Month: May 2012
- Commentary
Making sense of the coup in Mali
The perilous political playground in Mali is complicated; but it’s explicable Harvey Glickman The recent coup in Mali not only revealed the fragility of African electoral democracies—something of a trend in recent years after decades of instability and military rule—but it also exposed a kind of domino effect of the North African “Arab spring” in the countries of “the Sahel,”…
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The long (and exhausting) road to peace in Africa
Amidst recent security setbacks in the continent of Africa, one forum attempts to find homemade solutions Selahadin Eshetu In connection with the celebration of the first anniversary of the building of the Grand Millennium Dam over the Blue Nile, Ethiopians were given a rare opportunity to phone in and ask questions of their likings to their Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi.…
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World Economic Forum comes to the World’s third fastest economy’
Can the host sustain it’s rank? With a population estimated at 85 million Ethiopia is the second most populous in the continent next to Nigeria, and a recent forecast by the Economist Intelligence Unit declared its economy is the third fastest growing next only to that of India and China. Ethiopia’s controversial annual GDP growth stands anywhere between 7% –…
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Russian foreign policy in Putin’s third term
Despite the sweeping changes taking place across the Middle East and Asia, Putin is unlikely to change Russia’s foreign policy. Mark N. Katz What will Russian foreign policy be like now that Vladimir Putin has resumed the Russian presidency? There are two general observations that can be made about this question. First, Putin’s return to the presidency is unlikely to…
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WEF on accelerating infrastructure investment
The ongoing World Economic Forum today debated on how best to maximize social and economic returns, increasing private sector investment and reaping benefits from leapfrogging within the continent. According to WEF in the past years transportation, energy and communication investments contributed substantially more to per capita growth in Africa than structural policies. Panelists including Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Gordon Brown,…
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Africa in the world economy – from Tigers to Lions? Not without quality education
The first plenary session of World Economic Forum on Africa, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the 9th – 11, 2012, has held a discussion on issues related to fostering political stability, strengthening business environments and advancing regional integration. But talking high about the prospects of accelerating economic growth comes to a futile end without ensuring quality education throughout…
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World Economic Forum
Putting issues that matter most under the radar Once again, World Economic Forum will discuss on agendas larger than the continent Africa is now Hone Mandefro After successfully hosting the 16th edition of ICASA, Addis Ababa will be hosting the World Economic Forum for Africa from May 9 – 11, 2012. The forum is scheduled to convene on a…
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Darfur – healing at last, hopefully
In the wake of a complex civil war like the one that ravaged Darfur, it is easy to lose hope of a return to normalcy. But the odds of claiming a peaceful Darfur never looked promising, says our managing editor Tsedale Lemma Ed’s note: This story was first published in March 2012 edition of Addis Standard magazine If the UN…
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Access Real Estate & Soliton Holding – A partnership worth two billion birr or maybe more
A promising joint venture between two real estate companies may see thousands of metropolitans in Addis Ababa get houses of their dreams Access Real Estate S.C (ARE) claims the private sector in Ethiopia was “able to construct no more than 12,000 units for the last 40 years.” That is a bad prospect for a country of 80 million-odd, of whom…
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