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Burning Old Computers Threatens Ghana's Health - Huffington Post Not far from the heart of one of Africa's biggest cities, Accra, Ghana, black clouds of toxic smoke rise from an outdoor recycling operation that is converting America's used computers into copper, gold and other useful materials. The ... Posted on 17 May 2012 | 1:43 pm |
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STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-Barclays Kenya up on Q1 results - Reuters UK Shares in Barclays Bank of Kenya climb 3.1 percent to 13.55 shillings ($0.16) after the company reports a 21 percent rise in pretax profits for the first quarter of 2012, buoyed by increasing total interest income. Pretax profits soared to 2.9 ... Posted on 17 May 2012 | 12:24 pm |
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Africa Oil Provides Update on Puntland Drilling - msnbc.com Africa Oil Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AOI)(OMX:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the drilling program in Puntland, Somalia. The Shabeel well has reached a total depth of 3,470 meters and has encountered metamorphic basement at ... Posted on 17 May 2012 | 11:55 am |
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Pretoria Portland Cement Sees Progress in Africa (Update 2) - Bloomberg Pretoria Portland Cement Co. (PPC), Africa’s biggest cement maker is seeing “significant progress” on some African projects, with demand in southern Africa continuing to improve. PPC, as the company is known, may announce two projects on ... Posted on 17 May 2012 | 10:29 am |
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Working in Africa: Backing businesses to deliver change - Financial Times Rod Evison is home in the UK, fresh off a flight from Accra, Ghana’s capital, where he has been attending a conference held by the African Venture Capital Association, an annual event started in 2003 and now attracting more than 300 delegates from 30 ... Posted on 17 May 2012 | 9:46 am |