Kente Shoes!!! Amazing | Kente Chaussures! incroyable | Kente Calçados! surpreendente

English:
Benin is known for really representing African materials, so commonly you will hardly come across a Benin profile on facebook without seeing one or two images of African wear. Even more so amazing, on a visit to Benin yesterday, we spotted 3 girls in wearing Kente shoes. So we had to blog a few for all our lovelies out there. For those that don't know, Kente is a popular African fabric mainly used across west africa with roots in Ghana. We are also offering to support and promote anyone anywhere who makes anything in Kente. Please like and share if you think they are gorgeous.

French
Le Bénin est connu pour vraiment représenter les matériels africains, si souvent vous aurez du mal tomber sur un profil du Bénin sur facebook sans voir une ou deux images de l'usure africaine. D'autant plus étonnant, lors d'une visite au Bénin d'hier, nous avons vu 3 filles dans le port de chaussures Kente. Donc, nous avons dû le blog pour tous nos lecteurs de belles là-bas. Pour ceux qui ne savent pas, Kente est un tissu populaire africaine principalement utilisé Afrique de l'Ouest avec des racines au Ghana. Nous offrons également à soutenir et à promouvoir n'importe qui n'importe où, qui fait quelque chose dans Kente. S'il vous plaît aimez partager et si vous pensez qu'ils sont magnifiques.

Portugues:
Benin é conhecida por realmente representando materiais africanos, tão comumente dificilmente você vai se deparar com um perfil no facebook Benin sem ver uma ou duas imagens de desgaste Africano. Ainda mais surpreendente, em uma visita a Benin, ontem, vimos 3 meninas no uso de sapatos Kente. Então, nós tivemos um blog-lo para todos os nossos leitores encantadores lá fora. Para aqueles que não sabem, é um tecido Kente populares Africano usado principalmente na África Ocidental, com raízes em Gana. Também estamos oferecendo para apoiar e promover alguém em qualquer lugar que faz qualquer coisa em Kente. Por favor, gostaria e compartilhar se você acha que eles são lindos.

Sierra Leone: Cars for Condoms (Businessman of The Week / Homme d'affaires de La Semaine / Empresário da Semana)

MELVIN KAMARA | SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone's Foday Melvin Kamara trained as an automobile engineer but, instead of manufacturing vehicles, he specialises in turning old car parts into agro-processing equipment and condom machines.

He started his business in 1997 with an investment of less than $100 (£63) which he had saved while he was in Germany as a student. He used part of that money to rent a house and the rest to buy steel products which were transformed into shovels and door hinges.

"Then we sold that and we ploughed a profit into the business," he said. That initial profit was used to acquire scrap materials.

"Indeed, we are able to convert waste to wealth," Mr Kamara pointed out.

The firm is based in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, and manufactures rice milling machines, palm nut crackers, palm oil processing plants, fruit juice making equipment and, as a sideline, condom dispensers.

"We're producing machines that can dispense one packet at a time after the insertion of a 200 leones coin ($0.05, £0.03)". Now, according to him, his company, Fomel Industry and National Industrialisation Centre (Finic), is now worth around $1m.

Mr Kamara's project will also be adopted by the United Nations Population Fund.

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Francais:
Sierra Leone, Foday Melvin Kamara une formation d'ingénieur automobile, mais, au lieu de fabrication des véhicules, il se spécialise dans la transformation vieilles pièces de voiture dans l'agro-équipement pour le traitement et distributeurs de préservatifs.

Il a commencé son activité en 1997 avec un investissement de moins de 100 $ (63 £) dont il avait sauvé alors qu'il était en Allemagne en tant qu'étudiant. Il a utilisé une partie de cet argent pour louer une maison et le reste pour acheter des produits en acier qui ont été transformées en des pelles et des charnières de portes.

"Ensuite, nous avons vendu et nous a labouré un profit dans l'entreprise», at-il dit. Ce bénéfice initial a été utilisé pour acquérir des matériaux de récupération.

"En effet, nous sommes en mesure de convertir les déchets à la richesse», M. Kamara a souligné.

La société est basée à Freetown, capitale de la Sierra Leone, et fabrique des machines d'usinage du riz, des craquelins de noix de palme, des plantes de palmiers de traitement du pétrole, jus de fruits équipement de fabrication et, en tant que distributeurs de marginaliser un préservatif,.

"Nous produisons des machines qui peuvent se passer d'un paquet à un moment, après l'insertion d'une pièce de 200 leones (0,05 $, £ 0.03)". Maintenant, selon lui, son entreprise, l'industrie et de l'industrialisation Fomel Centre national (paraffiniques), est maintenant une valeur d'environ 1 million de dollars.

Le projet de M. Kamara sera également adopté par le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population.

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Portugues:
Foday Serra Leoa Melvin Kamara treinado como um engenheiro automóvel, mas, em vez de veículos de fabricação, ele é especialista em transformar peças de carros antigos em agro-processamento de equipamentos e máquinas de preservativos.

Ele começou seu negócio em 1997, com um investimento de menos de US $ 100 (£ 63), que ele tinha guardado enquanto ele estava na Alemanha como estudante. Ele usou parte desse dinheiro para alugar uma casa eo resto para comprar produtos de aço que foram transformadas em pás e dobradiças.

"Então, nós vendemos e que nós lavrado um lucro para o negócio", disse ele. Esse lucro inicial foi utilizado para a aquisição de materiais de sucata.

"Na verdade, somos capazes de converter resíduos de riqueza", o Sr. Kamara apontou.

A empresa tem sede em Freetown, capital de Serra Leoa, e fabrica máquinas de moagem de arroz, biscoitos de nozes de palmeiras, plantas de processamento de dendê, suco de frutas torna o equipamento e, como uma linha distribuidores, de preservativos.

"Estamos produzindo máquinas que podem dispensar um pacote em um tempo após a inserção de uma moeda de leones 200 ($ 0,05, R $ 0,03)". Agora, segundo ele, sua empresa, Fomel Indústria e Industrialização Centro Nacional (Finic), agora vale cerca de US $ 1 milhão.

Sr. Kamara projeto também será aprovado pelo Fundo de População das Nações Unidas.

Source: BBC

WANT TO BE AN INTERNET MILLIONAIRE!!! Move to Africa

The narrative on Africa is still by and large dominated by doom and gloom. However, there is some anecdotal evidence that the largely negative portrayal is beginning to engender less power. The economic rate at which African countries are growing coupled with a spurt in tech based entrepreneurship is forcing the world to take note. From the enormous growth in mobile phone users to mobile phone based e-commerce Africa continues to break records in the number of subscriptions and usage.

In the article – Want to become an internet millionaire? Move to Africa, David Rowan, Editor of the Technology Magazine – WIRED adds his voice to the growing band of global tech writers taking note of Africa’s recent successes and potential. As he states in his article “when one telco alone, Bharti Airtel, recently announced $13 billion in African revenue last year, you know it’s time to abandon our traditional assumptions”

An excerpt of David Rowan’s article is below.

If you want to become extremely wealthy over the next five years, and you have a basic grasp of technology, here’s a no-brainer: move to Africa.

Seriously. The internet is only now arriving, and — with a billion people on the continent still mostly offline — there exists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build the next Zyngas, eBays and Groupons for a huge untapped local market. You need only look at the map of huge broadband fibreoptic cables currently being laid on both east and west coasts, from Djibouti to Dakar, to understand how quickly and ambitiously an entire continent is being connected. It’s like being back in 1995 again, and realising there might just be a market for an online bookshop or auction website.

Don’t take my word for it: David Cameron is so keen to give British entrepreneurs a foothold that he recently took a high-level delegation of corporate CEOs to Nigeria and South Africa to highlight “one of the greatest economic opportunities on the planet”. The trip — featuring the bosses of firms such as Barclays and Bombardier, Vodafone and Virgin Atlantic — was hailed by Downing Street as “a historic visit to a continent with a trillion dollar economy and the potential, according to the IMF, to grow faster than Brazil over the next five years”. Much of that growth will come from startups that bring the mobile internet to businesses and consumers who have until now been offline

Full article here.

Ghana Floods Kills Lives and Take Homes!

Enlgish: Shireen Benjamin, will like to share her condolences with the families that lost lives in the recent flooding in Ghana.

"For those who don't know, there was heavy raining in Ghana lasting seven hours from Tuesday night until Wednesday morning. This resulted in the floods which have so far taken four lives and destroyed many homes. According to officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation

Thousands of people have lost their home, many of whom are seen outside their homes retrieving furniture, household items and wares, as well as other valuables from the waters that appear to be receding.

A lot of valuable property has been lost in the floods that have also disrupted some businesses and caused pain and distress to many residents across the two cities.

At some points, residents in some areas had to climb on roof tops as they called for assistance. Floods in some areas are at window level and there are fears that with the waters moving southwards into the sea, the worst is yet to come.

We ask of everyone to say a prayer, and for those that know any charities or organisations that are supporting the people, please send us the details so we can post it up for every concerned person around the world to know how to contribute. Alternatively please search for more information online and find out how you can support."




Francais: Shireen Benjamin, sera à partager ses condoléances aux familles qui ont perdu la vie dans les récentes inondations au Ghana.

"Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas, il était lourd pleut au Ghana pendant sept heures à partir de mardi soir jusqu'à mercredi matin. Il en est résulté des inondations qui ont jusqu'ici pris quatre morts et détruit de nombreuses habitations. Selon les responsables de la gestion des catastrophes nationales Organisation

Des milliers de personnes ont perdu leur maison, beaucoup sont en dehors de leurs foyers récupérant des éléments de meubles de maison et articles, ainsi que d'autres objets précieux dans les eaux qui semblent être en recul.

Un grand nombre de biens précieux a été perdu dans les inondations qui ont également perturbé certaines entreprises et a causé la douleur et de détresse pour de nombreux habitants à travers les deux villes.

À certains endroits, les habitants de certaines régions a dû grimper sur les toits comme ils appelaient à l'aide. Les inondations sont au niveau des fenêtres et l'on craint que les eaux déplaçant vers le sud dans la mer, le pire est encore à venir.

Nous demandons à tout le monde de dire une prière, et pour ceux qui savent tout des organisations caritatives ou des organisations qui soutiennent le peuple, s'il vous plaît envoyez-nous les détails afin que nous puissions l'afficher pour chaque personne concernée dans le monde pour savoir comment aider. Alternativement s'il vous plaît de recherche en ligne pour plus d'informations et découvrez comment vous pouvez soutenir."





Portuguese: Shireen Benjamin, vai gostar de compartilhar suas condolências com as famílias que perderam a vida nas recentes enchentes em Gana.

"Para aqueles que não sabem, houve pesadas chuvas em Gana, durante sete horas da noite de terça até a manhã de quarta-feira. Isto resultou nas inundações que até agora têm tido quatro vidas e destruiu muitas casas. De acordo com funcionários da Administração de Desastres Nacionais Organização

Milhares de pessoas perderam suas casas, muitos estão fora de suas casas recuperar itens de mobiliário, utensílios domésticos e louças, bem como outros objetos de valor das águas que parecem estar se afastando.

Um monte de valiosa propriedade foi perdida nas enchentes que podem ter alterado algumas empresas e causou dor e aflição a muitos moradores nas duas cidades.

Em alguns pontos, moradores em algumas áreas teve que subir em telhados como eles chamavam de assistência. Inundações são a nível da janela e há temores de que com as águas que se deslocam para o sul para o mar, o pior ainda está para vir.

Pedimos a todos para fazer uma oração, e para aqueles que conhecem nenhuma instituição de caridade ou organizações que estão apoiando o povo, por favor envie-nos os detalhes para que possamos publicá-la acima para cada pessoa em causa todo o mundo para saber como ajudar. Em alternativa, pesquise on-line mais informações e descubra como você pode suportar."