Lowani is a commercial language centre for African languages based in the Netherlands. It offers courses in 17 African languages, including conversation courses with mothertongue speakers. While learning the language, it is also important to the centre to teach the culture and social graces of the respective countries. [editors ilissAfrica]
Site is also commercial (sells African textiles), but at the same time, it provides you with extensive information on African textiles, there history, production, origin, way of wearing, use etc. The site includeds many ancient photographs. As the site is very chaotical concerning the linking between the different pages and hence you will not find everything at first glance, please consider the tips and direct links in the summary. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a public limited liability company, was established as a bank holding company in 1985 under a private sector initiative spearheaded by the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the support of ECOWAS. In the early 1980’s the banking industry in West Africa was dominated by foreign and state-owned banks. There were hardly any commercial banks in West Africa owned and managed by the African private sector. ETI was founded with the objective of filling this vacuum. ETI, a public limited liability company, was established as a bank holding company in 1985 under a private sector initiative spearheaded by the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the support of ECOWAS. In the early 1980’s the banking industry in West Africa was dominated by foreign and state-owned banks. There were hardly any commercial banks in West Africa owned and managed by the African private sector. ETI was founded with the objective of filling this vacuum. Customers include governments and government agencies, multinational, regional, multilateral and financial institutions, local companies and medium, small and micro enterprises and consumers. Ecobank Group is a full-service regional banking institution employing over 11,000 staff in over 600 branches and offices in twenty seven west, central and east and southern African countries. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
NHE is a state owned enterprise with the mandate to act as a lending institution as well as a developer in the field of low income housing. Its mission is defined as to provide and finance "affordable, quality and adequate housing thereby contributing to Namibia's socio-economic development and creating a stable, progressive human habitat." ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
Rössing, a large open pit uranium mine, is situated in Namibia, south-western Africa and started operations in 1976. It is located close to the town of Arandis 70 kilometres inland from the coastal town of Swakopmund in the Namib Desert in the Erongo Region in Namibia. The company is part of the Rio Tinto Group. The website provides extensive material on the activities of the company. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]
With a sound track record of 27 years, Sabinet Online has pioneered and become an established leader in the facilitation of high level access to trusted electronic information.Our clients include public and private organisations, as well as academic institutions in South Africa, the USA and Africa.
* Information Access by obtaining the full-text of the best or most frequently requested local content. Access to online references, abstracts, and full-text documents, supported by electronic document procurement, and an alerting service.
* Library Support through library acquisitions and cataloguing, interlending, and retrospective conversion.
* Information Management with specialist consultation, support, electronic publishing, and software. ... [according to site editor's information]
!Khwa ttu's mandate is that the San must gain control over their own image and presence in the tourism industry. It strives to acquire the skills for income generating activities and to be proactive in preventing exploitation of less educated San relatives. !khwa ttu workshops assist in reaching these goals:
* Restore and display San heritage, culture, folklore, visual arts, cosmology and languages
* Educate the general public about the world of the San
* Provide training to the San in literacy, entrepreneurship, tourism, health issues, community development, craft production/marketing and gender awareness. ... [according to site editor's information]
Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SOC) Ltd commonly known as sefa was established on 1st April 2012 as a result of the merger of South African Micro Apex Fund, Khula Enterprise Finance Ltd and the small business activities of IDC.sefa's mandate is to foster the establishment, survival and growth of SMMEs and contribute towards poverty alleviation and job creation. sefa has a regional footprint of 9 offices around the country. ... [according to site editor's information]
ArtMattan Productions distributes films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe. All these films were shown during the organisation's annual African Diaspora Film Festival in New York [according to the site editor's information, editorial staff ilissAfrica].