Through DNA analysis, Illinois researchers have disproved years of rumors and hearsay surrounding the ancient Battle of Raphia, the only known battle between Asian and African elephants. "What everyone thinks about war elephants is ...
Tags: DNA analysis, ancient Battle of Raphia, war elephants, Alfred Roca
The Middle East and Africa external storage market declined 8.8% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest figures from IDC. The study ‘EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker’ found that ...
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On Sunday, December 8, as part of Swahili Fashion Week, the East Africa Trade Hub presented a workshop on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and integrating design and marketing for a U.S. customer base. Attended by 40 ...
Tags: Trade Hub, Fashion Apparel
Millions of people step aboard airplanes each day, complaining about the lack of legroom and overhead space but almost taking for granted that they can travel thousands of miles in just a few hours. Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary ...
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A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Investments in ICT are expect to increase in 2014 in Africa as both public and private spending rises and local content businesses partner with larger operators and tech companies, according to IDC. Adoption of data analytics and cloud ...
Tags: ICT Investment, Africa Market
Otto Energy Limited(ASX:OEL)("Otto"or"The Company")notes the positive exploration results from its Pangani licence in Tanzania reported in the attached ASX Announcement from joint venture partner Swala Energy Limited(ASX:SWE). Otto holds ...
After eight successive quarters of decline, the Middle East and Africa hardcopy peripherals market finally returned to a state of positive growth during the third quarter of 2013, with shipments up 6.6% year on year to total 1,472,000 ...
Sports company PUMA has appointed advertising agency JWT New York as its lead creative agency. Effective immediately, JWT will assume a leadership position over all PUMA advertising and creative on a global basis, with reach across North ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Puma
After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
Tags: Middle East, construction, coatings market
Ericsson used Cairo ICT 2013 to reveal the city's position in this year's Ericsson Networked Society City Index report, which analysed the levels of ICT-driven benefits created in some of the largest cities across the globe. During the ...
The growing popularity of 10 Gigabit and 40 Gigabit Ethernet in data centres helped the Middle East Ethernet switch market record the highest third quarter increase, according to IDC.? In the MEA region switch sales increased by almost 23 ...
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QCanywhere has been recognized as a finalist in the Annual 2013 Golden Bridge Awards as the industry's first cloud-based document, artwork and print inspection solution. The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program with active ...
Anthropologie, the large U.S. brand under the Urban Outfitters retail umbrella, will make a second trip to East Africa in January 2014. The January trip follows on the heels of a very successful visit in September, during which ...
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BT has announced a new phase of investments into the economies of the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Asia Pacific. BT hopes that by launching more competitive capabilities across a larger number of countries and delivering a ...
Tags: BT, Middle East Investment, Optimistic