50 Africa Facts Here is the list of 50 facts about the continent of Africa. 1. There are 54 countries and one “nonself governing territory”‚ the Western Sahara‚ in Africa. 2. All of Africa was colonized by foreign powers during the “scramble for Africa”‚ except Ethiopia and Liberia. 3. Before colonial rule Africa comprised up to 10‚000 different states and autonomous groups with distinct languages and customs. 4. The Pharaonic civilization of ancient Egypt is one of the world’s oldest and
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which sold out in ten minutes‚ raising $260 million. This gave him the confidence to expand in a shrinking market when fuel costs soared. Goyal held his nerve and bought chief rival Sahara at a knock-down price. Jet has now moved to become a global operator. BEST-DECISION: Pulling out of the deal to buy rival Air Sahara for $500 million in 2006‚ and clinching it for $340 million in 2007. BUSINESS LESSON: Sell your service - Goyal gambled on Indian air passengers being won over by a formula
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Reproduced below is a secret cable of the United States Government on the fraud in the oil sector in Nigeria as published by Wikileaks. C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 LAGOS 000767 SIPDIS NOFORN E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2014 TAGS: EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI SUBJECT: SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS Classified By: J. GREGOIRE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B)‚ (D)‚ AND (E). ¶1. (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel
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AVIATION INDUSTRY | JET AIRWAYS | | | | | | | INDEX Sr. No. | Topic | Page No. | 1. | Bibliography | 3 | 2 | Overview of Aviation Industry | 4-5 | 3. | Introduction to Jet Airways | 6-7 | 4. | Segmenting‚ Targeting‚ Positioning | 8-10 | 5. | The Marketing Mix | 11-19 | 6. | Recommendations | 20-21 | 7. | Student List | 22 | BIBLIOGRAPHY www.google.com Web sites on aviation www.jetairways.com www.jetariwaysindia.com OVERVIEW 1. Sector structure/
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he passed with it‚ it made others want more‚ and made them want to come to Mali‚ instead of him having to cross the Sahara to get to them. Even though he took gold from his people‚ it was used for the better. Because of this trip commercializing Mali and its surplus of gold‚ mapmakers started showing Mali on their maps‚ and more traders started braving the cruel weather of the Sahara to go to Mali. Also we got a more efficient trade route. Along with this‚ Muslim schools and architecture started to
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Morocco The country that I chose for my country profile is Morocco. Morocco is a country in northwest Africa that is similar in size to our own state of California‚ it happens to be just a little bit larger. It is surrounded on the north side by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west of it is the Atlantic Ocean. Directly to the east is a similar in culture and language country named Algeria. Morocco is about 172‚413 sq. miles and it made up of plain fertile land and mountains. The form of government
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Ever wonder about the different animals around the world? Ever wonder about their behaviors and features? This all has to do with zoology. Zoology is defined as the branch of biology devoted to the animals. Zoology can be viewed as a series of efforts to analyze and classify animals. Zoology basically explains everything having to do with the entire animal population. Zoology in an important field in the science world because it helps to explain all the different studies of animals. One important
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Ebola in Sub-Sahara Africa Source: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgsy8RUj31r98we1o1_500.jpg History of Ebola • Ebola is a virus‚ also called Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever • Named after a river in the Democractic Republic of the Congo‚ formerly known as Zaire‚ in Africa‚ where it was first recognized in 1976. • It belongs to a family of RNA viruses called Filoviridae • Four identified subtypes in Africa: Zaire‚ Sudan‚ Ivory Coast and Bundibugyo‚ each named after the region in which they occurred
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In the period 300CE to 1450CE‚ certain luxury goods in Afro-Eurasia changed from being specific to an individual country to being circulated in interregional trade‚ and the expansion of trade networks changed Easterners’ sheer oblivion of environmental knowledge to their creation of technological adaptations for trade‚ while the economic prosperity in existing trade routes stayed the same. The first change is developed through the introduction of certain luxury goods that were included in famous
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Eastern African coast from Kenya to Mozambique including cities such as Mogadishu‚ Zanzibar‚ Mombasa‚ and Sofala and were completely influenced by Islam to spread trade across the Indian Ocean. West African civilizations were located right under the Sahara which brought difficulty to trade‚ however they worked through it to trade to Islamic merchants of North Africa and they were also brought together through the formation of multiple African tribes. Their features were a major beneficial factor to
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