With an estimated population of 130 million, and a projected 30 million strong middle class, the East African Community is booming. The World Bank’s 2010 figures show per capita income figures rising: Kenya Leading with $780 (per annum), followed by Rwanda at $540, Uganda at $490, Tanzania at $530, Burundi at $160. Additionally multinationals are [...]
The two main parties – the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) – are already effectively campaigning ahead of next year’s elections. It may be many months before the campaign properly begins, but they are gearing up for the battle. Both have their candidates in place for the key fight for [...]
For many outside Sierra Leone, their knowledge of the country is based on the bloody civil war between ‘91 and ‘02, which led to 50,000 deaths and the displacement of two million people. During the war the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) used the country’s diamond resources to fund its campaign, which was based on [...]
Pan Africanism for the new generation conference at University of Oxford marks a turning-point in the history of Pan-Africanism. To be held on the 04th June 2011, at St. Antony College, University of Oxford; the event shall unite students, activists, and academics across United Kingdom to reflect on challenges facing their countries at the turn [...]
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A new Regus business centre in the country’s capital, Kampala, offers a valuable platform for businesses to explore revenue opportunities in East Africa. It is global workspace provider Regus’ first centre here, and brings the number of countries where it operates to 87, of which 13 are in Africa. ‘Uganda’s economic stability makes it a [...]
When asylum-seekers arrive in Johannesburg, they inevitably end up at Park Station, the largest railway terminal in Africa. From here at least they can make some kind of decision about their future in a foreign land, one that promises what they so desperately seek – food, shelter, medicine, water, employment and education; basic human rights [...]
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The first quarter of the year is now comfortably underway and the hospitality market has a fair sense of what lies ahead in 2011. While some would argue that this year will be more challenging without the built in promotional tool of a major event such as the soccer world cup which dominated the local [...]
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Last month on the 17th Feb saw the exhibition open with the Tanzanian High Commissioner as guest of honour and TV presenter Jasmine Harman host the auction to raise funds for Community Projects Africa (CPA). The charity, established in 2003 aims to provide support for impoverished people living in south and east Africa, predominantly Tanzania. [...]
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With conflicts re-emerging since its independence in 1962, Burundi has experienced a hugely volatile past. Tensions between the Hutus and Tutsis came to a head in 1993 and consequently brought about a civil war which destroyed the very fabric of Burundi, killing thousands and leaving the country in a vulnerable state. Up until recent years, [...]
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Catching Up: What LDCs can do, and how others can help is Professor Paul Collier’s latest offering to help the lower rung of the development ladder. The award-winning author of The Bottom Billion, present a practical agenda on how Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can obtain and sustain a successful rate of growth in order to [...]
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