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Millicom launches digital music initiatives for Africa
2014-09-24 16:59:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Millicom has unveiled Tigo Music and Africa Music Rights, two initiatives to introduce its digital music experience in Africa. Tigo Music launches across Millicom's African operations, starting in Ghana in the fourth quarter. Bundled as part of pre-paid data plans, the service will offer unlimited music streaming with instant access to a library of more than 30 million songs. Tigo Music is already present in Latin America with 600,000 subscribers. Millicom has also formed a partnership with one of Africa's leading digital music companies, Africori, to fund, acquire and manage music rights through "Africa Music Rights" (AMR) to which Millicom will contribute a significant majority of the initial investment. AMR will serve the whole continent, where 70 percent of music consumed is locally produced, and will invest in rights directly from artists, writers, micro-labels and others. Key areas for growth include South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya as well as Millicom's six Tigo markets. Africori contributes to the venture Coolspot, one of South Africa's leading independent labels. It has a catalogue of over 11,000 songs spanning 25 years and includes more than 70 gold and platinum releases from high-profile South African legacy artists such as Oleseng and Sammy Malete.
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South Africa inks $10bn nuclear power deal with Russia
2014-09-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
South Africa has signed a $10bn nuclear power cooperation agreement with Russia for the construction of up to 9.6GW of nuclear facilities based on Russian technology.
Ebola drug trials to be fast-tracked in West Africa
2014-09-23 18:10:00| Biotech - Topix.net
Experimental Ebola drugs including compounds from Mapp Biopharmaceutical, Sarepta and Tekmira will be tested in affected West African states for the first time in a bid to fast-track trials, the Wellcome Trust said on Tuesday. Announcing a 3.2 million pound grant for the work, the global health charity said the money would "enable multiple partners around the world to quickly establish clinical trials at existing Ebola treatment centers".
iSat Africa takes capacity on Yamal-402 satellite for Central Africa
2014-09-22 19:00:21| Digital TV News
Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) has announced that iSAT Africa, a subsidiary of Wananchi, has contracted to use capacity on its Yamal-402 satellite for the provision of services in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other Central African countries.
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Wool Prices in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand (Weekly Report)
2014-09-19 12:39:31| EmergingTextiles.com
Australian wool prices remained unchanged in A$ terms this week, actually tumbling in US$ terms. Our weekly report delivers a comprehensive view of wool prices in Australia, with a long list of micron types in A$, US$ and euro terms. Historical charts are also available, such as downloadable historical data. A glimpse on the New Zealand and South African markets is provided.
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