Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Happy Birthday Charles, Prince of Wales!

Happy Birthday Uncle Charles, Prince of Wales and I wish you many happier returns of the day with longer life and more prosperity and looking forward to your great future as the King of England for the Glory of God.
65 Cheers to your happiness!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2485093/Charles-65-Hes-porcupine-tooth-pick-doesnt-mobile-But-hes-true-Duchy-original--proud-to-say-Happy-Birthday.html#ixzz2jgtwsEoN


 

 
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Mobile Marketing Association and Vserv.mobi Unveil the first Mobile Internet Consumer Report for Africa



12 Nov 2013 11:00 Africa/Lagos

Mobile Marketing Association and Vserv.mobi Unveil the first Mobile Internet Consumer Report for Africa

JOHANNESBURG, November 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Mobile Internet Consumers in Africa love downloading games and apps, are educated and possess high spending power
Vserv.mobi, award winning mobile advertising exchange, today released The Mobile Internet Consumer- Africa 2013 report, developed in association with The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). The report demystifies the evolving Mobile Internet user in Africa and provides insight into the mobile internet usage across six countries namely, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.
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The report aims to provide media planners, advertisers and brand custodians with in-depth Mobile Internet audience insights, to enhance their reach to the right target audience across Africa.  According to the Africa report, the Mobile Internet user loves downloading games and apps, are educated and visit malls frequently. Some of the key highlights include:


Demographic Profile
  • Over half of the Mobile Internet users in Africa are between 18- 24 years of age and 71% are men
  • Over 3rd of the Mobile Internet users are graduates or post graduates and only 3% belong to the uneducated category
  • Mobile Internet users in Africa own consumer durables (57%), automobiles (35%) and payment cards (48%)
Consumption Habits
  • African consumers love Mobile Ads that provide downloadable content (74%), followed by those that help them learn about a brand (48%), find deals (48%) and locate something nearby (45%)
  • Apps and games (76%) are the most downloaded form of content followed by, videos (55%) and music (51%)

Commenting on the release of the report at the MMA EMEA Forum 2013 in  London , Paul Berney, CMO & MD EMEA, MMA, said, "Today it is imperative for advertisers, to understand their consumers' preferences, preempt their needs and target them as efficiently as possible.  Equipped with such insights, brands can improve the relevance of their messaging and enrich consumers' brand-experience. We are delighted to partner with Vserv.mobi to provide brands and marketers with such pertinent insights via the Mobile Internet Consumer 2013 report. We are positive this will help brands optimize their mobile media spends."


Narayan Murthy Ivaturi, General Manager, Global Sales & Strategy, Vserv.mobi, said, "As pioneers in mobile marketing, Vserv.mobi is dedicated to developing the industry and evangelizing it as an effective marketing tool. Our collaborative research with MMA, the apex body of mobile marketing in the world, is testimony to these efforts. This Mobile Internet Consumer report is a ready reckoner and will provide succinct data to reveal rich insights. This will enable marketers to know, understand and target their audience more fittingly by formulating tighter mobile strategies."


The Mobile Internet Consumer report produced by MMA and Vserv.mobi is based on a primary survey of over 2500 mobile web and app users. The two-week long survey was conducted in - October 2013. The Mobile Internet Consumer report is available for India, China, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, North America and Europe. A copy of the full report, can be downloaded at http://vserv.mobi/insights

 
About Mobile Marketing Association
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global non-profit trade association representing all players in the mobile marketing value chain. With more than 700 member companies, the MMA is an action-oriented organization with global focus, regional actions and local relevance. The MMA's primary focus is to establish mobile as an indispensable part of the marketing mix. The MMA works to promote, educate, measure, guide and protect the mobile marketing industry worldwide. The MMA's global headquarters are located in the United States and it has regional chapters including North America (NA), Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Latin America (LATAM), and Asia Pacific (APAC) branches. For more information, please visit http://www.mmaglobal.com.


About Vserv.mobi
Vserv.mobi is an Award Winning Mobile Advertising Exchange focused on Emerging Markets that maximises value of mobile media for advertisers, developers, publishers and telecom operators. Powered by award winning AudiencePro™ and AppWrapper™ platforms, Vserv.mobi has delivered mobile advertising experiences for leading Fortune 500 brands & digital media companies, across 200 countries. AudiencePro's audience targeting capabilities and AppWrapper's "One Click" SDK integration for App Developers continue to empower the mobile ecosystem. The company has a global presence, with offices across USA, UK, South Africa, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia & Vietnam. Funded by IDG ventures, Vserv.mobi was founded in January 2010.


For media enquiries, please contact:
Vserv.mobi
Rachita Vaid
Phone: +91-22-29275746/82
Email: press@vserv.mobi

Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)
Liberty Communications
Rebecca Carnie / Pippa Ellis
Phone: +44(0)207-751-4444
Email: mma@libertycomms.com


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Open Doors 2014 for African Filmmakers and Distributors



With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, the Open Doors section aims primarily at assisting directors and producers from countries in the South and the East, where independent filmmaking is vulnerable, and is committed to enabling them to find co-production partners for their new projects.
This initiative focuses on a different region every year and operates in two modes. On the one hand the Open Doors Co-production Lab brings professionals from the chosen region together with potential partners, mostly from Europe, to foster support for projects that would otherwise be difficult to complete. Every year, following a call for submissions, the Festival selects a dozen new projects from the chosen region and at the end of the workshop, the winning projects receive either development or production support.
On the other hand, in order to introduce the Festival audience to the cinematographic and cultural landscape of the chosen region, a number of films are chosen each year to be part of the Open Doors Screenings, a non-competitive section of the Festival.
Since its inception, Open Doors has showcased projects from Cuba and Argentina, countries in the Mekong, the Maghreb, South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand), the Near and Middle East (Mashrek), Latin America, Greater China, central Asia, India, Sub-Saharan francophone Africa and the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).
In 2014, Open Doors will welcome again film projects from Sub-Saharan Africa: this time the Lab will focus on all countries, which have not been included in the 2012 edition.
Eligible countries are: Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Deadline for submission is March 3rd, 2014.
To submit a film project, please go to http://opendoorsefo.pardo.ch

More Opportunities
List of Opportunities for African Filmmakers and distributors from ACPCultures+ Programme



 
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Monday, November 11, 2013

Thor: The Dark World Hammers Home $327 Million Globally


"Disney & Marvel Studios 'Thor: The Dark World' generated an impressive $180.1 million in a whopping 67 territories, easily hammering the worldwide competition for the second straight week as it enjoyed a solid North American debut of $86.1 million and in the process further demonstrated the power of superheroes in the global theatrical marketplace. The film's worldwide cume now stands at $327 million."
~  Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 are below.

1. Thor: The Dark World - Disney - $86.1M
2. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - Paramount - $11.3M
3. Free Birds - Relativity Media - $11.2M
4. Last Vegas - CBS Films - $11.1M
5. Ender's Game - Lionsgate - $10.2M
6. Gravity - Warner Bros. - $8.4M
7. 12 Years A Slave - Fox Searchlight - $6.6M
8. Captain Phillips - Sony - $5.8M
9. About Time - Universal - $5.2M
10. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 - Sony - $2.8M
11. Carrie - Sony - $1.3M
12. All Is Lost - Roadside Attractions - $1.2M


Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.
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AfDB President Named 2013 African of the Year

 African Development Bank President Dr. Donald Kaberuka. 

 9 Nov 2013 01:52 Africa/Lagos

AfDB President named 2013 African of the Year  


TUNIS-BELVEDERE, Tunisia, 8 November 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / - African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka has been named 2013 African of the Year in recognition of his role in spearheading the Africa50 Fund to mobilize the financing of infrastructure projects on the continent.
The $50,000 award was announced Thursday evening in Addis Ababa during the African Media Leaders Forum. The prize is sponsored by Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper.


“[This award] is for his bringing to fruition the idea of domestically financed development,” Salim Ahmed Salim, Tanzania's erstwhile foreign minister and former Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (current African Union), said at the forum.


The Africa50 Fund seeks to leverage infrastructure financing for transformational development projects from African central bank reserves, pension and sovereign wealth funds; the African diaspora; and high net worth individuals on the continent.


The Fund was endorsed in May 2013 by African Finance Ministers during the Bank's Annual Meetings in Marrakech, where Kaberuka underscored the critical role of infrastructure in Africa's development.
“The one thing which can really slow down the recent performance in its tracks is infrastructure,” he said. “No country in the world has been able to maintain 7% GPD growth and above (sustainably) unless the infrastructure bottleneck is overcome.”


In July, African institutions including the African Union Commission, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), regional Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency endorsed the Africa50 Fund as the continent's vehicle for facilitating large-scale mobilization of resources to unlock international private financing with a view to addressing Africa's $45-billion infrastructure gap, according to some estimates.


The African Development Bank will play a lead role in the Fund, said Kaberuka: “It will be a vehicle which can build on the AfDB track record and financial strength as investor, financial engineer, attract local and international pools of savings, utilize smart aid and leverage that to up our funding of infrastructure. It will be a strongly rated instrument able to issue a bond of significance – a bond attractive to investors.”
The Africa50 Fund is a game-changer in the delivery of infrastructure, Salim said Thursday, adding that Africa must take ownership of its development.


“We are proud to honour an idea whose time has come. Dr. Kaberuka has shown what Africa should do,” he said.


The award will be presented at a ceremony slated for January 15 in Abuja.
Last year's African of the Year award went to former South African president Thabo Mbeki..


SOURCE African Development Bank (AfDB)



 
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Marriott To Acquire Protea Hotel Group's Hotel Operations and to Become Largest Hotel Company in Africa

7 Nov 2013 22:07 Africa/Lagos

Marriott Signs Letter Of Intent To Acquire Protea Hotel Group's Hotel Operations And Brands


Expects to Become Largest Hotel Company in Africa**  





BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today said it has signed a letter of intent with Protea Hospitality Holdings of Cape Town, South Africa to acquire Protea Hotels' brands and its management business that operates or franchises 116  hotels across three brands with 10,184 rooms in South Africa and six other Sub-Saharan African countries.  The transaction would nearly double  Marriott's distribution in Africa to more than 23,000 rooms, and would also provide Marriott with a proven operational platform and leadership team to accelerate Marriott's expansion plans and solidify its leadership position in the dynamic and growing African hotel market. [Click here for images and b-roll.]


Protea Hotels, founded in 1984, manages, franchises and leases hotels across the Protea Hotels brand (104 hotels), comprising a full and diverse range of outstanding hotels and resorts; the award-winning lifestyle boutique Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! brand (2 hotels); and the superior deluxe African Pride Hotels collection (10 hotels).  In addition to its industry-leading 80 hotels in South Africa, Protea Hotels has a significant presence in Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.


As part of the transaction, Protea Hospitality Holdings would create a property ownership company to retain ownership of the hotels it currently owns (and enter into long-term management and lease agreements with Marriott for these hotels).  It would also retain a number of minority interests in other Protea managed hotels.  At closing Marriott would manage approximately 46 percent of the rooms, franchise approximately 40 percent of the rooms, and lease approximately 14 percent of the rooms.


Arne Sorenson, president and chief executive officer of Marriott International, said, "Africa has significant untapped potential for travel and tourism, both as a destination and source of new global travelers. The continent's GDP is anticipated to grow at over five percent annually over the next several years which we expect will raise more people into the emerging middle class. With the Protea Hotels acquisition, our expanded footprint should allow us to become the first choice of Africa's rapidly growing population of young, sophisticated travelers, and drive loyalty to our Marriott Rewards program both within Africa and globally. Protea Hotels enjoys unparalleled brand recognition in Africa, and our combined portfolio of Protea Hotels and current Marriott International brands would create a platform for accelerated growth and new job growth in South Africa and across the continent."


Alex Kyriakidis, president of Marriott International for the Middle East and Africa, said, "The development cycle for opening new hotels in Africa is typically long due to the challenges posed by emerging infrastructure, so joining forces with Protea Hotels and their highly respected management team is the strongest way to jumpstart Marriott's footprint in Africa.  The Marriott Middle East and Africa management team can deliver value and greater growth for Protea's hotel owners by leveraging these terrific brands, represented by 116 hotels and more than 10,000 rooms in seven countries, with Marriott's global sales, marketing and development infrastructure. We believe this would also result in more job creation in South Africa and across the continent."


Arthur Gillis, chief executive officer of Protea Hospitality Group, said "Protea Hotels has grown organically to become the largest and leading hotel group in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aligning with a global giant such as Marriott ensures we can realise the Group's full potential for all of our stakeholders. In Marriott we have found a perfect fit across culture, values and commitment to industry leadership which will ensure that we remain at the forefront of African hospitality."


The otherwise non-binding letter of intent includes provisions that the parties will negotiate exclusively with each other. The transaction is subject to completion of due diligence, negotiation and execution of definitive documents, receipt of customary third party and governmental consents and approvals and satisfaction of other customary conditions for transactions of this kind that the parties expect will be included in the definitive transaction documents.


The proposed terms of the transaction are not being disclosed at this time. The parties stated that they plan to sign definitive agreements by year-end 2013 and the transaction could close in the first three months of 2014. In any event, Marriott does not expect the transaction would have a material impact on its 2014 results.


About Marriott:  Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is a leading lodging company based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with nearly 3,900 properties in 72 countries and territories and reported revenues of nearly $12 billion in fiscal year 2012.  The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 18 brands. For more information or reservations, please visit our website at www.marriott.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com.


About Protea Hotels:
Protea Hotels is the largest and leading hotel group in Africa with the most extensive footprint; more than 116 hotels throughout South Africa and six other African countries, including Zambia, Nigeria, Namibia, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania. The company was founded in 1984 and has grown its portfolio and brands since. The group comprises of two brands, namely the mid-up market Protea Hotels (including the lifestyle brand Protea Hotel Fire & Ice!) brand and the superior deluxe African Pride Hotels, Lodges and Country Houses brand.


Protea Hotels is the winner of 2 World Travel Awards for Best Hotel Group in Africa, winner of 3 Sunday Times Markinor Top Hotel Brand Awards, the winner of 4 Coolest Hotel Group awards in the Sunday Times Generation Next surveys and the winner of the Ask Africa South African Customer Service Award 2013.


For more information or reservations, please visit our website at www.proteahotels.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.proteahotels.com/pressroom/Pages/pressroom.aspx.


Note on forward-looking statements : This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws, including the parties' plans for signing and closing on definitive transaction documents; the resulting impact on the size of Marriott's operations in Africa; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including the ability of the parties to agree on definitive transaction documents, the receipt of necessary consents, and other risk factors that we identify in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q.  Any of these factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations we express or imply in this press release. We make these forward-looking statements as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


Video with caption: "Protea Hotel African Pride." Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTA1-urBF0

 
Image with caption: "Marriott signs letter of intent to acquire Protea Hotel Group's Hotel Operations and Brands; Company expects to become largest hotel company in Africa." Image available at: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131107/MM13074-a

 
Image with caption: "Marriott signs letter of intent to acquire Protea Hotel Group's Hotel Operations and Brands; Company expects to become largest hotel company in Africa." Image available at: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131107/MM13074-b

 
Image with caption: "Marriott International, Inc. logo." Image available at: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130531/PH23900LOGO


**Defined by STR Global as the total of operating rooms and rooms under construction for Marriott International and Protea Hotels

SOURCE Marriott International, Inc.
CONTACT: Tom Marder, (301) 380-2553, thomas.marder@marriott.com
Web Site: http://www.marriott.com




 
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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Total Professional Woman Network Event at the Protea Hotel in Ikoyi




There is a big event for women in Nigeria, the Total Professional Woman Meetup exclusively for only 200 women at the Protea Hotel, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos on 7th of December, 2013.
It is subsidized by UBA for N10, 000 only per woman.


You can call Ms. Yetunde Bello on Tel: 08173114545 or 08033485700 for registratio




 
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IBM Opens Doors of First African Research Lab in Kenya



IBM Opens Doors of First African Research Lab - Continent's Grand Challenges in its Sights  

Develops solutions in Africa for Africa and the World

The African continent accounts for 14 percent of the world's population and is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. With a growth rate expected to average 7 percent annually over the next 20 years, Africa is poised to become a leading source of innovation in a variety of industries. To further enhance the scientific and technology base on the African continent, IBM Research has opened a new lab in Nairobi, Kenya.



 
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The United Nations of Digital and Technology


8 Nov 2013 14:44 Africa/Lagos

The United Nations of Digital & Technology

ISTANBUL, November 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
This is how the 8200 attendees from 103 countries, the 300 speakers, exhibitors and 300 media perceived the Global Webit Congress. Over 160,000 people watched the Congress online.


The Global Webit Congress made its way among the biggest and most attended international forums for the digital and technology industry.


     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131108/652838 )


Webit Congress's Founder and Chairman, Plamen Russev, gave an opening speech on 6 November 2013: "Today Istanbul is even more amazing! It welcomes some of the brightest people on Earth to attend the Global Webit Congress. Digital marketing and technology ecosystems, investors, entrepreneurs and scalable startups from all over the world shall connect and network during the 2 days of the forum." He also thanked the big number of sponsors, exhibitors and partners who supported the Congress and made it happen. "Webit is amazing in scale and unique in content" says Ben Barrocas, General Manager Marketplace of Google. "Webit is the United Nations of Digital" said Aseem Chadra, VP, Adobe. "For the past 5 years, Webit turned into one of the world's most exciting and important industry events", stated Andery Sebrant from Yandex. "Webit may establish Istanbul as one of the most important hubs of the global digital industry and as an attraction point for the talents, entrepreneurs, ideas and investors capital" was the most repeated phrase during the Congress by the thousands of attendees who visited from all around the world.

 
"For us, the Congress is not a magic as many attendees said. It is a result of very hard work by a huge team of amazing people who managed to bring top global experts and speakers from all around the world to join us in Istanbul and to be a magnet for the thousands of people from 103 countries to join" said  Aniela Russeva - Executive Director of Webit Congress . "The Istanbul edition is also a result of our partnership and friendship with Mr. Tarik Köni and his world class event organizing company - Plus Event Marketing - who managed the event set-up and venue in Turkey and helped a lot for the Turkish companies to understand and support Webit Congress- creating an environment for us to call Istanbul a home of the Global Webit Congress for the next year again.

 
Top representatives from Yandex, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Spotify, SoundCloud, Yahoo, Lenovo, Acer Nokia, Skype, Twitter, BBC, Unilever, Lakestar, TechCrunch, Pentagram, OMD, comScore, Gemius, PayPal, Blackberry, Intel, Crimton, Vivaki, Joulie, Mediabrands, Wall Street Journal and hundreds more were among the speakers of the Congress.


The Global Webit Congress send a number of messages and set trends for the industry. "Data is the new oil", said Chris Schaumann, EVP Nokia, while later the VPs of BBC, Twitter, Yahoo! and others challenged this topic further whilst discussing the future of Advertising on the Digital Marketing and Innovation stage in front of 3000 delegates. At the other side of the Webit Congress venue at the Leaders of the Future conference, top global entrepreneurs, investors and champions from Westen Europe, America, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia were focused on exploring new disruptive ideas, growing talents, sharing new ideas and ways to achieve them. The auditorium of the Metrix and Big Data Conference and the big eCommerce Conference were too small for the hundreds fo people who wanted to listen to the challenging content. The same could be said of the expo area - the event was sold out and a number of companies couldn't make it to become exhibitors. In this respect, the organizers plan to expand the Congress next year and to open more expo area for the local and international companies who want to exhibit.


About the Global Webit Congress
The first Global Webit Congress (http://www.WebitCongress.com) was held on 7-8 October 2009. Since then, every year the Congress has grown bigger and bigger, to reach the number of 8200 attendees in 2013, coming from 103 different countries. The Congress attracts the global digital, tech and telco elite and became one of the world's major networking business platforms as well as a place to hear great ideas by scalable startups from all around the world and meet top entrepreneurs and investors. The Global Webit Congress is organized by Webit Ambassadors Foundation and eAcademy. In Turkey, the event partner is Plus Event Marketing. Webit Congress is supported by all major industry associations including IAB, MMA, EACA, EGTA, OPA, Arab ICT Organization, Africa ICT Alliance and tens more.


CONTACT: office@eacad.eu, +(359)888205225



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Friday, November 8, 2013

Nigeria Wins FIFA U-17 World Cup and Makes History

The triumphant Golden Eaglets of Nigeria celebrating their historic victory of winning the FIFA Under 17 World Cup for a record four times.
 
 
 ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 08: Zaharaddeen Bello of Nigeria celebrates with the trophy after Nigeria win 3-0 during the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 Final between Nigeria and Mexico at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Stadium on November 8, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Richard Heathcote - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Nigeria's Golden Eaglets Friday evening won the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and made history by winning the trophy for the fourth time, the first by any country in the history of the tournament.  The under 17 national team of Nigeria defeated the Mexican under 17 national team by 3-0 at the  El Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 
 
Nigeria won the maiden edition in China in 1985,  won it again in Japan in 1993 and won it for the third time in Korea Republic in 2007.

Congratulations to the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria.

 
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