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Dar es Salaam: Africa's next megacity?

Harnessing African Stock Exchanges to Promote Growth

Cybercriminals in developing nations targeted.

Google launches sms version of Gmail

Shell urged to pay Nigeria $5bn over Bonga oil spill

Ethiopian Airlines orders aircraft for $276m

** Latest African News/Articles **

>> Dar es Salaam: Africa's next megacity? Visionaries hope for a modern metropolis modelled on Singapore, but pessimists fear the emergence of another dirt-poor city of slums. Dar es Salaam is one of the world's fastest growing cities, and it has reached its tipping point. More..

>> Harnessing African Stock Exchanges to Promote Growth Days before Facebook became a public company on 18 May, the hype behind the social network giant went into overdrive. The media proclaimed it the biggest ever stock market flotation by an Internet company. Investors salivated over a rare chance to make qui More..

>> Cybercriminals in developing nations targeted. Cybercriminals in developing nations are being targeted in a new effort to combat the illegal activity. More..

>> Google launches sms version of Gmail Google has launched a text message-based version of its email service targeted at users in Africa. Gmail SMS can run on so-called "dumb phones" which only have very basic features and no access to the internet. The service has so far been made available in More..

>> Shell urged to pay Nigeria $5bn over Bonga oil spill Nigeria's oil regulator has asked industry giant Shell to pay $5bn (£3.2bn) for a spill off the country's southern coast last December More..

>> Ethiopian Airlines orders aircraft for $276m Ethiopian Airlines has ordered an additional 777-200LR aircraft valued at $276 million from Boeing, bringing the number of similar planes to six. The Addis Abba-headquartered carrier is to add an additional aircraft to its fleet, less than two months after More..