Category: Opinion

In Zimbabwe, does the king benefit from the kingmaker's death?

In Zimbabwe, does the king benefit from the kingmaker’s death? – Inside Story.

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Nigeria taking lead in African local debt

By Tosin Sulaiman JOHANNESBURG, Aug 18 – Nigeria looks set to overtake South Africa as the continent’s biggest issuer of local government debt with a planned $650 million auction by one of its states in October, but sub-national bonds remain far off for much of Africa.

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Libya Latest News…Saturday

midnight 19-08-11 – Libya All cities in government control from Morris Herman (Misrata, Zlitan, Zawia).

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The end of capitalism: interesting video opinion

I stumble upon this video about the end of capitalism (at least as it was in the last 20 years). I think it’s an interesting point of view and so here I share it.

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The unsung Ghanaian Author in Italy

Samuel Kennedy Agyei Takyi, a native of Wenchi in Ghana living in Italy, has defied what many immigrants in Italy will describe as impediments and acts of rascism and become an Author with 6 books currently under his name and now working to publish more than 30.

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American Economic Nightmare, AfriSynergy solution

This also includes parts from CNN’s Piers Morgan’s interview of Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz about why we must withhold monies from the campaigns of politicians this time.

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Nigerian economic reform heavyweights set for tussle

By Joe Brock ABUJA, Aug 11 – Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi and former World Bank chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will spearhead the immediate future of Africa’s third-largest economy, but how they deal with tensions between them will determine their success.

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The Nigerian elites and the Niger delta

THE NIGERIAN RULING ELITES AND THE MUTILATION OF THE NIGER DELTA “UNEP believes that oil contamination in Ogoniland has created an environmental crisis of unprecedented proportions,” Joseph Alcamo the chief scientist of UN Environment Programme, told journalists in London at the weekend.

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Nigeria's dull cabinet reflects compromise culture

ABUJA, July 20 – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s largely uninspiring cabinet reflects a political compromise that will make the job of transforming Africa’s most populous nation much tougher for the core of reformers he has chosen.

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Africa optimism rising

When some of the most influential figures in emerging markets finance spoke to a group of Reuters editors, they were asked about top picks for growth beyond the so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

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