Thursday, January 26, 2012From the IRD: From "Bucket" to "Supermarket Milling"by International Relief and Development (IRD) Originally appearing on the website of International Relief and Development, this article chronicles how AgriTrade, a microloan credit facility, helped one Zimbabwean miller.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 The Changing Face of Africaby Tony O. Elumelu, MFR (Nigeria), Chairman of Heirs HoldingsWhat a change a decade makes. Africa has come a long way since the Economist headline of May 11, 2000 which referred to Africa as “The Hopeless Continent”.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the United Nations′ Millennium Development Goalsby Wilmot AllenIn 2009 at the Davos conference, Wilmot Allen interviewed former managing director of the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about her opinions of the Millennium Development Goals, established by the United Nations. She is currently Nigeria's minister of finance.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011African Leadership: Africa Must Unite Regionallyby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceWhat is the first thing that comes to your mind when considering African leadership? And who do you think of when considering African leaders?
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Saturday, November 12, 2011Africa.com and Nigeria: Our Continuing Coverageby Africa.com Editorial Staff Our CEO, Teresa Clarke, is being interviewed by Sahara Reporters, one of the most important Nigerian news sites on the continent. Check out her podcast and other coverage on Nigeria from Africa.com!
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011The Time Is Now: African Economic Conference, Part IIby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceEconomic world leaders convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the end of October to examine Africa’s capacity for promoting sustainable development to boost economic productivity, labor productivity, agricultural sustainability, and human capital development through green growth.
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Monday, November 07, 2011The Time Is Now: African Economic Conference, Part Iby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceAddis Ababa, Ethiopia played host to the sixth-annual African Economic Conference from October 25 to October 28th this year.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011African Economies Up to the Global Challengeby André-Michel Essoungou, UN Africa RenewalPublished by UN Africa Renewal magazine, this article takes a look at the improving state of LDCs (least-developed countries) on the continent.
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011Direct Peer-to-Peer Lending: Making Credit Available to Allby Clarissa Perkins, Communications Associate, ZidishaWhat happens when a small business owner in Maasai Mara, Kenya, wants a loan to grow his business? In many cases, restrictive political and economic conditions and geographic remoteness make it expensive for local banks to lend to small business owners like him.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011The Growing Power of Formal and Informal Economiesby Olumide Oluwole, Director of Business Development—West Africa, Africa.comWith increasing attention being paid to sub-Saharan Africa due to a visibly rising middle-class and its spending power, there has been an obvious and overt change in the investment landscape of the continent.
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