Democracy
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Museveni Soiled Julius Nyerere's Legacy |
| For Nyerere, Africa came first, then Tanzania followed. That’s why he was able to mentor and offer free university education to Museveni, the late John Garang de Mabior (Southern Sudan) and others... |
Opinions
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Republicans Should Give Obama a Chance |
| Anyone who does not like Obama's leadership may want to move overseas and come back after he is done doing his job, in 2017. One such person is Gov. Rick Perry of Texas... |
Agri Focus
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Africa’s Smallholder Farmers to Tap USD 150 Billion Market |
| The market for milk, meat, and staple food crops like maize, banana, sorghum, rice and millet within Africa is estimated at USD$150 billion a year—far exceeding Africa’s market for internationally traded cash crops like coffee, tea, and flowers.... |
Business Calendar
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Business Calendar |
| To address the current developments in the Agri-Food sector in Africa, EMRC is proud to announce its annual Agribusiness Forum. Following two successful editions at the FAO headquarters in Rome, this international conference moves to Africa, for the first time.... |
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The 7th SIFE Kenya National Business Competition |
| More than 500 students from 14 universities' SIFE teams will compete for the SIFE Kenya National Championship title. Over 25 leading Company CEOs will determine the university with the highest impact in bringing positive economic change during the 2008 - 2009 SIFE year.... |
Development
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Sex Strike: Motivation to Explore Gender, Ethnicity and Class? |
| Some of the pronouncements, actions and demeanor of our women have been impediments to the advancement of the status of women – good intentions notwithstanding.... |
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Labour Unions in Uganda, a Threat to Workers’ Rights |
| In Uganda, trade unions are preoccupied with internal squabbles. They have hardly mobilized and recruited members and are appendages to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government.... |
Commentary
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Migingo Island Saga: Is Museveni a Scapegoat? |
| Our anger should not be directed at Museveni but to those at whose behest, he held the Migingo brief which with the wisdom of hindsight, he now realizes he should not have done.... |
Finance and Banking
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Donor Agencies Perpetuating Poverty and Impunity |
| Donor agencies are conniving with African governments to fleece the citizenry... |
News Round Up
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Mutharika Expects Landslide Victory in Malawi |
| The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday ended its campaign with President Bingu wa Mutharika declaring that he will win the general elections with a landslide victory... |
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Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem: Great African Mind Passes on |
| His weekly postcard and columns in about 10 major African newspapers amongst them The African Executive Magazine made him known all over the continent and beyond.... |
Health
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State of Africa's Local Pharmaceutical Production |
| The African continent has a consumer market of between 4 to 5 billion tablets – capsules (tab – cap)/year considering only attendance to people with HIV/AIDS, Malaria and TB symptoms.... |
