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Monday, 4 July 2016

The New Camon C9 (what this beauty offers you)

Operating System: HIOS V1.0: Based on Android 6.0
Network: GPRS/EDGE//WCDMA/LTE
Band: GPRS/EDGE: 900/1800
WCDMA: 900/2100
LTE: Band3/7/20
Dimension: 153*76.4*10.35mm
Display: 5.5" FHD IPS Touchscreen
Resolution: FHD(1920*1080)
Processor: Octa-core Processor
Camera: 13.0 MP AF Back Camera with Flashlight
13.0 MP Front Camera with Flashlight
Memory: 16 GB ROM + 2 GB RAM Expandable Micro SD, up to 128GB
Connectivity: GPS, Wi-Fi, BT
Battery Capacity: 3000mAh
Sensor: G-sensor, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor


WE SHOULD ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THIS



Assuming You woke up one morning, you saw your body still laying helplessly on the bed. You were shocked so u tried calling your room mate who was sleeping
next to you and he did not hear you mention his name.
You tried to pick up your phone to make a call to somebody and you couldn't pick it up.
You started crying but no one heard you.
You try touching the gate to go out, but u penetrated.
You went outside and your house mates were Chatting, but you were not recognize. After some few minutes,you saw your house
mates coming out of your room with a severe cry.
All you could hear them saying is"HE IS GONE" or "SHE IS GONE"
You stood there watching them cry and cry.
So you asked yourself WHERE EXACTLY AM I GOING.
Your spirit started crying bitterly, because you were not prepared to start that journey so sooner.
BRETHREN where exactly are you going when you stop breathing.
Are you aware of your final destination ?
Remember your creator now because we have a place to go. So start preparing.
Share to a group, because I choose this group and prompt them of eternity and the only Lord and Savior- JESUS
Him alone can take you home.😢 Forward this and help save a life!

U might not be able to go round evangelising

This can also be another source for evangelism
Spread the word

Meet The Smart Entrepreneurs Making Money from Africa’s Tomato Problems

Africa has a serious tomato problem.Tomatoes are Africa’s most consumed fruit (or vegetable); eaten by millions of people across our continent’s diverse religious, ethnic and social groups. Both in its raw and processed forms, tomatoes are central to many African diets and remain a regular ingredient in many
soups, stews, sauces and dishes across the continent. Sadly, despite the ‘celebrity’ status of tomatoes in Africa, our continent does not provide enough tomatoes to meet its own needs. Almost every country in Africa consumes more tomatoes than it produces. The rest is imported from outside the
continent, especially from China – which is now the world’s biggest exporter of tomato products.
I would like to give you a sense of how serious and highly ridiculous Africa’s tomato situation really is, and I’ll use Nigeria as a case study. Nigeria – Africa’s largest country by economy and population — is sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest producer of tomatoes. It produces up to 1.5 million tons of tomatoes every year, making it the 14th largest producer of tomatoes in the world. However, despite Nigeria’s strong position
in tomato production, it still spends up to $300 million – every year — to import tomato products (especially purees, pastes and canned tomatoes), making Nigeria one of the biggest importers of tomato
paste in the world.
Shocking!
But how come Africa’s biggest tomato producer is also its biggest importer?
Well, it appears more than 50 percent of tomatoes harvested every year in Nigeria never make it to the market. Due to poor storage and a lack of processing options, a lot of tomatoes harvested in Nigeria is
wasted. Another reason is, in most parts of Africa, tomatoes are mainly grown by small-scale
rural farmers who have limited access to good seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. They also depend on natural rainfall to grow their tomatoes which makes the harvests unpredictable and inconsistent.
Nigeria is not alone in this. This same ugly tomato situation is at play across the continent; from West and East Africa to Southern Africa. As Africa is expected to have the world’s
fastest growing population over the next 30 years, the number of people on the continent is expected to reach 2.4 billion by 2050 – that’s double its current size. If Africa already spends nearly $1 billion
on importing tomato products, how much will we be spending on tomatoes in 30 years’ time?
Unless we plan to remove tomatoes from our diets, Africa must take quick, deliberate and strategic steps to meet the domestic demand for tomatoes, and reduce its dependence on imported
tomato products. Africa still has vast uncultivated arable land that’s well suited for tomato
production. With our favourable climate and abundant labour, our continent has the strategic advantage to become a net exporter of tomatoes to the global market. Fortunately, there are already a few smart
entrepreneurs on the continent who have observed the huge and lucrative gaps in
Africa’s tomato market and are already making some good progress. In this article, we’ll take a close look at some of these entrepreneurs and businesses that are positioning themselves to profit from Africa’s multi-billion dollar tomato consumption market. Let’s meet the Entrepreneurs Solving Africa’s Tomato Problems
If you’re looking to start a business that makes money, I can guarantee you that finding solutions to serious and expensive problems is one of the best and easiest\ ways to succeed in Africa. In Africa, the bigger the problems you can solve, the bigger the profits and returns you can make. By taking on the serious problems of tomato shortages on the continent, these entrepreneurs and businesses are producing local substitute products that compete with – and will eventually overtake – imported tomato products in Africa.
Let’s meet them…
1) Ntuseni Nesane – From Farm Labourer to Tomato Millionaire in South
Africa

Dr. Ntuseni Nesane is one of the most successful tomato entrepreneurs in South Africa. Now 71 years old, he has been in the business of tomato farming for more than 40 years. With no formal education, he started his agribusiness with only a donkey and a plough. His farm, Tshalata Farms, produces roughly 14,400 tons of tomatoes per season and employs more than 200 employees. Every year, his farm business spends up to 3 million Rand (over $200,000) on labour alone. After working for eight years as a farm labourer, Dr. Ntuseni decided to pursue greener pastures in the city. But after a futile search for a better life in Johannesburg, he returned to the village to start a small farm with his little savings. From the 10 hectares of land he started with, his business now farms on over 400 hectares. Although his tomatoes are primarily targeted at the South African domestic market, his business also exports tomatoes to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana. For his outstanding work and contribution to the economic development of his country, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Philosophy by the University of Venda in 2012. If every African country had a few people like this, I’m sure we wouldn’t have to worry about tomatoes anymore.

2) Tomato Jos – Processing fresh tomatoes into tomato paste in Nigeria





Started by Mira Mehta and co-founder — Shane Kiernan — in 2014, Tomato Jos is a social business that’s working hard to revolutionize tomato production and processing in Nigeria.



While working with an NGO, Mira experienced firsthand the tomato market glut in Northern Nigeria. During her travels, she would pass miles and miles of tomato fields, and notice the large heaps of tomatoes just rotting on the side of the road because farmers couldn’t sell them. Mira also discovered how, despite being a major producer of tomatoes, Nigeria spends millions of dollars on tomato paste imports. That’s when she made up her mind to pursue the huge business opportunity – processing locally produced tomatoes into high-quality tomato paste in Nigeria.

Today, Tomato Jos operates across the entire tomato value chain (farming, logistics, and processing) and sources raw tomatoes from its network of over 100 smallholder tomato farmers in Nigeria’s North Central region.

Starting with a pilot project in Nigeria’s Nassarawa state, Tomato Jos has successfully raised capital through a variety of channels, including angel investment, prize money from competitions, and crowdfunding. In November 2014, the business successfully raised $55,000 on Kickstarter.

The business is currently in the process of raising up to $2 million in Series A investment.


3) King’ori Mathenge – The Kenyan entrepreneur who grows organic tomatoes in greenhouses.


Like most young Africans, King’ori wanted to work at a corporate job after he graduated from university. But after he spent a year searching for a job and couldn’t find one, he started to think seriously about starting his own business – organic tomato farming.

This 29-year-old entrepreneur currently owns four greenhouses where he farms organic tomatoes using green manure, compost and biological pest control. He gets the manure from the 450 chickens he also raises on his farm.

According to him, greenhouses provide constant warm temperatures that speed up the growth of his tomatoes and reduce the risk of fungal infections.

But starting wasn’t easy. He had to convince his father to let him use the family’s quarter of an acre. That’s where he built his first small greenhouse where he grew 400 tomato seedlings. That pilot farm earned him about KSh90,000 (roughly $900) in six months.

From that first greenhouse, he went on to build three more. To date, he has earned over KSh480,000 from this business and is making further plans to expand.

His biggest customers are hotels and organic-conscious consumers.

I wonder. If just one percent of Africa’s 250+ million young unemployed could start a small neighborhood tomato farm like King’ori, would our continent still have to worry about tomato supply now and in the future?

Africa can lead the world in tomato production!



Africa can surely do better than just meet her own tomato needs. We have the land, human and market resources to make tomatoes a multi-billion dollar business that meets both domestic and international demand.
Gladly, the chain of events that will make this happen has already started. With the efforts of the entrepreneurs covered in this article, and more who are joining them, I’m very optimistic there will come a time when Africa becomes a net exporter of tomato products.
The tomatoes we eat everyday cannot continue to come from Asia, when we have ours. We need to stop this madness.



Sunday, 3 July 2016

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT URGES PEOPLE TO KILL ALL DRUG ADDICTS

Unfortunately, this is not satire…  Newly elected Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte made some very controversial comments during a speech in front of 500 people after being sworn in on Thursday, urging the population to kill all drug addicts and then continues to go into more detail.
Duterte, who said during his campaign that some 100,000 criminals would die in his crackdown, their bodies dumped in Manila Bay, has been conspicuously deaf to criticism that he was promoting a “culture of death” in his native country.
After taking his oath inside the Malacanang presidential palace, Duterte, 71, continued his defiance and threats against drug traffickers in front of a crowd of some 500 people gathered in a Manila slum Thursday night.“These sons of whores are destroying our children. I warn you, don’t go into that, even if you’re a policeman, because I will really kill you,” the outspoken Philippines leader told the crowd, AFP reported.

“If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself as getting their parents to do it would be too painful,” he added.
Setting up funeral parlors would help earn some money, Duterte noted.
“I assure you [that] you won’t go bankrupt. If your business slows I will tell the police, ‘Do it faster to help the people earn money.'”
During his speech at the presidential palace, Duterte highlighted that among the key problems that currently “bedevil” Philippines are “corruption, both in the high and low echelons in government, criminality in the streets and the rampant sale of illegal drugs in all strata of Philippines society and the breakdown of law and order.”
Duterte warned that his fight against crime would be “relentless and sustained,” pledging that it will remain within the boundaries of the law.
“As a lawyer and former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not. My adherence to due process and rule of law is uncompromising,” Duterte vowed.
Unsurprisingly, such rhetoric has not endeared Dutarte to local drug lords. Last month, they raised the bounty they had put on the president, the Manila Bulletin reported. Over $1 million has now been promised for the assassination of the new leader.
Duterte in his turn offered a reward of 5 million pesos ($108,000) for a drug lord “if he is dead,” urging the public to join his far-reaching anti-crime fight.
Documents released by WikiLeaks allege that Duterte, who was mayor of the southern city of Davao for over 22 years, has been linked with a vigilante group called the Davao Death Squad. According to Human Rights Watch, these “brutal death squads have claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people” during his tenure as mayor. —

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW

Here are some fascinating scientific facts about our smiles, and why becoming a smile millionaire will change your life.
- Simulating a genuine smile can boost your mood: Psychologists have found that even if you’re in bad mood, you can instantly lift your spirits by simulating (not fake, but choose to engage in) a genuine smile.
- It boosts your immune system: Smiling really can improve your physical health, too. Your body is more relaxed when you smile, which contributes to good health and a stronger immune system.
- Smiles are contagious: It’s not just a saying: smiling really is contagious, scientists say. In a study conducted in Sweden, people had difficulty frowning when they looked at other subjects who were smiling, and their muscles twitched into smiles all on their own.
- Smiles Relieve Stress: Your body immediately releases endorphin when you smile, even when you force it. This sudden change in mood will help you feel better and release stress.
- It’s a universal sign of happiness: While hand shakes, hugs, and bows all have varying meanings across cultures, smiling is known around the world and in all cultures as a sign of happiness and acceptance.
- We still smile at work: While we smile less at work than we do at home, 30% of subjects in a research study smiled five to 20 times a day, and 28% smiled over 20 times per day at the office.Joy
- Smiles use from 5 to 53 facial muscles: Just smiling can require your body to use up to 53 muscles, but some smiles only use 5 muscle movements.
- Babies are born with the ability to smile: Babies learn a lot of behaviors and sounds from watching the people around them, but scientists believe that all babies are born with the ability, since even blind babies smile.
- Smiling helps you get promoted: Smiles make a person seem more attractive, sociable and confident, and people who smile more are more likely to get a promotion.
- Smiles are the most easily recognizable facial expression: People can recognize smiles from up to 300 feet away, making it the most easily recognizable facial expression.
- Women smile more than men: Generally, women smile more than men, but when they participate in similar work or social roles, they smile the same amount. This finding leads scientists to believe that gender roles are quite flexible. Boy babies, though, do smile less than girl babies, who also make more eye contact.
- Smiles are more attractive than makeup: A research study conducted by Orbit Complete discovered that 69% of people find women more attractive when they smile than when they are wearing makeup.
- There are 19 different types of smiles: UC-San Francisco researcher identified 19 types of smiles and put them into two categories: polite “social” smiles which engage fewer muscles, and sincere “felt” smiles that use more muscles on both sides of the face.
- Babies start smiling as newborns: Most doctors believe that real smiles occur when babies are awake at the age of four-to-six weeks, but babies start smiling in their sleep as soon as they’re born.
-Does it really take more muscles to frown than to smile? (The answer is NO.)
*In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.