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Come and
Invest in
Ethiopia
P
rime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn officially opened the
Africa Hotel Investment Forum 2014 recently which was held at the
Sheraton Addis and was efficacious in enticing international audience
from the hotel and tourism industry.
The Prime Minister noted that the government has in full swing started
a course to operationally amend and renovate Ethiopia's tourism and
hospitality industry. He accentuated the significance that the Government
was now giving to the sector and he told the Forum that "the main
responsibilities and role of the public to the industry have been well
identified," and he called on investors to "come and invest" in Ethiopia.
The Forum, Africa's top event for hotel investors, has brought together
over 500 delegates, counting high-level executives and government
ministers from over a dozen countries, to debate on tourism development
and investment. During the meeting, the Wyndham Hotel Group, the largest
hotel company in the world, with about 7,540 hotels, proclaimed it
was going to open its first property in Ethiopia in January 2015.
The declaration was made by Bani Hadad, the regional vice-
president for the Middle East and Africa. The Group's Ramada Hotel
will offer 136 rooms and will be positioned at a main transport route
connecting the city centre with Addis Ababa's Bole International
Airport. Wyndham Hotel Group has branches in 71 countries and a
range of 13 different hotel brands.
It has Ramada and Hawthorn hotels in Africa in Ghana, Morocco,
Nigeria and Tunisia, and is planning other projects in Kenya, Rwanda
and Tanzania in addition to the Ramada Hotel in Addis Ababa. Mr.
Hadad said the Middle East and Africa region was undergoing an
annual growth rate of six percent, with a predictable population
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Rwanda’s earnings from this
year’s Internet coffee auction rose
significantly to $301,771 (about
Rwf212.7 million) compared to
Rwf159.3 million ($225,970)
realised at last year’s auction from
16 lots.
This year, 28 lots of coffee, or
15,200 kilogrammes of the green
beans category, were sold via the
Alliance for Coffee Excellence
(ACE), a New York-based
website. A kilogramme went for a
maximum of $81 compared to $45
last year.
Eighty-six companies from
18 countries across the world
participated in the auction held at
the National Agricultural Exports
Board (Naeb) offices in Kigali on
Wednesday.
The coffee was part of the 179
lots that were selected during
last month’s 2014 Rwanda Cup of
Excellence, said Eric Ruganintwali,
the quality and regulation
manager at Naeb. Ruganintwali is
also the co-ordinator of Rwanda
Cup of Excellence.
CFC Muhondo Coffee Washing
Station pocketed $50,000
(Rwf35.3 million) from 660
kilogrammes to emerge the top
earners, followed by Muyongwe
Coffee Washing Station, which
fetched$36,654(Rwf25.8million).
Ruvumbu bagged $10,479
(Rwf7.4 million), while Nyagatare
Coffee Washing Station realised
$10,194.3 (Rwf7.2 million).
Tony Sanganira, the State
Minister for Agriculture,
attributed the good performance
to improved quality.
“The fact that our coffee has
attracted $81 per kilogramme
Rwanda fetches Rwf213m from this year’s
online coffee auction
LESDEP has the Power to Change India
W
hy is it so important
to address youth
employment precisely?
Have countries implemented
targeted measures to support
youth employment? And how
effective are these methods for this
critical subject?
The world, at present, faces a
substantial challenge in furnishing
jobs to its young people. There are
at least 70 million young people
unemployed internationally, and
unemployment rates for young
people are sizably higher than for
the population as a whole in almost
all countries.
India is, no doubt, working
towards improving the quality
and skills levels of the youth. It
is generally recognized that the
development of relevant skills
online should be a signal to all
stakeholders, especially farmers
to focus on quality along the
supply value chain. Let’s target a
record $100 per kilogramme in
the coming auction so that farmers
can benefit more and improve the
livelihoods,” Sanganira told The
New Times.
He urged farmers and traders
to embrace online trading as
a marketing tool for Rwandan
products.
He re-affirmed government’s
commitment to continue investing
in agriculture, in terms of input
subsides and infrastructure
development to scale up
productivity.
Amb. George Kayonga, Naeb
director general, said there were
ongoing efforts to popularise
is an important instrument for
improving the productivity of any
developing country. Education
and skills can open doors towards
economically and socially
rewarding jobs and can help the
development of small informal-
sector businesses.
With the increasing recognition
to the activities of LESDEP
in the African countries, this
programme has now started its
innovative concept of enhancing
competitiveness and contributing
to social inclusion by providing
decent employment opportunities
to the youth of Uttrakhand, India.
Under the aegis of the
Government of India, LESDEP has
been able to raise productivity,
competitiveness of the youth by
providing entrepreneurial skills
for the unemployed in the area of
mobile phone repairs to the youth
of India for the first time.
Approx. 25 beneficiaries have
proceeded to the LESDEP offices
in Uttrakhand with much zeal
and confidence, hoping that the
programme will provide them
the needed training in the mobile
phone repairing course.
This six (06) weeks course
started on 28th August, 2014 will
continue to run till 13th October
2014 at MSME - Development
Institute (MSME-DI),
Haldwani which is
a wing of Micro
Small & Medium
Development
E n t e r p r i s e s
(MSME), New
Delhi under
the Ministry
of Micro,
Small and
Medium
Enterprises, Government
of India.
Trained technical staff of
Rwanda Cup of Excellence so that
farmers can take advantage of the
competitive prices presented by
online coffee trading.
Kayonga stressed that
efforts to improve quality and
productivity were ongoing,
including investing in mechanism
to combat the potato test, which is
threatening the coffee industry.
Rwanda’s coffee exports
brought in $56 million in 2013 and
$12.8 million during the first half
of 2014.
According to National Bank of
Rwanda’s statistics, the country’s
exports dropped by 36 per cent
during the first half of the year
due to a decline in coffee export
volumes, a factor attributed to bad
weather.
New Times
A Unique Programme Creating Gainful Self-Employment Opportunities
LESDEP is, without doubt, putting
their coordinated efforts for this
specialized employment creation
programme. These beneficiaries
were given complementary mobile
repairing tool kit as well.
LESDEP has the power to
change India. It can empower
the youth and can utilize Indian
potentials, skills and resources for
development effectiveness.
The Local
Enterprise and Skills Development
Programme (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.
Mr. Narendra Manral, Coordinator, LESDEP India addressing the youth at
MSME - Development Institute (MSME-DI), Haldwani
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MONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

3. Wassupafrica 03
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M
embers of the Economic
Community of West
African States (ECOWAS)
are expected to announce the
adoption of a common external
trade policy next year to ensure full
economic integration.
Kofi Afresah Nuhu, Director
in charge of manufacturing at the
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
who disclosed this newsmen,
said ECOWAS was in the process
of establishing administrative
measures to regulate trade
relations with non-member
countries.
“One notable trend in the global
economy in recent times has been
the accelerated movement toward
regional integration to ensure free
flow of goods and services,” he
stated.
Speaking at the inauguration
of a new corporate office of Hush
Enterprise Limited, importers
of SoKlin detergents in Kumasi,
Mr. Nuhu stated that the current
business trend requires ECOWAS
to comply with the Economic
Partnership Agreement (EPA).
The Trade and Industry
Director applauded Hush
Enterprise Limited for chalking
successes in Ghana over the last
20 years and offering quality
Hailemariam's] presence makes it
clear how central the hospitality
industry is to the development
of the economy. You need hotels
size close to two billion in several
years, and the Wyndham group is
preparing to double the number of
hotels in the next three years.
Jonathan Worsley, Chairman
of Bench Events, said: “His [PM
for tourists but also for incoming
business people and for locals
as further growth is stimulated.
In addition, hospitality is a great
creator of employment at all levels
within society.”
The mounting rate of arriving
tourist and scheduled events/
conferences is broadening an
already enormous gap amongst
demand for international-
standard hotels and supply of
accommodation in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia’s capital. A search on
Trip Advisor reveals just two
international-class, five star hotels
in the city, the Sheraton and the
Radisson Blu - and anecdotes about
delegates attending meetings at
the Africa Union’s headquarters
having to travel up to 60 miles
to find a bed for the night are not
unidentified.
According to research carried
out by the Awash International
Bank, the projected unsatisfied
demand for hotel nights in Ethiopia
in 2015 will be 1.3 million, rising
to over 3 million by 2020 if new
hotels are not constructed.
The accommodation shortage
was high on the agenda at the
Forum. Its organiser, Matthew
Weihs, Managing Director, Bench
Events, continued: “The country’s
overall growth and the continued
progress in the tourism industry
is forecast by the World Travel
& Tourism Council to be 4.8%
per annum over the coming
decade. Increasing the supply
of high-quality, top-end hotel
accommodation through hotel
construction is necessary for
improved competitiveness and the
economic success of the sector.”
At present, Ethiopia has only
six internationally-branded hotels
containing 990 rooms, in the
development pipeline, compared
to 40 hotels (6,614 rooms) in
Nigeria and 29 hotels (4,828
rooms) in Morocco.
Until recently Ethiopia was not
deliberated to be very striking to
investors due to the relatively low
number of tourists and planned
events and conferences. However,
this is changing as Ethiopia is
developing at more than 7% per
year and is predicted to be the third
largest economy in Africa by 2015.
Addis Ababa now has the fourth
largest international diplomatic
communityintheworld,somewhat
due to the fact that it is the seat
of the Africa Union, which was
launched in 2002. Also, according
to The African Development Bank,
Africa’s middle class is likely to
grow from 355 million to 1.1
billion in the next 50 years and
these people will have an appetite
to travel.
ECOWAS Adopts
Common External Tariff
detergents to the citizens.
He also welcomed the
company’s decision to set up a
manufacturing plant in Ghana and
asserted that the Ministry supports
such schemes to encourage
companies to go into production.
“We’re championing made-in-
Ghana goods and therefore there
aresupportschemesforcompanies
that go into manufacturing,” he
stressed.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of Hush Enterprise Limited, Gifty
Champion said the company is
the sole importer and distributor
of SoKlin detergents in Ghana,
representing PT Sayap Utama, the
manufacturers in Indonesia 20.
According to her, the
construction of the new office and
warehouse, which are positioned
to serve the Northern sector of
the country, formed part of the
company’s efforts to delight the
Ghanaian consumer.
“We hope to increase efficiency
in distributing and bringing our
quality services to the doorsteps
of the consumers. The consumer
will therefore enjoy better overall
customer service,” she indicated,
promising to establish a plant in
Ghana.
Eturbo News
On 8th October, 2014 the
Confederation of Indian Industries
(CII) organized a Global SME
Business Summit to enable Global
Economic Growth through SME
Partnerships with the Ministry
of Micro Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) at India
Habitat Centre, New Delhi. It was
in an attempt to provide a platform
for the Indian corporates to know
the emphasized booming sectors
and investment opportunities in
Kenya and Rwanda.
The session was graced by
Ashok Saigal, Managing Director-
Frontier Technologies Private
Limited; Clarence Fernandes from
Rwanda Development Board-
Government and Dominic Murithi
Mathenge, CEO- Palucon Services
Kenya Limited. The session got
insight of the pool of business to
tap for growth and development
of both the economies on every
front. With the welcome remarks of
Ashok Saigal, the event started and
it was further taken by Clarence
Fernandes.
He addressed the corporates
Find out Best Businesses
in Kenya and Rwanda
to invest in Rwanda and gave
a presentation on Rwanda’s
development and highlighted
the strong points on why the
corporates should invest in
Rwanda. The stage was then taken
up by Dominic Murithi Mathenge
who gave a presentation on
Kenya’s development and what are
the opportunities in Kenya. The
session got the essence of the both
Kenya and Rwanda.
It is usually said that if the
answer to the question is a lot of
money, you have your audience's
Dr Martyn Davies, CEO, Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd, H.E. Amin Abdulkadir, Cabinet
Secretary, Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, Republic of
Kenya, H.E. Jean Kapata, Minister of Tourism and Arts, Republic of Zambia
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Global SME Business Summit 2014
ears likewise this business
summit was able to attract the
attention of the audience as they
were curious to enquire about
the security of investment in
these counties and whether they
should open their business with
the help of the local investors or
by their own.
After the interaction session
the closing remarks were given
by Ashok Saigal. The session
ends giving a full view of
investment in Kenya and Rwanda
on corporates’ mind.
Hon'ble Speakers at the Business Summit
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mONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

4. Mining- Algeria has always
been a country that is known for
its rich mineral assets and in recent
years countless efforts have been
made to bring attention to mining.
Minerals like iron ore, zinc, lead,
mercury, phosphates, copper and
calamine have been mined in the
industry. Stone excavations have
also been producing onyx and red
and white marble. Algeria hopes
to open new avenues and interest
foreign investors in the local
mining industry.
Agriculture- About 25%
of the population is engaged in
agriculture but only 3% of the total
land is used. The soil is poor and
subject to erosion, and the water
supply is generally irregular and
insufficient about one-quarter of
northern Algeria is completely
unproductive. Modern agricultural
output growth along with increase
in population has made Algeria one
of the world's largest agricultural
import markets, imports of food
and agricultural products which is
about $2.8 billion per year.
Tourism- Tourism is one
of the leading sectors to push
growth, and active construction of
CountryoftheWeek04
ALGERIA AT
A GLANCE
Official Name: The people’s Democratic
Republic of Algeria
Head of State (President): H.E. Mr.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Capital: Algiers (4.3 million)
Location: Northern Africa, bordering the
western part of Mediterranean Sea.
Time Zone: GMT + 1
Climate: Arid to semiarid, mild, wet
winters with hot and dry summers along
cost; drier with cold winters and hot
summers on high plateau.
Area: 2, 381, 741 sq. km.
Population: 39, 1 million.
Languages: Arabic (official), French
(lingua franca), Tamazight and other
Berber dialects.
Religions: Sunnit Muslim (state religion)
93%, Ibhadhi Muslim 6%, Christian and
Jewish 1%.
Government type: Republic.
Independence: 5 July 1962.
Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD).
GDP (nominal): 256.7 USD billion.
GDP per capita: 5,659 USD
Inflation Rate (consumer prices): 8.8%
Natural Resources: Agriculture,
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore,
phosphate, uranium, lead, zinc.
Main Economic Sectors:
1. Agriculture: wheat, barley, oats, grapes,
olives, citrus, fruits, sheep, cattle.
2. Industries: petroleum, natural gas,
light industries, mining, electrical,
petrochemical, food processing.
Import: 55 Billion USD (Wheat, cars,
machinery tools, packaged medicines
etc.)
Export: 66 Billion USD (Crude Petroleum,
Petroleum Gas, refined petroleum,
ammonia, phosphate etc.)
The Thriving Economy
Economy of Algeria is
generally based on oil and
natural gas. Fourteenth-largest
reserve of oil is also located here.
22% of the people here are farmers
but they only contribute 6% of
the country’s economy. The foods
produced here are self-consumed
in which wheat, barley, corn, and
rice as well as fruits and vegetables
are also available. 13% of the labor
is employed by the government,
16% in construction and public
works and 13% in industry
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and 5% in transportation and
communication.
The center of commercial life
in Algeria is the marketplace, large,
open-air markets where farmers
andcraftspeopleselltheirproducts.
One can buy locally produced meat,
fruits, vegetables, and grains—oats,
barley, grapes, olives, citrus fruit—
as well as woven rugs, jewelry,
baskets, metalwork, and other
crafts. Souks are held regularly.
The largest industry in Algeria
is the production and processing
of oil and gas. Services (trade,
transport, and communications)
alsoareimportant.Otherindustries
include agriculture, construction,
mining, and manufacturing.
Algeria’s main exports are oil and
gas, followed by dates, tobacco,
leather goods, vegetables, and
phosphates.
The primary trading partners
are Italy, France, Spain, Brazil, the
Netherlands, and the United States.
Importsincluderawmaterials,food,
beverages, and consumer products.
However, the government imposes
strict regulations on imports in an
effort to make the country more
self-sufficient.
Plentiful Investment
Opportunities
Investment in energy, gas
exploration, mining, tourism and
agriculture can be done in the
country.
Gas Exploration- Algeria is
the foremost natural gas producer
in Africa and its economy is heavily
dependent on revenues made
from its hydrocarbon sector. Oil
and natural gas export revenues
amounted to almost $63.8 billion
in 2013.
a dynamic structure economically,
ethnically, and communally.
Tourism is comparatively more
important in the most developed
economies by capturing the high
income, increasing its impact in the
generation of the overall national
income, increasing employment
opportunities, fascinating
investments, subsidizing
suggestively and Algeria can follow
the same.
Incentives for Encouraging
Investment Projects:
Algeria is witnessing economic
boom. This country is experiencing
investment of foreign companies
and encourages them to open
branches in all parts of the country.
A lot of investment projects is going
on including restaurants, cars,
clothes and many more.
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ASTONISHING
ALGERIA
The meaning of Algeria is Al-Jaza’ir, where majority
ofthepopulationisArabandBerber,andparticularly
there are more isolated southern mountains and
desert regions, which retains its culture. It borders
Tunisia and Libya to the east; Niger, Mali, and
Mauritania to the south; Morocco and Western
Sahara to the west; and the Mediterranean Sea
to the north. It shelters a total of 919,595 square
miles (2,381,751 square kilometers), making it
the second largest country in Africa (after Sudan),
and the eleventh largest in the world. The original
language of Algeria was Berber, which has wide-
ranging languages throughout the country. Arabic
and Berber are the languages most spoken in
habitual life.
MONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

5. BusinessBuzz 05
UBA Ghana celebrates customersVodafone set to unveil iphone 6
in Ghana
MTN Assures Mobile Money Subscribers
Access to high quality education
is key to sustainable social and
economic development of any
country, but for the pupils of Dubila,
a farming community in the Upper
East Region of Ghana, inadequate
infrastructure threatens their access
to quality education.
Pupils in this community study
under trees while others walk more
than four kilometers to gain access
to primary education.
Four years ago, the Bolga
Municipal Assembly began the
construction of a three unit class
room block for the Dubila Community
to serve as an initial infrastructure for
basic education with plans to build
a six class room block later for the
community to ensure that at least
children complete Junior High School.
Due to limited funds, this has
not been made possible. As a result,
after completing primary three, the
pupils are forced to study under
nearby trees or trek long distances to
continue their basic education.
The community through its own
initiative started a two classroom
mud structure to salvage the situation
but this has not been enough to
change the fortunes of the school.
Airtel Ghana as part of its
Corporate Social Responsibility
Programme ‘Airtel Touching Lives’
has offered to complete and furnish
the three class room block started by
MTN Ghana’s engineers are
working “tirelessly” to resolve the
problem with *170# MTN Mobile
Money delivery channel, MTN’s
Mobile Money Senior Manager, Eli
Hini has assured.
He stated: “Our engineers are
working tirelessly to resolve the
problem with *170# in the shortest
a whole new way to bring harmony
toyourfamily’sdigitallife.Vodafone
is happy to bring that experience to
its customers”.
The iPhone 6 is not only bigger
the Assembly.
Management of Airtel believes
that with the support, children in
Dubila would have a more conducive
environment to study and to have
a fair chance in life against all their
other competitors across the country.
Hon. Moses Abilba Assemblyman
for the Area is optimist that the
gesture would go a long way to
improve teaching and learning in the
community.
“I am very delighted for the support
because it will help improve teaching
and learning in the community and
would inspire a lot of children to go
to school”, he said
In episode five of ‘Airtel
Touching Lives’, the team visited
Sylvia, a hearing and visually
impaired student at the Mampong
special school for the deaf who is
having an excitingly new learning
experience on her special computer
provided by Airtel Touching Lives in
the previous season.
According to Sylvia’s teacher,
teaching has been made easier for
them and for Sylvia especially as
she now has unlimited access to
information on the internet with her
equipment.
Sylvia is also able to
communicate with her friends on
social media platform, Facebook
using her special equipment.
Ghanaian Chronicle
Committed and Determined to Empower
African Students
Providing a platform for the young minds to
explore themselves and show their prodigious
potential, Ministry of Vocational Training,
Learning and Crafts has really transformed
the shape of Senegal. The Local Enterprises
and Skill Development Programme (LESDEP)
by offering quality technology training to the
energeticyouthhasalreadymarkedits
mettle in Senegal. It’s partnership
with the Ministry has brought
a drastic change in the
country through efficient
empowerment programmes.
In an endeavour to limelight
the requirement of vocational
training, Mr. Mamadou TALLA,
Minister of Vocational Training
and Handicrafts, Senegal made
a courtesy visit to Lovely Professional
University (LPU), Jalandhar, India. The
esteemed university establishing a benchmark
in the education sector is furnishing quality
education to many students from different
corners of the world. During his visit, he
emphasized on the youth empowerment
using the key of vocational training unlocking
numerous ways to success. He focused on
various skill development programmes that
could prove to be fruitful for the students. He
felt delighted to observe a pool of international
students from various African countries
and expressed keen interest in admitting
Senegalese students in the University
as well.
Prof (Dr.) Lovi Raj Gupta,
Executive Dean Lovely Faculty
of Technology Sciences
also articulated his desire
to have more and more of
African students admitted to
the institute. Creating a path
towards the aim of imparting
technology training to the students,
an MOU has been signed between LPU,
LESDEP and the Ministry of Vocational Training
and handicrafts to mutually enhance the
imperative sector. The Minister’s contribution is
not limited to the vocational sector rather he has
made earnest efforts in the automobile sector
awarding opportune opportunities to the youth.
V
odafone Ghana has
entrenched its position as
the industry’s trailblazers of
innovation by being first to launch
the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in
Ghana, just under two weeks after
its global launch.
Though the launching date is
yet to be announced officials of
Vodafone Ghana say customers
on the network will be the first to
own the latest handset, which has
caused a frenzy all over the world.
Vodafone is the first network
to offer it to their customers along
with free 15GB data valid for 90
days. Commenting on the offer,
Vodafone Ghana’s Chief Marketing
Officer, Agnes Emefa Essah, said
Vodafone was excited to satisfy
the desire of its customers for
innovation by taking the initiative
to make them first to own the sleek
popular handset.
Mrs. Essah also noted that the
iPhone 6 is full of features that
make every experience better. “It
is more fun, useful, and comes with
surprising ways to send messages –
possible time.
“While the MTN technical
team is working round the clock
to resolve the issue, affected
customers who haven’t already
done so are encouraged to visit any
MTN branch or store for assistance.”
Mr. Hini said subscribers of
the service that their monies
are; “absolutely safe and secured
explaining that the problem which
started a week earlier was as a
result of system fluctuation and
would be restored in the shortest
possible time. He was speaking
at a media briefing, Tuesday, in
Accra to address the *170# system
fluctuation which has caused
MTN Mobile money subscribers
attempting to access the service
some inconveniences.
Subscribers to the MTN Mobile
Money service usually are able to
access it through three channels
–My MTN menu on their phones –
the internet and *170#.
In view of the uneasiness one
has to go through in accessing the
*170# channel, Mr. Hini advised
that all customers who typically
access the service through that
channel should use ‘My MTN’ menu
on their phones.Asking for further
calm on the ground, he said MTN
“appreciates the patience exercised
by customers and sincerely
apologizes for the inconveniences.”
Ghanaian chronicle
but it is better in every way. Larger,
yet dramatically thinner. More
powerful, but remarkably power
efficient. With a smooth metal
surface that seamlessly meets the
new Retina HD display, it is one
continuous form where hardware
and software function in perfect
unison, creating a new generation
of iPhone that is better by any
measure. Similar to the iPhone 5S,
the iPhone 6 comes with a finger
print scanner, which allows users
to simply unlock their phones with
a finger print. Another innovative
feature of the phone is its operating
system, iOS 8. The iOS 8 delivers
more enhanced features like
syncing your iPhone, iPad and Mac
to receive calls and SMS from either
of the device at any time. This is
accompanied by its built-in storage
of 16/32/64/128GB which allows
users to do more and enjoy the
experience.
Customers can get the iPhone 6
offerinVodafoneshopsandAtlantic
Phones at Osu. Customers should
dial *179# to activate the data.
Ghanaian Chronicle
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Mr. Mamadou TALLA, Minister of Vocational Training and Handicrafts, Senegal addressing the
students at Lovely Professional University, Punjab.
mONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

6. FRANKLY SPEAKING06
F
orging a new enterprise culture, half of Africa's
one billion population has a mobile phone broadly
instigated to craft solutions for variegated
social concerns. Adapting mobile phones to be more
like their computers, West Africa’s hi-tech firms
have been propagating the usage of these electronic
accessories for government spending or tracking
locusts. Commonly revered as a PC for African pockets,
this mobile phone revolution has led phone users and
developers to be more resourceful for being used to do
things that the developed world is only now beginning
to pick up on.
Illustrations can be referred from the customized
usage of Mobile Banking. It was approximately four
years ago in neighboring Kenya; the mobile network
Safaricom introduced a service called M-Pesa that
allowed users to store money on their mobiles.
Dispatching the amount via text and its immediate
conversion into cash by the recipient made this service
globally acknowledged and commonly addressed by
African natives, unable to access a bank account or
afford the robust charges of using one
Mobile Money – Micro Economy
Forging new possibilities for the continent, the
portable and affordable smart phones connect
individuals to individuals, markets, information and
services; hence, acting across urban-rural and rich-
poor segregations. A reliable means of interacting with
farming communities in the Ugandan countryside,
Grameen Foundation also started to lease smart phones
for gauging information related to planting advice,
seasonal weather reports, disease diagnostics and
Sabine Some-Mensah
Vice President of business
development at business
consultancy Digipact
International, Seychelles
Claire Sibthorpe
Director, GSMA Connected
Women Programme
By kirit sobti,
editor, iat
editor@indoafricatimes.com
After 518 lives ended in Africa because
of the Ebola outbreak, it’s time for
mobile phones to act as a catalyst in
the war against Ebola epidemic. World
Health Organization is struggling to
handle the epidemic which is spreading
from Guinea to Liberia and Sierra
Leone. In an emergency meeting
in Ghana 11 Health Ministers from
West African countries agreed upon
an effective plan to fight with the
blood-borne virus. It will be working
on answering buzzes, solidification
of health teams and using modest
technology to tackle with the outburst.
As mobile phones are abundantly
present in Africa they can be used
by health authorities in stopping the
further spread of Ebola. With the use
of satellite images digitalized maps
can be made and difference between
suburban and vacant buildings can be
added to an open-source Geographic
Information System (GIS) to expand the
accurateness of case mapping.
“Emerging technologies can help
early warning systems, outbreak
response, and communication
between health-care providers,
wildlife and veterinary professionals,
local and national health authorities,
and international health agencies,”
doctors at the Mercy hospital and
research laboratory said in the Sierra
Leone. The doctors are thinking
of the emerging technologies to
keep hold of the outbreak as the
disease is not effectively prevented
because the people are either using
traditional cures or they are self-curing
themselves.
The team led by a US-based
specialist, Karen Jacobsen, said that
mobile phones could play a vital role
in the precaution against the disease.
The growth of mobile is growing to
increase five-times as it is of today,
the researchers have forecasted. The
doctors said that there is no cure or no
vaccine after the disease has completed
its 4 years.10, 000 patients in the rural
Guinea have to struggle to prevent
themselves from the attack of Ebola.
The IBM has announced to invest
$100 m for a project in which the
Watson supercomputer would be used
to help to solve the African problems.
As Watson computer is used in US
to treat the cancer patients and also
simple text messages have played
a vital role in health education and
expected to do so in Africa. Fiona
Mclysaght, Sierra Leone director of
NGO Concern, said: It's a very useful
medium to dispel myths and help
change attitudes, and we've been using
it a lot in urban areas.
Mobile technology to
stop Ebola Epidemic
in West Africa
market prices.
Despite of all trivial obstacles that include low
battery backup and unreliable network coverage, the
continent has crafted variegated ingenious solutions to
keep the programme working and potential expanding
across borders.
Hi-tech smart phones help Africans
trade crops
Empowering farmers to negotiate decent prices
with traders, the technological revolution pushed in by
cell phones enable crop growers remain updated with
up-to-date commodity information, have an access to
daily fruit and vegetable prices from a dozen markets
via SMS, reports FT.
Messaging their way to carve new
opportunities
Overcoming the hurdle of travelling long
distances to the nearest town with a cyber cafe, the
text messaging service entertained by OneWorld
International, a Kenyan firm; advertises jobs and hence,
allows candidates to apply from wherever they are.
Brisk adoption of cell phones in some of the remote
areas of the world has far exceeded expectations. No
small undertaking is building a mobile phone network
across Africa. IT Web exemplifies that it is in the year
1998 and 2003; the market for cell phone technology
on the continent rose at around 63% a year. Hence,
anticipations have been made by the Kenyan-based
service provider, Safaricom that the mobile phone
market in Kenya would reach three million subscribers
by 2020.
Mobile money addresses
market needs: indeed, a
growing population, the
increasing number of financial
transactions and the penetration
of mobile phones in West Africa
favor the adoption of mobile
money. Technology today makes
mobile money accessible to all
and MNOs now have the drive
to offer and market solutions
beyond voice.
One way this can be
achieved is by delivering life-
enhancing mobile services
for women and the Mobile
Midwife service is a great
example of this. It will create
social impact by providing
medically-proven, locally
relevant health information to
pregnant women and nursing
mothers in Nigeria.
Mobile Vision
for Africa
Making Life Easier!
Brisk
adoption of
cell phones
in some of
the remote
areas of the
world has far
exceeded
expectations
MONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

7. TRAVELtourism 07
KeralaHolidays in
A
n easy-
g o i n g
climate, with
unique geographical
landscape has made
Kerala most searched tourist place in
Asia, which has Arabic Sea in the West and
Western Ghats in the east. Lavishing hill-
station and interesting wildlife, peaceful
beaches, waterfalls, paddy fields, calm green
backwaters, expanded plantation and paddy
fields, Ayurveda health centers, fascinating
art forms, charmed festival, monuments
predicting history and culture, are very
closely located with each other that no other
place will provide you so much treasure
altogether.
Every place described above will give you
a unique and non-forgettable experience.
If you are visiting the Ayurveda centers the
experience of it is so relaxing and soothing
that people will want to visit again and again.
Kerala is
the most
progressive state of
India with 100% literacy
rate and the health care systems
provided here is of high class. It is one of the
cleanest state of India.
Kerala is a small state and can be easily
accessed through air, road transport or
even by railways. It is a state full of natural
beauty. The place is so green that people will
get spell-bound. Granted with a pleasing and
placid climate throughout the year, Kerala
has a tropical land and different types of
weather can be enjoyed here.
Kerala also known as “God’s Own
Country” is rich in tradition and culture.
Kerala is also known for elephants,
elaborate temple festivals, and the peaceful
backwaters. A beautiful place for luxurious
and relaxing holiday, it is full of sight-seeing
places. Places should be visited are:
Kerala Backwaters
A trip to the houseboat along the palm-fringed Kerala canals
is the most soothing experience one can feel in Kerala with
freshly cooked Indian food and experience spending the
night in the middle of the lake.
Munnar
Munnar is a must visit as it is the hill-station of Kerala. The
place has a beautiful view of tea plantation. The area is
blessed with the exotic wildlife and plants.
Periyar National Park
Periyar National Park is one of the most popular park in the
southern India. It lies in the Thekkady District, and it can
be visited throughout the year. Elephant ride is provided for
30 minutes in the Jungle. Eco-tourism activity is carried
out in which visitors can take part. Safaris there are carried
out by boat in the lake where appealing sunset can also be
captured.
Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi attracts most of the visitors in Kerala. You can
experience the sunset there with coconut water. It is also
known as the “Gateway To Kerala.”
Wayanad
Wayanad attracts tourist because of its picturesque charm.
It has a green bright mountain region which is near to the
Western Ghats. Coconut palms, thick forests, paddy fields, and
haughty peaks makes it a beautiful and attracting tourist place.
Kerala has become the
most attractive tourist
place due to its beaches,
backwaters, mountain
ranges and wildlife
sanctuaries. They are the
major attractions for both
domestic and international
tourists in Kerala. Kerala
has gradually and
beautifully developed
tourism, becoming one
of the most searched
tourist destination due to
its diverse demographic
scenery, making it a
perfect destination for a
relaxed holiday.
mONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

8. TALKINGTECHNOLOGY08
T
he name synonymous with
DAF world over – has been
supplying the most efficient
DAF units to all sectors of industry
since 1955. Over 600 installations
in India and more than 6000
globally.
Today KROFTA supplies
complete solutions for your
water and waste water/sewage
problems to achieve ZERO
DISCHARGE. The Krofta systems
comprise of:
1. DAF Systems
a) SUPERCELL – A circular DAF
clarifier characterized by very low
retention time of 3 minutes, pre-
fabricated delivery requiring a
maximum of 5 – 7 days for erection
and commissioning and very high
efficiencies and for separation of O
G (+98%) and suspended solids
(+90%).
b) SEDICELL - A combination
of flotation and sedimentation
system with residence time of
20 - 30 minutes. Very useful for
separation of floatable and settle-
able solids and biological sludge
thickening.
i) Fiber and filler recovery unit
in same equipment for mills
having high filler content
ii) Sedimentation and flotation
in one unit ensuring handling
of those water flows with very
high suspended solids.
c) MINICELL – Circular DAF for
oil removal and food industries.
d) UNICELL – Rectangular DAF.
e) MULTIFLOAT – Rectangular
DAF with Floatation Enhancement
Cells.
2. Belt Filter Press -Belt
Filter Presses are very efficient for
squeezing sludge in the ETP line
to give an outlet of approximately
30% consistency. It can also be
used for dewatering sludges from
0.5% to 30% consistency.
3. CPI/TPI
Ideal for separation of
immersible liquids in Petroleum/
petrochemical vegetable oil
industries,
Power stations, Railway
Maintenance Depots, Marine Bilge
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4. Lamella Clarifiers
5. Continuous Sand
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6. Membrane Systems
a) UF
b) NF
c) RO
7. Pressure Sand Filters
8. Activated Carbon
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9. Aeration Systems
a) FIXED AERATORS
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c) DIFFUSED AERATION
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12. Activated Sludge
Process
a) SAFF
b) FAB
c) Extended Aerator
13. Disinfection
a) Chlorination
b) Ozonation
c) UV
14.AirOdourPollution
Control Systems
Krofta is also in Air and
odour pollution control systems
in collaboration with M/s ACWA
Systems Ltd of UK. To keep air
pollution within specified norms,
Krofta uses wet scrubbing system
by using partially treated effluent
if available as scrubbing media
for both air and odour pollution
control systems.
Krofta is now entering the
field of Bag Filter Houses in
collaboration with Filter Design
Limited of UK.
Krofta backs up its technology
with excellent after-sales services.
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Durga Bhawan
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Okhla Industrial Phase II
New Delhi 110020
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Web: www.kroftaengineering.com
MONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

9. TRYSOMETHINGNEW 09
Ingredients
• 1 mango, peeled and diced
• 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
• 1 red chili, seeds removed and finely
chopped
• 1/2 cup roughly chopped
• fresh coriander
• 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• juice of ½ lime
upcoming
No one grows old by living.
Only by losing interest in living....
THOUGHT OF
THE WEEK
Avocado and Mango Salsa
IHGF Delhi Fair Autumn
2014
Globally popular for its Artisans,
Arts Crafts, Earthen Concepts
and Captivating Colors, India is
a fast-growing economy of the
world. Its largest vendor-base
in the globe, brings you India's
most prominent honored trade
show for Handicrafts Gifts,
known as IHGF Delhi Fair. The
IHGF Delhi Fair Autumn 2014
is enthusiastically visited by
numerous buyers from across the
world.
Date: 14-18 Oct 2014
Venue: India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater
Noida, India
RFID India Expo
RFid India Expo, the only
exposition of RFID technology
applications in India will be
held at Pragati Maidanx, India.
Concurrently with the exhibition, a
series of Technical Workshops
Conferences are being planned
with participation from global
Indian players in the field.
Date: 15-17 Oct 2014
Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
FT YES BANK
International Banking
Summit
The FT YES BANK International
Banking Summit, organized
by the Financial Times Live will
take place from 15th October
to the 16th October 2014 at the
Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi,
India. The conference will cover
areas like The Outlook for India
in the Global Economy, Breaking
Ground in Governance —
Companies Act 2013.
Date: 15-16 Oct 2014
Venue: Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India
Conference on Railways
in India
The Conference on Railways in
India, organized by the India
Infrastructure Publishing Pvt Ltd
will take place from 16th October
to the 17th October 2014 at the
Le Meridien New Delhi in New
Delhi, India. The conference will
cover areas like completing key
existing projects rather than on
announcing more new projects
or trying to complete many more
smaller projects.
Date: 16-17 Oct 2014
Venue: Le Meridien New Delhi, New Delhi,
India
Resource India Expo
2014
The show is designed to present
and promote an entire spectrum
of developments in the Waste
Management, Wastewater
Treatment Renewable Energy
sectors. The show endeavors
to offer a unique gateway for
manufacturers /suppliers to
benefit from the rapidly growing
Indian market. A truly international
trade fair, The TIMES RESOURCE
INDIA EXPO 2014 is designed
to facilitate effective interaction
among several fraternities of
Waste Management, Wastewater
Management Pollution Control.
Date: 18-20 Oct 2014
Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai
International
Conference on Emerging
Trends in Electronics,
Electrical and
Computing Technologies
The conference will cover areas
like Communication Protocol
and Architecture, High-speed
Communication and Network,
Wireless Communication and
Network.
Date: 18-19 Oct 2014
Venue: India International Centre, New
Delhi, India
South Africa is home
to the oldest meteor
scar in the world –
the Vredefort Dome
in a town called
Parys. The site is
a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
SOUTH AFRICA
The high level delegation led by Mr. Mamadou TALLA, Minister of Vocational Training and Handicrafts, Senegal,
commencing the interactive session with students by lighting the lamp at Lovely Professional University, Punjab.

picture of the week
• 2 spring onions, chopped
• ½ red onion, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
Prepration Method
1. In a medium bowl, combine the mango,
2. Avocado, chili, coriander and garlic.
3. Stir in the salt, lime juice, red onion, and olive oil.
4. To blend the flavors, refrigerate for about 30
minutes before serving.
10
Turmeric
Handy French
1. Where is the party?
Où aura lieu la soirée?
2. Don’t feel bad.
Ne sois pas triste.
3. I’m getting engaged soon.
Je serai bientôt fiancé (e).
4. What are you up to?
Que faites-vous?
HEALTH
BENEFITS OF
1Prevents
Cancer
2Relieves
Arthritis
4Controls
Diabetes
5Immunity
Booster
6Heals
Wound
7Weight
Management
8Improves
Digestion
9
Prevents
Alzheimer’s
disease
10
Prevents
Liver
Disease
3
Reduces
Cholesterol
Level
Motivators that keep you
focused on goals
1. Allegory: Figurative
representations or abstractions
that offer significant,
consequential meaning.
2. Futurity: Allusions to the long-
term impact and possibilities
associated with the ultimate
outcomes that may result from the realization of
a long-term goal.
3. Self: Statements that invoke personal identity,
reputation, or personal belief systems.
4. Singularity: References to the perceived
uniqueness of the endeavor.
5. Knowledge: Statements that refer to skill
development, new understanding, acquiring
truth, and finding ways to control events.
6. The Work: Allusions to the nature of the work,
including challenges, methods, risks, and
uncertainties, as well as elements that are fun
or surprising.
7. Embeddedness: Ways in which individuals see
their work situated within social contexts,
as well as ways in which their work garners
social legitimacy within their professions and
in society.
8. Progress: Statements that emphasize the
notion of forward movement, often short term,
in the direction of long-term goal pursuit.
Flag
Country
Name
Capital Currency
Official
language
High Commissioners/
AmbassAdors IN INDIA
Algeria Algiers
Algerian dinar
(DZD).
Arabic
H.E. Mr. Echarif Mohammed
Hacene
Angola Luanda Kwanza Portuguese H E Mr. Andre SANRA
Benin Porto-Novo CFA franc French H.E. Mr. Manuel Eduardo Bravo
Botswana Gaborone Pula (BWP) Setswana, English H.E. Mrs Lesego Ethel Motsumi
Burundi Bujumbura
Burundi Franc,
BIF
Kirundi (Na-
tional language),
FRENCH and
ENGLISH
H.E. Mr. Rubuka Aloys
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou XOF FCFA
French, Mòoré,
Gourma, Fulfulde,
Dioula, Tamasheq
H.E.Mr. Idriss Raoua
OUEDRAOGO
Côte d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro Franc CFA French H.E. Mr. Sainy Tiemele
Eritrea Asmara Nakfa
Tigrigna, Arabic
and English
H.E Mr. Alem Tsehaye
Woldemariam
mONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

10. THEFASHIONISTAS10
Use Music as a Tool - Kojo Antwi
JOT Agyeman Makes Surprise Return to
E.Tv as Awake Relaunches
I slept on the streets of Ghana before stardom
Ace Ghanaian Actor and
Broadcaster was the
surprise host of Awake
on e.tv Ghana as the new
season of the popular
morning show started
on Monday 6th October.
Viewers who were
glued to their seats
expecting to see regular
host, Rashida were
pleasantly surprised
to see JOT hosting the
show.
The suspense and surprise
reached a crescendo when Rashida
Today, Nneameka Okorie,
popularly called Patoranking,
is one of the most celebrated
reggae-dancehall artists in Nigeria
and by extension, Africa. But the
story, like that of most people,
has not always been good for the
'Alubarika'
star.
Ghanaian music legend, Kojo
Antwi, has tasked young and
upcoming musicians to see music
as a tool rather than a product.
According to the music
maestro, a lot of young people
venture into music because of the
money and fame it brings, which in
turn results in poor output.
'I hear a lot of music right now
and the only thing I hear, lyric wise,
is shake your booty, make your
body and baby you are that and
this and all that. To us Africans,
music means more to us than these
things,' he told NEWS-ONE.
The 'Densu' hit maker
was announced as the first guest
on the show.
Sporting a dark suit, Rashida
Patoranking he revealed in
an interview on Starr FM that his
music career actually started off in
Ghana. According to him, “I started
music from my mum's belly,
but dancehall has always been
something that I grew up listening
to and it was perfected in Ghana.”
Patoranking's first trip to
Ghana, according to him, was in
2007 after he was admitted to
Cape Coast University. After a year
at the university, he dropped out
due to financial constraints.
“I had to move from Cape Coast
to Accra. I was sleeping on the
streets of Osu just to make it. We
must make am now…survival at all
cost,” he said.
He added that: “The
only option I had at that
point was making it in
Shatta wale
secures another
international award
Shatta wale known in real life as Charles Nii Armar Mensah
Junior the reigning Artist of the year was recently crowned
the best new entertainer at the 33rd International Reggae and
World Music Awards (IRWMA) which took place at the Coral
Spring Center for The Arts in Florida.
The Dancehall King secured the award to make it his
second International award after winning the Africa artist of the
year at the 9th edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Awards
(NEA) which took place on 31 August 2014, at the Skirball
Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
The dancehall commando said to Ghanaians he is trying
hard to put Ghana on the map and he is doing exactly that.
Modern Ghana
explained that for a country, which
is being confronted with Ebola and
Cholera, it is only wise that music
is used to uplift people.
'We are confronted with Ebola,
so much filth here in Accra and we
are dying because of Cholera; so
we cannot sing about shaking your
booty all the time. We must use
music as a tool to uplift people. The
young ones need to see music as a
tool and not a product,' he said.
Kojo Antwi, who was unveiled
as the recipient of the 2014 edition
of the annual Legends Legacy
Ball, stated that he never set out to
be a legend but to churn out great
music that will last for eternity.
'If you sow the right seed
then you will rip the right fruit;
but if you go cashing money from
the beginning, a lot of things will
elude you. I never set out there to
become a legend. I just came out
to do great music, music that my
grandson will listen to in 10yrs
time and say oh granddad you did
very well on that song,' he added.
Kojo Antwi has over the years
produced some timeless hit songs
which have won him various
awards.
Modern Ghana
Kojo Antwi

Charles Nii Armar Mensah Junior

Nneameka Okorie
life because I just had to change
the course of my family, the face
of my family you know…being the
first child…I just say thank you
Lord and to everybody that never
doubted me. I pray for them still
and we're still together.”
It is on record that while
hustling in Ghana, Patoranking met
a young Ghanaian entrepreneur
named Lanky on the streets of Osu
who partnered with him to achieve
his dreams.
Lanky started a production
company called Black Rhythms
Entertainment and made a few
tracks with him, the songs enjoyed
some airplay but it was difficult
to break through in Ghana so he
returned to Nigeria and the rest, as
they say, is history.
Modern Ghana
explained her two
month absence part
of which was spent in
the United States on
speaking assignments
with several women
groups.
Among new
segments on the show
is the perspectives
segment which takes an
in-depth look at some
of the critical human
interest stories. Awake
is a daily Weekday morning show.
Modern Ghana
MONDAY | OCTOBER 13, 2014

11. SPORTS2WATCH 11
Coaches want Africa to win Fifa
World Cup
H
ead coaches and technical
directors of African
national teams have hailed
progress in African football but
emphasised the need to make
improvements which would see an
African team win a Fifa World Cup.
The resolution was among
the many passed by the coaches,
who meet in a two-day conference
held in Cairo, Egypt recently. It
was organised by FIFA and CAF
to review and learn from the 2014
FIFA World Cup Brazil.
Rwanda was represented by
Amavubi head coach Stephen
Constantine and technical director
Lee Johnson.
Reflecting on the technical
aspects of Brazil 2014, there was a
general feeling among participants
that African teams had played
their part in the overall success of
Ghana international midfielder
Sulley Muntari is keen to sign an
extension contract with Italian
giants AC Milan, according to his
agent.
The 30-year-old has hit a rich
vein of form for the Rossoneris
since the start of the season,
scoring twice in five games for
Fillipo Inzaghi's side.
Muntari, who has been linked
with a return to the English
Premier League, has two years
left on his current Milan contract
but his agent Federico Pastorello
has revealed the controversial
midfielder is keen to sign an
extension contract at Milan.
“Muntari wants to stay
at Milan for long. His current
contract expires in 2016, but there
is enough to discuss about his
potential renewal with AC Milan,”
He told togianlucadimarzio.com.
“Muntari is a delighted man.
He is very happy with how things
are going in the Rossoneri shirt.
He was a bit sad initially because
the last few draws, but now,
Ghana will have to deal with the
challenges of North African giants,
Algeria and Egypt as well four
other countries if the country is
to succeed in getting the rights to
host the 2017 CAF Africa Cup of
Nations.
Bythedeadlineof30September
2014, the Confederation Africaine
de Football received applications
from seven Member Associations
for the hosting rights of the 2017
edition of the biennial continental
championship.
The seven in alphabetical order
are: Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana,
Kenya, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
Nominations were opened
on 23 August 2014, following the
withdrawal of Libya, original host
of the 31st edition of the Africa
Cup of Nations, through a circular
the World Cup.
For the first time,
two African teams
reached the second
stage of the competition
and the general level of
football produced was
of high quality.
P a r t i c u l a r l y
satisfying were the
performances of
Algeria, who lost
narrowly in the Round
of 16, and in extra time,
to eventual champions,
Germany.
Nigeria fell at the
same stage to France,
while Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
both came very close to reaching
the second phase.
Analysing the example of
world champion Germany, the top
African technicians agreed that,
despite having talented players,
their nations still have a number
of issues to address, particularly in
organisation and administration.
“If we want to move forward
we have to professionalise
everything around the team,”
said Volker Finke, who coached
for nearly 20 years in the German
Bundesliga and is now national
coach of Cameroon.
After a disappointing 2014
World Cup, Cameroon is seeking a
fresh start with a new generation
of young players and is currently
leading its group in the 2015
AFCON qualifiers.
Both Finke and Francis Oti
Akenteng, technical director of
Ghana stressed that disputes
around the payment of bonuses to
players ahead of the competition
had a negative impact in Brazil.
“The money issue affected
players’ concentration,”
commented Akenteng.
Among the other issues
that African football is facing,
participants mentioned the lack of
youth development programmes.
“The national team is not the
place where you can teach the
basics of technique and tactics; it
has to come before,” said Ephraim
Mashaba, head coach of South
Africa.
He pointed as well to the
difficulty of working appropriately
within the international match
calendar, which only allows a few
days ahead of and in between
matches.
This limitation is felt
particularly in Africa, where
travelling between different
countries can take several days.
Shawky Gharib, head coach
of Egypt, also underlined the
difficulty of having to play
international matches during the
national league season break,
when players are out of shape.
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platform for the elite technicians of
the African continent to exchange
ideas and develop new strategies
for the future.
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Ghana star Muntari keen to
extend AC Milan contract
Ghana battle Egypt, others for
Afcon 2017
Ghana FA shortlists Kluivert, Avram Grant
for vacant Black Stars coaching post
after returning to victory, he is
delighted,” Pastorello continued.
“Muntari renewed his contract
last season because he was doing
fine here. There was interest from
other teams, but he refused to
listen to those proposals. He really
wanted to stay at Milan and the
company was very happy to keep
it.”
Muntari joined AC Milan from
City rivals Inter Milan in January
2012 and has established himself
at the San Siro scoring important
goals for the club.
Modern Ghana
signed by the CAF Secretary
General, Hicham El Amrani.
The host country will be
decided by the CAF Executive
Committee during one of its
sessions in 2015.
The circular emphasized that
due to the limited time frame for
the organization of the 2017 Africa
Cup of Nations, the CAF Executive
Committee will focus on the host
with acceptable infrastructure and
facilities required (Stadia, Training
grounds, Accommodation,
Communications etc.) in making a
decision.
Ghana last hosted the
tournament in 2008 following
successes of 1963 and 1978 as
well 2000 when it was co-hosted
with Nigeria. allsports.com
Ghanaian Chronicle
in a shortlist for the vacant Black Stars
coaching position.
The five-man shortlist also
includes former Switzerland assistant
coach Michel Pont and former coach
of Spanish side Levante, Juan Ignacio
Jimenez.
According to a statement of the
GFA's official website, two coaches
were placed on the stand-by list for
shortlisted coaches and they are
Bernd Schuster and Ricardo Gareca.
Pont, Kluivert and Tardelli will
arrive in Accra to be interviewed on
17th October, 2014 while Grant and
Jimenez will be interviewed on 18th
October 2014.
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Sulley Muntari
The Ghana Football Association (GFA)
has named five big-name coaches
including Dutch legend Patrick Kluivert,
former Chelsea boss Avram Grant and
former Italy international Marco Tardelli
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Can you tell our readers about SMSGH
and how it came into existence?
SMSGH is a mobile and internet
application that is involved in helping
companies and other organizations to
use the mobile phone and the internet
to send messages to their customers.
It is also involved in the mobile and
internet banking where customers pay
and receive money through the internet
and their mobile phones. SMSGH came
into being out of my frustrations with my
university education. As a young man, I
was looking for an education that would
give me a future but what I was learning
in school were more of the things of
the past rather than giving me a future.
I therefore began to look outside my
lecture room to see what I can do for my
future.
So even though I completed my
university education in Chemistry, I
decided to look into the business crystal
ball to calve a future for myself. My
mobile phone gave me the idea. Every
day I receive text messages from my
friends while I also sent them replies.
One day it came to me that text messages
must go beyond just the exchange of
messages among friends. I saw the
business aspect of it where businesses
can use the system to relay messages
to their customers en bloc instead of
writing to them which takes a long time
to reach them. I discussed the idea with a
colleague student and we travelled from
Kumasi to Accra to discuss the idea with
banks and other big companies within
the city.
What are some of your products and
how are your customers benefitting
from them?
Our three major platforms/apps
are; MYtxtBOX, Jumpfon, and MPower
Payments which have grown our
customers to over 25million across
four African countries and we are doing
millions of mobile VAS transactions on
a daily basis. The MYtxtBOX has to do
with our bulk SMS text messages for
companies while the Jumpfor has some
entertainment applications with MPower
as mobile banking application where
customers transfer money and receive
money from their mobile phone and
their internet. Over 14 million of these
customers are in Ghana alone.
SMSGH has almost 40,000 corporate
clients currently, which include banks,
insurance companies, small; medium;
large enterprises, handset manufacturers,
government, utility service providers,
and many more.
We understand that you are operating
in some African countries. Can
you mention them and also tell us
your motivation in going to those
countries?
Well, we have expanded our
tentacles to Nigeria and Cameroun in
West Africa and to Kenya in East Africa,
with a registered representative office
in the United States of America for the
authentication of electronic payments.
We have chosen Nigeria because we think
Nigeria has a big market out there. We
are still studying the business terrain
there since their culture and business
strategies seems to be a little different
from ours. In Cameroon we are looking
at the bilingual advantage of the nation.
Since Cameroon speaks both French and
English, we believe that operating there
will help us to reach both French and
English speaking countries in the closest
future. Kenyan is also a huge market and
we are hoping to extend our wings to all
the East African countries.
How is the competition like in the
mobile and internet application
industry in Ghana?
Well, competitions are necessary
for the development of every business.
In Ghana, there are other businesses
operating in our industry area with
some of them coming from Europe but
we are not perturbed since we have
built confidence in our brand with our
customers. We believe that creativity
is the key and we have the men and
the women to unearth those ideas and
products needed to keep us in business.
And what about government
regulation? Are there well defined
parameters which give you an even
playing field and protection for your
customers as well?
The national Communication
Authority (NCA) is our regulator and I
can say that their regulation flame works
are favourable. We have been licensed
by the NCA whose main aim is to protect
local industries and we are happy to
say that they are providing that role
perfectly. The Mobile and Internet Apps
in Ghana has also formed an association
known as the Wireless Application
Service Providers Association of Ghana
(WASPAG) which came out with code of
ethics in the industry. Government has
announced that soon it would issue a
license for a one-stop-shop clearinghouse
for the telecom and VAS industry, and I
think the clearing house is a great idea
because it will bring organization, sanity
and a fair playing field into the entire
telecom industry and potentially help the
local VAS space to grow.
In Ghana, some young university graduates who felt discontented with what they called the “old
fashioned university education in Ghana which does not seems to give young people any future,”
left the university to start what has become one of the most popular telecommunication and internet
application in Ghana which is probably set to revolutionize the African continent and the world at
large. Your most authoritative newspaper on Africa, Indo Africa Times made a trip to SMSGH in Accra
to have an interview with the CEO of the company Mr. Alex Adjei Bram. Interviewer: Francis L Sackitey
Making it big with mobile apps
- Africans are brazing the trail
Mr. Alex Adjei Bram
CEO
SMSGH, Accra
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