[ad#amazon_120x240]Growth in sub-Saharan Africa may exceed growth in all other regions except developing Asia, the International Monetary Fund said. “growth in sub-Saharan Africa — projected at 5.5 percent in 2011 and 5.75 percent in 2012 — is expected to exceed growth in all other regions except developing Asia,” according to a world economic outlook update… Continue reading Good Growth Expected in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of Biotechnology
There are rays of hope as we go towards 2050. The potential for agriculture in Africa is great. African countries can use their own experiences, indigenous knowledge and traditional methods, as well as the many talents of their people to adopt and adapt the best of what science has to offer in new technologies.
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
African Development Bank Positioning Nigeria among the Strongest Economies in the World in 2020
The African Development Bank (AfDB ) President, Donald Kaberuka, just completed a two-day official visit to Nigeria (23-24 November 2010). During this visit, he met with Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who reiterated his congratulations and support.
Nigeria’s Role in Africa Over the Next 50 Years
Nigeria — a nation of plenty, a nation of potential, and nation of prospects. These are the key pillars that the next 50 years should bring to fruition for this great country
Using Africa as a Test-Bed for Sustainable Technology
By using African countries as a test bed for sustainable technologies, we can both help bring sustainability to the forefront and aid developing countries.
The Black woman’s new look
"Naked woman, black woman. Dressed in your color that is life, in your form that is beauty!", reads the famous line from Leopold Senghor’s Femme Noire. And yet, day in day out, the man regarded as one of the most revered African intellectuals of the last century is ridiculed down to his toe nails. Natural… Continue reading The Black woman’s new look
How do we say your name?
In this article, I will be discussing some of the problems those of us who are ‘unlukcy’ to bear African names in the West go through. If you are lucky to be called John or Harriet, this will probably not make much sense to you. But I know to most of us it will. First… Continue reading How do we say your name?