Yearly Archives: 2012
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African Business Culture Tips: Part 2 – CSR is Dead
There is a very deceptive paradox in the fact that in places like Africa the conversations around CSR are hopelessly archaic while at the same time the way ... -
African Business Culture Tips: Part 1 – The Cult of Precision
A common complaint I have heard business partners and employees of global (“˜westernised’) companies in Africa often make is that the latter are too obsessed with exactitude. The ... -
Five Business Culture Tips from An African Perspective – By Bright Simons
There is a tradition dating back at least 3 decades in the Western world that technical innovation on its own is rarely the make or break ... -
Mali: time to assert continuing cultural diversity after the coup – By Celeste Hicks
In all the depressing headlines about Mali becoming West Africa’s “˜new Afghanistan’, or the frustrated editorials about the country’s apparent political paralysis (the ICG’s Gilles Yabi ... -
Economic Growth in South Africa: has the ANC got it wrong? – By Moeletsi Mbeki and Refiloe Morwe
A couple of years ago when still a political analyst for Nedbank, one of South Africa’s leading banks, I was asked by a fund manager in ... -
Faces change at DfID, but does aid to Africa really matter any more? – By Richard Dowden
As the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaches what is happening to the UK Government’s aid ministry and its impact on Africa? An overseas aid ... -
Kenya: land and communal clashes increase as country gears up for elections – By Keith Somerville
In the last six weeks there have been a number of violent clashes in areas of Kenya where the existing political, social and religious structures are ... -
Never Forget: The battle for the Soul of Afile – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
A battle has been stirring over the past few weeks between the residents of a small Italian town, Afile, which has taken the decision to honour ... -
Angolan elections 2012: politics finally gets real – By Justin Pearce
The tent and the table that made up the polling station looked very small in the middle of the expanse of tarmac on Luanda’s Largo da ... -
Africa’s Fabulous Mineral Wealth that isn’t ALL there – By Bright Simons
So let’s assume for one moment that you are an international corporate executive responsible for your company’s emerging market strategy. You are hearing a lot more ...
