Technology
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Nokia Announces $ 1million for Gobal Innovators |
| Nokia is ready to assist innovators with applications and solutions that could impact on the economy and generate employment opportunities.... |
Agri Focus
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IITA Tutors Africa on Fighting Banana Diseases |
| All familiar banana types - cooking, juicing, dessert and plantain - are in danger of being wiped out if urgent action is not taken.... |
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Conspiracy on Crop Production: Bacteria and Attitude |
| Bacteria wilt coincidently attacks crops that are fast moving at the market place such as tomatoes, cucumber, potatoes and sweet peppers among others.... |
Democracy
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Kenya: PSC on Constitution Review Overstepping its Mandate |
| Constitution making is not a function of parliament but an exercise of the wider Kenyan public... |
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NRM Government: A Critique |
| Although Uganda has over the years been registering high economic growth rates (currently standing at around 7.5% per annum) a large percentage of our population (68%) is solely engaged in a hand to mouth production.... |
The Haiti Question
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Haiti: Put a Stop to Blaming the Victim |
| It is depressing to observe the international press blaming Haitians instead of probing the genesis of disorder in this Caribbean country.... |
Business Calendar
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Jobs, Scholarships, Awards |
| Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, is today launching its annual Africa Business Reporting Awards.... |
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12th Annual Africa Business Conference |
| Theme: A Continent Comes of Age: Defining a New Era in African Business.... |
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EMRC Announces Inaugural Africa-India Economic Mission |
| EMRCs Africa-India mission will be held from Sunday 28th February to Friday 5th March 2010 in Hyderabad... |
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The Billionth African: Workshop |
| The Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) offers Communication Managers, Business Development Managers and Journalists in the Eastern Africa Region an opportunity to participate in a 2- day training workshop on the opportunities and threats offered by the billionth African on the continent.... |
Development
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South Africa should Rethink its Electricity Production |
| What should be of interest to South Africans is that no part of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity can be considered to be a natural monopoly.... |
Environment
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Scientific Studies Aid Planning for Okavango River Basin |
| Planning for use of water and natural resources in the Okavango River Basin shared by Angola, Namibia and Botswana will receive substantial support this year... |
Finance and Banking
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Global Recession: Is the Worst Over? |
| Economics is a dismal science because of the difficulty in getting the timing of monetary and fiscal policy adjustments right... |
Information Technology
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Internet Freedom: A Global Concern |
| There is no distinction between censoring political speech and commercial speech. If businesses are denied access to either type of information, it will inevitably impact on growth.... |
Report
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The 7th Africa Resource Bank Meeting Report |
| Deliberations made during the 7th Africa Resource Bank meeting in Tanzania on Probing Governance and Prosperity in Africa.... |
Announcement
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Call for Papers |
| Publication Title: Geological Resources and Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Holistic approaches to Management and Sustainable Development... |
