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		<title>Calling All App Developers: Commerce Launches $10,000 App Challenge to Better Connect Businesses with Government</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/calling-all-app-developers-commerce-launches-10000-app-challenge-to-better-connect-businesses-with-government/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://www.intro.ws/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/challengegovlogo.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Challenge.gov Logo" title="" /></a>Today, in conjunction with.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/calling-all-app-developers-commerce-launches-10000-app-challenge-to-better-connect-businesses-with-government/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Acting Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank Visits the Port of Savannah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/acting-deputy-secretary-rebecca-blank-visits-the-port-of-savannah/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://www.intro.ws/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blank-savannah.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Senator Johnny Isakson, GPA Board Chairman Alec Poitevint, Acting Deputy Secretary Blank, Senator Saxby Chambliss" title="" /></a>Acting Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/acting-deputy-secretary-rebecca-blank-visits-the-port-of-savannah/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria: Jonathan Slashes 2012 Budget to N4.648 Trillion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a revised budget proposal of N4.648 trillion for the year 2012 to the National Assembly.Nigeria: Jonathan Slashes 2012.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/nigeria-jonathan-slashes-2012-budget-to-n4-648-trillion/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria: Preparing for the Coming Heavy Rains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the heavy rains descend upon us later this year, nobody can say he or she was not warned enough.Nigeria: Preparing for the Coming Heavy.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/nigeria-preparing-for-the-coming-heavy-rains/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tanzania: Country On Stairways to Economic Heaven &#8211; World Bank Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam - Tanzania can achieve her vision of accelerated and shared growth through the combination of fiscal prudence, cost-effective reforms in the education.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/tanzania-country-on-stairways-to-economic-heaven-world-bank-report/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia: Two UL Students Confirmed Dead, 50 Wounded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Authorities at the University of Liberia on Capitol Hill, Monrovia confirmed the death of two students on Monday. At least one student was killed in a motorcar.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/liberia-two-ul-students-confirmed-dead-50-wounded/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe: We Must Look After Ourselves &#8211; President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the last part of President Mugabe's interview with ZBC aired on Monday night.Zimbabwe: We Must Look After Ourselves -.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/zimbabwe-we-must-look-after-ourselves-president/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>South Sudan: Head of Petrodar Oil Company Expelled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Juba - The government of South Sudan on Tuesday ordered Liu Yingcai, the head of the Chinese-Malaysian oil consortium Petrodar, to leave the country on the grounds.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/south-sudan-head-of-petrodar-oil-company-expelled/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tanzania: Women in Unguja and Pemba Happily Making Money and Saving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pemba - A popular Kiswahili proverb known by many Zanzibarians goes like this "Haba na haba hujaza kibaba" in other words drop by drop the vessel will get.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/tanzania-women-in-unguja-and-pemba-happily-making-money-and-saving/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rwanda: Kagame to Address IFAD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Paul Kagame, arrived in Rome yesterday where he is expected to address the annual meeting of the International Fund for Agriculture Development.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/rwanda-kagame-to-address-ifad/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rwanda: Why the Customer Is Not King</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometime next month the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) will launch a major campaign countrywide to improve customer care and service delivery.Rwanda: Why the.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/rwanda-why-the-customer-is-not-king/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe: Biti Fumes Over Govt Tenders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has accused the State Procurement Board of awarding tenders to incompetent companies, seriously disrupting Government work.Zimbabwe:.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/zimbabwe-biti-fumes-over-govt-tenders/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rwanda: Give Insurance Coverage Priority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent monetary policy statement put insurance penetration in the country at 2.3 percent, after a 12.3 percentage growth last year. The growth was largely.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/rwanda-give-insurance-coverage-priority/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria: Rich Nation, Poor People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to misunderstand my position on the grim report of the National Bureau of Statistics on the deteriorating standards of living in Nigeria. I must.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/nigeria-rich-nation-poor-people/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rwanda: Country, Uganda to Renovate Border Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rwanda and Uganda have agreed to renovate two entry points at Rwempasha, Nyagatare District and Buhita, Burera District, in order to facilitate trade and.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/rwanda-country-uganda-to-renovate-border-points/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: Honour Allowances Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh threats by health workers to go on strike next month over unpaid allowances is worrying.Kenya: Honour Allowances.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/kenya-honour-allowances-deal/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia: Europe, Asia Plunder Fishing Grounds, Says Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United Nations - The international community has failed to grapple with the real underlying political and economic issues facing the troubled East African nation of.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/somalia-europe-asia-plunder-fishing-grounds-says-report/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Bryson Advocates Build It Here, Sell It Everywhere at State Department Global Business Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/secretary-bryson-advocates-build-it-here-sell-it-everywhere-at-state-department-global-business-conference/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="125" src="http://www.intro.ws/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/addressing-audience-crop.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Secretary Bryson Addresses the State Department Global Business Conference" title="" /></a>Earlier today, Secretary Bryson spoke to.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/secretary-bryson-advocates-build-it-here-sell-it-everywhere-at-state-department-global-business-conference/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NIST Establishes National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent industry study, cyber crimes cost the global economy $388 billion annually in both direct financial losses and the value of lost time dealing with the effects of cyber crime..... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/nist-establishes-national-cybersecurity-center-of-excellence/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda: Museveni Seizes Oil Letter to UK Parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Yoweri Museveni has intercepted a poorly written letter to the British Parliament asking it to investigate the oil agreements signed between a UK based.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/uganda-museveni-seizes-oil-letter-to-uk-parliament/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda: Court Lifts Ban On Parliament Oil Probe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Court Tuesday ruled that Parliament oil probe committee was legally set up and should continue with its work.Uganda: Court Lifts Ban On.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/uganda-court-lifts-ban-on-parliament-oil-probe/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia: &#8216;Significant Progress Towards Improving Livelihoods&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa - Ethiopia says that the double-digit economic growth the country has experienced over the last seven years has started benefitting its majority by.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/ethiopia-significant-progress-towards-improving-livelihoods/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Africa: Smart Public Policies Key to Powering Up Clean Energy Potential</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi - Opening up energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa's massive.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/africa-smart-public-policies-key-to-powering-up-clean-energy-potential/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kenya: World Bank Thumbs Up  Open Data Move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nairobi - World Bank Group Managing Director Caroline Anstey has lauded the government for opening up access to State information through the Kenya Open Data.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/kenya-world-bank-thumbs-up-open-data-move/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Angola: BP Makes Opaque Payments for Oil Block As Petro-Lobby Seeks Weak Transparency Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As oil industry lobbyists attempt to water down watershed transparency legislation in the United States and the European Union, Global Witness shows that BP has.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/angola-bp-makes-opaque-payments-for-oil-block-as-petro-lobby-seeks-weak-transparency-rules/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe: New US$13m Hydroelectric Plant Approved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Masvingo Rural District Council has approved a US$13-million mini-hydro power project at Lake Mutirikwi in Zimbabwe. The application was made by the Great.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/zimbabwe-new-us13m-hydroelectric-plant-approved/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rwanda: Pay Local, Foreign Tutors Equally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rwanda Education Board is in the process of recruiting local and foreign teachers who are proficient in English to mentor others in the use of English as a.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/rwanda-pay-local-foreign-tutors-equally/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa: What Social Media&#8217;s Leaderless Revolutions Have to Gain From Old-Fashioned Branding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've recently had the pleasure of attending a few talks by social media commentator Walter Pike. He often draws on the example of the nameless, faceless protestor.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/south-africa-what-social-medias-leaderless-revolutions-have-to-gain-from-old-fashioned-branding/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity &#8211; NNPC Tells Citizens Not to Panic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nigerians should not panic because there is enough fuel reserve for the country, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/nigeria-fuel-scarcity-nnpc-tells-citizens-not-to-panic/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Swaziland: Economy Still Out of Control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Swaziland's government has failed to make any headway in its attempt to steer the kingdom away from bankruptcy.Swaziland: Economy Still Out of.... <a href="http://www.hub.cc/2012/feed-contributors/swaziland-economy-still-out-of-control/">Click Here to Read More</a>]]></description>
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