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Africa: An economic giant that's ready to wake up
(Newsletters)
... for a growth trajectory that could astonish the world. Its popular image is still the same: hunger; corruption; war; poverty. But take another look. Beyond the stereotypes, Africa's potential is explosive. ...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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Blood Brothers: the emergence of Brazil & Africa
(Newsletters)
... corruption. Through all of this, since 2003, it has achieved its best period of economic growth in over 30 years. This is where credit must go to Lula and his ‘social programmes', which really empowered ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
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Aid from the needy: Africa's support of Haiti
(Newsletters)
... critical of Africa's large contributions to Haiti, citing the often desperate realities of poverty, corruption and lack of infrastructure at home. The DRC was one nation that received the brunt of this ...
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
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The Good News - why do we do this?
(Newsletters)
... (see newsletter 29th September), I came across every African stereotype imaginable: broken infrastructure, unaccountable government, little rule of law, poverty, filth, slums, overcrowding, chaos, corruption, ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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Nigeria - The Good News?
(Newsletters)
... order and infrastructure our people will do the rest and we'd have 12% GDP growth in a decade". Pie in the sky? To someone from the developed world maybe! All they would see is chaos, corruption, contradiction ...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
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From the World Economic Forum on Africa: a sense of opportunity, not crisis
(Newsletters)
... change, tackling corruption and deepening regional trade. The forum also provided an opportunity to assess developments and progress on a range of Africa-related issues. A presentation was made on the ...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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Why you can't ignore Africa's 900 million consumers
(Newsletters)
... in Johannesburg who laughed at me when I asked if I needed a bodyguard. The point is: Westerners come here with ideas in their head about crime and corruption whereas Indians and Chinese come for the ...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
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Kenya's new anti-graft chief pledges revitalised corruption fight
(News/Leadership)
Tags: [corruption, Mwai Kibaki, government, graft, PLO Lumumba, Kenya] ...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
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Niger's military government opens fight against corruption
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Tags: [Junta, corruption, commission, tax, Tandja, Niger] ...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
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Angola makes moves to increase transparency
(News/Changing Perceptions)
Tags: [political, transparency, corruption, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, media, democracy, Angola] ...
Friday, 07 May 2010
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Kabila dismisses thousands for corruption in DR.Congo
(News/Leadership)
Tags: [Joseph Kabila, corruption, Ministry of Finance, Michel Lokola, Democratic Republic of Congo] ...
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Heads roll as Rwanda gets tough on corruption
(News/Changing Perceptions)
Tags: [Corruption, Paul Kagame, World Bank, Martin Ngoga, Tito Rutaremara, Rwanda] ...
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
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Abidjan port launches scheme to cut fraud, delays
(News/Doing Business)
Tags: [Abidjan, corruption, efficieny, travel, trade, goods, Cote D'ivoire] ...
Friday, 27 November 2009
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Gabon resumes census of civil servants to root out corruption
(News/Leadership)
Tags: [census, civil servant, corruption, governance, Paul Biyoghe Mba, Gabon] ...
Friday, 27 November 2009
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Sierra Leone official lauds parliament for anti-corruption legislation
(News/Changing Perceptions)
Tags: [Corruption, Anti-Corruption Commission, Abdul Tejan-Cole, Transparency International global corruption rankings, Ernest Bai Koroma, Osman Gblah, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone] ...
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
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Angolan activist launches website to expose corruption
(News/Innovation)
Tags: [corruption, website, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Rafael Marques, MakaAngola] ...
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
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Mauritania banks to repay ‘illicit transfers'
(News/Leadership)
Tags: [banks, business, corruption, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, elections, police, Mauritania] ...
Monday, 23 November 2009
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Nigeria signs $1 bln EU pact to fight corruption
(News/Conflict)
Tags: [Niger Delta, European Union, corruption, building, promote peace, oil, energy, Karel De Gucht, Nigeria] ...
Friday, 20 November 2009
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Nigeria's anti-graft police shut 800 scam websites
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Tags: [Cyber crime, Internet, Anti-corruption, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, Nigeria] ...
Friday, 23 October 2009
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Rwanda hailed as African anti-graft example
(News/Leadership)
Tags: [corruption, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda] ...
Friday, 25 September 2009
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