Down the Procurement Pub with Tejari, Oxygen Finance, Malawi’s X-Rays, eWorld and The 1975

Thanks to everyone who came to our Real World Procurement sessions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi this week. Here is a picture of assorted Tejari folk, clients and me having a post-event celebratory beer at the Sofitel Hotel on the Palm, Dubai. For any other fans of Pointless (the BBC quiz programme), one real thrill of these events is meeting people from legendary Pointless countries - I actually talked to a lady from Turkmenistan! Another was from Uzbekistan, as well as folk from pretty much every Middle Eastern and North African country you can think of - very cosmopolitan.

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Breaking news!提供“用于购买组织的技术平台和专业服务解决方案的氧气金融 - 允许他们通过支付供应商在合同条款之前通过支付供应商来解锁价值”已由私募股权/资产投资公司Arcorgrass Capital Partners收购。氧气在英国地方当局（理事会）中有一个不断增长的客户群，这应该是客户的积极态度，而不是任何令人担忧的东西。我也不知道Roberto Moretti于2015年底离开该公司，本杰克逊现在首席执行官 - 干得好了！（不知道Mark Hoffman仍然涉及吗？）下周更多。

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According to the Nyasa Times英国国际发展部（DFID）向马拉维卫生服务提供了援助，以购买数字X射线机，直到采购和潜在腐败的问题被整理出来。尽管供应商广告和需要跟踪记录，但是该合同去年授予一家公司（Biocare），该公司仅在3个月之前注册。DFID希望调查合同决定;与此同时，毫无疑问，普通的马拉维人的健康将受到困扰，因为官员和/或政治家之间肯定是腐败。但DFID暂停援助直到解决方案是正确的。

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We were at eWorld too this week (Nancy -- not Peter, clearly! unless he has mastered the art of quantum teleportation for distances over 10 ft since Monday). A very busy affair and an impressive line up of presenters, workshops and interactive sessions with a bit of a laugh thrown in (Christopher Barrat of Greystone Partnership kept everyone entertained by making them blow raspberries and poke each other - that was before you jumped up and down and made silly noises -- but there was a serious theme behind it, Social Intelligence, which you can read about on Monday alongside other highlights). The exhibitors hall was adorned with just about every solution or service provider you would expect - it's a great event for discovering technologies and what then can do for you, and networking generally, whether with the experts, or your peers.

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When we saw1975年在2013年2月的西端中心Aldershot，大约100个其他人，距离乐队的真正嗡嗡声的开始。与他们的新和第二张专辑“当你睡觉时，我喜欢它，因为你是如此美丽，但不知道它“，获得非常好的评论，并直接到英国专辑图表中的1号，加上吉米特顿在美国的吉米特朗秀的表演，他们现在看起来注定要巨大的伟大。他们似乎也破坏了对十几岁的女孩和严重的Muso型球迷吸引的非常困难的伎俩。我的一个好朋友，一个严肃的音乐家和歌曲作者自己，告诉我他听到他们的第一张专辑的歌曲中的一个16次，试图究竟他们究竟是如何让特定的鼓声音搞砸......！无论如何，这里是下降的表现。