Kenya Business Scene 2010 (KBS 2010)

Kenya’s  economy in the past decade has made great strides despite numerous challenges  most notably the 2007-2008 Post Election Violence as well as endemic  corruption, cronyism,  and elitism that make up some of the systemic challanges and failures of Kenya’s political and social setup.
Kenya Business 2009 Round Up
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TED Alex Tabarrok: How ideas trump economic crises

Have you ever wondered how we can find opportunities during the recession. Economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-divided world into a community of idea-sharing more healthy, happy and prosperous than anyone’s predictions
This is a refreshing talk  by Alex Tabarrok on how we can all use our own ideas to [...]

Dambisa Moyo at Oxford Seminar

Dambisa Moyo gave a talk about Exit Strategies for Aid for Africa at the Africa Business Network where she urged governments to pursue development. Aid according to her is an inhibitor because it creates DYSFUNCTIONAL governments and creates STIGMA amongst the African people. i.e. People will always ask for relief from donors and will not [...]

Investing in Africa Euvin Naidoo & Raila Odinga.

Dear friends this week i continue with my posts on African development with some ideas from Euvin Naidoo a Harvard Graduate who has worked with McKenzie consultanty agency as well as various development and investment agencies.
Watch the video below and share some of his insights into development in Africa.
Euvin Naidoo: Africa as an invesment

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African Internet and Mobile Growth

Watch Mark Shuttleworth, President of the Ubuntu Foundation,and June Arunga, Open Quest Media, speak about opportunities and challenges business and individuals face in developing parts of the world.This a lovely talk of African Prospects with historical occurences being put into context. June Arunga has travelled Africa from Cairo to Capetown and is an expert in the Mobile [...]

Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid :: The true story of economic aid to Africa.

I disagree heartily with the notion that Africa needs more economic AID to help spur its own economic growth. Indeed as evidence has clearly shown the last 50 years of economic AID have hardly helped any single country in Africa reach even middle income status. Furthermore the countries which have ignored economic AID like Malaysia [...]