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MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Equatorial Guinea recently launched the first telecommunications infrastructure company, GITGE (Management and Maintenance of Telecommunication Infrastructures organization in Equatorial Guinea), to optimize the national telecommunications service with the installation of fiber optics that currently link the capital city of Malabo and Bata. "GITGE is a great addition to Equatorial Guinea's...
Prize Honors Individuals for Contributions in Scientific Research PARIS, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The President of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, awarded the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea prize to three scientists for their work in scientific research today at a ceremony in Paris. "Each awardee is being recognized for their excellent work in the field of science and their contribution to the betterment of humanity," said President Obiang. The recipients...
Improvement of public health and health infrastructure is a national priority in Equatorial Guinea. MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea and Botswana lead Africa in per capita investments in health care, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, but the gap in spending between Africa and the rest of the world is still a concern. The statistics are from the WHO's 2012 Health Financing and Health MDGs (Millennium...
West African Nation pledged to United Nations agreements on Climate Change, Biological Diversity and Desertification at the UN Rio+20 Conference MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, made a push, last week at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro, for his country and the rest of the African continent to adopt specific measures for the implementation of...
West African Nation Joins Conversation on Pathway to Safer, Equitable and Cleaner Environment MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The President of Equatorial Guinea led a delegation to join world leaders, other governments, nongovernmental agencies, international institutions, private-sector organizations and other groups June 20-22, in Rio de Janeiro, for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). "This conference is the...
Effort to create indigenous businesses in the hydrocarbons sector supports Horizon 2020 development plan. MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Oil and gas experts from governments and national and international companies came together from June 19-21, in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, for the 15th Gulf of Guinea Oil and Gas Conference (GOG15). This was the first GOG conference hosted by Equatorial Guinea. The attendees at this annual...
Favorable conditions for U.S. investment in a modern, diversifying economy. President Obiang seeks U.S. companies for IT, telecoms, fisheries, agribusiness, mining, tourism. HOUSTON, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Equatorial Guinea laid out the welcome mat in Houston Monday for U.S. investments in information technology, telecommunications, fisheries, construction, agriculture and agroindustry, mining and hydrocarbons. Some 200 representatives of...
Exiled Opposition Leader Returns To A Changed Equatorial Guinea Sibacha Bueicheku credits government for reforms and development and urges exiles to return. MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sibacha Bueicheku, chairman of the Union for Democracy and Social Development party and deputy coordinator of the Common Front of the Opposition in Exile, has returned to Equatorial Guinea after living abroad in Spain for 35 years. Bueicheku told local media...
Participation reflects government's commitment to Horizon 2020 development plan MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea will participate in the annual 65th World Health Assembly, which will be held at the Palais de Nations in Geneva from May 21st through the 26th. This year's assembly will focus primarily on public health issues such as universal health care, the Millennium Development Goals and noncommunicable diseases. In addition,...
Government Defends Commitment to Upholding Professionalism and Transparency MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an interview with France Africa 24, President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, defending the Government of Equatorial Guinea, stated it maintains strict control of State revenues. "All the money is collected by the State," said President Obiang. "No one can touch that money." He then continued to discuss the various businesses that he and...
