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D-Lib
February 2006
Titia van der Werf-Davelaar |
Facilitating Scholarly Communication in African Studies A look at the aspects of the transformation in academic publishing, looking at it from the perspective of the Africanist community in the Netherlands.   |
Information Today
September 2003 |
NewsBytes Nstein Announces Partnerships... Snapshots' Athens Authentication Goes Live... CSA, BioOne Announce New Affiliation... etc. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Global Investment Comes Slowly to Africa shortest books" that people make jokes about. But Africa's economic story is beginning to develop new chapters, according to speakers at the recent Africa Business Forum organized by the Wharton African Students Association. The forum's theme was "Africa's Growth Engines." |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009
van Deventer & Pienaar |
Report on the 2nd African Digital Scholarship and Curation Conference This conference sought to identify opportunities, strategies and examples for new forms of research and scholarship, and ideas for management of digital content by academics, researchers, scientists, and information professionals. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 6, 2006
Martha Lagace |
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI After the fall of apartheid, South Africa accepted the standard prescription for countries to receive more foreign direct investment. Yet FDI has been a mere trickle. Why? The answer may reside in the country's strong corporate environment. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
The Final Investment Frontier Does Africa belong in your portfolio? |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Renee Bonorchis |
Africa Is Looking Like a Dealmaker's Paradise In the wake of $15 billion in African takeover deals since summer, more global companies are expected to buy into the continent. |
D-Lib
November 2001
Dale Peters |
DISA: Insights of an African Model for Digital Library Development The DISA Project has aimed to investigate and implement digital technologies to enable scholars and researchers from around the world to access South African material of high socio-political interest that would otherwise be difficult to locate and use... |
Finance & Development
December 2006 |
Letters to the Editor Corruption Taking Its Toll on Growth... A Missed Opportunity... Financial Sector is Key to Africa's Growth... |
Information Today
March 31, 2015 |
Digitalback Books Promotes African Literature Digitalback Books, a new ebook subscription platform for African literature, rolled out a mobile app for iOS and Android devices. |
Chemistry World
November 21, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
African Chemistry Network Launches The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has launched the Pan African Chemistry Network (PACN), an initiative which it hopes will promote scientific development and education across Africa. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2013
Schopfel & Soukouya |
Providing Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Case Study from Togo The self-archiving of scientific work in an open access repository, is often considered as the choice for developing countries because of lower investment and operational costs. We will provide a review of relevant literature on the topic. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2010
Ivan Martchev |
Forgotten Gold Stocks From South Africa If you are looking to play an explosive move in gold bullion in the next five years, South African gold mining stocks appear deserving of your attention. |
Fast Company
March 2004
Charles Fishman |
"Out of the Valley of Death" Back in August 2002, Anglo American, the world's largest mining operation and the largest company in South Africa, decided to offer all of its frontline mining employees the most advanced AIDS treatment: antiretroviral therapy (ART), the so-called triple-drug cocktail that is the standard in the developed world. |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2008
Jack Ewing |
South African Companies Unlock Sub-Saharan Africa Versed in the highs and lows of emerging-market development, SABMiller, Standard Bank, and others are expanding across Africa and beyond. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Calestous Juma |
Africa's New Engine As Africa's middle class grows, policymakers should place a premium on regional economic integration and the associated investment in infrastructure, technical training, and support of entrepreneurs. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2004
Julia Hanna |
African CEOs: A View from the Top It's a market with 700 million people---but it's highly fragmented. Here is what executives in Africa have to say about business and career opportunities on the continent. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2004
Martha Lagace |
Tourism: More Than Safaris and Sunsets Pictures of Africa focus too much on exotic wildlife or terrible poverty. But there are also exciting niche markets to attract more visitors and revenue to the continent and change Africa for the better, said a group of tourism experts. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Nate Berg |
How the African Leadership Academy Is Fighting the Continent's Education Exodus A South African academy aims to teach the continent's brightest - and fight widespread brain drain. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Harry G. Broadman |
Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits |
Food Processing
October 2011 |
Africa: The World's Next Great Economic Story Coca-Cola Co.'s Alexander Cummings recently spoke to Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research and African Leadership Academy about Africa's growing economic power. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Struggle for Economic Growth in Africa In an effort to generate economic growth, African leaders are lobbying the world for investment capital, promising political and free-market reforms in return. The continent desperately needs outside capital to jump-start stagnant economies... |
InternetNews
November 2, 2005
Tim Gray |
Report: African American Online Growth Continues The African American population is now online at an all-time high of 48.7 percent, but there is still a gap to close. |
Real Travel Adventures
May 2007
Julie Thompson |
Fighting Fire with Fire in South Africa Like getting your hands dirty? Fancy feeding a giraffe, handing out meat parcels to vultures, and then heading off to put out a raging bushfire on the African plains? The Global Volunteer Network's South Africa program can make it happen. |
Global Services
June 27, 2007
Adyasha Sinha |
Offshoring to Johannesburg A reliable infrastructure and dedicated BPO support institutions ensure a sustainable industry development strategy backed by a coherent, comprehensive and complementary economic development plan for Joburg's business process outsourcing. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
G.E. Gondwe |
Making Globalization Work in Africa There is no doubt that economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa have lagged far behind those of other regions and that Africa is the region least integrated into the global economy. |
TIME Asia
January 31, 2011
Alex Perry |
Lions on the Prowl Africa's bright year was real, as are its bright prospects. The benefits of globalization will mean something -- really mean something -- when they are extended not just to Asia but to everyone. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Cynthia Churchwell |
An Entrepreneur's Journey in Africa Monique Maddy, who started and then closed a telecommunications business in Africa, has interesting insights into the challenges of entrepreneurship in developing countries in her new book, Learning to Love Africa: My Journey from Africa to Harvard Business School and Back. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Gupta & Yang |
Unblocking Trade To underpin growth, Africa needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to boosting trade. Only by adopting a holistic approach can African economies succeed. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Campbell & Smith |
Mobile Firms in Africa Get Spotty Reception Multinationals are drawn to Africa's 300 million people who lack mobile access. But poorer customers mean slower profit growth. |
Reason
October 2005
Ronald Bailey |
Data: Aiding and Indebting Despite the push to give to sub-Saharan African economies, evidence that aid boosts economic development is hard to come by. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2010
Tim Hanson |
The Way to Play Africa Africa is the continent with the most untapped potential. Will it ever be stable for U.S. investors? |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Natalie Ramirez-Djumena |
Africa: A Look into the Future OVER the past decade, Africa has been growing at an unprecedented rate, despite the successive global food and financial crises. |
Finance & Development
March 2008
Wang & Bio-Tchane |
Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically. |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
Africa: Changing the Narrative Enduring poverty and conflict are so stark in Africa that it is sometimes difficult to see what else is happening ion the economy. |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2010
MaryDee Ojala |
Past, Present, and Future of Online A fundamental shift, from forcing users to change their behavior so they conform with system requirements to information professionals adapting user behavior as the norm and altering products and services to them, is happening in the present. |
Reason
September 2004
John Blundell |
Try, Beloved Country Rumors of South Africa's decline are greatly exaggerated. With a black majority that is stunning in its patience, understanding, and willingness to find a way, South Africa will not only survive but thrive. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2004
Julia Hanna |
IT and Africa: Getting the Lay of the Land There is a cell phone boom in Africa, but the market for many other technologies is hit or miss, a panel of experts said. |
TIME Asia
July 5, 2010
Alex Perry |
China's New Continent China is not the only nation that has noticed the opportunities in Africa, but it is the one that has taken them most seriously, in ways that may change not just the region's economic landscape but its political one too. |
Fast Company
December 2000
Christine Canabou |
Africa.net Imagine a place without postal delivery, where the nearest telephone is more than 100 kilometers away. Now consider the Internet in that environment. It will fundamentally transform Africa, more so than any other place in the world... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
S. Ibi Ajayi |
What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization |
