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SA: Statement by Jimmy Manyi, government spokesperson, on the Cabinet meeting on August 10th (11/08/2011)

Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Pretoria on 10 August 2011.
1.Current Affairs
1.1 Cabinet noted the president’s key engagement with media owners on the theme of...

DA: Statement by Tim Harris, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of trade and industry, on the FDI slump (27/07/2011)

Statements

South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) slump is a sign that the ANC government’s unenthusiastic response to foreign investment is beginning to affect market perceptions.  It is no...

South Korea in Africa: Understanding South Korea’s interest in Africa (Part II)

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This CAI paper follows up on a previous CAI paper which was entitled Korea-Africa aid and investment: Fostering an agricultural revolution.(2) As stated in that piece, the emphasis of both articles...

Advocating for and with smallholder farmers (July 2011)

FARMING

This conference report from the Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project of Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme identifies advocacy tools and communication techniques in advocacy.

Fertile poverty: Northern Ghana’s high birth rate

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In 1994, the Government of Ghana decided to reduce the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from the then 5.5 children per woman to 3.0 in 2020 (2) as part of an overall plan to reduce poverty and create...

Africa’s burgeoning middle class: The rise of the plebeians

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa is often painted as a continent of misery, despair, and hopelessness. On a daily basis, news and pictures are presented by the media which perpetuate this image. Although media like...

Creating space for entrepreneurs a key African success theme – World Bank

AFRICAN SUCCESS STOREIS

A new World Bank report narrating 26 so-called African success stories highlights the catalytic role that some governments have played in stimulating these achievements by intervening in a manner...

Conflicts, youth unemployment exact toll on Africa’s otherwise solid growth outlook

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

African countries have materially divergent economic outlooks for 2011, despite an overall lower gross domestic product (GDP) growth expectation for the continent of 3.7%, mainly as a result of...

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