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Google expanding operations in Nigeria   October 25, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle: Google says it is hiring in Nigeria and working with the government, businesses and universities to expand Internet access in Africa’s most populous nation.   The Mountain View company wants to tap unmet demand in the West African nation where Google estimates about 15 […]

UK population ‘to increase to 70 million by 2027’   October 26, 2011 BBC New: The population of the UK is on course to reach 70 million over the next 16 years, official figures suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said it was set to rise from 62.3 million in 2010 to 67.2 million […]

Welcome to Ice City: Russia plans to build frozen community 1,000 miles from North Pole… as race for Arctic minerals heats up     By Will Stewart- Daily Mail   Russia is to build an ultra-modern city on a frozen island deep inside the Arctic Circle – in the Kremlin’s latest move to back its […]

Brazil moves ahead with smart grid plans RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 17, 2011 (UPI) — Brazil is moving ahead toward expansion of a smart grid network in the country despite huge disparities in the quality of housing available to Brazilians and continuing problems tackling illegal dwellings in slum sprawls in Rio de Janeiro, other major cities […]

Ghana is currently the world’s fastest growing economy in 2011   In an economic research by the Economy Watch led by Juan Abdel Nasser, Ghana is ranked the fastest economic growing country in the world. Many people assume China is the fastest economic growing country in the world, but that is not the case, it […]

Thursday, October 6, 2011 South Sudan has sold 22 million barrels of oil AFP – South Sudan has sold 22 million barrels of oil to international buyers through the north’s Port Sudan export terminal since independence, at an estimated value of $2.14 billion, the oil ministry said. “Since achieving independence on July 9, 2011, the ministry […]