Based on the observation of hundreds of SME cases, a number of characteristics were found that make smaller companies particularly strong and resilient. These lines of action (ten in all) are recurrently found in companies that are able to overcome market difficulties well.
Greenfield: The Advantages - Investing in Africa
But what are the advantages of a Greenfield investment?
Certainly among the advantages of greenfield investments we can safely say that they give investors more control than investing in an existing local business, as well as the opportunity to form marketing partnerships and avoid intermediation costs.
Business in Africa - What is a joint venture (JV)?
A joint venture (JV) is a commercial agreement in which two or more parties agree to pool their resources in order to perform a specific task. This activity may be a new project or any other business activity.
In a joint venture (JV), each of the participants is responsible for the profits, losses and costs associated with it. However, the enterprise is an entity in its own right, separate from the other business interests of the participants.
Lombardy Region councillor Gianmarco Senna on economic development visit to Africa
Lombardy Region councillor Gianmarco Senna visiting Senegal. In the video, the councillor is interviewed while at the airport in Senegal, stressing the very important fact that very good young people go abroad and emigrate, leaving their country and impoverishing it. It is therefore important to get involved and cooperate ...
INVESTING IN AFRICA: We wish Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte well in his work for the development of Africa
CONTE GOVERNMENT: INVESTING IN AFRICA SOLVING MIGRATIONS Aedic is in full agreement with the thinking of Italian Prime Minister Dr. Giuseppe Conte, on the operations to be carried out to eliminate the causes of migration and bring the phenomenon of migration back to normal and create the conditions for socio-economic wellbeing in ...
Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7): Japan, South Africa and African Development Bank unveil priorities to accelerate technology transformation journey in Africa
Science, technology and innovation, as well as human resource development are crucial in Africa, a continent, who has the greatest potential on earth, said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Science and Technology in Society forum ( STS ) held in Yokohama on Wednesday as part of the TICAD 7.
The Science and Technology in Society forum STS ) is one of the largest and most influential non-profit organisations established in 2004 by Koji Omi, former Japanese Minister of Finance. The forum aims to strengthen cooperation between Japan and Africa in science, technology and innovation.
In his speech, the Prime Minister Abe also emphasised the important role that science and technology have played in the history of Japan's modernisation.
Present were the Mr Yasutoshi Nishimura, Deputy Assistant Cabinet Secretary, President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (http://AfDB.org), Koji Omi, founder and president of the forum STS and Asako Omi, member of the Japanese House of Representatives.
Popes in Africa: Benedict XVI in Cameroon, Angola and Benin
Two of the twenty-four international apostolic journeys were to Africa
During the almost eight years of his pontificate, Benedict XVI made 24 international apostolic journeys, two of them to Africa.
The first time the successor of John Paul II visited the African continent was in 2009From 17 to 23 March, Benedict XVI travelled to Cameroon and Angola. On that occasion, the Pope wanted to link the trip to the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which would be celebrated the following October in the Vatican.
DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: Over twenty African presidents in Japan at the opening of the 7th TICAD
INVESTING IN AFRICA: Over twenty African leaders are participating in the 7th Summit of the International Conference for African Development ( TICAD ) in Tokyo, which kicked off today (28 August) in Japan.
TICAD yes is held in Japan with the exception of TICADVI held in Africa. TICAD7 takes place in Yokohama, Japan.The event ended on Friday 30 August 2019.
African leaders in Japan include:
- Faustin Archange Touadera, Central African Republic
- Azali Assoumani, Comoros
- Danny Faure, Seychelles
- Alpha Conde, Guinea
- Patrice Talon, Benin
- Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone
- Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar
- Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti
- Joao Lourenco, Angola
- Hage Geingob, Namibia
- George Weah, Liberia
- Felix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
- Yoweri Museveni, Uganda
- Abdul Fatten Al-Sisi, Egypt and current chairman of the African Union
- Paul Kagame, Rwanda
- Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somalia
- Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe
- Faure Gnassingbe, Togo
- Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger
- Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana
- Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
- Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa
- Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, Mali
- Edgar Lungu, Zambia
- Macky Sall, Senegal
Delegation leaders who are not presidents include:
- Thomas Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho
- Everton Herbert Chimulirenji, Vice-President of Malawi
- Isatou Touray, Vice-President of The Gambia
- Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
- Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister if Eritrea
- Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
On Tuesday 27 August, the ICTAD7 ministerial preparatory meeting was held in Yokohama, and Mr Taro Kono, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, attended the meeting as co-chair and rallied support for a successful summit.
CAMEROON - Jesuit Fathers develop training projects
Douala - The Jesuit Fathers promote both micro-entrepreneurship projects and also save banana trees from extinction. This is the project launched in Douala capital 
economic by the Cameroon Jesuits. An initiative that has a double value, educational and naturalistic, in a context not as simple as that of the African country.
Fides Agency is carrying out these interesting projects in Cameroon where more than three million boys and girls have not reached the minimum level of schooling. 70% of girls are illiterate.
This phenomenon is particularly visible in the northern regions, where more than one million girls between the ages of 10 and 19 cannot read or write (31.9% of girls in the region).
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