Here’s your Daily Brief for December 8th through December 9th: Conspicuous Correlation: Coltan and Crisis Reports (via Appfrica) – One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes against humanity is that ruling regimes have established business relations with foreign companies, earning them an political ally and a source of revenue to fuel local [...]

Just a few months ago, Starbucks announced a $20 million Small Farmer Sustainability Initiative (SFSI) to grow the amount of “Fair Trade Certified” coffee that they purchase and invest more in the social and economic development of small-scale coffee farmers. The press release announcing the program reads: The SFSI will allow Starbucks and the Fairtrade [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for September 9th: African Entrepreneurs – (via Freakonomics Blog / NYT) – A cool write-up featuring Appfrica’s John Gosier and Magatte Wade of “Adina for Life” beverage company (which is AWESOME!). This blog post profiles three innovators in Africa introducing new solutions to their countries’ and continent’s unique challenges. They all [...]

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 20th: AGOA Nations Frustrated By Administration’s Adherence To Status Quo (via The Whitaker Group) – I wrote a post a few weeks ago about the African Growth and Opportunity Act that was being promoted at the AGOA Forum by several high ranking US officials including Secretary Clinton. This excellent [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 7th: An article in todays Business Daily newspaper caught my eye and has inspired me to begin my discussion on the role of China in Africa. This is a wildly important discussion and I promise there is more to come on this topic. Anyways, this article suggests that the [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 6th: There has been a lot of buzz surrounding AGOA for the last week or so, and I’ve included a few articles in my daily briefs the last couple of days. I figured today I would dedicate the entire DB to AGOA and flush out some of the concerns [...]