/taxonomy/term/55/0 en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2743 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Multi-M<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.multi-m.biz/en/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.multi-m.biz/en/</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> <p>Multi-M is a pharmaceutical company distributing high quality generic drugs at affordable prices and currently operating in Africa. Operation began in Mali at the end of 1998 and by 2003 had expanded to Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Niger, with five warehouse locations serving over one thousand customers.</p><p>Products cover the entire pharmacological range and include all presentation forms: tablets, capsules, dry suspensions, syrups, solutions, ampoules, vials, IV-solutions, bags, crèmes, ointments, eye drops and lozenges. The medicines are tested by an independent Swiss laboratory. Due to poor transportation infrastructure, Multi-M often arranges distribution by its own means. </p><br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2743">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2743#comment Health Activity Active Burkina Faso Consumer Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) For-profit Activity Mali Niger Private Investment Funded North Africa and Near East Sub-Saharan Africa Tue, 30 May 2006 12:21:56 -0400 _Alex Bloom 2743 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2370 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> International Institute for Communcation and Development<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="IICD: International Institute for Communcation and Development" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/IICD.jpg" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.iicd.org/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.iicd.org/</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) is an independent, non-profit organization that assists developing countries to realise locally-owned, sustainable development, by harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs). IICD works with its partner organisations in (currently nine) selected countries, helping local stakeholders to assess the potential uses of ICTs in development. <br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2370">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2370#comment Agriculture Activity BOP Technology Activity Education Activity Health Activity IT Hardware Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Bolivia Burkina Faso Consumer Ecuador Ghana Government Funded Jamaica Mali Non-profit Activity Philanthropy Funded Producer Tanzania Uganda Zambia Latin America North Africa and Near East Sub-Saharan Africa Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:42:50 -0500 _Alex Bloom 2370 at http://www.nextbillion.net