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Young African MPs tap India's democratic experience
TwoCircles.net
He also stressed on the need for speeding up delivery schedules of key projects announced by India at the second summit with the African continentin Addis Ababa that includes setting up of over 80 training institutes in different parts of Africa.
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Africans inherited corruption
Independent Online
After independence, African ruling parties and leaders entrenched the deeply compromised governance systems they inherited from the colonists, which is partly why most corruption-busting remedies on the continent fail, says the writer. Picture: AP.
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South Africa Aims for Green Jobs as well as Clean Energy as 2nd Round ...
CleanTechnica
The South African government concluded its second round of bidding to develop renewable energy projects the first week of March. While final results have yet to be disclosed, Standard Bank Group (SBK), the largest lender on theAfrican continent, ...
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African MPs call for better business environment
BusinessLIVE
Over 100 Members of Parliament from 40 African countries have agreed to step up efforts to improve the business environment on the continent by reviewing legislation linked to governance, trade barriers, and regional infrastructure in a bid to ...
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BusinessLIVE
Britain lags behind BRICs in African race, warns former Nigeria president ...
Telegraph.co.uk
If it does not wake up to Africa's rapid development, Brazil and China could replace the City of London as the continent's main source of finance capital, he said. Mr Obasanjo was speaking as head of a trade delegation to India, some of whose leading ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
ICC accused of targeting Africans
UGPulse.com
The International Criminal Court is being viewed suspiciously over allegedly targeting the African continent in indictment of individuals involved in crimes against humanity. The indictment of former DR Congo warlord, Thomas Lubanga by the ICC for the ...
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India, Africa aim for $90 billion trade in 3 years
AFP
Over 600 African delegates are participating in the India-AfricaForum Summit, organisers said, while over 500 Indian business delegates would also attend the meeting. India has been turning to the one-billion-strong African continent as it looks to ...
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AFP
Mobile Money Africa to Show How Industry Has Grown on the Continent
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Says Sonum Puri: “The event will be a great chance to show the mobile money ecosystem can grow to encompass many new stakeholders in the marketplace which means that people can take lots of examples from the South African market and apply to their own ...
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Calls for faster implementation of Africa projects
Livemint
On Sunday, addressing a group of parliamentarians from African countries, Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, special secretary, public diplomacy, in the external affairs ministry, said India was looking to partner Africa in its development efforts.
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Ghana gets 17 Africa Movie Academy Awards nominations
GhanaWeb
43 entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent. South African surfing film Otelo Burning scooped the most nominees (13), followed closely by South Africanfilm noir How 2 Steal 2 ...
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The Sierra Leone President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, continues to define a new ...
Newstime Africa
... will bring together Chief Executives and political leaders to discuss the key business opportunities in Africa and set out an agenda for Africa's growth. The summit will attempt to reframe the debate around Africa in how the continentmoves beyond ...
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'Lagos, Ibadan, among Africa's Top Cities to Watch'
THISDAY Live
Nigeria is by far Africa's most populous nation but in 2011 its nominal GDP was less than two thirds that of South Africa, the continent's largest economy. This year, the federal government is expected to rebase its GDP to 2008 from 1990.
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Philippines tightens watch on African arrivals
Peace FM Online
... of arrivals from Africa after a spate of arrests of drug mules from the continent, according to a spokeswoman. The increased vigilance at all airports was imposed after two Ghanaians were caught on March 13, bringing to eight the number of Africans ...
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Peace FM Online
Charlotte Africa Business Week 2012: April 24-28, Charlotte, NC, USA
Afribiz.info
The Charlotte Africa Business Week (CABW) 2012 is the first ever initiative of this kind to connect Charlotte with business opportunities in Africa. CABW partners are the Global Business Roundtable (GBR); Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...
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Should Africa de-internationalise to internationalise?
University World News
However, internationalisation could enable the continent to strengthen its institutional capacities, including the quality and research capacities of Africanuniversities. Maybe Africa needs to first de-internationalise to internationalise,...
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African adventures brought to you by .travel
Breaking Travel News
This unique journey featured 5 vehicles crossing 2 continents – a total of 28 countries. The trek began at Cape Agulhas, on the southernmost tip of Africa, and ended in Nordkap, Norway, taking about 8 months to complete with a total of 40000 kilometers ...
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Breaking Travel News
China to up her commitment in Africa in the coming decade
Cocorioko
By 2011 alone, trade between China and Africa reportedly reached $160 billion…while African exports to China increased by one-third during the same period, up from $67 billion in 2010 to $93 billion (page 17 of the business version of ChinaDaily, ...
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Kony 2012 Promotes US “Humanitarian” Intervention In Africa
Just International
The campaign launched around Kony 2012, a 30-minute video targeting the leader of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, is aimed at furthering US military intervention on the African continent under the guise of humanitarianism.
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Regional industrial development to enhance Africa's economy-Davies
BuaNews Online (press release)
Everybody realise that what Africa needs is to promote industrial development and we need to cooperate to promote industrial development, and that has to be a key leg of development integration approach of the African continent," said Davies.
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Furniture Retailer Clive Daniel Home Steps Outside The Marketing Box
Furniture World Magazine (press release)
... the world's leading experts on travel to the mysterious and excitingcontinent of Africa. They can get “khaki fever” through movies and documentaries in the Home Theater and by sipping wine and sampling uniqueAfrican gourmet items at the Wine Bar, ...
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Fashola: Future Of Africa Will Depend On Laws
P.M. News
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola(SAN) on Friday stated that the future of Africans as a people irrespective of their location in the world will depend on what the current regime of laws will do to help promote orderly progression and deal ...
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AfDB Water Initiatives in Africa Receive Total €45m Government Pledges ...
Afribiz.info
The announcement was made at a conference on water security in Africaorganised by the African Development Bank (AfDB) within the framework of the Sixth World Water Forum in Marseilles. Participants also committed to strengthen their financing for ...
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India Boosts Africa Presence
The Diplomat
The announcement came on March 17, when the India-Africa Business Council met in New Delhi for the first time. The second meeting of India-Africatrade ministers took place the same day. The growing ties between India andAfrican nations has seen ...
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Invisible Children and the rise of young Africa, at least online
Daily Monitor
Led,roughlyspeaking,by journalist-cum-blogger-cum-social media junkie Rosebell Kagumire, Ugandans, and indeed other Africans, mixed it up. The other Ugandan quick off the blocks was the journalist Angelo Izama. Then there were some really brilliant ...
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Students Work to Raise Awareness on Africa
WCTV
Members of the African Student Association were out today (3-17-12) raising money for 'Kicks for Africa' and try to dispel stereotypes people may have about Africa. "We're just trying to tweak people's mind or just turn people's mind around and really ...
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A new "New" South Africa
News24
We need now to foster a nation of South Africans, regardlessof our races, our origins and our backgrounds or upbringings. We need to all be South Africanand if we haveto start from scratch to achieve that then let's do so with a clean slate, allof us.
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Is Growing Ethnic Diversity a bad thing?
OpEdNews
He also reacted to the increase in the number of Africans (and Hispanics) in the US noting that it was difficult for them to assimilate. None of this got him fired, however. The tipping point in this avuncular man's public career is his new book, ...
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Corrine White, guest columnist: Social media can bring causes to life
Winston-Salem Journal
They were tired of the idea that Kenyans, that Africans, couldn't help themselves, that they were incapable of doing anything without Western money, values or intervention. The Kenyans I met were proudly humble, capable, strong activists in their ...
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Historic Kavango Conservancy launched
New Zimbabwe.com
by AP FIVE Southern African nations have agreed to form the world's largest international conservation area in an effort to protect nearly half of thecontinent's elephants and a vast range of animals, birds and plants, many endangered by poaching and ...
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AfDB annual meeting holds in Tanzania
The Nation Newspaper
By Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf 18 hours 11 minutes ago The AfricanDevelopment Bank Group (AfDB) will hold its annual meetings this year in Arusha, Tanzania, from 28 May to 1 June. Tagged: 'Africa and the emerging global landscape: challenges and ...
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Young African MPs tap India's democratic experience
He also stressed on the need for speeding up delivery schedules of key projects announced by India at the second summit with the African continent in Addis Ababa that includes setting up of over 80 training institutes in different parts of Africa.
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Africa: Finance Ministers to Discuss Turning Continent into the New ...
The meeting is taking place in the context of the Joint Annual Meetings of theAfrican Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the ECA...
www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/.../art_13240.html
allAfrica.com: Africa: Continent's Expansion Strategy - What You ...
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience. ... About 74% of South Africa's FDI into the continent comes from the Western Cape Province, ...
allafrica.com/stories/201203091189.html
Continental leaders optimistic about Africa's development ...
This happened at the 6th Africa Economic Forum where the continent's best... Commenting on Africa's prospects, South African Minister of Energy Dipuo... Leonard Garden: Great news for Liberian cocoa and coffee farmers, but are ha…
www.africanbrains.net/.../continental-leaders-optimistic-about-...
Africa Company Outlook: turbulence [501807102] | African news ...
Meanwhile, the African Development Bank predicts that the continent'smiddle classes will grow from 355 million in 2010 to 1.1 billion in 2060. TheAfrican ...
theafricareport.com/.../african-company-outlook-turbulence-5...
Celebrating St. Patrick′s Day on the Continent: African Beers - Africa
Celebrating St. Patrick′s Day on the Continent: African Beers. This Saturday, beer drinkers ... News on Africa · Council on Foreign Relations · Knowledge ...
www.africa.com/.../blog,celebrating_stpatrick8242s_day_on_t...
New gTLD News: Connecting a Continent with .Africa | United ...
Africa will unite the 56 countries of the African continent with an online identity. Africa is the world's second largest and second most populouscontinent on the ...
blog.ud.com/.../new-gtld-news-connecting-a-continent-with-af...
Africa's youth should rebel - Mbeki - Pretoria News | IOL.co.za
Pretoria News Home ... The youth of the African continent should prepare themselves for a rebellion against their older generation and claim their leadership ...
www.pretorianews.co.za/africa-s-youth-should-rebel-mbeki-1...
Africa's youth should rebel - Mbeki - Politics | IOL News | IOL.co.za
Discover the world of IOL, News South Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World ... The youth of the African continent should prepare themselves for a rebellion ...
www.iol.co.za/.../africa-s-youth-should-rebel-mbeki-1.125862...
Six top tech events in Africa
The boom in Africa has increased interest in ICT events on the continent. ... ITNews Africa – IT news, Telecom news and Mobile news from an African ...
www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/03/africas-top-six-tech-events/
Pan-African News Wire: Imperialist Intervention & the Global ...
Editor, Pan-African News Wire With the escalating military and economic role of the United States and the European Union on the African continent, mounting ...
panafricannews.blogspot.com/.../imperialist-intervention-globa...
African Parliamentarians Agree to Promote Private Sector Growth on ...
Home » News & Events » African Parliamentarians Agree to Promote Private Sector ... Over 100 Members of Parliament (MPs) from 40 African countries have ... environment on the continent by reviewing legislation linked to governance, trade ...
www.afdb.org/.../african-parliamentarians-agree-to-promote-p...
The 6th African Economic Forum: Key insights for Africa's future ...
The 6th African Economic Forum, which took place from 6 to 7 March 2012 in Cape Town, hosted some of the best economic minds on the African continent.
www.etana.co.za/.../the_6th_african_economic_forum_key_in...
African defence forces ready themselves for ... - Engineering News
Press release: for immediate release 12 March 2012. Land Forces Africa to gather military experts and decision makers. A renewed scramble for African...
www.engineeringnews.co.za/.../african-defence-forces-ready-t...
Davies says intra-African trade is key to SA growth | TradeMark SA
“We have realised for a long time that the African continent is inextricably linked to our own destiny.” Davies said Africa had experienced an economic “growth spurt” driven by the mineral commodities ... Subscribe to this NewsFeed on RSS ...
www.trademarksa.org/.../davies-says-intra-african-trade-key-sa...
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