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November 25, 2013

Google Invests in Uganda for Growth

Google to Invest in Africa
Like the growing number of other multinational corporations Google is bullish on the future of Africa -- especially the sub-Saharan region. Recently Google announced plans to invest as much as $14 million in a fibre Metronet that will cover most of Uganda's largest city and capital, Kampala, home to an estimated 2.5 million people.
"The aim is to connect every building or base station ISPs operators want to get to, " says Kai Wulff, Google's Access Field Director.
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November 9, 2013

Marriott CEO: "Africa has significant untapped potential"

Marriott Investing in Africa
Bloomberg reported this week that Marriott International has agreed to buy the three brands and management business of Cape Town-based Protea Hospitality Management,which operates or franchises 116 hotels in South Africa and six other sub-Saharan countries. The deal will increase Marriott's room total on the continent to 23,000.
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For more information please call 646-367-2820