At last, African Culture in Mainstream Thinking

Opinion/Ghana/Africa   The “City Forum on Culture and Development,” a policy orientated venture held in Accra to openly strategize the African culture for African progress reveal the increasing attention being given to the African culture.. For almost 50 years, the African culture, either because of colonialism or bad intellectual savvy by African elites, has not… Continue reading At last, African Culture in Mainstream Thinking

Reaching Out to ‘Emerging Donors’ for Africa

Analysis Dakar — Guyana, Thailand, Botswana, South Africa, Poland and Sudan share something in common: they all committed to the Horn of Africa drought appeal. Higher up the scale, with multi-million dollar pledges, were China (US$63 million); Saudi Arabia ($60 million); Brazil ($32 million); United Arab Emirates ($17 million) and Qatar ($5.6 million). Non-DAC donors… Continue reading Reaching Out to ‘Emerging Donors’ for Africa

The Rise of the ‘New’ Donors for Africa

Dakar — “It’s taken the world a while to notice they exist – and now we’re obsessed with them,” is how Karin Christiansen, head of Publish What You Fund, characterizes the west’s relationship with what people call “new”, “emerging” or “non-traditional” donors. Many are not new at all – India, Brazil and China have been… Continue reading The Rise of the ‘New’ Donors for Africa

Think Tank Report for 2010: Rankings of Global Marketplace of Ideas

The 2010 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings marks the fourth edition of what has now become an annual report. The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the International Relations Program, University of Pennsylvania has created a process for ranking think tanks around the world. It is the first comprehensive ranking of the world’s… Continue reading Think Tank Report for 2010: Rankings of Global Marketplace of Ideas

GLOCALISATION: A Development Model for Africa

In the article, the author argues that Policy makers of developing nations must acknowledge that workable solutions to the challenges facing their regions must best be sourced ‘locally’ vis-à-vis globalizing the local, and localizing the global

Globalization And The Development of Africa

The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 6th Edition defines the word global as a phenomenon that includes many parts. Moving a step further from this definition, globalization could be described as a concept or phenomenon that includes all parts of the world and also operates around the world; hence the whole world is looked upon as… Continue reading Globalization And The Development of Africa