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Dear African CEO

It’s me again with a brief reminder that in exchange for one hour of your time, and a single decision on your part, you could improve your communications with your business and investment community tenfold. Here is a quote from the SEC worth taking seriously and following it through. It’s common sense I know, but an awful lot of common sense goes unnoticed these days.

“Ongoing technological advances in electronic communications have increased both the markets’ and investors’ demand for more timely company disclosure and the ability of companies to capture, process and disseminate this information to market participants. Indeed, one of the key benefits of the Internet is that companies can make information available to investors quickly and in a cost-effective manner.”

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