Nigerian Times

Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, today announced that SECURICO has won the US $100,000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. Other winners included five finalists, Nigeria’s Chocolate City Group and Pepperoni Foods, Expand Technologies of Mauritius, Unique Solutions of The Gambia and soleRebels of Ethiopia. Each won US $50,000. The following are the details of the announcement. 9 Dec 2011 05:49 Africa/Lagos AFRICA AWARDS For Entrepreneurship / Zimbabwe's SECURICO Wins $100,000 Grand Prize in 2011 AFRICA AWARDS For Entrepreneurship Divine Ndhlukula, Founder and Managing Director, Securico, winner of the US $100,000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa. Divine Ndhlukula, Founder and Managing Director, Securico. The firm, won the US $100,000 grand prize in the Africa Award. LONDON, December 9, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Legatum (http://www.legatum.com), a private international investm...

Has Morgan Tsvangirai 's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won the elections in Zimbabwe? Morgan Tsvangirai The Zimbabwe Guardian reported that Tendai Biti, secretary general of MDC is claiming victory in the Saturday polls in Zimbabwe. "We have won this election; we have won this election," Tendai Biti announced at a press conference on Sunday. The results from the polling stations after the Saturday polls, show that MDC has won majority of the seats in Parliament for the main cities of Harare and Bulawayo. The MDC has claimed victory in the Masvingo province, Mashonaland West, Bindura Town Council in Mashonaland Central, and other strongholds of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). Papa Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe From all the indications, Morgan Tsvangirai and Simba Makoni , the independent presidential candidate backed by Arthur Mutambara 's faction of the MDC are going to end the notoriety and monstrosi...