Topic - africa

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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

African Carrier Seeks $10 Phone

MTN Group, which operates in Africa and the Middle East, could set a jarring new price floor in the already scary mobile phone market.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Vodafone Wants $2.5B Stake in Vodacom

Stymied by market saturation in Europe, the British carrier is seeking to extend its investment in Africa, one of the least saturated mobile markets in the world.
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Communications, Internet

Google Joins Third World Broadband Effort

Search giant supports plan to launch 16 satellites to provide high speed internet to 3 billion people in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
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Computers, Communications, Internet, Finance

Tech Briefs: Buggy iPhone, European VCs Stingier, Vodafone's Africa Grab

Apple iPhone users bitch about poor 3G reception, European VCs tighten the purse strings, Vodafone's plan for world domination spreads to Ghana.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

Mobile Phones Narrow Digital Divide

But poor countries still lag the wealthy, UN agency reports.
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Communications

Digital Radio, African Style

Can broadcasters sell $200 radio receivers in a country where there is no clamor for radio’s digital age?
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General news, Biosciences

Indian Firms to Make HIV Drug

Gilead Sciences licenses AIDS treatment Tenofovir to eight more Indian companies.
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Biosciences

Meningitis Vaccine Advances

iGate successfully completes phase I trial of vaccine, with help from the Gates Foundation.
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Biosciences

Abbott Holds Back AIDS Drug

Humanitarian organization appeals to Abbott and looks for help from generic drugmakers.
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General news, Communications

China Mobile, Millicom Hang Up

Millicom says $5.3-billion deal can’t be completed in ‘an acceptable time frame.’
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Biosciences

Pharma Makes Gains Abroad

Growth is shifting, but the industry is none the poorer for that.
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Biosciences

Research: Sleeping Sickness

Scientists are uncovering new ways to combat the deadly parasite.
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General news, Internet

Microsoft Goes After Phishers

The world’s largest software maker plans to file lawsuits on three continents.
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Computers, General news, Internet, Finance

A Mideast Silicon Valley

Beyond Israel’s bubbling tech scene, the Middle East still looks pretty dry. But looks aren’t everything.
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Computers, General news

US Losing PC Pace

Europe, Asia, and Latin America blow past the U.S. in growth in PC shipments.
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Communications

Telco’s Scramble for Africa

There’s gold in the airwaves.
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Communications

Fiber-optic Cable Wires Africa

New submarine fiber-optic cables serving Africa could bring the Internet to more people.
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Finance

Q&A: VC Bob King on Africa

Peninsula Capital founder invested early in Baidu; now he has his eye on Africa.
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Computers

Lenovo Targets Africa

PC maker claims it will sell cheaper machines in Africa and try to increase market share in native China.
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Computers

TechSpin: Gates’ New Office

Microsoft gives developers view of Office 12; Comcast, Viacom make a deal; rocket merger fizzles; Africa jazzed by mobile voice.
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