Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Emma Onyango, 14 November 2012 Kampala, Uganda — Africa needs to adopt a model that suits her development ideologies if she were to achieve economic transformation, an economic expert has said. Speaking during a public lecture organized by the Bank of Uganda in Kampala last week, Dr. Donald Kaberuka the President of the African […]
19 November 2012 The 2012 United Nations World Travel Organisation and World Travel Markets Ministers’ Summit will seek to shed light on how countries can work together to ease entry procedures for tourists as a means to stimulate economic growth and create jobs. “While important steps have been taken over the past few years […]
By Richard Dowden After 26 years of the most horrific war, Liberia seems to have settled down despite noisy disenchantment with the rule of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, now in her second term. I recently attended a conference on Liberia for some 300 investors and potential investors. During this, I heard very many positive statements […]
New York — Digital campaign rallies support to achieve once unthinkable goals of preventing deaths from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis The Global Fund, in partnership with the Huffington Post, launched ‘The Big Push’ digital campaign on Monday to help maintain momentum toward three global health goals: no child born with HIV, no deaths from mosquito […]
By Caroline Kende-Robb Squeezing the poor for the sake of corporate profit? Or providing vital jobs and incomes? Whatever your view of foreign investors, analysts believe that business will be essential to African development. With Africa’s population likely to double in the first quarter of this century, the private sector may be the only […]
Lagos — NINETY-EIGHT days after the Dana Airline plane crash in Lagos, which killed 153 persons, the Federal Government, yesterday, cleared the airline to resume operations eliciting outrage in the polity. Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, in a statement by her Special Adviser (Media), Joe Obi, said government decided to restore the operating license […]
By Carey L. Biron Cameroon is home to an incredibly diverse rain forest. Washington — Environment groups are accusing a New York-based agricultural company, Herakles Farms, of going forward with plans for a 73,000-hectare palm-oil plantation and refinery in southwest Cameroon despite a lack of government authorisation, two court injunctions, and in the face […]
By Bill Hinchberger Africa is growing, and African companies need cash to expand. Investors want in on the action, especially given low returns in many other parts of the world these days. But with few stocks and bonds, and scant liquidity for those out there, how do investors get a foothold? And how do […]
The latest ICTJ Program Report explores transitional justice issues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and charts our work in this important and dynamic region. Claudio Cordone, ICTJ’s program director covering the MENA region, discusses individual country scenarios, prospects for transitional justice processes and explains ICTJ’s involvement and impact. Cordone speaks about transitional […]
With the DRC dust finally beginning to settle, despite some Congolese officials continuously tempting to put their foot in the mouth, Rwanda’s position in the whole saga is suddenly becoming clear – even to the perennial doubting Thomases. This country is proving once again that it knows where it is heading to and what baggage […]