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BiD Network presents two business plan competitions

The mission of BiD Network is to contribute to sustainable economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship in emerging markets. BiD Network supports entrepreneurs in writing their business plans by offering them coaching and other business tools. The best entrepreneurs gain access to investors in our ne… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on November 4, 2009 at 11:50am — No Comments

Construction SEACOM Project on-schedule with major ground and sea-based activities proceeding over the next eight months

The construction of SEACOM’s 15,000 km fibre optic undersea cable, linking southern and east Africa, Europe and south Asia, is on schedule and set to go live as planned in June 2009. Some 10,000 km of cable has been manufactured to date at locations in the USA and Japan and Tyco Communications, the project contractors, will begin shipping terrestrial equipment this month with the cable expected to be loaded on the first ship in September 2008. Laying of shore end cables for each landing station… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on August 19, 2008 at 7:08am — No Comments