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[BLOG] “Accidental ECOWAS/AU citizen”: Why we might need a West African Economic Governance Architecture
Since the 1970s, West Africa has increasingly turned to regional integration as a tool for economic growth and development. Integration is now seen as ...
[BLOG] “Accidental ECOWAS and AU Citizen”: ECOWAS@38, and Prospects for a West African Economic Governance Architecture
Long before the global financial crisis in 2008, African integration had been an important strategy by developing countries to face globalisation. The ...
[BLOG] A look at world water day..
The World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to celebrate something that most of us take for granted. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific ...
[BLOG] Why Invest in Ghana
The success of Ghana’s governance and development agenda is inextricably linked to the new Ghana’s ability to attract foreign investments. The new Ghana ...
[BLOG] Africa’s food markets could create one trillion dollar opportunity by 2030
Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they can expand their access to more capital, electricity, better ...
[BLOG] Setting up shop in Africa
Tapping into the African markets is a dream for many Western companies. Confronted with the first adversities and listening to all the so common horror ...
[BLOG] My passion is Social Networking
Everyone likes to have friends, but you have to admit that there are certain interests you or they have that neither is interested in. When this happens, ...
[BLOG] What does it take to be a tech entrepreneur?
If the recent history of technology and tech start-ups has taught us anything it’s that – with the right idea, the right application and a lot of good ...
[BLOG] 10 Secrets behind great digital campaigns and online business
Whatever we aim to do is achievable. Someone already achieved it or is in the process of breaking the news. Running online business or global digital campaigns ...
[BLOG] Douglas Kruger column: The Science of Talent in Expert Positioning
Last month, I explained why positioning yourself as an industry expert is lucrative and how it can overhaul your business. But what if you’re not naturally ...
[BLOG] Exporta's 5th Annual East Africa Trade & Commodity Finance Conference
Exporta are delighted to return to Nairobi for the 5th Annual East Africa Trade & Commodity Finance Conference –now widely accepted as the most important ...
[BLOG] Africa can harness Solar Energy for Electricity
It makes me sad when I look at that satellite image of the earth at night and see Africa still essentially in the dark. The fact that so much of Africa ...
[BLOG] African Development: The Role of the Global Financial System
The development of African countries has been at the heart of the international community for as far back as the period within which the continent politically ...
[BLOG] Africa is Rich
There is no doubt that poverty is one of the last words people would employ to describe Africa.It is said that majority of Africa's families get their ...
[INTERVIEW] Exclusive interview with Lawrence Oladele Alabi, Port Manager of Rivers Port Complex (RPC), Port Harcourt
Mr. Lawrence O. Alabi is the Port Harcourt, Port Manager he narrate how the Ports came into existence and its activities. In this interview with IYALLA ...
[INTERVIEW] Exclusive interview with Nigerian Ports Authority Ports Manager, Lawrence Alabi, Rivers Port Complex (RPC), Port Harcourt (2)
Mr. Lawrence O. Alabi is the Port Harcourt, Port Manager he narrate how the Ports came into existence and its activities. In this interview with IYALLA ...
[BLOG] Barry Coetzee Column: Mobile Money Matures
February has seen a rash of announcements that, taken together, start giving an insight into the direction that mobile money is taking.
The Ethiopian ...
Alison-Madueke Counts Gains of Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry - as NNPC GMD Says Shale Gas No Threat to Nigeria
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on Tuesday chronicled some of the remarkable strides in the oil and gas industry which ...
[BLOG] “The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Enter the Chad Dragon in the ECOWAS-CENSAD region!
Back in October 2011, my piece “Hot Issues on the AU needing popular advocacy (I) – or Travelling Cheaply in Africa, & Southern Sudan” touched briefly ...
[BLOG] The economy is on an unsustainable path with the highest budget deficit in Ghana’s history
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the path and manner in which the Ghanaian economy is being managed as unsustainable.He said data coming in on Ghana’s ...