Perspectives
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Senior Citizens' Welfare: Lessons From The Philippines |
| Africa is home to around 48 million old-aged people. Analysts say that by 2025 their numbers will have almost doubled to 85 million.... |
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India Embarks on Growing with Africa |
| For India, African countries represent partners for sustainable development, not geographies from where to extract mineral resources or land for commercial agriculture.... |
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African Union Day: The Big Irony |
| In practice, despite a general preference for protectionism, African countries trade more with other countries than with African neighbours.... |
Democracy
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East Africa: Is it Ready for Opposition? |
| Governments in Eastern Africa ought to give ear to dissenting views for efficient and collective governance.... |
Business Calendar
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The 9th Africa Resource Bank Meeting: Digital Revolution in Africa |
| What does the digital revolution portend for Africa? Is it a threat? Is it an opportunity? IREN invites you to discuss this issue during The 9th Africa Resource Bank Meeting on November 16-19, 2011 in Zanzibar...... |
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2011 Africa SMME Award Competition |
| Africa Small Businesses are invited to enter for the 2011 Africa SMME Awards Competition. Your business might be the 2011 Africa SMME of the year....... |
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The IREN Roundtable on Kenya's Alcohol Policy |
The Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) will host a half day session to enable key stakeholders share the status of the implementation of The Alcoholic Drinks Control Act 2010 on June 7, 2011
*This event is by invitation only... |
Agri Focus
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Rich Nations Waste Food as Africa Starves |
| The amount of food wasted by wealthy nations is close to the net food production (at 230 million tonnes) in sub Saharan Africa....... |
Investment Opportunities
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Africa: The Current Investment Frontier |
| Hardly a week goes by without another global CEO extolling the virtues of the African investment opportunity.... |
Health
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Occupational Asthma in the Kenyan Workplace |
| That environment starts from the floor because, among others, the German asthma foundation (DAAB) has for some time advised that the harmful effects of particulate matter can be greatly reduced if carpeting is chosen over hard flooring options.... |
