All posts by Ottoabasi Abasiekong

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  Austerity Strikes ravage Europe

  While the European Leaders of Spain and Portugal Mr Marian Rajoy and Mr Pedro Coelho respectively decide to push more Austerity plans for their countries, the Citizens have resisted the move by embarking on a new round...

  • Posted November 14, 2012
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  Mobile Phone Users in Sub-Saharan Africa Rise 44%

  From the launch of the GSM mobile service in Nigeria in 2001 and subsequent spread of the service to other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, skeptics have held the view that the service and the use of mobile...

  • Posted November 14, 2012
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  Data to drive 22% of Telco Revenue in Africa by 2016

    A recent survey published by research firm Informa Telecoms and Media reveal that the data services run by the mobile industry will bring about 22% of the Telecommunications revenue in Africa by 2016.   The Data services which...

  • Posted November 13, 2012
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  Ottoabasi Abasiekong: Greece and the battle for Survival on Debt crisis

    With the bombshell from the European Central Bank President  Mr  Mario Draghi that it has reached its limit and capacity in helping and assisting Greece solve its debt crisis and pandemic, the Hellenist Nation is on a race...

  • Posted November 13, 2012
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  Africa Innovation on display at Maker Africa Faire

    The Maker Africa faire is underway this week n Lagos, Nigeria as people from the tiniest to the biggest villages in Africa converge to showcase new technological discoveries that can bring solutions to the continents challenges....

  • Posted November 13, 2012
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  US on verge of Political Economic Deal to avoid Fiscal Cliff

  Republican Senator Bob Corker has voiced confidence that the Obama Administration and the Congressional members can reach a  deal on a strategic economic path America should take to avoid the dreaded fiscal cliff before the end of the...

  • Posted November 12, 2012
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  Apple and HTC settle lawsuit

  Two of the World’s  leading phones and  tablet makers Apple Inc of the United States  of America and the HTC company of Taiwan have amicably settled their disputes in their ‘patent wars’, and  have also signed a 10-year licence agreement that...

  • Posted November 12, 2012
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  Agbaje urges Nigerians to explore the Knowledge Based Economy

  Speaking at the session on Knowledge economy at the Just concluded Kuramo Conference 2012 at the Eko Hotel, Strategic Policy consultant Dr Opeyemi Agbaje who is also in the board of the Businessday Newspapers stated that the...

  • Posted November 12, 2012
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  Opec Forecasts Decline in Global Oil demand by 2016

  Global demand for fuel from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will shrink to 29.7 million barrels a day in 2016,  1.4 million less than this year, the  group said Thursday in its annual World Oil Outlook. The  estimate for...

  • Posted November 9, 2012
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  Nigerian Economy gets Ratings Upgrade

    Sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest economy Nigeria is on the path of great socio-economic transformation going by the recent ratings of internationally renowned credit rating agency Standards and Poors from ‘B+’ to ‘BB-‘ . The agency believes...

  • Posted November 9, 2012
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