A two-day Brazil-Ethiopia-Djibouti-South Sudan Investment and Trade Seminar opened today (June 6th) in Addis Ababa. Organized by the Embassy of Brazil in Ethiopia, the Seminar aims to provide an opportunity for business and investment networking between governments and companies from Brazil, Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan.It also aims to encourage strategic information-sharing on potential investment […]
Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, runs for House seat in Illinois
5 June 2013 by
Erika Harold has jumped into the Republican primary race for Illinois’s 13th Congressional District. She calls her opponent, an incumbent freshman, a “good person,” insists there’s no need for attacks, and says let the judges, no, make that the voters, decide. Continue reading Politico article… Source: Politico
Tanzania has completed the digital transition
5 June 2013 by
Tanzania has become the first mainland African country to declare that it has completed the digital transition New channels are now available to free-to-air viewers on their set-top boxes. This provides an interesting opportunity for the delegates to the Broadcast, Film and Music Africa Conference taking place at the end of the month to look […]
Billionaires dumping stocks
3 June 2013 by
Despite the 6.5% stock market rally over the last three months, a handful of billionaires are quietly dumping their American stocks . . . and fast. Warren Buffett, who has been a cheerleader for U.S. stocks for quite some time, is dumping shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained of “disappointing performance” in dyed-in-the-wool […]
US denouces anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe and Asia
3 June 2013 by
The US criticised a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe and Asia on Monday after the State Department released its annual report on religious freedom, which pointed to government restrictions and violence targeting Muslims. By News Wires (text) The United States on Monday denounced what it called a spike in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and […]
Panama and Costa Rica – narco-economies?
31 May 2013 by
The movement of illicit capital in Costa Rica and Panama counts for more than 10% of their respective GDP, meaning that its removal would be a major blow to their economies. A report entitled “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2001-2010” by Global Financial Integrity, reveals that during the first 10 years of the new […]
Africa’s top 30 under 30 entrepreneurs
31 May 2013 by
Mfonobong Nsehe, lists 30 under 30 African entrepreneurs to keep your eye on. They are blazing a path. Young entrepreneurs are changing the face of Africa. I set out to produce a list of the 30 Africans under 30 years old who are making the most dramatic impact across the continent. To do so, in […]