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For Africa, the role of International business, government and organizations has been of vital interest, unfortunatly much to Africa's dismay. While the corrupt governments hord the foriegn aid, people around the world rally together in their home towns praising themselves for helping to "cure Africa" and engage in "global welfare". IMANI takes a look at what the role of foriegn aid as well as international investment, particularly in China, has done for the continent.

Free Trade Cannot Be Guilty

By: Franklin Cudjoe

"Trade Justices" have reviewed the bedlam of the poor.The issue is, Africans are poor. Their rule is protectionism promotes progress. In applying their rule to the issue, a verdict is reached concluding that free trade is...

In Free Trade we Trust

By: Franklin Cudjoe

The past week saw a gathering of the world's most notorious advocates of foreign aid to celebrate the Global Week of Action on Trade...

Globalization Rocks, but African Leaders Fail to Understand

By: Franklin Cudjoe

Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa will step down this week, complying with his constitutional term limits. He will be the third African leader in recent times to honorably leave office following the departure of Nelson Mandela...

Ghanaians are Better Off with Free and Open Trade

By: Franklin Cudjoe

Next week, some civil society groups in Ghana will join hands with Oxfam and Christian Aid, the worlds most notorious advocates of foreign aid to celebrate the Global Week of Action on Trade. An advertisers announcement in the Ghanaian newspaper...

Emperor Hu's New Clothes for Africa

By: Franklin Cudjoe, Bright B.Simons, and Evans Lartey

Accra, Ghana--On Saturday, Chinese President Hu Jintau's whirlwind visit to eight African countries in 12 days will come to an end, marking a bold new foray into the "Dark Continent"...

To Mr. Blair: Africa Needs Traders not Aid

By: Franklin Cudjoe

Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and Bob Geldof will not rest until they turn Africa from being a "scar on the conscience of the world" to a "star in the sky". The trio is associated with perhaps the...

One thing China cannot Offer

By: Franklin Cudjoe, Bright B. Simons, and Evans Lartey

Chinas success in blowing up one of its Feng Yun weather satellites with a ground based missile has raised the issue of its ongoing, accelerated, and highly prioritized quest to modernize its military...

Wasting Trade Opportunities

By: Franklin Cudjoe

I had difficulty while debating a colleague when I said to him in one of our arguments that "trade terms need not be reciprocal and that comparative advantage, the forte of international trade, is still operational regardless of...

China Smiles at Africa with Two Faces

By: Franklin Cudjoe

When Chinese President Hu Jintao on November 2nd threw open the doors of the Forbidden City to forty-eight African heads of state, many people around the globe were for the first time...

Don't Blame it all on the West

By: W.F. Deedes

As Bob Geldof and his supporters seek to raise our feelings for Africa with a march on the G8 summit and a second Live Aid concert, it is relevant to recall how he sprung to fame...

Let Africa Fight its Own Devils

By: Franklin Cudjoe

Sir, in recent weeks my continent has attracted much media attention in the west thanks to the likes of Tony Blair, Bob Geldof, and Gordon Brown. Their aim is to rally international action for what to them has become...

 

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