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Promoting Local IT Sector Development through Public Procurement (April 2013)

Local purchases of goods and services in the information technology sector by government offices has untapped potential for stimulating domestic economic progress, particularly in developing...

IMF report forecasts slower SA growth, three-speed global recovery

ECONOMY

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report forecasts a growth rate of 2.8%for South Africa during 2013, rising slightly to only 3.3% in 2014, owing to...

The right to vote: Where do citizens in the diaspora stand? - Part 2

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Part 1 of this article established that citizens in the diaspora still reserve the right to the franchise of voting. This paper follows on as a political survey, discussing the challenges that...

The right to vote: Where do citizens in the diaspora stand? - Part 1

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The term 'diaspora' refers to a community formed as a result of the dispersion of a people from their homeland. Such people would have been induced or forced to leave their country, a process that...

France’s intervention in Mali: A decision that couldn’t be avoided

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

This paper discusses France’s military intervention in Mali and the factors that led to France taking the lead of the first phase of the intervention. The security situation in Mali deteriorated...

Unpacking South Africa’s BRICS in Africa equation

South African Institute of International Affairs

In a move that has generated much excitement, South Africa has invited representatives from various African continental institutions, including regional economic blocs to the forthcoming Brazil,...

Daily podcast – March 26, 2013.

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A panel discussion hosted by Standard Bank at its Durban head office on Monday reached the consensus that stakeholders, participants and observers at the fifth Brics summit, which is currently...

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, launches Open Data Platforms for twenty African countries (14/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Morocco,...

Arms for Alms: Africa and its story of illicit trade in small arms

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Illicit trade of any form whatsoever affects both developing and developed nations alike. To add to it, if small arms are traded, the gravity of the situation tends to burgeon exponentially. Over...

Economics before politics: Is China’s policy of political non-interference the key to Africa’s economic development?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

China’s rapidly increasing investments in Africa over the past two decades have focused renewed attention on the development path of African countries. While economic growth seems to be an...

Wade’s Senegal and its Relations with Guinea-Bissau: Brother, Patron or Regional Hegemon? (February 2013)

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Against the background of the low-intensity conflict that affects its Casamance region, Senegal should pay particular attention to its relations with its southern neighbour, Guinea-Bissau. Since...

Private funding required for Africa’s $47bn pipeline of priority power projects

ELECTRICITY

The funding gaps associated with the energy components of the African Union’s $360-billion Programme for Infrastructure Development for Africa (Pida) remain material and will not be closed in the...

NEPAD: Statement by the New Partnership for Africa's Development, planning and coordinating technical body of the African Union, experts to discuss integration of nutrition in Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans (19/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) through its flagship programme the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), in collaboration with the Tanzanian...

Daily podcast – February 18, 2013.

PODCAST

A statement from the mayors' office says Johannesburg member of the mayoral committee Rehana Moosajee has resigned. Moosajee was transport MMC in the City of Johannesburg.

AfDB: Statement by the African Development Bank, regional multilateral development bank, the African Water Facility to support access of urban poor to sanitation in Uganda (05/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP). The...

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