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Blogging Africa into the 21st Century
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| Discussion on Africa’s development is taking a new dimension. Bloggers have joined this debate and are employing new ways to initiate dialogue about Africa’s development round the world. The latest craze that seeks to use technology to push Africa into the 21st Century is the Carnival of Africa Enterprising. This is basically a traveling web magazine or blog that discusses business in Africa. |
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Wall Street, “Africa is Investing’s Final Frontier”
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| I came across an interesting article in Canada’s Globe & Mail entitled, “Africa - Investing’s Final Frontier?“. The piece talks about how Africa has been overlooked, primarily due to the perceived risks associated with putting money into play in Africa. They quote extensively from Merrill Lynch chief investment strategist Richard Bernstein and his thoughts on what makes Africa a potential big hit in the coming years. |
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African Business Women Series: Why So Important
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| I think that a good place to begin this discussion is to address the perception of Africa’s women from those who are outside and looking inside. |
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7 Lessons from Africa’s Successful Entrepreneurs?
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| So far The Benin Epilogue has attempted to tackle several different issues. Key among them have been:
Building awareness about the entrepreneurs behind a few of Africa’s most thriving enterprises
Helping to illustrate why foreign firms should do more foreign direct investment in Africa
Attempting to showcase the diversity that exists in Africa’s business environment
One of the topics which we have not touched on yet, here, is what can a entrepreneur in Africa do to find success?
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2.3 Social Development I: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| While growth has recovered on the continent, the gains in terms of social development
and poverty reduction are still limited. This sub-section reviews the evidence
on social development through the lenses of the MDGs. Following a discussion
of progress and challenges for the various goals, the sub-section provides a more
detailed discussion of the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS. More details on progress
towards the MDGs in Africa is provided in various ECA documents, including a
forthcoming report (UNECA 2007), as well as reports by other United Nations
publications (e.g. UNDP and UNICEF 2002). |
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2.4 Growth prospects for 2007 and the medium-term outlook: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| Africa is expected to grow at a rate of 5.8 per cent in 2007, slightly higher than
the rate recorded in 2006 (5.7 per cent) (figure 2.8). Positive growth rates are projected
for all subregions led by North Africa (6.6 per cent), East Africa (6.0 per
cent), Southern Africa (5.4 per cent), West Africa (4.9 per cent) and Central Africa
(3.5 per cent). |
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Blogging Africa into the 21st Century
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| Discussion on Africa’s development is taking a new dimension. Bloggers have joined this debate and are employing new ways to initiate dialogue about Africa’s development round the world. The latest craze that seeks to use technology to push Africa into the 21st Century is the Carnival of Africa Enterprising. This is basically a traveling web magazine or blog that discusses business in Africa. |
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Introduction - Abstract - Factors Impeding the Poverty Reduction Capacity of Micro-credit: Some Field Observations from Malawi and Ethiopia
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| Poverty reduction has been identified as the overarching long term goal for most of the development
interventions in Africa, and more recently crystallised in the Millennium Development Goals and
the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). In Africa, more than 40% of its 750
million people live below the internationally recognized poverty line of $1 a day, and the evidence
is even more worrying for sub-saharan Africa. |
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What s Holding Back Africa s Growth?
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| This plenary session discussed the contributing factors to Africa s poor economic growth, including the conclusions of the World Economic Forum s Africa Competitiveness Report 2004, and the actions that governments and business can take to promote economic growth. The discussion included calls from business participants and the panel for action against corruption on the continent.
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Trade Versus Aid in Africa, Who Wins?
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| It seemed like the time was right for me to pen this post about trade -vs- aid. This is a discussion that has a tremendous amount of relevance in Sub Saharan Africa. But it is also relevant in other parts of the world where developing economies are predominate.
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Africa's Music Industry Issues, Part II
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| This is Part II of our discussion on Africa’s Music Industry Issues. In Part I, Wale Ewedemi, a music industry insider and founder of the recently formed Nigeria Music Industry Association, discussed with us the current state of Africa’s music industry and intellectual property rights. Here, we continue with our insider as we explore issues around technology, distribution, advocacy, infrastructure, music authenticity and social media.
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