ADB to open 25 field offices in Africa by 2006
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The African Development Bank (ADB) Group is planning to open 25 field offices by 2006 in member countries of the continent, said an ADB official here on Thursday.
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Korean chipmaker Samsung says it will invest 25 trillion won building new chip production lines over the next six years.
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UN mission officials in Sudan said Friday they hope an expanded African force will be on the ground in Darfur by the end of October, after Sudan&#39;s foreign minister agreed to allow in 3,500 outside troops.
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African forces should be fully  deployed to Sudan's troubled Darfur region by the end of the  year despite some delays in building the infrastructure to  house them, the new head of the African Union mission said on  Saturday.
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MOSCOW, Sep 25 (IPS) - Russiaâs truck manufacturers say theyâre ready to  do more business in Africa but the countryâs image problem may be  getting in the way.
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In a commentary published in Africa International (France), Callisto Madavo, the World Bank&#39;s (former) Vice President for the Africa Region, writes that Africans need jobs.
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Mobile search and display advertising will take off in the next five years, a research firm predicts.
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The African Union agreed Wednesday to boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region and send a contingent of civilian police to monitor efforts to end violence that has driven more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
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African leaders pitched on Monday for more trade and investment from Asia, saying they were pushing through economic and political reforms that will open up business opportunities in the continent.
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ABUJA  - Nigeria will begin sending troops to join a newly expanded African truce-monitoring force in the war torn Sudanese region of Darfur on Thursday, the country&#39;s top military spokesman said.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) upgraded its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the Philippines from 5% to 5.5%, it was learned Wednesday.
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The African Union plans to send more   troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended Darfur peacekeeping   mission, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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The World Bank's private sector arm   and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced   plans to explore private health care opportunities in Africa.
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The African Union has agreed to expand its peacekeeping force in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region. The move comes as the Sudanese government begins peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, with Darfur&#39;s two rebels groups.
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The world will have almost two billion mobile telephone users by 2006 due to growth in emerging markets such as India and China, the head of Swedish giant Ericsson revealed.
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The company plans to more than double its output by 2006.
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African leaders will launch a  global fund to help people in poor countries buy mobile phones  and Internet access as a step out of poverty and into economic  growth, the president of Senegal said on Wednesday.