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African Billionaires 

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Alote Dankote - Nigeria

Aliko Dangote (52), the 463th richest man on the planet. Dangote’s career spans over various industries including trading in sugar, flour milling, salt processing, cement manufacturing, real estate and oil and gas. Net worth: $2.1 billion. Country: Nigeria.

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Johann Rupert

Johann Rupert (59) & family, the 421st richest person in the world. Head of his family business, Swiss luxury group Richemont, Rupert also owns Remgro, a local investment holding company. Net worth $2.3 billion. Country: South Africa.

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Mohammed Al Moudi

Africa’s Billionaires (No. 1) * Name: Mohammed Al Amoudi * Net Worth: 10 Billion * Origin: Ethiopia

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Mohammed Ibrahim

Africa’s Billionaires (No. 10) Name: Mohammed Ibrahim Net Worth: 2.1 Billion Origin: Sudan

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Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris (55), the 374th richest man in the world, heads up Orascom Telecom, one of largest mobile providers in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Eldest son of Onsi Sawiris (#3) and brother of Samih Sawiris (#8). Net worth: $2.5 billion. Country: Egypt.

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Nassef Sawiris

Nassef Sawiris (48), 127th wealthiest man in the world; took over leadership of Orascom’s construction and fertiliser division in 1998. Youngest son of the Sawiris (#3). Net worth: $5.9 billion. Country: Egypt.

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Nikky Oppenheimer

Nicky Oppenheimer & family (64), the 154th richest person in the world, heads of De Beers Diamond mines, the world’s largest diamond producer. Net worth: $5.0 billion. Country: South Africa. Africa’s Billionaires (No. 3)

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Onsi Sawiris

Onsi Sawiris (80), the 307th richest man in the world and self-made billionaire is the founder of Egypt’s business empire, Orascom Construction Industries. Net worth: $3.1 billion. Country: Egypt.

Smartphones

 Train times, sat navs and The Sims top the list of iPhone apps UtSatellite navigation programs and the National Rail Enquiries service were among the most popular applications, or apps, downloaded on to iPhones and iPods in the UK this year.

The design of the iPhone makes it possible for a malicious app to get at all kinds of internal dataThe design of the iPhone makes it possible for a malicious app to get at all kinds of internal data. The popular Apple iPhone smartphone may be at risk from a security vulnerability that affects even those models that haven't been hacked, or "jailbroken," according to new findings from a Swiss software engineer. Nicolas Seriot, an iPhone developer, presented his findings during a conference in Geneva on iPhone privacy. According to his research, malware could exploit a previously unknown hole to access a user's e-mail accounts, Safari, and YouTube searches, keyboard cache content, and the Wi-Fi connection logs. Most hacks that affect the iPhone are the ones that are unlocked with "jailbreak" utilities, programs that break Apple's control over the phone and allow the use of applications not authorized or downloaded through the AppStore. It's also a common means of running the iPhone on networks that don't support it. Before Apple launched the iPhone in Asia, there was a major gray market of jailbroken iPhones for use with local carriers there.

Motorola CLIQ / Dexter: phoenix from the ashes? It was one of the most anticipated days of the "reentry" technology. After years of consecutive losses of market share, Motorola was given that as a company at risk of closing doors, renewing its range of smartphones featuring the Cliq. It will be a model that promises to delight all lovers of fine lines that have always been the trademark of Motorola.
As had been promised that Motorola presented yesterday at the conference in San Francisco, the CLIQ (or MOTOCLIQ as some already call it). This is clearly an all or none of the American giant, to gain new impetus to compete with smartphones from rival companies such as HTC, Apple, Palm or Nokia.
The company clearly bet on smooth lines, and a navigation itself through its own interface on the Android called Blur. The Blur is reflected at first touch of sophistication and promises a perfect social experience, promoting integration with popular Internet services such as Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Myspace and Yahoo among others.

The Blur adds all contacts of its user, regardless of their origin, a single point of contact. It will certainly be an alternative to the IU Sense HTC and a favorite target of the modding community xda-developers.
But not only that aspect of living this new user interface. It appears also very dynamic to the point where the infrastructure Android has an update in the context resulting from, for example, a call from a contact of yours, Blur updates in real-time information about your condition and photography and articulates it on the screen.

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