In order to better inform the public, Nairobi broadsheet the Daily Nation has produced a dedicated election site focusing on the candidates, and Mzalendo, developed in partnership with mySociety, enables voters to rate their candidates and access critical information on MPs and parliamentary proceedings.

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This partnership will not have a new venture fund dedicated to Glass, since the firms have enough capital to invest, Maris said.

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This year he was even more upbeat and dedicated than usual, having decided to concentrate on the international road races, plus selected national events, in partnership with the Ballymoney-based JMF Millsport team.

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The US-based Omidyar Network, the brainchild of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and wife Pam, is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunities for people to improve their lives and it has gone into partnership with BRAC in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

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