LAGOS, Nigeria, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MainOne (http://www.mainone.net), Nigeria’s leading provider of innovative telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa, today announced the opening of its premier Tier III Lekki Data Center to address the growing demand for Colocation, Cloud and Disaster Recovery... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — One year after the first Ebola cases started to surface in Guinea, WHO is publishing this series of 14 papers that take an in-depth look at West Africa’s first epidemic of Ebola virus disease. The papers explore reasons why the... Read more

JUBA, South Sudan, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is pleased to welcome the pending deployment of a Chinese infantry battalion which will be based and operate out of UNMISS Headquarters in Juba. Part of the surge force authorized by... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is deeply saddened by the death of a Sierra Leone Red Cross Society staff member to the Ebola virus disease. “Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As empresas bem-sucedidas em 2015 serão as empresas capazes de se adaptar às rápidas mudanças do panorama internacional, como a instabilidade nos mercados de câmbio e o rápido crescimento da população global e do número de utilizadores da Internet, transformando-as... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Successful companies in 2015 will be those that can adapt to the fast changing global environment, such as unstable currency markets, the fast growing global population and rising number of internet users, and make them work in their favour. This... Read more

BANJUL, Gambia, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Bhaswar Mukhopadhyay, visited Banjul from January 8-14, 2015. Though The Gambia remains completely free of Ebola, the crisis has caused a deep decline in tourism related activities, the economy’s principal... Read more

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, January 15, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The 2015 Investing in African Mining Indaba (http://www.miningindaba.com/?utm_source=APO&utm_medium=pressrelease2&utm_campaign=MI15) taking place on 9 – 12 February 2015 in Cape Town South Africa will feature an array of globally recognised economic visionaries, mining thought leaders and some of Africa’s largest deal-makers for... Read more

OTTAWA, Canada, January 14, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, on behalf of Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today announced additional support to encourage economic growth and empower women and young people in Egypt. “Canada is committed to supporting long-term stability... Read more

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 14, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha will visit Cabo Verde from 19 to 26 January 2015 to assess the country’s achievements and challenges in realizing the right to adequate housing and non-discrimination in this context. This is the first time... Read more