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Sigma Electric Brings The Scope of General Electric Into Ethiopia

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SIGMA Electric is a company engaged in the design, manufacturing supply, and installation/erection and commissioning of electromechanical equipment, plant, systems and turnkey projects and also in electromechanical services and trading activities.

SIGMA Electric PLC is established as a result of a strategic merger between two separate groups who shared similar vision. One of these two groups was an enterprise known as Remake Engineering. Remake Engineering was established under the sole proprietorship of two electro-technical professionals. It was limited only to installation, commissioning and subsequent servicing of electro-mechanical equipments such as motors, generators and their auxiliary equipment and maintenance of kitchen appliances such as refrigerators and heavy duty stoves for homes, hospitals and hotels.

The second group mainly comprised of senior professional Electrical Engineers having substantial exposure to modern electromechanical business techniques and who were in consultation with each other to form a commonly owned private company. Initiated by the objectives of tapping with the ongoing business trend as well as upcoming opportunities and challenges, these two groups had the opportunity to come together and establish a private company named SIGMA Electric PLC, in July 1999 since then the company began to bid successfully for larger projects.

For the best and efficient service provision and customer satisfaction SIGMA structured its business area along the industry line. Presently the company is engaged in three major operational areas. Namely;

  • Power and communication system services
  • Industrial services:
  • Commercial Services

 

Kenyan AAR Health Provides Ethical Health Solution. Possibly the Blue Cross of Africa

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This Kenyan company could as well become the equivalent of Blur Cross Blue Shield in North America.

 

“AAR’s business is to achieve commercial success by providing healthcare solutions in ways that honour ethical values and are compliant with legal requirements, as well as to demonstrate respect for people, less fortunate members of the community and the natural environment.”


AAR Health started as a rescue and evacuation service in Kenya serving the expatriate market, adding in-patient services in 1991 and a clinic and HMO in 1994. Today, the company has grown to 140,000 customers, representing a 25% market share in Kenya. Expanding to Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, the company harmonised its product offerings across markets to ensure its leadership position in the provision of health care solutions in Africa.

 

In line with their goal of providing ethical healthcare services, AAR Health made a number of investments aimed at increasing their reach: a 60-clinic network in rural Kenya; providing training for their preferred provider; a strategic initiative to work with hospitals to reduce costs and develop new products; a plan to open more centers through a new franchise model; and an aggressive business plan to provide services to the poorest communities with an affordable service mix.

South Africa At 25% Unemployment Rate – Africa Needs To Translate Statistics To Improved Living Standards

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Bloomberg has it that unemployment in South Africa rises to 25% . So, what is the progress in this nation?

 

South Africa’s jobless rate, the highest of 61 countries tracked by Bloomberg, increased to 25 percent in the first quarter as Africa’s biggest economy failed to create employment for new job-seekers.

 

The unemployment rate rose from 24 percent in the fourth quarter, Statistics South Africa said in a report released in the capital, Pretoria, today. The number of people in work fell by 14,000 to 13.1 million.

 

Africa must certainly elevate the game to ensure that citizens get decent jobs. That is the only way to stay hopeful and peaceful. We understand the displacement with technology, but nations must work hard to align the economic prosperity with job creation. That way, a middle class will be built. That the biggest economy in Africa hovers around mid 20s in jobless rate is not a good sign of progress. For most, it is still paper progress which is yet to touch their lives.

 

It is imperative that we match our good paper statistics with better living standards for our citizens. That Africa is growing and we still house most of the poorest people on earth could be that we are creating and expanding wealth for only the top of the pyramid. That wealth must trickle down and job is the most effective way of doing that.

Training in Owerri – Android for Embedded Systems

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Behavioural Objectives: At the end of this workshop, participants would be able to design custom Android Applications that can be used to access and control remote embedded systems.

Android for Embedded 

Part I – Course outline:

Android Open Accessory Development Kit

  • Getting Started with the ADK
  • Installing the Arduino software and necessary libraries
  • Installing the firmware to the ADK board
  • Running the DemoKit Android application
  • Monitoring the ADK board
  • How an Accessory Communicates with an Android-powered Device in Accessory Mode
  • Wait for and detect connected devices
  • Determine the connected device’s accessory mode support
  • Attempt to start the device in accessory mode
  • Establish communication with the device
  • How the ADK board communicates with an Android-powered Device in Accessory Mode
  • Wait for and detect connected devices
  • Determine the connected device’s accessory mode support
  • Attempt to start the device in accessory mode
  • Establish communication with the device

 

Part II – Course outline:

  1. Introduction to interfacing
    1. What is interfacing?
    2. Ways of Interfacing?
    3. Benefits and Importance
    4. Tools and Components
  1. USB Connectivity
    1. Serial processing
    2. USB basics
    3. USB data transfer
    4. Programmatically accessing the USB in Android
    5. Flush, write and other data stream operations
  1. Bluetooth Connectivity
    1. Wireless connectivity
    2. Bluetooh basics
    3. Accessing the bluetooth interface
    4. Bluetooth data transfer
  1. Wifi Connectivity
    1. Wifi basics
    2. MAC and IP addressing
    3. Accessing the network card
    4. Wireless data transfer
  1. Designing an embedded system for signal transmission and reception
    1. Connection using  USB module,  Bluetooth module,  Wifi Module.
    1. Custom board ports
    2. Processing inputs and outputs
  1. Designing an Android app for signal transmission and reception
    1. Understating I/O ports
    2. Sending output signals
    3. Receiving Input signals
    4. Automation
  1. Security and Encryption
    1. Wireless security
    2. Data Encryption
    3. Closed circuitry
  1. Optimization and performance
    1. Designing for performance
    2. Avoiding loopholes
    3. Power management
    4. Benchmarking
  1. Labs 1-5

Interested? Email info@fasmicro.com

 

Maltina Nigeria – Are You Sure You Got 2 Million Hits on Your Site?

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Maltina Nigeria – you make nice drinks and we enjoy them around the nation. We reported your success on your website hits few weeks ago

 

Maltina pay-off line of ‘sharing happiness’ and ‘Happy Moments promo have brought  the number of hits to the website to about two million within two weeks of unveiling.

 

Mrs. Ngozi Nkwoji, Senior brand manager, Maltina,, made this disclosure in Lagos, and said that the modus of participation in the promo is quite simple.

 

“All a consumer need to do is to take a snap shot of themselves, family members and friends while they are sharing happy moments. The photos can range from graduation, birthday party, beach outing etc. They are to upload such photos on the Maltina site, give a brief description and submit. A confirmation mail will then be sent to acknowledge receipt,” she said.

 

The best ‘Happy Moments’ will be selected and the owners would spend time with Nigerian celebrities.

 

No just us, many news media reported the 2 million visitors.

 

We have tracked many ways, but nothing shows that that site got close to 2 million visitors. A 2 million hit website in Nigeria will surely have a record in Alexa. Maltina Nigeria does not. It is ranked in millions (lower better) with no regional ranking on Nigeria. Google PageRank did not solve this puzzle. So who are those 2 million visitors? To appear in the top 3,000 website in Nigeria on Alexa, you need about 10,000 hits. How come you got 2m and not there?

 

Please if you know the website that reported this 2m visitors, let us know. We are a different kind of bloggers, we ask questions and follow up.

 

Maltina – we need your feedback, unless those numbers are fudged numbers. This is tekedia – we report data and not emotions or feelings! In the last two weeks, we have tracked this Maltina Nigeria site and nothing interesting goes there with regards to traffic. Yet, it goes N2m visitors, recently. How?