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    Project Report On “ CAPITEC bank (South Africa) implementing the Bottom of Pyramid strategy ” Submitted To: Dr.Veena Dutta Prepared By: Fagun Naiyyer PGDM 2011-13 11GM021 Executive Summary Little research has yet been undertaken in South Africa about commercial banks that are servicing the microenterprise and micro lending market. The objective of this project was to investigate the key factors that should be considered by capitec bank in South Africa servicing the microenterprise market.

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    The history of structural engineering dates back to at least 2700 BC when the step pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser was built by Imhotep‚ the first engineer in history known by name. Pyramids were the most common major structures built by ancient civilizations because it is a structural form which is inherently stable and can be almost infinitely scaled (as opposed to most other structural forms‚ which cannot be linearly increased in size in proportion to increased loads).[1] Throughout ancient and

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    FINAL ESSAY 5. Platforms and pyramids played an important social and religious role in the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia‚ Egypt and pre-Columbian America. Choose ONE of these cultures and discuss how these roles were expressed in their architectural treatment‚ function and spatial context (i.e. within a city and/or a natural landscape). The cultures of Mesopotamia have been influenced by different civilisations across different phases of the Mesopotamian era. Even though the civilisations occur

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    Architect Eero Saarinen TWA Terminal‚ JFK Airport‚ New York Architect Eero Saarinen(1910-1961)‚ classified as a Neo-Expressionist‚ brought a sculptor’s sensibility to his buildings. Neo-Expressionism architecture is modernist and abstract‚ but with romantic imagery and the intuitive shapes. Saarinen is best known for the TWA Terminal‚ JFK Airport‚ New York‚ where he captured the excitement of flight with giant wings of concrete. Other examples of the Neo-Expressionism style of architecture are

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    France is a country of beauty‚ mystery‚ and intrigue. Paris has the most known tourist attractions in the world: The Eiffel Tower‚ L’arc de Triomphe‚ and the Louvre to name a few. Paris is called the "City of Light"; the lighting of monuments and buildings emphasizes the beauty of the architecture in the city. The Eiffel Tower is the symbol of Paris‚ if not the entire country. It is one of the most known monuments in the entire world‚ and definitely one of the most photographed. It began construction

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    THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’

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    THE EIFFEL TOWER The Eiffel Tower a symbol of Paris and France was built in1889. It is affectionately known as "Iron Lady". It rises 324 meters above the city. It was designed and built by an engineer Gustave Eiffel. It weighs in excess of 10000 tonnes and is made up of 18000 individual metal sections assembled using 2500000 rivets. The tower had three levels for the visitors to climb either by using stairs or elevator . It has nearly 300 steps from ground to the first level. The First and Second

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    Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci I visited the Louvre in Paris‚ France and the one thing that I knew for sure that I wanted to see was the Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece. I took the metro that led me into a mall where I walked down a very long hall of shops on each side. Finally‚ we reached the large inverted pyramid on the middle of a large room. If facing the pyramid with the long hall of the mall to your back‚ you can look forward and to the left and you will see an entrance to Comedie-Francaise

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    The Impact of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt is a civilization of wealth and structure that flourished along the Nile River in northeastern Africa from about 3300 B.C to 30 B.C. In over 3‚000 years‚ one of the most sophisticated and creative societies advanced where no other civilization did. 2‚000 years later‚ it would be hard to think about the world without the impact of ancient Egypt‚ because it seems to have significantly affected every field of our American culture. The Egyptians have heavily

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    In the past five years‚ a controversial phenomenon has swept the entire world. Published in 44 different languages‚ and with over 40 million copies in print as of March 2006‚ The Da Vinci Code written by Dan Brown has captivated everyone‚ and even turned many into conspiracy theorists. As thrilling as the novel may be many‚ many catholics have taken the novel too personally and have attempted to boycott‚ and even ban the book‚ and upcoming film from many counties. In fact it has been banned from

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