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Babs Iwalewa – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:05:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg Babs Iwalewa – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 A Nation Besieged by Articulated Vehicles http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/a-nation-besieged-by-articulated-vehicles Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:05:33 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9533 The transport sector is often regarded as a vital sector in the economy of any nation. This is often as a result of the indispensable role that transport or transportation plays in the geographical movement of people, goods and services from one point to another. In effect it bridges the gap between the demand for …

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]]> TASK BEFORE A JONATHAN PRESIDENCY http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/task-a-jonathan-presidency Tue, 24 May 2011 20:26:50 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8884  As Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is inaugurated on the 29th of May 2011, for a fresh tenure of office, it may not be presumptuous to declare that the task ahead of him is an onerous one. Starting with the pre-election politics and even the elections that brought him in as President, the cumulative events that …

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]]> Climate Change and its Implications for Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/climate-change-and-its-implications-for-africa Wed, 11 May 2011 20:29:52 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8746 The gradual and deliberate change of the climate occasioned by humans’ quest for a more pleasurable and modern way of life devoid of the sedentary and drudgery that characterized the type of life their ancestors lived has begun to take its toll on all corners of the globe. Climate change is actually a change in …

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]]> The Role of the Informal Sector in African Economy http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-role-of-the-informal-sector-in-african-economy Wed, 11 May 2011 20:20:54 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8743 The informal sector of the economy often refers to the unregulated and mostly unregistered sector of the economy, put simply it refers to the numerous petty or small scale businesses operated by artisans, peasants and other micro entrepreneurs, within the economy. Experts have argued that in most African economies, the informal sector is often the …

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]]> The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria: A Threatened Scheme http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-national-youth-service-corps-nysc-in-nigeria-a-threatened-scheme Sat, 07 May 2011 02:39:40 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8721 The National Youth Service Corps [NYSC] was a scheme set up almost immediately after the end of the Nigerian Civil War. In 1973 to be precise, to help heal the wounds of the civil war and particularly help foster national integration amongst young Nigerian school graduates. That the NYSC scheme was a novel one was …

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]]> Congress for Progressive Change (CPC): The Rise and Fall of a Nigerian Political Party http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/congress-for-progressive-change-cpc-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-nigerian-political-party Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:23:17 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8670 The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) seems to have reached its final political denouement in its short period of existence in the political history of Nigeria. For sometime to come, scholars and political analysts would continue to ponder on what went wrong, with the political party that swept across the Nigerian nation particularly the northern …

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]]> The Menace of Child Street Begging in Northern Nigeria http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-menace-of-child-street-begging-in-northern-nigeria Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:14:37 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8653 The geographical region referred to as northern Nigeria covers more than half of the total land area of Nigeria. It is also a region with vast agricultural potentials as a variety of tropical agricultural systems is widely practiced there leading to the mass cultivation of food and cash crops. As a matter of fact, the …

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]]> Imperatives for the Survival of Democracy in Africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/imperatives-for-the-survival-of-democracy-in-africa http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/imperatives-for-the-survival-of-democracy-in-africa#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:19:15 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8637 The nearly universal acceptance of democracy as a perfect organizing principle of government among nation states across the world has led to the embrace of this concept both in theory and practice by all and sundry. History has it that democracy originated in ancient Greece and since then, it has undergone several modifications, from “direct” …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/imperatives-for-the-survival-of-democracy-in-africa/feed 1 Africa: Let us not Forget Reparations http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/africa-us-not-forget-reparations Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:16:03 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8559 It is pertinent to draw the world’s attention to the issue of reparations for Africa once again. This much vilified issue of reparations for Africa seems to have receded to the background particularly since the death of one of its most avid supporters the late Nigerian Business Mogul MKO Abiola. The question being asked by …

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]]> Ulli Beier [1922-2011]: a Requiem for African Arts and Culture http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/ulli-beier-1922-2011-a-requiem-for-african-arts-and-culture Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:50:28 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8457 The demise of the illustrious Arts and Cultural ambassador of Africa nay Nigeria, Herr Ulli Beier  has once again brought to the fore, the versatility and richness of the very much derided African culture. Ulli Beier was a German born African Arts and Culture aficionado. Together with his Austrian born wife Suzzane Wenger popularly known …

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