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Spotlight: The Museum for African Art

November 18th, 2009 No comments

The Museum for African Art, located in New York, is dedicated to increasing Museum for African Artpublic understanding and appreciation of African art and culture. The Museum is recognized worldwide as a pre-eminent organizer of exhibitions and publisher of books devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary African art. Click the link below for more information.

Museum for African Art

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Spotlight: Mt. Kilimanjaro

November 18th, 2009 No comments

Mount Kilimanjaro is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania mount Kilimanjarorising 4,600 m (15,092 ft) from its base. Around 25,000 people per year attempt to summit the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. In 1889, German geographer Hans Meyer and Austrian mountain climber Ludwig Purtscheller were the first to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro. Click the links below for more information.

Wiki: Mount Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kilimanjaro Facts
Mt. Kilimanjaro Guide

Spotlight: Liquid Africa: Africa Investment Destination

September 1st, 2003 No comments

LiquidAfrica is an online resource with the mission to provide easy access to investments in Africa. Services offered by LiquidAfrica include an online business stockstrading platform and financial and economic information. At this site you will find detailed market information and industry specific resources. Updated stock market overviews are provided for Algeria. Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, Nigeria, West Africa Bourse, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. To visit LiquidAfrica, select the link below.

LiquidAfrica

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Spotlight: Business in Africa

August 1st, 2003 No comments

A growing number of resources are available online that provide details about doing business in Africa. These resources provide information including how to start a business in Africa, how to provide procurement for africa faceinternational agencies in Africa, and extensive information about individual African companies and markets. Some resources also provide guides for the prospecting entrepreneur. Please visit the links below to learn more about doing business in Africa. These links represent a sampling of what’s available.

MBendi
Africa Business Guide
Africa Business and Economy
Africa Business Direct
Opportunity Africa
International FInance Corporation
AGOA

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Spotlight: HIV/AIDS and Africa

June 1st, 2003 No comments

aidsThere’s no doubt that AIDS is a severe problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Millions of Africans have become infected. This website (AidsInAfrica.com) is a resource for information about AIDS in Africa. The site provides news, reports, and statistics on the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

Avert: AIDS & Africa
Global Issues: AIDS in Africa
Wikipedia: HIV/AIDS in Africa
AIDS and Africa

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Spotlight: African Art- africanaperture.com and africancolours.com

April 1st, 2003 No comments

african artOur spotlight now turns to Art in Africa. The two sites featured in this spotlight (africanaperture.com) and (africancolours.com) are two of the premier African Arts web sites. The web sites provide an excellent immersion into the world of Africa and helps draw us away from the issues that seem to almost always overwhelm our thought of Africa … even if only for a while. Prepare for stunning imagery and style…

Site links:
www.africanaperture.com (photography)
www.africancolours.com (visual artists & contemporary art)

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Spotlight: Jobs in Africa- Get the one that is right for you

February 1st, 2003 No comments

employmentThere are a growing number of online sites catering to individuals seeking jobs in Africa. Below we provide a sampling of sites available on the Internet. This list is by no means exhaustive. However, it can serve as an excellent start.

Site links:
GJA Jobs Network
FindAJobInAfrica.com
AfricaOnline.com – Africa Jobs
JobLinkInternational.com
AMSCO Executive Recruitment Services

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Spotlight: African National Congress (ANC)

January 1st, 2003 No comments

The ANC is a national liberation movement formed on January 8, 1912 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Its goals include the unification of the African anc logopeople and spearheading the struggle for fundamental political, social and economic change in Africa. For nine decades the ANC led the struggle against racism and oppression, organising mass resistance, mobilising the international community and taking up the armed struggle against apartheid in South Africa.

ANC related Web Sites
Official ANC Web Site
ANC info at Africana.com
ANC entry in Wikipedia, the free online Encyclopedia

Spotlight: West Africa Rice Development Association

December 1st, 2002 No comments

The West Africa Rice Development Association is an autonomous intergovernmental research association with a mission to strengthen Sub-Saharan Africa’s capability for technology generation, technology transfer and policy formulation. The 17 countries that comprise WARDA wardainclude Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. A primary goal of WARDA is to increase the sustainable productivity of rice-based cropping systems while conserving the natural resource base and contributing to the food security of poor rural and urban households. WARDA was established in 1970 and became a full-fledged member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in 1986.

WARDA Related Web Site
Official WARDA Web Site
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Web Site

Spotlight: Africa’s Regional Unions

November 1st, 2002 No comments

Africa’s regional unions stand to play a key part in Africa’s development. Some regional unions such as the Economic Community of West Aftricn States (ECOWAS) have spent years building institutions that will play an integral part in the African Union and/or NEPAD initiative. This spotlight presents information directly from the regional unions. The website of these unions provide information on their various initiatives, current implementations, and more.

Regional Union Websites
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Arab Maghreb Union Arab Maghreb Union logo

comeas comesa logo

eccaseccas logo

ecowas ecowas logo

igad igad logo

sadc sadc logo

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