"We now want to scale the ideas past the competition to provide additional mentorship and training as well as financial resources to let the winners become successful, " said Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson, speaking on behalf of the Appfrica consultancy which runs the competition.

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In recent years the Pashtun community in the city has grown, and they are seen as competition for land and jobs with the Urdu-speaking community.

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Outside the English-speaking world newspapers often face less competition from online news aggregators and other Silicon Valley wheezes.

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Geographically speaking, the Cardinals face very little MLB competition for fans.

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Speaking in Washington, Joaquin Almunia, the EU competition commissioner, said any agreement reached with Google would be legally binding.

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Speaking of Spotify, the music streaming service will soon have some more competition.

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Generally speaking economies are the most productive when rules and regulations are written to promote competition and lower prices.

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Speaking to the BBC, Richard Lloyd of consumer group Which? criticised the opacity and lack of competition in the energy market.

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And speaking of state regulation, letting in foreign competition also provides an opportunity to correct one of the great flaws in the current system, which is that many states prevent competition even from American-owned companies who are from other states.

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