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Week of July 27, 2016 Vol 51 • No 19 •

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Africa Viewed As Growth Target for Telecom By Monique Smith

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ccording to reports published by the Schott Foundation for Public Education in 2013, only 26.5% of black males graduated high school compared to 86.2% of their white male counterparts. Reports of young black males being gunned down either by police or who kill one another consistently appear in local and national headlines. Cook County Commissioner Stanley Moore recognized the need to change that imagery. He recently honored Darius J. Johnson, a young man from the Chatham neighborhood, who has shown himself to be a ray of light in these dark times.

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Chatham resident Darius Johnson, a recent graduate of Morehouse College and future Columbia University School of Journalism graduate student hopes to work as a producer for CNN in their New York or Altanta office. Photo courtesy of Perfect Pitch Media Group

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When it comes to telecommunications, experts agree that Africa is the new “it” continent for growth. “International investors from the enterprise cloud, hosting and data center spaces, are targeting the African fixed infrastructure market and will compete with mobile tower infrastructure providers in the coming years,” predicted one telecom banker, who was attending a finance and investment conference in London this month. “ To expand into Africa, Artilium has partnered with Virginiabased Tritente Global Energy to launch ArtiliumAfrica. Tritente has chosen NEAH Power to supply their backup-power, Paul Delkaso, President and CEO, energy needs. Tristar & Tritente What does Global Energy each company Group. Managing bring to the partner, Artiliumtable? Africa “Tritente is the perfect platform for Artilium to expand into Africa, which is the early stages of the data and telecom revolution,” said Bart Weijermars, chief executive officer of Artilium. “We chose NEAH because their next-generation energy storage system is powerful, cost effective and compatible with Tritente’s $6 billion plan to deploy renewable energy in Africa…,” said Paul Delkaso, chief executive officer of Tritente and managing partner of Artilium-Africa. “It’s a really vibrant time for investment into African broadband infrastructure,” said one senior adviser attending the event. “Numerous international internet backbone projects are springing up, connecting the African continent,” he said.

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