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Mobile Awareness, LLC Releases VisionStat™ Portable Wireless Camera System for Hitching Alignment

07.10.2008 19:06    newswiretoday.com
Mobile Awareness, LLC, a provider of leading-edge transportation safety products, today announced VisionStat™ Portable, a new transportable wireless camera system. VisionStat™ Portable provides a safe and convenient solution for all types of towing applications, visual security, temporary use for backing


Nigeria: Railway Workers Reject NRC's Concessioning

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Railway workers have opposed the Federal Government's plan to concession the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), opting instead, for creation of a Ministry of Railways.

Nigeria: Stay Off EU, Diplomatic Drive, FRSC Warns Driving School Opera

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sector command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has warned driving schools to restrain their operations from European Union Road and Diplomatic Drive or risk siesure of their vehicles.

Nigeria: Govt to Introduce Kaduna-Abuja Rail Services - Sambo

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Governor Namadi Sambo has declared that plans have been concluded to introduce a fast rail service that would run from Kaduna to Abuja.


South Africa: Marine Repair Company Goes Global

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
A black South African businessman has taken charge of a quaint, century-old ship-repair company with the goal of making it a key entity in the burgeoning West African oil and gas industry.

Mozambique: Guebuza Opens Road Maintenance Meeting

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza declared on Monday that African countries will be more successful in their road and bridge building schemes if they accept the challenge to create national and local capacity for the regular maintenance of roads.

Cameroon: Protestors Hold Shipyard GM Hostage

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
A group of protesting temporal Chantier Naval workers October 3, held the interim General Manager of the Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd, CNIC, Antoine Bikoro Alo'o, hostage for six hours.

Kenya: Riddle of Cancelled Port Tender

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
The sudden cancellation of a tender for grain handling at the Mombasa port has fuelled speculation of a new tussle between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Transport Minister Chirau Mwakwere.

Nigeria: Help! Accident Victims Need Better Treatment

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
When the nightmare from carnages on Nigerian highways reached a crescendo, the government about two decades ago added to the fleet of country's paramilitary organisations, by establishing the National Road Safety Commission (FRSC), charged with the responsibility of reducing high

Nigeria: Motorists Laud Drts On Service Delivery

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Motorists in the Federal Capital Territory have applauded the efforts of the Department of Road Traffic Services (VIO) ,to curb the traffic congestion witnessed during the Sallah and independence festivities.

Nigeria: FRSC, VIO, Others Praised for Taming Traffic At Wuse Market

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Commuters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended officers and men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and other security agents for taming the traffic situation at Wuse market.

Nigeria: Lagos, Private Sector to Partner On Inland Water Transport

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Lagos State government may partner with private sector on ways to improve the inland water transportation, aimed at reducing the stress associated with road transportation.

Uganda: Country Will Still Struggle Even With Better Roads, More Energy

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Since 2003, Uganda has been voted among the top two most entrepreneurial nations in the world by UK-based Global Entrepreneurship Monitors. Uganda has approximately one million Small and Medium scale Enterprises, according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics.

Kenya: Seafarers' Organisation Head Arrested for 'False Statements' On Arms Shipment Destination

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of ex-journalist Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenyan chapter of the Seafarers assistance programme, who was arrested by Kenyan police on 1 October for "making false statements".

South Africa: New Road to Improve Transport in NW Ahead of 2010

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
The newly opened Phokeng Sun City Road in the North West, which costs R56 million, is set to improve transportation in the province ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Uganda: Arming the Traffic Police is a Little on the Extreme

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
The Uganda Police leadership is never short of surprises. This time round, they want to arm the traffic police with automatic rifles to defend themselves against violent motorists.

Nigeria: Gwagwalada FRSC to Train Sonic Global Bus Drivers

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
In order to enhance sanity on the roads and maintain discipline among drivers, the Gwagwalada Area Council Command Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), is to organize a four day training workshop for about one hundred luxury bus drivers of Sonic

Somalia: Small Part of Fishermen's Ransom 'Went to Islamists,' Claims Spanish Newspaper

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
A relative of one of the Somali pirates involved in the kidnapping of a Spanish fishing vessel last April said that five percent of the $1.5-million-dollar ransom allegedly paid for the Playa de Bakio crew's release went to an Islamist

Uganda: Roads Authority Moves to Restore Sanity in Outdoor Advertising

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
It is not business as usual for outdoor advertisers after the National Roads Authority suspended the erection of billboards on national roads. Major outdoor advertising firms often target strategic sites along highways to leverage their business and that of their

South Africa: Old Mutual Downplays Risk From Taxi Financing

07.10.2008 17:03    allafrica.com
INSURANCE giant Old Mutual yesterday downplayed any suggestion an investigation by the credit regulator into the lending practices of SA Taxi Finance (SATF) represented a risk to its investment in that company.

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