How To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 1): The Background
On June 14, President Barak Obama unveiled a 4-pillar development strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. They are: 1. Strengthen Democratic Institutions 2. Spur Economic Growth, Trade, and Investment 3....
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 2): The International Efforts
First, the international efforts. Africa’s plight seems to follow a ten-year attention deficit cycle. Every decade or so, mega-plans are drawn up and rock concerts held to whip up international rescue...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 3): Live Aid, G-8 and more…
Rock and movie stars also hopped onto the aid bandwagon. Back in 1985, there was “Live Aid” intended to save the famine victims in Ethiopia and a “Special Session on Africa” held by the United Nations...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 4): China’s 5-Point Agenda
Sensing an opportunity with the G-8 in disarray, China declared 2006 as the “Year for Africa” and convened an Africa Conference in Beijing in October. To feed the voracious appetite of its economic...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 5): Africa’s Own Initiatives — NEPAD
Africa’s Own Mega-Plans. Since independence, African leaders have announced all sorts of grandiose initiatives and mega-plans at various summits. Nothing subsequently was heard of them after the...
View ArticleHow To Help, Save or Develop Africa (Part 6): US-Africa Aid Programs
The U.S., for its part, has also crafted three special initiatives to help Africa since the 1990s. The basic reason why many well-intentioned aid programs came to grief was that the commitment on the...
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