Here’s your Daily Brief for August 27th: Growing middle class and Africa’s demographic opportunity (via Annansi Chronicles) – This article piggy-backs well off my previous post on “How Not to Write About Africa” and the branding/marketing problems involved. This is a good look at Africa’s growing middle class. There are also three awesome videos which [...]

“How Not to Write About Africa” is a piece written by Binyavanga Wainaina, who I had the pleasure of meeting while I was in Nairobi. Nathaniel posted this video on today’s “Daily Entrepreneur” and I felt I should repost it for my readers. I’ve written before of my disappointment in the US News Media for [...]

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 17th: Does Drinking FIJI Water Prop Up a Dictatorship? (via Triple Pundit) – This piece illustrates the importance of “social integrity” in cause and cause-related marketing and branding. Can international oil companies tackle energy poverty in Nigeria? (via Business Fights Poverty) – Emma Wilson, a senior researcher at the [...]

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 [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for August 4th: Investment Into Rwanda to Rise 10% in 2009 (via Reuters) – Hat tip to @whitakergroup for this gem: A more positive outlook than the NYT piece; This Reuters article reports a 10% increase in investment to Rwanda. The growth is attributed to an honest and disciplined government, though [...]

I’d like to ask you, my readers, a question. What can we do to keep investment flowing to Africa (and other developing regions of the world) during the current global financial crisis?

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