Date: 08-11 Dec 2014
Venue: School of Environmental
Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam, India
India HCI
It is organized by the
Instrument Design
Development Centre, IITD. The
like To capture the current
transition from computers
at the desk to all kinds of
handheld computing devices.
Date: 08-09 Dec 2014
Venue: IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
The Global President, Panasonic Corporation, Mr. Kazuhiro Tsuga calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi,
in New Delhi on December 04, 2014.
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picture of the week
cover with water, soak for 2 hours, drain.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan.
3. Add the lamb cubes, season with salt and
pepper and brown them.
4. Add one-half of the broth, cover and simmer
for 30 minutes or until the lamb is tender but
still slightly underdone.
5. Stir in the lentils and remaining broth and
simmer 15 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, saute the onion, carrot and garlic
in the butter until soft.
7. Sprinkle onion mixture with the cumin and
cinnamon.
8. Add the onion mixture and orzo to the pot.
9. Cover and keeping lid ajar, simmer 10 minutes
or until the lamb and lentils are cooked and
the pasta is al dente.
Start your day with this hearty soup
1. Cures a fever
Tulsi has very potent germicidal,
fungicidal, anti-bacterial and anti-
biotic properties that are great for
resolving fevers. It has the potential to
cure any fever right from those caused
due to common infections to those
caused due to malaria as well.
2. Beats diabetes
Leaves of holy basil are packed with
antioxidants and essential oils that
produce eugenol, methyl eugenol
and caryophyllene. Collectively these
substances help the pancreatic beta
cells (cells that store and release
insulin) function properly. This in turn
helps increase sensitivity to insulin.
Lowering one’s blood sugar and
treating diabetes effectively.
3. Protects the heart
Tulsi has a powerful anti-oxidant
component called Eugenol. This
compound helps protect the heart
by keeping one’s blood pressure
under control and lowering his/her
cholesterol levels. Chewing a few
leaves of tulsi on an empty stomach
everyday can both prevent and protect
any heart ailments.
4. Beats stress
The leaf also has powerful adaptogen
properties (also known as anti-stress
Petroleum jelly lip balm
For a basic lip balm you could use safe
ingredients like petroleum jelly, food
colour for that tinge and any preferred
juice or extract for a natural flavour.
Steps: Take a scoop or two from
some petroleum jelly and put it in
microwave bowl. To this add some
juice of any preferred flavour. You could
squeeze in some fresh strawberries
or even orange or opt for some rose
extract and blend it well with the jelly.
You could add some food colour if you
prefer to. Heat this mixture for less than
a minute and put it in a tin container
or any spare face cream bottles if you
have them. You can apply this on the
lips as and when required.
Honey, coconut oil and
essential oil lip balm
Honey and coconut are exceptionally
mositurising and ensure that your
lips stay hydrated. These are key
ingredients that will enhance your lip’s
health. Besides, a few drops of coconut
oil will help keep the moisture in your
lips well intact just the way petroleum
jelly does. This lip balm will also prove
beneficial with the vitamin E content
agents). It helps sooth the nerves,
regulates blood circulation and beats
free radicals that are produced during an
episode of stress. People who have high
stress jobs can chew about 12 leaves of
tulsi twice a day to beat stress naturally.
5. Dissolves kidney stones
The holy basil being a great diuretic
and detoxifier is great for the kidneys.
Tulsi helps reduce the uric acid levels
in the blood helps cleanse the kidneys,
the presence of acetic acid and other
components in its essential oils helps
in breaking down kidney stones and its
painkiller effect helps dull down the pain
of kidney stones.
6. Beats cancer
With strong anti-oxidant and anti-
carcinogenic properties tulsi has been
found to help stop the progression of
breast cancer and oral cancer (caused
due to chewing tobacco). This is
because its compounds restrict the flow
of blood to the tumour by attacking the
blood vessels supplying it. Have the
extract of tulsi every day to keep these
conditions at bay.
7. Helps to quit smoking
Tulsi is known to have very strong anti-
stress compounds and is great to help
one quit smoking. It helps by lowering
the stress that may be involved in trying
to quit smoking, or stress that leads to
the urge to smoke. It also has a cooling
effect on the throat just like menthol
drops and helps control the urge to
smoke by allowing the person to chew
on something.
Algerian Lamb and Lentil Soup
Health
benefits of
tulsi (Basil)
Leaves
easy ways to
make natural lip
balm at home
Buildings in Tunisia
normally have fish bones
embedded in them to
ward off evil spirits.
7 4 in the form of capsules. The vitamin E
which is packed with antioxidants frees
the skin of any impurities and cleanses
it well.
Steps: For this lip balm, you will
need 1 tablespoon of virgin coconut oil,
beeswax, some honey and any preferred
essential oil. First, heat a boiler with
grated beeswax and add the rest of the
ingredients once the wax has melted.
Put in 2 of the vitamin capsules into the
hot mix. Pour in this mixture into a tin
container which would be convenient for
you to use. Apply the balm once it has
cooled down.
Lemon lip balm
Lemon is a great ingredient usually used
for skin lightening due to the presence of
citric acid. Hence, it would work wonders
as a lip balm in combination with
olive and coconut oil which are highly
nourishing and moisturising ingredients
as well.
Steps: For this type of lip balm, first
heat 1 tablespoon of beeswax in a boiling
pan on medium heat. Then once the wax
begins to liquidise, add 2 tablespoon
of olive oil, coconut oil and 5 drops of
lemon and lime essential oils. Pour all
these ingredients on a medium-high heat
and slowly reduce it to lower heat setting.
Once done, pour it into a preferred
container and let it cool. Apply on lips to
protect them in the winter months.

THEFASHIONISTAS10

Hon. Dzifa Gomashie, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative
T
hrill, surprise and amazement. That is the mood that greeted guests at the
official launch of Ansoni Luxury Events.
The newest entrant on the local private and corporate events scene
treated guests to a colorful cocktail do, at the Rubangura Luxury Apartments in
Kimihurura.
The event that was supposed to kick off at 7p.m did not, until much later—
owing to a slight drizzle. Amidst the rain, the Ansoni Luxury Events team bravely
went about their work, lighting candles and bon fires, ushering in guests, serving
drinks and nibbles and sprinkling flowers on the floor.
Welcoming in guests and serving drinks and bites were beautiful ladies dressed
in red, black and white evening dresses with wing-like extensions at the back.
When the drizzle subsided, the owner, Nicole Ansoni simply changed her wet
clothes and declared the evening officially open.
“The reason Ansoni Luxury Events exists is to take away the hustle of
organising events,” she stated, to cheerful applause from the poolside gathering.
She explained that Ansoni is a luxury wedding and event planning company
specializing in event experiences that encompass all of the five senses.
“At Ansoni Luxury Events, we provide highly personalized planning, coupled
with creativity, vision and expertise to create luxury weddings and events,” she
explained, adding: “A beautiful décor and setting attracts the eye, but we capture
your heart while telling your story,” said Nicole.
The company offers a range of services that fall under four broad categories,
each with various packages entailed. These are: private event, corporate event,
wedding event, and non-profit event services.
New Times
The much-anticipated People's
Choice Awards Ghana 2015 which
will be held in Accra in March next
year has been launched in Accra at
the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel
in Accra.
The People's Choice Awards
Ghana is a scheme which seeks to
award and celebrate individuals
and organisations which have
contributed as well as those that
continue to excel in their various
fields towards the development
of the Ghanaian arts and
entertainment industry.
The event was attended by
the Deputy Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Creative Arts, Dzifa
He came, he performed, he
conquered. That simply sums
up Burundian singer Jean Pierre
Nimbona’s 30-year music career.
Commonly known by his stage
name Kidum Kibido or simply
Kidum, the 40-year-old is one of
the few East African musicians
who can confidently organise a
concert in any of the five East
African Community partner states
and sell out.
That is what can be said
about his latest concert in Kigali,
which aimed at celebrating his 30
years in music as well as his 40th
birthday.
The Burundian singer pulled
off one of the concerts of the year
in Kigali, at Kigali Serena Hotel,
proving why he remains a force
to reckon with, at least in the East
African region, as far as the music
industry is concerned.
As usual, the Kenya-based
artiste, who says he considers
Rwanda his second home, did not
struggle to impress his audience as
he naturally does often.
People's Choice Awards Launched
Kidum performs to adoring
crowds on his 40th birthday
Gomashie, the Deputy Minister
for Local Government, Nii Lante
Vanderpuye, representatives of
the title sponsors of the awards,
GN Bank (formerly First National
Savings Loans), executives from
corporate Ghana as well as other
personalities in the Ghanaian
telecommunications industry.
The special guest at the event,
Dzifa Gomashie, highlighted the
role of government to ensure the
development of culture, tourism
and the arts industry in Ghana.
Speaking at the event, the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Spyder
Lee Entertainment, organisers
of the awards, Edwin Kweku
Edinkrah, elaborated on the
essence of introducing the scheme,
adding that 'at a time when the
arts and showbiz fraternity is
becoming a lucrative industry in
other parts of the world, it is only
appropriatetointroduceinitiatives
which will challenge us to be able
to compete globally. Hence, this
awards scheme is to showcase our
intent and ingenuity to encourage
players in the industry.'
The public can from now to
December 31, 2014 send the
names of their favourite celebrities
whoexcelledbetweenAugust2013
and August 2014 to the shortcode
1446 on MTN, Vodafone and Airtel
to be part of the awards.
The nominees would be
shortlisted by the awards
board together with the awards
statisticians, Deloitte, for public
voting. The winners would be
announced at the awards night
scheduled to take place on
Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the
Accra International Conference
Centre (AICC).
Modern Ghana
A bevy of Rwandan artistes,
upcoming and established, were
there to support him, including
new-kid-on-the-block Gaby
Umutare, Peace, Bac T, the female
duo of Charly and Nina as well as
Social Mula, who started off the
show.
Tusker Project Fame 6 winner
Hope also joined in to support his
compatriot on his special day by
performing a number of songs,
including a rendition of John
Legend’s ‘All of me’.
Hope, yet to have a major
music breakthrough since his TPF
win, proved he still has the talent
that got him places, singing and
at the same time taking turns on
different musical instruments,
including the keyboard and guitar.
Soon it was Mani Martin’s turn
to wow the crowd with his usual
electrifying performances of his
songs, including his latest ‘Akagezi
ka Mushoroza’ and old ones such
as ‘My destiny’.
With the help of his band,
Kesho, Mani Martin put up one of
the performances of the evening,
prompting the audience to go on
their feet to dance along. He was
also the one to sing a birthday song
for Kidum.
Kidum prayed and then cut his
birthday cake before he kicked off
his mesmerising performance.
The ‘Mapenzi’ singer hit the
stage at 10p.m and did not stop
singing until 1a.m – three hours
of exciting live performance of
dozens of songs which left the
audience demanding for more.
Kidum also took turns on the
instruments, playing the drums for
the other singers who performed
on the night, including Christopher.
Later he invited Big Brother ex-
hotshot Frankie ‘Joe’ Rukundo to
perform their duet ‘Kipendaroho’
to the delight of the crowd.
Kidum invited on stage several
Rwandan artistes he nurtured
including Tonzi, Tom Close and
Dr Claude, and his compatriot
Yoya, and presented them to the
audience.
But as they say, all good things
must come to an end. After 1a.m it
was time to draw the curtain on a
wonderful musical evening, even
as the audience clearly yearned for
more.
New Times
Ansoni
Luxury
Events
launches
in style

SPORTS2WATCH 11
S
vetislav Pesic's Bayern side
went into Group C clash with
a 1-6 record, one win fewer
than Milano.
It appeared as though they
would take the match into overtime
when the scores were locked at 81-
81, but with the clock ticking down
towards the buzzer Hackett netted
a two-point jump shot with fewer
than three seconds remaining to
break Bayern hearts.
The German side, who led at
the end of the second and third
quarters, were outscored 24-21 in
the fourth and with just two group
games remaining their prospects
of making the Top 16 now appear
extremely bleak.
For Milano the picture looks
a lot better and they are primed
to clinch the fourth and final
qualifying spot from the group.
Hackett was the star for the
hosts at the Mediolanum Forum,
Newly promoted side Sunrise
held Rayon Sports to a 1-1 draw
in the National Football League in
Rwamagana.
Blues’ striker Isaac Muganza
opened the scoring from a Peter
Otema pass in the 31st minute to
give Rayon Sports an early lead
but Patrick Munyankindi equalised
from the spot in the 79th minute
after Alype Majyambere committed
a foul in the penalty box.
Rayon Sports squandered
the chance to go top of the league
summit after Gicumbi stunned APR
1-0. The Blues maintain second
position with 18 points, two behind
APR.
Meanwhile, Mukura registered
their first win of the season after
a hard fought 3-2 victory over
Amagaju while Police snatched
a 1-0 win over Isonga to bag
maximum points ending six-game
winless streak.
New Times
Daniel Hackett secures
dramatic Euroleague win
for EA7 Olimpia Milano
Wales eye Springbok launchpad for World Cup
Rayon Sports
stumble, Mukura
registers first win
the point guard finishing with 25
points and three assists in just over
30 minutes of court time.
Heiko Schaffartzik top scored
for Bayern with 15 points, while
Dusko Savanovic and John Bryant
reached double figures.
Bayern led by a solitary point
after a tight first half and the
advantage remained intact by
the end of a back-and-forth third
quarter.
The tense nature of the contest
continued into the final quarter,
but the home side looked like
they would move clear when they
earned a four-point advantage in
the closing stages.
Bayern refused to give up the
fight, though, and overtime looked
on the cards when they levelled at
81-81, only for Hackett to have the
last say - sparking jubilant scenes
on the home bench.
Modern Ghana
Wales will seek to end a six-year wait for
a southern hemisphere scalp when they
take on South Africa with one eye very
much fixed on next year's World Cup.
ThelastWelshvictoryoveraSANZAR
nation was a 21-18 win over Australia in
November 2008, coach Warren Gatland's
sole winning performance against either
the Wallabies, Springboks or All Blacks
in 27 matches since he took charge in
2007.
South Africa will not, however, be a
roll-over, having notched up the year's
sole defeat of New Zealand and also
having only ever lost to Wales once in 29
clashes.
It promises to be a humdinger of
a Test match at Cardiff's Millennium
Stadium, where Wales went down 34-
16 to the All Blacks last weekend after
leading with 12 minutes to play.
We were obviously disappointed
last week, said Wales fly-half Dan
Biggar. We felt like we were in with a real
chance after 68 minutes but we let it slip
at the end.
It's all about moving forward now.
We've put it to bed and it's all about
focusing on this week and making sure
we put on a good performance and more
importantly getting the win.
Biggar, as Gatland had also stressed,
insisted there was not an underlying
concern over fitness levels.
I think our fitness has been good.
We put quite a big shift in on Saturday
night pushing one of the best sides
in the world all the way, the Ospreys
playmaker said.
We're concentrating now on
finishing the autumn series on a high.
The last time South Africa played
Wales, the home side came back from
deficits of 17-0 and 30-17 to triumph 31-
30 in Nelspruit.
We know our record against the
Southern Hemisphere isn't great,
Biggar admitted. In the summer we
played a pretty complete game up until
the last few minutes and then we let it
slip.
We can take a lot from that
performance and hopefully we can
push on and get the result on Saturday
because that's all that matters.
- International window -
Gatland has made three enforced
changes to his run-on team, Liam
Williams notably coming in for injured
Northampton winger George North.
Veteran prop Gethin Jenkins and
hooker Scott Baldwin take over from
Paul James and Richard Hibbard, who
have returned to club duty with Bath
and Gloucester respectively since
Saturday's match falls outside the
international Test window.
South Africa coach Heyneke
Meyer has made eight changes to his
team from the one that beat Italy 22-6
last weekend.
Prop Tendai Mtawarira, hooker
Bismarck du Plessis, full-back Willie le
Roux, and wing duo Cornal Hendricks
and Lwazi Mvovo will all start.
The changes in the back three
were required because Johan Goosen
(Racing Metro), Bryan Habana
(Toulon) and JP Pietersen (Panasonic
Wild Knights), who started against the
Azzurri, are not available, while the two
changes to the front row are rotational.
We will face a fired-up Welsh side
this weekend. They played very well
against New Zealand and it will be a
tough end to our season, said Meyer,
whose team opened their November
series with a 29-15 defeat by Ireland
before beating England 31-28.
But we want to finish on a high
and the focus this week has been on
ensuring we keep on building on what
we've done thus far this year.
For Gatland, the clash against the
Springboks will be Wales' last before
next year's World Cup in England, in
which the Welsh have been drawn in
pool that includes the hosts, Australia
and Fiji.
Wales opened their November
series with a 33-28 defeat by the
Wallabies before an experimental side
scraped past Fiji 17-13, and the coach
was under no illusions of the value of
playing the best teams in the world.
The autumn (series) is not a
competition, it's about using it to play
against the best teams in the world who
have come off really strong campaigns
to prepare potentially for the Six
Nations, which is our competition, and
the World Cup, he said.
What we're going to be judged on
is our performance in the World Cup
and our whole focus is on getting out of
that pool in the World Cup.
That's been the whole emphasis of
this campaign and it'll be the same with
the Six Nations.
Modern Ghana
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Daniel Hackett

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What do you think are the main
challenges in ensuring a good
marriage in the former and the latter
(LG4 LTE) technologies through
services delivery?
Rwanda’s telecoms industry is
growing remarkably fast and we’re in an
enviable position to be among the first
countries to launch fourth-generation
(4G) technology in the region. I wouldn’t
say there are challenges in the adoption–
in fact, there are host opportunities for
companies such Airtel who can now offer
superior services at fast speeds.
However, there is still a huge,
addressable market from 3.75 G,
which is currently in broad use on our
network in Rwanda. The point is that
we want to offer as many options as
possible to our customers and that is
why the investment in 4G technology is
significant and critical for us.
As a mobile communications operator,
how do you assess new standards
when considering new changes, from
migrating over to LG4 LTE services?
Our introduction of 4G LTE is not a
migration at all. As I have mentioned,
what we have done is given our
customers options to serve their wide
range of needs. While the 4G LTE
technology has been introduced, Airtel
Rwanda will continue to serve customers
with the 3.75G internet as well.
Our assessment to provide this
service was solely based on the needs
of our customers; and as a customer-
centric mobile services provider, we
made a deliberate decision to offer our
customers a world class technology that
would aid them not only in their business
but also change the way they interact
with the internet hence presenting
endless opportunities in the world of
social interaction and doing business.
Rwanda as well as some African
countries have been experiencing
growth in the mobile phones. What
do you think telecoms companies
should do to invest much more in
personalized services with the use
of 4G wireless broadband internet
service?
I believe that first we have to
understand the market in which we
operate. We at Airtel have, doing this and
have rapidly learned that growth is fast
in terms of adaptability to technology
which exposes our customers to a world
of customized services.
What we as telecom companies need
to do is invest more in personalized
services that ride on 4G – and ensure a
diverse range of services which can help
our economy grow. This is something we
are heavily looking into at Airtel Rwanda.
Developing countries led by India,
are taking the lead in setting global
standards in the rapidly-transforming
telecommunications sector. What
do you think will be the main
innovation for Airtel Rwanda with the
introduction of LG4 LTE services?
We are currently working on a
number of innovative products and
services around this technology
which we shall soon introduce to our
customers. Overall, we see technology
as an economic enabler for our people
and businesses. There’s no doubt about
what advanced technology can do to our
economy and as you’ve mentioned, some
of these emerging-market economies
have excellent case studies that we can
learn from. For now, what our customers
can expect from Airtel is great products
and services and some of these will be
seen in a few months.
Currently, deployment of personalized
services in the telecoms industry,
such as e-Health and e-Education, are
services with future potential? How
is Airtel looking to enable this new
business model on the local market
with the use of LG4 LTE services?
We are currently doing more in-depth
research in the market to identify which
areas need the most attention in terms
of mobile services. So far, e-Education
and e-Health are among the most critical
– and we have to thank the Government
of Rwanda for helping the private
sector to deepen these services for the
benefit of the people of Rwanda. We are
currently putting together packages for
our customers to enjoy not only with 4G
services but the 3.75G as well. These are
very interesting times for Rwanda and
Airtel is extremely excited to be a part of
the growth story.
Interesting time for Rwanda and Airtel
When Rwanda has officially launched the first ever high-speed (4G LTE) wireless broadband network, it became the latest
African country to embrace this technology, with the potential to make a concrete contribution in speeding up ICT based
services. In an exclusive interview with Indo Africa Times (IAT) correspondent Aimable Twahirwa, the Managing Director
of Bharti Airtel Rwanda, Mr. Teddy R.V.S Bhullar talks about what this innovation means for developing countries led by
India, as they are taking the lead in setting global standards in the rapidly-transforming telecommunications sector.
Teddy Bhullar
Managing Director,
Bharti Airtel Rwanda

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