Send this article to Twitter!Chinese Entrepreneurs moving to AFRICA in search of better economic opportunities! what? what? From the NYT: “for many budding Chinese entrepreneurs, Africa’s emerging economies are inviting precisely because they seem small and accessible. Competition is often weak or nonexistent, and for African customers, the low price of many Chinese goods...
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African Business/Politics
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Africa’s Internet Woe’s….
Send this article to Twitter!There’s an interesting article here (Rwanda Trying to get connected) about an American entrepreneur who tried to start an internet cable company in Rwanda. The article highlights some of the difficulties he’s encountered. He was hired after the Rwandese minister met him at a wedding party in Boston! Bottom line:...
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Black Man: Do you love yourself?
Send this article to Twitter!What’s that Bob Marley song called? oh yes…”Redemption Song”. If you know the words, sing along…. “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our mind. Wo! have no fear for atomic energy, cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time. How long shall they kill our prophets,...
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Here Come The Somali’s ……
Send this article to Twitter!I don’t know about you guys, but these Somali’s are beginning to make me nervous. First, they abduct and kill two kenyan policmen (Shifta’s). Then, they plant a bomb in a matatu which kills one innocent person (was this a trial run for a bigger plot?). The main suspect was...
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How To Measure Poverty in Africa
Send this article to Twitter!“Whether measured by per capita income or by the gross domestic product of its nations, Africa is the poorest place on earth.” This is a quote taken from an author who recently attended the TED conference in Tanzania. After describing how terribly poor Africa is, he then goes on to...
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Another Depressing Story on Africa….
Send this article to Twitter!An interesting story on Africa’s crumbling university system. Kenya is not mentioned. The focus is on Senegal, but the issues are the same. What really caught my attention about this article was yet another World Bank policy that has proved disastrous for Africa — The Bank reduced spending on university...
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Those Thieving, Thieving Nigerians
Send this article to Twitter!Every once in a while, I come across a story that’s so fascinating, I end up having to read it twice just to convince myself that the characters are actually real human beings. Today, in the New York Times, I came across one such story about Nigeria. Now, I know...
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Is Mugabe Talking To A Mganga?
Send this article to Twitter!“The opposition is always calling for change, change, change,” Mugabe said at his mid-March rally. “I am not pink. I don’t want a pink nose. I can’t change. I don’t want to be European. I want to be African.” Share on Facebook
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Bono’s Red Flop
Send this article to Twitter!I’ve finally found an article that has been willing to expose Bono’s naive adventurism in Africa (or maybe I should say that I was actively looking for an article that agreed with my conclusions about Bono and I was not trying to be objective about this conclusion) Anyway, it appears...
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