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‘Africa Connected’ Finalists announced</span><div dir="ltr"><span id="yiv1906659967docs-internal-guid--97208b7-4645-6118-e6c7-6650a377c0b0">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">$25,000
[271,000 rand] prizes for five winners whose lives are
‘powered by the web’ </span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Online
voting for the winners now open</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Johannesburg,
19 February 2014</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
- Google has today announced the finalists of the </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.africaconnected.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Africa
Connected competition</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">.
The competition was launched in August last year, calling
entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators and web-lovers to
share stories of how the web has transformed their lives
and work. The 10 finalists have been selected by a panel
of judges from over 2,200 entries from 35 countries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Five
successful winners from among the finalists will now be
selected by the online voting public. The winners will
bag $25,000 [ZAR 271,000] each, and will also have the
opportunity to work with a Google sponsor over a six-month
period to further their online business success. The
competition categories included Education;
Entertainment/Arts/Sports; Technology; Community and NGOs;
and Small Businesse</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"Africa
Connected is a competition that has run for over six
months and we are thrilled at the number of amazing
stories that have been collected from across Africa. Today
we are excited to announce the top 10 finalists who have
been selected by our judges’ panel. The diversity of their
ventures - from providing clean drinking water to
preserving culture - shows how the web can truly drive
positive change in the lives of many people and their
communities. We look forward to seeing who the voting
public choose as the winners - the top five most inspiring
success stories from across our continent." </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">says
Affiong Osuchukwu, Google Lead for the Africa Connected
initiative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The
ten finalists, in random order, include:</span></div>
<br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyOl952xnc" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Steve
Kyenze</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
Kenya, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.uwezakenya.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Uweza
Slum Gallery</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.uwezakenya.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://www.uwezakenya.org</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Steve
uses Google Search to inspire underprivileged kids
through art and helps to improve their skills, so
that they can sell their artwork to support their
schooling. </span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT5VapUZ9cs" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sitawa
Wafula</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kenya,
</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sitawa.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">My
Mind, My Funk</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sitawa.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://sitawa.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sitawa
is an influential blogger on mental health in East
Africa, who has used Google Blogger to establish her
award winning blog, which is a reference point for
people looking for support and information.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJw-od5A7Dg" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eunice
Namirembe</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Uganda,
</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tmcg.co.ug/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The
Medical Concierge Group</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tmcg.co.ug/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://tmcg.co.ug/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eunice
has built a 24-hour accessible ambulance call centre
to improve access to health care services, by using
the Google API dashboard and Google Maps to record
patient information and track patient locations.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1P5OcP3eOI" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lamine
Mbengue</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
Senegal, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://senegaltvcommunication.simplesite.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">SenegalTV</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://senegaltvcommunication.simplesite.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://senegaltvcommunication.simplesite.com/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lamine
believes in taking African culture to the rest of
the world, and that the Internet is the lifeblood to
support his mission. YouTube and AdSense has helped
SenegalTV to share their unique content around the
world while enabling him to employ others. </span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8EZqDHKR6g" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Timothy
Maguire</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">South
Africa, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.gci.org.za/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Grace
Communion International</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.gci.org.za/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://www.gci.org.za</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">English-speaking
Timothy uses Google Translate while providing
humanitarian relief in Portuguese speaking northern
Mozambique, so that he can communicate with project
members building water purification plants. He also
uses Google Search and Google Maps which assists
with projects in remote locations.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GarGowPGfLQ" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nqobizitha
Mlilo</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
Zimbabwe, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nafuna.tv/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nafuna
TV</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nafuna.tv/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://nafuna.tv</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nqobizitha
uses YouTube to post all his new animation and HD
video content on his channel to reach a wide
audience. He is self-taught, based on information
found with Google Search. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He
is now able to give people in his home country and
beyond an alternative form of entertainment not
found on traditional channels.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACKs-GIRIk" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Christopher
Panford</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
Ghana, Technol Services</span></div>
</li>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Christopher
uses Google Maps in his vehicle tracking devices to
record the location of their vehicles at any point
in time. This gives local banks the confidence to
provide loans to drivers, thus providing them with a
means to earn a living.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPfviZaY5ow" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eric
Obuh</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
Nigeria, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vocalslender.net/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Vocal
Slender</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://vocalslender.net/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://vocalslender.net/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eric
is a musician who used YouTube to distribute his
content and Google+ to interact with his fans. His
music and online popularity have led him to become
earn a living from concerts and appearances. He uses
his earnings to raise awareness about
underprivileged youngsters in the slums of Lagos
where he comes from, thereby providing financial aid
for the scholars and encouraging school attendance.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhVlYI_oYBU" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eseoghene
Odiete</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
Nigeria, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.heseydesigns.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hesey
Designs</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.heseydesigns.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://www.heseydesigns.com/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
</li>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eseoghene
used Google Products to promote her brand as a young
entrepreneur, creating international awareness for
her fashion label Hesey Designs. She now runs
workshops to train other women how to generate an
income from designing fashion accessories.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mgjA_4Irf4" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mayowa
Adegbile</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
Nigeria, </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ashakefoundation.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ashake
Foundation</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">
(</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ashakefoundation.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://www.ashakefoundation.wordpress.com</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mayowa
initially used YouTube to post an appeal in order to
raise funds for her initiative, a business school
for widowed mothers, giving them the tools to make a
living and support their families. Because of the
getting online she is helping to change lives and
give the people who need it a second chance in life.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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</ul>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Anyone
who would like to vote for the 5 winners, in whose lives
the web and Google have played a pivotal role, can do so
on the Africa Connected website: </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.africaconnected.com/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">www.africaconnected.com</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">.
The winners will be announced on 1st April at an event in
Nairobi, Kenya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The
partner judges for Africa Connected, who selected the ten
finalists, include:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Adiel
A. Akplogan, CEO, African Network Information Centre
(AfriNIC), Mauritius</span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nardos
Bekele Thomas, Resident Coordinator, United Nations
Development Program, Kenya</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dr.
Towela Nyirenda Jere, Programmes Manager, NEPAD
e-Africa Programme, New Partnerships for African
Development (NEPAD), South Africa</span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Temilola
Balogun, Radio personality, fashion photographer and
artist, Cool FM, Nigeria</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Adv.
Leslie Sedibe, CEO, Proudly South African, South
Africa</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Wallace
Kantai, Editor, NTV, Nation Media Group, Kenya</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Franklin
Leonard, Founder, The Black List, USA</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">MI
Abaga, Artist and UN Ambassador, Chocolate City Music,
Nigeria</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ory
Okolloh, Director of Investments, Omidyar Network,
South Africa</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Doha
Marzouk, Head, Marketing, Sub-Saharan Africa, Google,
Egypt</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">For
more information about the Africa Connected contest, visit
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.africaconnected.com/">www.africaconnected.com</a></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">New
to the web? Learn more about the web and Google through
this platform, so that you too can do amazing things using
the web as your springboard. You can also follow us at
@GoogleAfrica and +GoogleAfrica.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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