Northern Bahr al Ghazal citizens happy as harvest season begins
September 19, 2017
The commencement of crops harvesting season in different parts of South Sudan’s Northern Bahr al Ghazal region has gladdened local residents.
Local farmers are happy that the crops this season have been good, saying they have got good production more than last year.
Albino Deng, a citizen in Aweil state, told Radio Tamazuj on Thursday that their livelihoods have"...
Port Sudan security officers question union leaders
September 19, 2017
The Economic Department of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Port Sudan briefly held two leading members of the Alternative Port Workers Union on Sunday.
Osman Tahir, Chairman of the Alternative Union, told Radio Dabanga that he and his colleague Abboud Sherbini were held by agents of the NISS economic department at the Southern Container Port in the Red Sea state capital on Sunday morning.
Tahir"...
Northern Sudan’s Merowe suffers from a severe flour shortage
September 19, 2017
People living in Merowe in northern Sudan are suffering from an acute bread crisis. An independent member of the national parliament wants to summon a number of Ministers over the continuing scarcity of flour in various parts of the country.
A resident of Merowe told Radio Dabanga that people start queuing in front of the bakeries from 4 am onwards.
“There are eight"...
Ninth Conference of the Speakers of Parliaments of the IGAD Member States Concluded in Khartoum
September 19, 2017
Meetings of the 12th session of the Executive Council and Ninth Conference of the Speakers of Parliaments of the IGAD Member States were Monday concluded at the Friendship Hall.
The conference recommended lifting of the American sanctions being imposed on Sudan to enable it restore its normal position at the regional and international levels.
The conference has called for enhancing the role of governments for realizing peace and increasing the awareness about the environment issues.
The conference has stressed"...
Minister of Industry calls for more efforts for scientific research in gum Arabic industry
September 19, 2017
The Minister of Industry, Dr. Musa Karama, has demanded the state to exert more efforts to the scientific research that precede the manufacturing to explore future of gum Arabic industry.
During his address to Khartoum gum Arabic 5 th forum, he stressed the importance of entering the gum Arabic in pharmaceutical and food industry and to be supported by modern technology.
He indicated relation of industry with production and foreign trade, attributing delay of gum Arabic industry in Sudan to the absence of a national"...
Sudan Vision and Global Times to Launch Partnership
September 19, 2017
(Muawad Rashid- Mohamed Abdalla) Two of Global Times English edition which ranks the second in Beijing that publishes in English has visited Sudan Vision
premises where they were received by the Managing Editor and senior reporters of the paper.
Editor Song Shengxia of Global Times accompanied by photographer Li Hao who were in an official visit to Sudan discussed with Sudan Vision staff several issues on top of which is the relations between"...
Sudan Continues Developing Infrastructure for Building First Nuclear Power Station in Cooperation with IAEA
September 19, 2017
Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity Mutaz Musa Abdalla has affirmed the important role being assumed by the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) through its various programs in supporting peace and development through expansion of the peaceful uses for the atomic energy.
Presenting Sudan’s statement before the 61st. session of the general conference of IAEA in Vienna, the Minister affirmed commitment of Sudan"...
Empowering Young Minds Everywhere: Five Teams Advance to Final Round of $15M Global Learning XPRIZE
September 19, 2017
(AETOS Wire)-- Today, XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, announced the five finalists advancing in the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE and awarded each finalist a $1M milestone prize. Revealed at this year’s Social Good Summit held during the United Nations General Assembly week, XPRIZE awarded each finalist for the open source, cutting-edge learning software they have developed for the competition, which challenges innovators around the world to create scalable solutions that will enable children to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic within 15 months. The five finalist teams will begin field testing their education technology solutions this November in Tanzania. “Universal access to education is a major priority for XPRIZE, and we are proud to celebrate the change-making teams......
New GSMA Report Highlights Mobile Industry Progress in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
September 19, 2017
(AETOS Wire)-- At the United Nations General Assembly Week, the GSMA today published the ‘2017 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, the second annual study assessing the mobile industry’s impact in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition to measuring the progress that the mobile industry is making against the SDGs, the report also noted several commitments and initiatives that the GSMA and its members will focus on"...
With a Cloud RAN Deployment, Mobile Operators Can See 49% Savings in Capex and 31% Annual Savings in Opex, Reveals Mavenir Study
September 19, 2017
(AETOS Wire)-- Mavenir, focused on accelerating software network transformation and redefining network economics for Communications Service Providers, today released the results of a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model.
The analysis finds that operators can save 37% in deployment and operational costs over a period of 5 years, due to a 49% reduction in Capex, and a 31% reduction in Opex.
Together"...