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Techno Brain, software solutions provider in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda proudly announced yesterday that it had been awarded the 2011 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Malawi region and Independent Software Vendor (ISV), Enterprise Software Advisor and Government Partner Awards for West East Central Africa region. 

In Ethiopia the market has been growing from February onwards 

Nigeria has enjoyed the largest growth in mobile advertising in Africa with market hitting 122 percent to nearly 1 billion impressions a month, the latest Mobile Insights Report released yesterday by InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile ad network, said.

According to the report, trends in mobile advertising in Africa are on the rise. 

Energoinvest, the largest Bosnian engineering group said today that it had won a contract to build a 230 kV power transmission line in Ethiopia at a cost of 45 million dollars.

According to Energoinvest, the contract was awarded by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC). The contract will be officially signed between EEPC and Energoinvest in two wekks time. The company said that the project was scheduled to be completed within two years.

The African Union said today that it was considering taxes on air tickets, imports and insurance premiums to raise funds for the 53-member bloc.

The Addis Ababa based organisation said in a statement that contributions from partners and member states were no longer adequate, sustainable and reliable to meet the Union's growing financing needs. It said that such taxes would not only have a significant revenue impact for the AU, but would also be equitable and efficient.