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Month: November 2013

All is not well in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

The axial principle of that world is a dismal science called economics which requires that yodelling politicians of yesterday provide answers to society’s key question of limited means against unlimited need If newspaper reports...

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Helping us helps them

A Eurobarometer survey published this week at the European Development Days on global cooperation and development, shows that 66% of European Union (EU) citizens believe tackling poverty in developing countries should be one of...

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From Hake to fresh water fisheries

Last week the Ambassador of Spain, Her Excellency Mrs. Carmen Díez, visited the Kamutchonga Inland Fisheries Institute on the northern border of the Mahango enclave which forms part of the Bwabatwa National Park in the eastern...

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Open Innovation – Part 2

Background I am discussing the concept of open innovation (OI), the form of innovation where organisations make use of sources outside of the organisation to innovate.  OI has developed from a buzzword into an established...

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Progress Panel meets in Genf

GENEVA, 26 November – Investment, tax, remittances, and aid will all be on the agenda when African thought leaders meet in Geneva to discuss how Africa can raise more and cheaper finance for inclusive and sustainable growth, the...

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First NCA beef to Zim

The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Hon. John Mutorwa, visited the Oshakati Abattoir this, to inspect the first 40 tons of bone-in beef to be exported from the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) to Zimbabwe on Friday 29...

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