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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

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Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda offers mobility solutions services such as ride-hailing and corporate car sharing. The services are offered on the Move App, an innovative IT mobility solution which was developed by a local IT start-up company, Awesomity Lab. Ghana and Ethiopia are planned as the next locations.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group set a new export sales record in December with 11,000 cars being exported during the month, which also helped the company increase its export sales over the course of 2012 by 164%. In addition, plans for new production facilities in Ethiopia and Brazil are well under way.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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Veeraraghavan and Holly Schneider Brown , director of IEEE Public Imperatives and Corporate Development, told policymakers from around the world about some of the projects the group has funded. For the first time, IEEE members from China, Ethiopia, Hungary, Italy, Panama, and Thailand submitted proposals.

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