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  2. East African Rift - Wikipedia

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    A map of East Africa showing some of the historically active volcanoes (as red triangles) and the Afar Triangle (shaded at the center), which is a so-called triple junction (or triple point) where three plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate and two parts of the African Plate—the Nubian and Somali—splitting along the East African Rift Zone Main rift faults, plates ...

  3. African time - Wikipedia

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    African time (or Africa time) is the perceived cultural tendency in parts of Africa and the Caribbean [1] toward a more relaxed attitude to time. [2] [3] This is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, about tardiness in appointments, meetings and events. [4] This also includes the more leisurely, relaxed, and less rigorously scheduled lifestyle ...

  4. History of East Africa - Wikipedia

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    The history of East Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and the post-colonial period, in which the current nations were formed. East Africa is the eastern region of Africa, bordered by North Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Sahara Desert.

  5. East London, South Africa - Wikipedia

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    East London, South Africa. /  33.01750°S 27.90472°E  / -33.01750; 27.90472. East London ( Xhosa: eMonti; Afrikaans: Oos-Londen) is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, [3] in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the ...

  6. East African campaign (World War II) - Wikipedia

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    The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941. The British Middle East Command with troops from the United Kingdom, South ...

  7. East African Examinations Council - Wikipedia

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    The East African Examinations Council Act, 1967 established it. [1] Zanzibar withdrew from the EAEC in 1970, and the Tanzanian Ministry of Education Curriculum and Examinations Section briefly took over examination proctoring for Mainland Tanzania when it withdrew from the EAEC in 1971. National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) is now ...

  8. Conversion rate optimization - Wikipedia

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    Only then would it be willing to deploy testing mechanisms to increase conversion rates. Calculation of conversion rate. A conversion rate is defined as the percentage of visitors who complete a goal, as set by the site owner. It is calculated as the total number of conversions, divided by the total number people who visited your website.

  9. Eastern Caribbean dollar - Wikipedia

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    The EC$ is now issued by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, based in the city of Basseterre, in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The bank was established by an agreement (the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement) signed at Port of Spain on 5 July 1983. The exchange rate of $4.80 = £1 sterling (equivalent to the old $1 = 4s 2d) continued until 1976 ...