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power supplies, and transportation facilities are in bad conditions in most African countries. Due to these issues, entrepreneurs are being faced with high production costs making their products less competitive. Additionally, “access to information is considered an indispensable condition for widespread socio-economic development in this age of globalization and information economy (Cogburn and Adeya, 2000). But with African economy, there is a low usage of Internet, inadequate broadcasting…

I would say it all falls and rises on the leadership of African states. There is a need to lead right. Generation after generation Africa leaders at almost all levels have succeeded in feathering their nests to the detriment of their people, which is why as blessed has Africa is, it comes last amongst the League of Nations. Democracy may not necessarily be African, however, our values are similar to its principles. Accommodating minority views, minimizing economic…

The BRICS, Civets and African Dilemma A comparative analysis by Robbie Lynn “South Africa needs to look beyond the emerging BRIC(s) and Civet(s) markets and focus on Africa.” Definition of Emerging Markets According to en.wikipedia.org the definition for an emerging market can be defined as the following: “An emerging market is a country that has some characteristics of a developed market but is not a developed market. This includes countries that may be developed markets in the future…

Processes of democratisation and decentralisation in the early 1990s in Africa have transformed the practices of power and authority on a local level. A closer look at the African political landscape reveals the existence of other forms of institutions that operate at the same level as the state and are contemporaries of its institutions, but can be “either rivals, watchdogs, parasites or servants” of state institutions (Ferguson 2014, p. 59). Lund (2006) terms these “twilight institutions”;…

that, to liberate the port city of Kismayu, the General authorized the implementation of a multifaceted joint arms operation that effectively utilized land, sea and aerospace components. The citation honored him for effortlessly incorporating the African Union Mission and Kenyan models of the operation towards achieving stability in Somalia. The General played a crucial role in changing the political affiliation of the Somalia guerrillas and strengthening respect for the Somali people by…

innately spiritual. It is most evident in the susceptibility of Tanganyika and the South African coast to the two-pronged acculturation of missionary medicine. I believe the readings make an argument that directly moves the discussion of medicine from the physical realm to the metaphysical realm while leaving the complex implications of these relations to our own judgments. This unique relationship found in many African cultures is what Europeans exploited entering South Africa and Tanganyika…

Through our international business studies thus far, we’ve learned when a company does business or expands their business into another country, it’s crucial to do as much homework as possible to discover any and all information about that new country. Among the important information to take into consideration are things like culture, history, politics and geography of that new country. In our past assignments, we specifically explored the potential of a U.S. company going into business in…

The year was 2008 when my four brothers, and I packed up for Minnesota. Our parent and three other siblings were waiting for our arrival. I was born and raised in the Southern part of Ethiopia in a remote village. I came from a community of undereducated farmers where there was no opportunity for education. At the age of three, my parents with my three siblings immigrated to the United States. I was left behind with my grandmother in a small village in Ethiopia. My parents abandoned me in…

African men and women within the realm of the African diaspora have historically decorated their heads in inventive and unique ways. Its central transcending position makes the head an ideal site for the aesthetic and symbolic elaboration of the body. In many African languages, as in English, the word "head" is used metaphorically. Some common meanings of kun, the word for head in the Bamana lan- guage spoken in Mali, include leader, main, premier, highest, superior, chief, and source. Among the…

When she first got to Africa, the African women treated her badly. They thought that she was young, naïve and did not know what she was doing. The African women who worked with Novogratz brought up the problem that she could not speak French. They intentionally misplaced the important documents that Novogratz planned to use in the meeting. Jacqueline noticed the document were misplaced and went to write the documents again. She had courage even though the African women tried to block her goals.…