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[BLOG] “Accidental ECOWAS/AU citizen”: Why we might need a West African Economic Governance Architecture

03-26-2013 | 12:11:30
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

03-20-2013 | 07:52:04
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..

03-19-2013 | 08:43:38
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

03-19-2013 | 07:51:38
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

03-19-2013 | 07:19:15
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

03-14-2013 | 12:27:02
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

03-14-2013 | 06:17:22
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?

03-13-2013 | 05:17:54
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

03-12-2013 | 11:56:43
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

03-07-2013 | 10:46:25
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

03-05-2013 | 11:12:51
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

03-05-2013 | 10:46:45
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

03-05-2013 | 10:28:26
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

02-26-2013 | 09:55:35
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

02-26-2013 | 06:08:51
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)

02-26-2013 | 06:08:51
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

02-25-2013 | 08:45:41
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

02-21-2013 | 14:20:27
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!

02-20-2013 | 07:12:15
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

02-19-2013 | 06:36:46
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 ...