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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 ...
Somalia[edit] As of 2009, dial up internet services in Somalia were among the fastest developing in the region, with an annual landline growth rate of over 12.5%. Internet via satellite also had a steady growth rate of 10% to 15% per year. [141] Rank. Operator.
The East African Court of Appeal ( EACA) was a court which served as the appellate court for the British colonies in eastern Africa and west Asia. The court was established in 1902 as the Eastern African Court of Appeal and was the appellate court for British Kenya, Uganda Protectorate, and Nyasaland. Later, the court's name was changed to the ...
Est (, "East") is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001. The region's capital is Fada N'gourma. Five provinces make up the region—Gnagna, Gourma, Komondjari, Kompienga, and Tapoa. As of 2019, the population of the region was 1,941,505 with 51% females. The population in the region was 9.47% of the ...
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya ( Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya ), is a country in East Africa. A member of the African Union [12] with a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [13] Kenya is the 28th most populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while ...
Khaya anthotheca. ( Welw.) C.DC. Khaya anthotheca, with the common name East African mahogany, is a large tree species in the Meliaceae family, native to tropical Africa . The name anthotheca was taken from the Greek word anthos, meaning flower, while theca refers to a capsule. It is known by a number of other common names, including Nyasaland ...
Company name, logo, and flag 17th-century plaque to the [Dutch] United East India Company (the VOC), Hoorn The logo of the Amsterdam Chamber of the VOC In Dutch, the name of the company was the Vereenigde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oostindische Compagnie (abbreviated as the VOC), literally the 'United Dutch Chartered East India Company' (the United East India Company).
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), also known as the Uganda–Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP), is a 1,443 km crude oil pipeline in planning since 2013, with a foundation stone nominally under construction since 2017 and intended to transport crude oil from Uganda's Tilenga and Kingfisher oil fields to the Port of Tanga, Tanzania on the Indian Ocean.