June 26, 2019
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Opinion
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June 20, 2019
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AL Writing Fellows
AL Writing Fellows
AL Writing Fellows
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
AL Writing Fellows
AL Writing Fellows
AL Writing Fellows
The news from the Central African Republic (CAR) is rarely good. The country has been involved in an on-and-off war for at least 20 years. It has been rated as having the lowest human development in the world. It is …
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Economist Thomas Sowell said: “It is not what education teaches us directly, but how well it prepares us to learn ourselves that is the ultimate measure of its value.”
A change in policy that establishes an educational training-for-life environment attractive …
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Each year, violent communal conflict between groups is witnessed in a number of African countries. It is often organized along identity lines. The fights are typically over local territory, natural resources or political power. Although they usually remain localized and …
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Behind every successful entrepreneur is a cause or passion that pushes them to persevere even though the toughest situations. For Richard Branson, his desire to create a more reliable and affordable air travel experience for consumers helped him navigate the …
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Over at least the last decade, one of Ghana’s most vital breadbaskets has been converted into cashew nut production to feed export markets. Bono East, Bono and the Ahafo regions – previously known as the Brong Ahafo region – …
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When seeking care from a hospital or doctor, patients will now be required to present their proof of registration with the National Health Insurance (NHI) Fund to access healthcare services. Registration can be refused. Never before have South Africans’ constitutional …
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The 2014 Rule of Law Index report has this to say about the importance of the rule of law to a country’s business environment:
… Continue readingImagine an investor seeking to commit resources abroad. She would probably think twice before investing in
Sexual and gender-based violence is an enormous problem in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The international focus has been on rape by armed actors, rather than on sexual and gender-based violence more broadly.
As result initiatives have …
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Britain’s vote to ditch the European Union offers the chance of a new beginning—not just for the EU, and the U.K., but for Africa. Since most countries on the continent gained independence in the 1960s and 1970s, they have mindlessly …
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You cannot legislate people out of poverty. You cannot regulate jobs into existence. Jobs need to be created, and at the moment, the South African government is slowly but surely suffocating businesses’ ability to create jobs by continuously adding more …
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