Here’s your Daily Brief for November 4th: Uganda to woo China money for energy, infrastructure (via Reuters) - According to this Reuters article, Uganda is “wooing” China for energy and infrastructure investment. “Our prime economic interest in China is if they can invest in our processing industry, infrastructure and energy, including nuclear energy, as the president [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for October 28th through November 2nd: Africa heading for 2009 growth due to China – Can China single-handedly lift Africa above the pressures being imposed by the global economic climate? This Reuters article headlines: All African economies bar South Africa will grow this year because of China’s demand for their raw [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for October 26th: M-commerce and its Impact on Africa (via Africa Business Source) – Mobile banking is one of the fastest growing industries right now, catching the attention of many — with multiple firms vying to be the industry leader. This article by Alex Twinomugisha is one of the best intros [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for October 15th: A New Look At African Competitiveness (via Brainstorm Magazine) – Dr. Malik Fal of Endeavor South Africa proposes that Africa’s infrastructure, health, and education challenges are not the real issues behind Africa’s economic development. He argues that “competitiveness is more about creating ‘unique’ value that productivity.” Says Fal: [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for September 14th: Is Social Enterprise Over-Hyped? (via SocialEarth) – Mike poses an interesting question regarding the hype that surrounds the social enterprise space, and asks where we really are in terms of sector development. He correlates the hype that surrounded the IT movement to that which currently surrounds the social [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for September 10th: Africa attracts $1 billion in fund flows this year (via Reuters) – An interesting read, especially after the concern we had when this economic downturn began that investment in Africa would be the first to go. “Despite the impact of the global crisis and periodic bouts of political [...]

I came across this video on Hulu in a series called Vanguard, and thought it worth sharing. About a month ago I dedicated a post to the Role of China in Africa, which I highly suggest you check out! I wrote about many of the issues and concerns raised here, but the video delivers some great [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 28th: Nigeria’s Own Banking Crisis – Unrelated to the global financial “meltdown”, Nigeria is facing a similar crisis within its financial and banking infrastructure as a consequence of alleged corruption. After having to bailout several banks, Nigeria’s Central Bank has teamed up with fraud police in an effort to [...]