The retention of American
Finance Corp. http://www.

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, The International Foundation for
Education and Self-Help (IFESH) announced today that it has received an
additional $1.
IFESH's effort to aid education in sub-Saharan Africa is not limited to
counseling, skills training, and small business funding for the child soldiers
because even where schools do exist, they are ill equipped -- most lack desks,
chairs or even chalk.

Established in 1981, the International Foundation for Education and
Self-Help (IFESH) continues to uphold the pioneering self-help philosophy and
transcendent message of hope of its founder, the late Reverend Leon H. Ninety percent of
IFESH employees in those ten country offices are natives of the countries in
which they work., as
well as Grifco's Jet motor and nozzle units currently awaiting delivery.

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1 million. IFESH will use the added revenues in cooperation
with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to promote the demobilization
and socio-economic reintegration of approximately 2,215 child ex-combatants in
the DRC.'s current outstanding obligations.com/cgi -bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
Low fixed-line teledensity and Internet penetration and the explosive
growth of mobile telephony (particularly prepaid) are the chief
characteristics of the telecom markets in the Central and Eastern region of
Africa.

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Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona , USA, IFESH, employs more than
160 people in Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia ,
Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa.

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Each country has its own chapter and covers the following subjects:

- Key Statistics
- Market Overview
- Regulatory Environment
- Major Players
- Infrastructure
- Fixed network Services
- Data
- Internet
- Broadband
- Convergence
- Mobile Communications
- Broadcasting

For more information visit
http: //www.

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The IFESH program in the Congo focuses on training former
child combatants and in providing employment opportunities and counseling for
them, thus reducing the likelihood of their return to conflict.
Through the intervention of IFESH and its partners, these children, most of
whom have never experienced anything resembling a normal childhood, will
receive extensive counseling, education , and skills training.

Research and Markets: Explosive Growth of Mobile Telephony in Central and Eastern Africa

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2 million from the World Bank to expand its child soldier
demobilization and reintegration programs in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC), Africa. Following in its
footsteps, neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda will also introduce new
competition frameworks in 2005, deregulating among other things the use of
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony.

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today announced that is has entered into an agreement with Grifco
International (OTC: GFCI) to provide financial and credit advisory assistance
in connection with Grifco's Lyamec facility. The incumbent PTOs in
several of the countries have been partially privatised with others to follow
in the near future, including major markets such as Kenya.

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The World Bank Awards IFESH an Additional $1.2 Million for Child Soldier Programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa

Julie Sullivan, CEO and President of IFESH.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the largest
populations of child soldiers in the world. NEW YORK and LONDON, The American Finance Corp.

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The expansion brings the World Bank's current IFESH
grant for child soldier repatriation projects in the DRC's Northern Katanga
Province to $2. Since 1987, IFESH has sent more than 800 master
teachers to Africa, built more than 200 of its planned 1,000 schools, and sent
more than $30 million in school and medical supplies to several countries.
Today's agreement clears the way for distribution in Libya, Egypt,
Algeria , including Gabon, Congo, Cameroon, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cote d'Ivoire, which is currently in
negotiations with The Lyamec Corporation and Global Oils Tools, Inc.

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, and Grifco International
further calls for structuring, negotiating and effecting all transactions
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement.

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American Finance Corp . Announces Agreement With Grifco International

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Tragically, nearly
70 percent of the children who manage to escape the conflict return to
fighting because they have had no schooling and have no marketable skills.

This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by
Send2Press (TM), a unit of Neotrope(R).com/reports/c13878) has announced the addition
of 2005 - Africa Telecoms , Mobile and Broadband Central and Eastern Region to
their offering.

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"The World Bank grant to IFESH to expand its child soldier reintegration
program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo signals the organization's
confidence in IFESH's ability to deliver sustainable development initiatives
on the ground.
(Logo: http://www.

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Sullivan. Reverend Sullivan's work, which earned him the Presidential Medal
of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, is based on the concept that ,
for true sustainable development to occur, principles of self-reliance must be
adhered to and integrated into community projects.com/reports/c13878

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The program
relies heavily on community involvement and consensus building," said Dr.Send2Press.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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by Grifco International will become effective on June 30th,
2005.
Credit facility and financial processing services to be provided by
American Finance as part of the agreement include access to 40 Million USD in
export facilities including the sale and merger of Global Oil Tools, Inc. Terms
further provide options which include refinancing and/or the extension of
Global Oil Tools Inc.

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The success of
the IFESH program, which provides real world skills for these young men, was a
major contributing factor in the World Bank grant expansion. Every country in this group now has an independent telecom regulator
overseeing the further development of the sector.
This report provides information on the Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband
industries in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Estimates place the number of
9-to -12-year-old soldiers in the DRC alone at 30,000.com