Making Africans benefit from the resource boom through Sovereign Wealth Funds

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When will Sub-Saharan Africa think like Rwanda?

By Patrick Mayoh And I mean all of Sub-Saharan Africa including South Africa (Take a look at this article). A week ago the World Bank released its most awaited “doing business 2013” entitled “smarter regulations for small and medium-sized enterprises”.  The “doing business” report is the equivalent of a class report at the end of a school year outlining the best students and those who need to make substantial improvements in their courses. So...

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New Product Development for Africa

By Patrick Mayoh A recent report by Mc Kinsey indicates that emerging markets will be worth $30 trillion by 2025 –the biggest growth opportunity in the history of capitalism they suggest--they are worth about $12 trillion nowadays. The report equally suggests that growth will come from second-tier cities people don’t hear much about nowadays like Ahmedabad, Huambo, medan or Douala. Interestingly leading companies of the world get about just...

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Business Leaders making Africa Proud

 By Patrick Mayoh Hi One of my readers this week was appalled at the fact that I said there were virtually no inspiring leaders in Africa at the moment. I believe she was right. Although what I did mean was that we needed more Africans who achieve top education abroad to come and live in Africa to inspire the young people around them. However I have decided to share this good article from Mfonobong Nsehe of Forbes Magazine talking about...

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Africa needs its brains

 Patrick Mayoh Dr James Mayinka is from Zimbabwe. After achieving a First Class in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe, he moved to Oxford University in the UK to pursue a Dphil, an Msc and an MA in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. Today, in addition to working as a Director in the states for the Mc Kinsey Global Research Instute--probably one of if not the best business research institute...

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Kumbaya

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