Technology
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South Africa Pursues Excellence in Science |
| We cannot ignore the fact that an increasingly large proportion of world trade is in the so-called “global knowledge economy”. That is, it is trade in knowledge products rather than in basic resources.... |
Branding
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Branding Africa |
| Indeed, the way in which mainstream Western media outlets present Africa does little to challenge the assumption that the only thing the continent has going for it is the West.... |
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Advertising: The Real Power |
| Brands built with exceptional strategy and creativity are unstoppable. Their growth is sustained by their being virtually intuitive and appealing to the mind... |
Democracy
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Senegal: Is Abdoulaye Wade Destroying his Legacy? |
Wade just like Mwai Kibaki in Kenya and some others came to power as the harbingers of second liberation in their countries. But sadly, after
sipping a lot from the cup of power, they become absolutely intoxicated and insane
so as to attempt abuse the same hand that fed them... |
Development
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WTO: A Brief Analysis of the July 2008 Lamy Package |
| Thus, a developing country compelled to agree to a difficult coefficient when forced to join in the emerging consensus will then be persuaded to use the sectorals route to get a higher coefficient and lose its existing protection on an entire sector in the process.... |
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Does Africa have any say in the World Trade Talks? |
| India, Brazil and China's stand in the WTO talks was the beginning of the fall of the US as the ultimate voice in international trade negotiations.... |
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Oil Dependency is Africa’s Undoing |
| Arabs have oil, Europe has technology and industries but Africa has plenty of natural resources. How are we making use of these resources? Shall we watch our resources auctioned by our greedy leaders?... |
Q&A
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Why Africa Lags Behind |
| Have we ever asked ourselves why African leaders troop to the US soon after election?... |
Regions
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Nyerere: Tanzania's Problems are Managable |
| I will say no more of the many problems that face us, both in Tanganyika and in the larger world outside, than to remind our people that they exist, and that together we must grapple with them.... |
Commentary
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Lambeth Conference: Is Africa Using Gays to Get Funding? |
| The church in Africa will never grow in depth as long as she continues to survive on handouts from the West. This dependency is so entrenched and the earlier it is corrected the better.... |
Finance and Banking
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Investment: Why Pulling Out of Zimbabwe is Business Suicide |
| No company with long term investments in Zimbabwe is going to be in a hurry to walk away. Doing so would certainly mean forfeiting investment to state or the favored elite for nothing, or selling them off for a fraction of their value.... |
Investment Opportunities
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Sir John Templeton (1912-2008): A Tribute |
| Search worldwide: To avoid having all your eggs in the wrong basket at the wrong time, you should diversify. When you search worldwide, you find better bargains than when you monitor only one nation. You also benefit from more safety thanks to diversification.... |
News Round Up
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China Development Bank to invest more in African farming |
| China has become a big investor in Africa's oil sector and other heavy industries like construction in recent years as it secures access to some of the continent's huge oil, minerals and other natural resources to fuel China's fast-growing economy.... |
Events
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Leadership Effectiveness Workshop |
| Learn more about your own leadership style and how to effectively maximize your strengths as a leader. Become a “change agent”. Interact and network with a diverse group of other participants.... |
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IREN Africa Think Tank and Business Leadership Training |
| The richest nations in the world have people who turn problems into opportunities through think tank and business initiatives. Can Africa tap into its 70% unemployed college and university graduates?... |
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The 6th Africa Resource Bank Meeting – ARB 2008 |
| This year’s ARB meeting will put specific focus on; Surface and subsurface wealth exploitation, Policy environment for resource exploitation, Water, Value addition and The African human resource in Africa.... |
Health
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HIV/AIDS: Multi-Faceted Approaches to Manage Scourge |
| Some 2.1 million people died of AIDS last year and at least 33 million people worldwide have the HIV infection, two-thirds of them in Africa.... |
Feature
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The Power of Six and Why there are Seven Days a Week |
| The legacy left by the ancient Babylonians and the mathematicians of Baghdad is truly mathemagical.... |
Agriculture
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Does IPM Promise Improved Crop Protection? |
| Research stations need to team up with commerce and stop viewing them as competitors for funding.... |
Education
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Proposed Education Curriculum for Africa |
| It is this home prototype that should form the future curricula. What the child learns at home should now be taken to another level.... |
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Corporal Punishment: The Battle Rages |
| If corporal punishment has failed to bring about character reform amongst prisoners, why would we expect that it would be any different in our schools?... |
