“Welcome to Rwanda!”
Edward Rees discovers that Rwanda's rhetoric about being open for business is not just rhetoric.
View ArticleThe Scramble for South Sudan.
In every challenge there is opportunity. In South Sudan, it will take decades to realize, but the promise there is clear as a bell. In the meantime, let's think of ways that the "Scramble for South...
View Article“Fast Running” Entrepreneurs: Bpeace CEO Toni Maloney on the Link Between Job...
In the spirit of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we interview the CEO of Business Council for Peace Toni Maloney. She tells us why entrepreneurs are critical to restoring peace in conflict-affected...
View ArticleAfghanistan: The Land of Dreams and Industry
With the draw down of troops and global reductions in foreign aid, Afghanistan faces challenging years ahead. But you've heard that refrain before. For GEW, we're looking at some of the country's most...
View ArticleI do not do this often. “Dear UN: Much Belated Kudos!”
This doesn't happen often: Edward Rees offers kudos to the UN Mission in South Sudan.
View ArticleCalifornia to Juba. The Internet – its Powerful.
One 14 November 2011 I was in a hotel bar in Juba, South Sudan. Its a new country you know? With a new flag.
View ArticleIn beer there is freedom.
Apparently, Benjamin Franklin once said, "...beer there is freedom..." On a recent trip to South Sudan I was reading an article in a local newspaper and it made me think of Ben's thinking on beer....
View ArticleSo what on earth is an INDABA?
Well a few months ago someone said to me are you going to the Indaba in Capetown in February? I raised and eyebrow and thought to my myself, should I ask the obvious question? At the risk of sounding...
View ArticleFree markets and labour and us.
A new post went up this morning from a guest blogger, Anthony DeMattee on wage levels among NGOs and other local employers. Less than a minute later, I got an email calling it "bullshit":
View ArticleHow engineers can support “local content” to help mining companies manage risk
Monica Ospina is Founder and Director of the social economic development firm OTrade. The World Bank has recognized OTrade’s proprietary Local Community Procurement Programme (LCPP) as one of the Top...
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