Monthly Archives: July 2012
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Ghana: economic nationalism through petty trading laws – By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo, Songhai Advisory
The day after Ghana commemorated its 52nd anniversary since independence, not everyone was in a celebratory mood, especially not the Nigerian trading community. Ghana’s Minister for ... -
DRC: Fizi to Goma via Bukavu (then Kinshasa) – Kris Berwouts goes on the road in Congo
I spent the last twenty days of June in the Congo. Most of that time, I visited people and communities at grass root level. In brief, ... -
Does the Diaspora need its own small business fund? – Dele Meiji Fatunla
Whether it’s small restaurants, import-export business or a mom and pop corner shop, immigrants and Diasporas have a knack for running businesses, often out of necessity, ... -
Rwanda in Congo: Sixteen Years of Intervention – By William Macpherson
A recent UN report on the crisis in eastern DRC indicates that senior members of the Rwandan military have been supporting Congo’s newest rebel outfit, M23. ... -
Libya’s Election Forecast: More Uncertainty – By Jason Pack
Since the toppling of Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi’s regime in October 2011, the people of Libya have been impatiently waiting for the desired results of their revolution. However, ... -
Jeffrey Sachs vs. Michael Clemens: the Millenium Villages and Evaluating Impact Assessments – By Magnus Taylor
Michael Clemens likes evaluating impact. In fact, it might be more accurate to say that he lives impact evaluation; such is the intensity of his knowledge ... -
Africa Rising: when will the West join Africa? – By Eliot Pence & Bright Simons
Discussions about Africa’s evolution tend to measure the continent’s “˜gradual’ assimilation into the global mainstream. This may have been understandable in the mid-1980s when by every ... -
Shakespeare and Africa – Richard Dowden reviews an Africanised production of Julius Caesar
When I was asked to write the programme notes for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of an African Julius Caesar at Stratford-upon-Avon, I tried to imagine ... -
Zimbabwe’s Inclusive Government shaken by electoral games – by Takura Zhangazha
The political parties in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government have now begun playing out their electoral end games eleven months prior to the expiry of its constitutional term ... -
Somali Presidential Elections: six ways to win power – By Abdi Aynte
After 12 years of feeble transitional governments, Somalia is slated to have a permanent administration that theoretically will be able to borrow money from the World ...
