Democracy
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Is the Political Terrain too Rough for Women in Africa? |
| Since changes in society normally come through the political process, the need for women to be among those who make policies and decisions at all levels of government is critical if their plight has to be adequately addressed.... |
Fashion
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Beauty at the Finger Tips |
| Their positioning at the tip of every finger makes them a must-see for first impressions. Nails reflect our image in many ways.... |
Development
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African CEOs Need To Think More Globally |
| African CEOs are either too content with being local champions, or are too chicken-hearted to venture into other markets and explore foreign opportunities.... |
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Bottlenecks in China-Africa Relations |
| Even though Sino-African relations have enjoyed sound and rapid development, it is imperative that we pay great attention to the new problems and challenges facing the relationship.... |
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The Power of Letting Go Peanut Ideas |
| Are you afraid of failing? I have since learnt that most successful people have more failures than failures do. But they keep going. You don’t drown by falling in water; you only drown by staying there. Failure in itself is not bad. One good failure might teach more about success than four or five y... |
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Can Uganda Feed Starving Populations in Eastern Africa? |
| Uganda stands high comparative advantage in Agricultural production and has the potential to become East Africa’s biggest food basket... |
Commentary
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Is America Double Faced? |
Damning revelations that Liberian tyrant, Charles Taylor stashed over $
5,000,000,000 in two US Banks are yet another slap on the face of America.... |
Finance and Banking
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Microfinance Institutions Must Revisit Their Incentives |
| Most microfinance business models are expensive, labour intensive and characterised by high transactions costs. Aiming for breadth and depth of outreach, the institutions price their loans a little more than the mainstream banks.... |
News Round Up
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No More Celtel? |
| The move will see the company drop the Celtel brand and adopt a completely new identity - Zain.... |
Feature
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Africa Day is not Socialism Day! |
| A casual observation of many groups that celebrate this great day reveals that we are still entrenched in the mindset of entitlement - the belief that some other entity owes us due to past misdeeds. Not that we are not owed. but the question is should we put all our focus on what we are owed?... |
Agriculture
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Global Food Crisis: A Blessing to Africa |
| The looming crisis will be the best tool to push Africans to the extreme, thereby weaning them from food mindsets that keep them captive to artificial hunger.... |
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Smallholder Farmers Key to Food Sufficiency |
| The 21st century is Africa's century to shatter the myths that nothing good can come out of the continent!... |
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African Green Revolution Can Be a Reality! |
| Cereal yields in Africa are one-quarter the world average. As a result, an estimated 200 million people -- one third of Africa’s population -- are hungry. This is not acceptable. It is time for Africa to produce its own food and attain self-sufficiency in food production.... |
Announcement
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Research Opportunity |
| SIFE Kenya invites volunteers for a research opportunity to be conducted in the following areas: Eldoret Kisumu, Mombasa, and Nairobi... |
Press Statement
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The Pan Africa Workshop on Service Delivery to Small Holder Farmers |
| Africa has always suffered perennial food crisis that among other solutions ought to be tackled by bringing small holder farmers on board.... |
