Russian telecom giant Vimpelcom has reportedly signed an agreement with the Algerian government for the country’s telecom unit previously owned by Orascom Telecom, which Vimpelcom purchased last year. The deal is being reported to be as high as $7.8 billion. Analysts say the sale could help push the Russian company forward on liquidity and give [...]
Leading solutions provider for telecom infrastructure Mobiserve’s Mali unit has been awarded the Middle East and Africa’s best supplier award for 2011. The award came as part of the 2011 Mali Strategic Cooperation Forum, which aimed at boosting IT in the country and across the region and continent. The award was specifically handed down to [...]
Moroccans are excited over news that Maroc Telecom has officially launched Samsung’s Galaxy Note device. The new product has users hopeful that future technologies will be readily accessible in the country in the coming years. “We have waited a long time for new IT products and better devices, so it is a really positive step [...]
SINGAPORE: A female Indonesian student was gang-raped by 6 men while traveling on a minivan in South Jakarta on Friday evening, the Jakarta Post and activists reported. “The criminals then dumped her on the side of a railroad track in Kebayoran Lama after the attack,” a friend of the victim told Bikyamasr.com in an email [...]
SINGAPORE: Animal rights activists are lashing out at the Chinese government over a recent report that revealed the country consumes more than four million cats annually. They have called on Beijing to end the “deplorable” idea of eating cats and dogs in the country. “Why are they killing, murdering so many cats for food. It [...]
Leading satellite provider Intersat Africa has inked a new partnership with Belgium Satellite Services (BSS) to enhance its offerings and services in the continent. According to a statement, the companies hope to draw on recent investments in new technologies to push into North Africa and the Arab region. “What we are seeing is that in [...]
Five Moroccan men set themselves ablaze on Thursday in protest to the rampant unemployment in the country and lack of jobs. It was part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the poor economic situation facing the country. Activists said that three had been burned badly enough that they have been hospitalized. According to activists [...]
LONDON: Tunisian model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem has become the first-ever Muslim face of Lancome. The 22-year-old will be featured in a new campaign for Teint Idole Ultra 24h foundation. The move has the young model poised for international stardom after she made her runway debut last year for Vivienne Westwood. The young model hopes her [...]
Middle East-based Glowork, a website for women’s empowerment, announced it has inked a new deal with EXA Information Systems in an effort to create thousands of jobs for Saudi Arabian women. According to a published statement from Glowork, “under this agreement signed at the Council of Saudi Chambers, the companies will permit women to work [...]
Rhinos in South Africa are to get some extra protection after a horrific 2010 saw more than 400 killed by poachers in the country. According to the environment ministry, an additional 150 rangers are to be hired for the Kruger national park in an effort to battle against poachers. The move comes less than a [...]
Leading Moroccan private equity company Fipar Holdings is to raise some $230 million in a public offering sometime this year, a source close to the company told Bikyamasr.com. Reuters news agency also confirmed the source’s revealing that the company, which hopes a 17 percent stake in Morocco’s second largest telecom operator Medi Telecom, a 30 [...]
Top IT security products distributor iAxcess announced over the weekend that it was boosting its presence in the Middle East and Africa, notably North Africa, for deliviery continuity disaster recovery and data replication software from American-based Vision Solutions. “We are very excited to partner with the iAxcess team, based on their strong position in the [...]
LONDON: Some 50 leading international figures, including dignitaries, academics and development experts from across the globe are gathering in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday for a United Nations conference on democracy in the Arab world. According to the UN, the conference hopes to provide decision-makers in emerging democracies in the Middle East a chance [...]
LONDON: Russia has warned the European Union on Thursday to not support American demands that sanctions be brought down against Iranian oil exports. Moscow claims it would leave too much of a burden on EU citizens. “If the EU follows the Americans and places an embargo on purchases of Iranian oil … then the Europeans [...]
ALGIERS: Moroccan mobile operator Maroc Telecom announced on Tuesday that it had begun deployment of an international high speed fiber optic cable between the North African country and Spain. The French Vivendi Universal Group company, also added that the new cable would be ready for use as early as March. Le Matin reported that the [...]
ALGIERS: Investors are already whetting their appetites at the possibility of Egypt’s Orascom unit in the country, Djezzy, being open for purchase. That optimism continued on Monday and Tuesday in New York, as Russia’s second largest mobile operator Vimpelcom – which purchased Orascom last year – appears to have reached a deal with the Algerian [...]
LONDON: Former Pussycat Dolls star Kimberly Wyatt has shocked Europe with a photoshoot calling for the European Union to honor a law passed to bar animal testing. The image now plastered on billboards for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), shows her as a victim of vivisection – animal testing – with [...]
ALGIERS: The café is bustling with the younger generation. They are all on their computers, typing away. Anwar Yussif is a 20-year-old blogger and university student. He says he can’t wait until the country’s first 3G network is officially launched later this year. “It will be amazing to be able to get online and keep [...]
ALGIERS: Telecom group Vimpelcom announced on Sunday that it has agreed to sell its majority stake in the Algerian state operated Djezzy unit, which had been owned by Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, but after Vimpelcom purchased Orascom last year, the nationalization of the Djezzy unit sparked controversy. The announcement from the Russian-led Vimpelcom should end the [...]
LONDON: Ireland’s animal rights activists have renewed their demands for the government to ban horse racing in the country after five horses were killed during the Leopardstown Christmas festival last month. The Alliance for Animal Rights has called on the government to end the multi-million dollar industry as a result of the fatalities. Their call [...]
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