Improving lives in Africa
June 19, 2010 – 7:04 am | No Comment

FROM McKinsey Quarterly:
Africa faces many challenges, particularly in health care, water, and climate. Yet what is surprising is that these issues can all be ameliorated or even controlled. This package of …

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Promoting African commodity exchanges
March 22, 2010 – 10:54 am | No Comment
Promoting African commodity exchanges

United Nations Development Programme (New York)

In April 2008, Ethiopia’s first commodity exchange was established in a country where only a third of the agricultural produce reached the market.
The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) was created to …

Africallia Forum 2010
March 19, 2010 – 9:27 am | No Comment
Africallia Forum 2010

More of this kind of Business Forums, as professional gatherings of African business people and their partners to expand their network of meaningful business connections, is to be encouraged.
Africallia Forum 2010
May 20-21 2010
1st edition in …

GlobalCareerCompany: Careers in Africa
February 25, 2010 – 9:52 am | No Comment
GlobalCareerCompany: Careers in Africa

They work with some of Africa’s largest companies and some of the world’s most successful multinationals to recruit internationally-based candidates who are able to work in a country in Africa.
So far, they have helped over …

Kellogg School’s 1st-ever Africa Business Conference highlight the fast-changing continent’s challenges and opportunities
February 4, 2010 – 3:17 pm | One Comment
Kellogg School’s 1st-ever Africa Business Conference highlight the fast-changing continent’s challenges and opportunities

2/4/2010 – There are many challenges to doing business in Africa, but Joseph Nyagah thinks the biggest obstacle is the way the rest of the world sees the continent.
“You must change the way you perceive …

Business Action for Africa
January 24, 2010 – 10:48 pm | No Comment
Business Action for Africa

Business Action for Africa is an international network of businesses and business organisations from Africa and elsewhere, coming together in support of 3 objectives:

Participants have identified six priority themes in which to drive forward business-led …

Kellogg’s 1st Africa Business Conference
January 15, 2010 – 3:46 pm | 2 Comments
Kellogg’s 1st Africa Business Conference

Cheetahs out there!
One more gathering on sight: yet another leading US business institution is holding an Africa Business Conference. Kellogg is now joining Wharton, HBS and the likes which have had such events for some …

Nigeria’s brain gain – CNN video
December 25, 2009 – 4:04 pm | No Comment

Nigerian expats are increasingly repatriating to take advantage of opportunities in Nigeria, despite the global economic downturn

African Repatriation & African Talent
November 27, 2009 – 2:13 pm | No Comment
African Repatriation & African Talent

African Repatriation is an invaluable online resource for any African national who is thinking about returning to Africa. The industry articles and specialist editorials provide the latest sector information. Why not find out for yourself …

The African Network (TAN) conference
September 8, 2009 – 10:19 pm | No Comment
The African Network (TAN) conference

TANCon is the world’s sole event of its kind for entrepreneurs of African descent. The target audience includes entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 business leaders, venture capitalists, investment bankers, government policy makers and other entrepreneurial ecosystem organizations.
TANCon …