David Philips blogs at Development Without Aid, in response to Gates Foundation’s annual letter: But there is no evidence that this was to do with development aid and plenty that it was to do with Global economic…
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Africa’s richest man at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the freedom of movement on the continent: Dangote said his vision is for the free movement of goods, services and people across the continent. “I…
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The Africa that could have been and the Africa that can be
January 19, 2014 International DevelopmentThis map has been running around Twitter this week. I finally got a minute to look behind the scenes of how it came about. I thought it was worth sharing some interesting information and links to…
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Presidential cognitive dissonance in two paragraphs: Museveni continued: “You cannot call an abnormality an alternative orientation. It could be that the Western societies, on account of random breeding, have generated many abnormal people,” he said, adding…
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Vera at Africa on the Blog: If each one of us can take it upon themselves to try and offer long-term solutions to the problems we are presented with then I believe we will be well…
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Project UMPG: Creating sustainable jobs at the local level
January 9, 2014 Diaspora at work International Development ProjectsIt’s been a while since I updated everyone on how UMPG is doing. If you are new to this blog, see this post on what UMPG is. Basically, it’s my attempt to connect local farmers with…
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Anti-Homosexuality bill: Travel Advisory For Uganda’s Members of Parliament
January 9, 2014 International DevelopmentDaniel Kawuma on ‘Africa on the blog‘ issuing travel advisory for Uganda’s homophobic Members of Parliament: The following guidelines should help minimize encounters with gay people and women around the world engaging in erotic behavior that…
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Sachs-Easterly cease fire broken, aid war of words breaks out on Twitter | Humanosphere
January 9, 2014 International DevelopmentApparently the Sachs-Easterly war over aid mechanisms isn’t over. Tom Murphy does (probably his best post ever) a brilliant recount of the Twitter spat that happened earlier this week. Aid Snark at its finest. Known for…
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Thoughts on locally-driven development in Africa
January 5, 2014 Agriculture Economy International Development VideoI’ve long shared the perspective that aid for Africa should be on its way out. Andrew Rugasira, founder of Uganda’s Good African Coffee, does a great job of laying the case why trade should be the…
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Loved this piece by Nanjala Nyabola for Al Jazeera. So when a foreign journalist enters a space in which he speaks the formal but only understands the informal, a great deal will necessarily be lost in…
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