Perspectives
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Nakumatt Fire Tragedy: The Law Maze |
| Does the activity of Nakumatt’s 24-hour convenience store constitute a greater public good so as to outweigh the risks posed by sacrificing the value of hundreds of lives?... |
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Who will Tame Africa's First Ladies? |
| While first ladies such as Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hilary Clinton are renowned for helping their husbands, African ones are known for tearing them down.... |
Business Calendar
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3rd IREN Eastern Africa High School Debate |
| This year’s theme is ‘Save to invest and grow the economy’... |
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7th ARB Meeting: Interrogating Governance and Prosperity in Africa |
| IREN invites scholars, politicians, policy makers, civil society members, and business leaders among others to the 7th Africa Resource Bank meeting to brainstorm on the theme: Interrogating Governance and Prosperity in Africa.... |
Notice Board
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IREN Intra- East Africa Farmer Exchange Programme |
| Can farmers exchange ideas on how to make their products profitable, ensure food security without always depending on the government for assistance?... |
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The Bonn Appeal for a Different Policy for Development for Africa |
| The authors of this Appeal share the belief of increasing numbers of individuals from the "North," as well as in Africa, who are involved with aid and assistance to Africa that cooperative efforts cannot merely follow the practices of the past.... |
Agri Focus
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Agricultural Stewardship Tips |
| Good farming practices and effective crop protection are imperative in a world where environmental sustainability is part of global economic and social well-being.... |
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Fair Play for African Farmers |
| African farmers need a broad range of support measure, including subsidies, if self-sufficiency is to be brought to the continent.... |
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IFC and AGRA Partner to Increase Agricultural Productivity and Food Security |
| Specifically, the partnership between IFC and AGRA focuses on developing market-based incentives and tools to increase agricultural productivity.... |
Democracy
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US to Support the Kenyan Dream -Ranneberger |
| Ethnic-based tribal politics has to stop. It is rooted in the bankrupt idea that the goal of politics or business is to funnel as much of the pie as possible to one's family, tribe, or circle with little regard for the public good. It stifles innovation and fractures the fabric of the society.... |
Development
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Legal Plunder! All the President's Men Faulted |
| The shameful defense of the controversial end-of-service package by Ghanaian legislators again reminds me of Bastiat's warnings. "Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it."... |
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SIFE: Changing the World |
| A SIFE student appreciates an individual’s circumstance in its entirety. subsequently, he becomes a problem solver, seeking sustainable solutions to the various challenges.... |
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Texas Supplier Fined $500m for Bribing Nigerian Officials |
| A major US engineering and military contractor has agreed to pay more than $500-million in penalties and fees to settle bribery allegations against one of its subsidiaries that operates in Nigeria... |
Environment
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Can Tourism Pay the Maasai? |
| PPT involves more than a community focus-it requires mechanisms to unlock opportunities for the poor at all levels and scales of operations.... |
Commentary
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History as it Should be Known |
| In my years living in US, I often joke to my audiences that one of my best unknown accomplishments, is that I Discovered Dallas. They often ask how so or how come?... |
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Africans are Not Cultural Orphans |
| Part of the trouble with many Africans is that they are unlikely to be aware of the presence, the origins and the functions of their worldview. Hence it is relatively easier for many to remain securely imprisoned by the worldview handed down by force many centuries ago... |
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Trade in Human Body Parts: Part of Human Nature? |
| To be sure, there are some parts of Nigeria you don’t venture into without adequate security; there are alleys you just don’t walk into without necessary protection. You just don’t do it. If you vehicles break down in the wrong part of town or if you take the wrong turn, you just might fall into the... |
Finance and Banking
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To Save or to Invest? Lessons from my Grandfather |
| Saving is perhaps the world’s hardest art to master. We have a high propensity and temptation to spend whenever we have money. The ability to save calls for financial planning and restraint on our spending behaviour.... |
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Annual Forecast 2009: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Not only does sub-Saharan Africa depend utterly on the rest of the world for development capital, but its integration into the global economy is limited to its export of raw materials.... |
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IFC Collaborates with DTB Kenya in Financing Imports |
| The guarantee by IFC will contribute towards the volume of Trade Finance instruments issued by DTB to finance imports to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi.... |
Investment Opportunities
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GTV's Going Under: Consumers Need Protection |
| Due to absence of strong consumer protection laws, goods and service providers are operating in ways that put the least care to consumers... |
News Round Up
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Early Gains for Africa When Global Economy Improves |
| IDC, which has approved about $1bn of loans beyond SA's borders, says demand for Africa's resources - in the markets that pick up first once the global economy starts to recover - will benefit the continent.... |
Politics
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Reconciliation as a Political Function |
| Reconciliation is not a way of evading real change. It is not dwelling on the cracks in a divided and unjust society, crying ‘peace’ when the causes of conflict have not been candidly examined.... |
