13 fall by Black Business News Group

Build. Integrate. Grow. February 17, 2014 – March 17, 2014 The 2014 B.I.G. Business Conference is poised to be one of the BIGGEST events for entrepreneurs this year. The unique format, the insights that will be provided by the expert panel of presenters and the unique topics covered are the perfect FIT for any small business seeking B.I.G. results. This is a virtual and LIVE conference that will allow you to participate in interactive sessions from the comfort of your home or office. You will be able to access these sessions from your laptop, pc, tablet or mobile device.

Here’s What’s Included In Your ALL ACCESS Conference Registration: • Access To Over 60 LIVE & Interactive Workshops (Value: $9,000) • Access To Over 50 Business Coaches & Trainers (Value: $5,000) • Access To The Private Facebook Mastermind Group To Network With Conference Attendees And The Business Coaches And Trainers (Value: Priceless Connections) • Access To The Recordings Of Each Workshop For Six Months (Value: $2,500) • Access to the Conference Mobile Web App, Personal listing on the Conference Mobile Web App (Value: $500) • Access To The Digital Conference Guide & Directory (Value: $100) • Access To The Official B.I.G. Business Conference Workbook – A Companion Guide For The Workshops (Value: $200) • Access to the Digital B.I.G. Business Box, which includes: B.I.G. Business Guide to Social Media Marketing; B.I.G. Business Guide To Becoming A Business Coach; B.I.G. Business Planning Blueprint (Value: $350) (We know that you can’t make it to each of the live sessions, so you will get access to the recordings!)

REGISTER ONLINE: https://fk149.infusionsoft.com/app/orderForms/43177702-3b9b-4b91-a947-c1691706cfcc Black Business News International Edition -3- Fall 2013

About the Black Business News Group…

Black Business News International Edition • Fall 2013

The mission of The Black Business News Group is to inspire and inform the domestic and international business communities and communities at large in addition to the public and private sector industry representatives on the importance of small business growth. As a versatile source of socioeconomic development activity news, the publications of the Black Business News Group impart current local, national and international industry and social trends and news affecting small businesses across the United States of America (USA), providing guides to greater access to financial capital, management efficiencies, business education, mentorship opportunities and social media networks. The goals of the Black Business News Group include: • promoting USA-based blackowned business enterprises to a world wide audience. • offering business growth enhancing information on education, exhibitioning, international trading, technology, industry trends, and more. • exploring major public and private sector contracting methods to educate black-owned and operated enterprises. • providing an affirmative influence for emerging entrepreneurs by sharing innovative design and creative cultural content that exposes them to the history of black enterprises and urges them to participate in the USA’s future. • advocating and promoting on behalf of black-owned businesses by promoting the need for expanding an economic foundation that supports an unfettered and self-sustained urban society with USA job creation and economic opportunity, where blacks work, live and operate viable business enterprises. 

Contents 5 6

20 24 32 34 36 43 48 52

56 60 65 68 74

The Publisher Says... Tribute to the Honorable Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki Challenge the West to End Comtempt for Africa Zimbabwe to Rebrand Victoria Falls 6 Climate Change Report: Trouble Ahead African Success Stories Aid for Trade in COMESA Fast Money Transfer Lusaka Stock Exchange Targets Small Businesses South Sudan Opening Doors for Business 20 African Startups to Watch Two Energy Projects to Watch-Solar and Wind Power Muslim Community Conducts Beauty Pageant

In The Spotlight Trade Events Books to Consider Trade Advertisers Resources

Black Business News International Edition -4- Fall 2013

Black Business News Group Black Business News Black Business News International Black Business News Travel Africa PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Earl “Skip” Cooper, II ASSOCIATE EDITOR Sarah Harris PRODUCTION MANAGER Narishima Osei CONTRIBUTING WRITERS LaSandra Stratton • Dean Jones • Steven Turner GRAPHIC DESIGN Sarah Harris • Phallu Morgan ENTREPRENEUR EDITOR Kim Anthony STORY EDITORS Wanda Flagg ▪ Jennifer Marie Hamilton PHOTOGRAPHY Ian Foxx ▪ Sabir • Narishima Osei CONTENT ADMINISTRATOR LaSandra Stratton LAYOUT/TYPESETTING Lion Communications Copyright © 2012 by Black Business News International. All Rights Reserved. The posting of stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this site does not in any way, shape or form, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest endorsement or support of any of such posted material or parts therein.  Black Business News Group •P.O. Box 43159, Los Angeles, CA 90043 USA 323-291-7819 • fax 323-291-9234 www.bbala.org • mail@bbala.org

President Nelson R. Mandela

The Publisher Says...

Earl “Skip” Cooper, II Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Black Business News

s the Black Business News Group team was preparing our end-of-the year issues the Honorable and Veneratted Nelson Mandela passed away. We have honored and memorialized him in our publications and invite you to review the story of his life in the Black Business News and the special Mandela Commeorative issue. Both of these issues may be viewed at www.bbala.org / Black Business News. The Black Business News International reprints the statement of President Kenneth Kaunda at the Mandela Memorial service (page 6-7) and presents some books on and by Mandela on page 63. Our intent, as a set of business oriented publications, is to provide you with perspectives on the circumstances and issues that effect our lives, our decisions, and our outcomes. A review of the life of Nelson Mandela aids us all in determining and deciding how we will conduct our lives, make the tough decisions and carryout the missions that we have set for ourselves. While we have experienced great lost at his passing; we have all gained immeasureably from his having lived. 

Reuters

Black Business News International Edition -5- Fall 2013

Nelson R. Mandela 1918 ~ 2013

NELSON MANDELA TRIBUTE

By Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, former President, Republic of Zambia I met him in his train, white train across River Zambezi, we were there for three nights. I was saying to him, Prime Minister (Voster), please release Nelson Mandel and his collegues. Come together, begin meeting, talking about the future of South Africa, build a new South Africa together. For three nights, I came to nothing. Then came another Boer leader, (mourners burst into laughter) I think he was called Botha. Same train, this time between Botswana and South Africa. I said look, release Nelson Mandela and all his collegues. discuss the future of South Africa together, you are all members of this country, talk together. I didn’t succeed,

I didn’t succeed. Twelve hours come to nothing. Then came my meeting with De Klerk. He was not Prime Minister yet. He was only Secretary General of the “Boer” party (mourners burst into laughter again). And after a few hours, I called a press conference and I said, I think I can do business with this man. (crowd claps) Thank God. He became Prime Minister and he released this great man whose life the whole world, not just you South Africa, but the whole world is celebrating. He released him, he released him. Who is Nelson Mandela? Who is he? How do I see him? This man is blessed child of Lord God almighty. He followed

Black Business News International Edition -6- Fall 2013

Nelson Mandela Tribute

President Kenneth Kaunda the Commandments that God almighty our creator has given to the whole human race. Love God your creator with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength. his Commandment is, love your neigbour as you love yourself. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (crowd claps) What were our brothers the Boers doing here? They accepted those Commandments of the Lord. They came to South Africa and what do they do? They found black people here and began saying, no you are not God’s children, we are God’s children. We must keep you there at a distance, and when we go to pray we must pray by ourselves. You must pray by yourselves at a distance, eh eh! (crowd roles into laughter) And when it comes to hospitals, we cannot be with you in the same hospitals. You must sit there. Schools – our children should to mix with black people, no. We will put our children here and your children will be there. Segregation, segregation. That is not God’s Commandment. Gods commandment is love your neigbour as you love yourself. That neigbour is regardless of colour, that neigbour is regardless of faith, that neigbour is regardless of anything else! He is your neigbour made in God’s image like you. Who are you to say he is not made in Gods image? Who are you to say that? Condemning God’s decision and you go and say we are praying to God with that type

of attitude, that type of mentality? This great man we worship today came and said, no, no no, my Boer friends, you can’t go on like this, Lekani chabe imwe. And can you see how wonderful he was. Those games, rugby – all those games for the Boers only, he went there! And said look, this game of yours is my game also, eh eh. We can play together, understand, eh eh. (Crowd clamps and cheers) In no time all the Boers came to change. And I remember when New Zealanders came, Archbishop Tutu said Madiba has told us to participate in these games. Butt please this B l thi thing thi is serious. How do you behave like that. You say you are Christians you have church buildings for one colour. How can you call that God? This great son of the world, Madiba, showed us the way. Whether you are white, black yellow or brown you are all God’s children, come together, work together and God will show you the way. (crowd claps). All of us must remember as we go on without Madiba, he is no more in terms of life, he is no more in terms of this life, but he is still Madiba our leader. You see, Madiba was sent to us by God our creator, Madiba was sent to come and teach us to fight racism to the best of our ability. Let us remember this love he had for us all. Without that we can’t succeed. So, master of ceremony as you continue with this wonderful programme, remember to love your neigbour as you love yourself. (crowd claps). Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Mama Maria thank you for coming to join us here. You and your husband did something very important for Tanzania. This young President here (President Jakaya Kikwete) comes out of your work. Continue to support him and he will continue to support all of us with his activities. May God almighty continue to bless him and all others like him who have come to know the importance of what Jurius Kambarage Nyerere did for us all. Fairwell, Amen. 

Black Business News International Edition -7- Fall 2013

The West’s Contempt for African People and African Thought Must Stop By Former President Thabo Mbeki

South Africa’s Former President Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mbeki, former South African President, says the time has come for Africans, and African intellectuals, to demand with one voice that the West’s contempt for the African people and African thought must end! He declared this position in a recent lecture at the University of South Africa (UNISA), with

reference to the election of President Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy. The text of the lecture is given here; e had agreed that I would speak at the opening of your symposium, because I had to go to Zimbabwe yesterday to participate at the ceremony of the inauguration of President [Robert] Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe, and I am told this was [his] seventh as president and more

if you include his prime ministership. The Zimbabweans insisted that I should come, and I agreed with them because they were saying that the inauguration marked the end of the Global Political Agreement which they signed in 2008, in whose evolution we had played a part. So, I am saying all of this to apologise for speaking to you in the evening rather than in the morning. But I [would] really like to say thank you very much for agreeing to participate in this symposium to look at this very important issue, the issue about solutions to Africa’s development.

Black Business News International Edition -8- Fall 2013

see Contempt Must Stop on page 9

Contempt Must Stop from page 8

It is indeed very important that as Africans we must focus on all of this and mobilise the intellectual capital that exists among ourselves to answer this question. What the principal [who introduced him] was saying about the Nelson Mandela Lecture here by Mo Ibrahim, raising questions of leadership on the continent, those remarks were correct. I think this is an important part of our challenge as Africans ourselves to find the solutions to Africa’s development. So we meet at this symposium

nobody else to do this for us. The people who have done it for us in the past, and they are many, have said, who are these Africans? What are they? What is their past? Where should they be tomorrow? Other people have said that about us. And what has it produced? Disaster! A disaster from which we should rescue ourselves. I was saying that yesterday I was in Zimbabwe for the inauguration of President Mugabe. I don’t know who among us here, what opinions we have about Zimbabwe, but there are certain things which worry.

In Zimbabwe With regard to the [31 July 2013] Zimbabwe elections, one of the

to myself, “why?” And I could see clearly that the intention was in the event that the elections resulted in a victory for President Mugabe and Zanu-PF, they would obviously be unfair. In the event that they resulted in the election of Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC, then they would be free and fair. That was the intention. Although it didn’t surprise me, what disturbed me was that many among us Africans seemed to buy into the story that was being told. And so I was saying to myself that this is very worrying because what it means is that we, as Africans, don’t know enough about ourselves and continue to be enslaved by a narrative about ourselves told by

Robert Mugabe is sworn in as president for the 7th term. Photo: New Zimbabwe to look at what we do, [and what] we say as African thought leaders asking about where should we be tomorrow. It is important. There is

things that worried me was a very intense and sustained campaign to discredit the elections before they took place. So I was saying

other people. Any African, anybody following events in Zimbabwe for some time,

Black Business News International Edition -9- Fall 2013

see Contempt Must Stop on page 10

would not have been surprised at the election results, not in the least. And indeed some of the people who were communicating these negative messages about the elections before they took place, actually predicted what would happen: That a particular politics of Zimbabwe meant we would have a particular outcome. There is an old friend of mine in

areas in the last 10 years. Many years ago, and as part of the leadership in this region [the Southern African region], we engaged the Zimbabwean leadership – President Mugabe and [the] others – in a very sustained process to discourage them from the manner in which they were handling the issue of land reform. We were saying to them: “Yes, indeed we agree [that] land reform is necessary, but the way in which you are handling it is wrong.” We tried very hard. “No, no, you see all

Zimbabwe, another intellectual like yourselves, I won’t mention his name. Shortly before the elections, he said, publicly, that the MDC was going to sweep in its major victory in the rural areas of Zimbabwe. So I read this thing and I said: “But what’s wrong with him?” I haven’t spoken to him for some time, but I [was] going to ask him that question. I said: “What’s wrong with him?” You could never make a prediction like that if you knew what had been happening in the Zimbabwean rural

of these things about the occupation of the farms by the war veterans, this and that and the other, all of this is wrong.” That’s what we were saying. But fortunately the Zimbabweans didn’t listen to us, they went ahead. The consequence of it is that, I have looked at at least four books that have been written about the land reform in Zimbabwe, all of which say in fact the process of land reform has given land to at least 300,000 [to] 400,000 new land

Contempt Must Stop from page 9

owners; the peasants of Zimbabwe at last own the land! The programme succeeded and has this direct benefit on these huge numbers of Zimbabweans. And so I found it very strange that this intellectual friend of mine could say the MDC would win the elections in the rural areas. They couldn’t, essentially because they were identified by the rural population to have opposed land reform, rightly or wrongly, we can discuss that.

The African reality The point I am making is that we

still have a challenge to understand our own reality, and I am using the example of Zimbabwe to say that I have a sense that even with regards to this issue, which for some reason for years has been a major issue in the international media and politics and so on, that even we as Africans still have not quite understood Zimbabwe. I think it is your task to change that, so that we understand ourselves better.

Black Business News International Edition -10- Fall 2013

see Contempt Must Stop on page 11

Nelson Mandela celebrates Election outcome with South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki

Contempt Must Stop from page 10

I think we should also ask ourselves the question: Why is Zimbabwe such a major issue for some people? Zimbabwe is a small country by any standard; there is no particular reason why Zimbabwe should be a matter to which The New York Times, the London Guardian and whoever else … why are they paying so much attention n to Zimbabwe? Why? I know why they pay particularr attention to us [here in South h Africa], because they explained it.. They said: “You have too many white people in South Africa. We are concerned about their future. They are our kith and kin. We are worried about what you would do to them, so we keep a very close eye on what happens [in South Africa].” So we understand [their attitude about South Africa], we may not agree with the thinking, but we understand. But I am saying, why this focus on Zimbabwe? Towards the end of last year, they asked me to speak at a conference

on Zimbabwe diamonds. So I went, and what surprised me about the conference held at Victoria Falls was that everybody and anybody who has anything to do with diamonds in the world was there. From America, from Israel, from India, from Brussels, everybody! It was not about diamonds in the world, it was about Zimbabwe diamonds! So I was puzzled, saying, but why have they all come? Maybe two hours before we left the conference

…in a few ye ars’ time, Zimbab we would accoun t for 25% of wo rld production of diamonds. So I said, “I now unders tand. I understand why everybody is here.” t o come back, we sat in a session which was addressed by one of

the Indian diamond people. In the course of his presentation, he explained why [they had all come to the conference]. He gave an answer to this query in my head. He said in a few years’ time, Zimbabwe would account for 25% of world production of diamonds. So I said, “I now understand. I understand why everybody is here.” But I think the reason there has been this kind of focus on Zimbabwe is that for many years now the po political leadership in Zimbabwe ha have been communicating a me message which many among the powerful players in the world find pow un unacceptable. I was saying earlier we opposed, [that] we tried to dis discourage the Zimbabweans from tak taking the particular steps they too took with regard to land reform, acknowledging that it was indeed ac ne necessary to have land reform, and Iw was saying they ignored us. It is, think, exactly the manner in which I th they came at that question of land the reform that offended other forces in ref the world who said: “This is wrong, we don’t like it.” A And unlike us who said: “Well,

Black Business News International Edition -11- Fall 2013

see Contempt Must Stop on page 12

I know of no deployment of African to look at this matter about what is observers of this size; because meant by “fair” in order to ensure that from page 11 between the AU and SADC, just as a continent when we do indeed those two, I think they had at least conduct elections in the future, we they are not listening. They have 1,000 observers. I know of no [other] have some standards to follow in done what they want to do about instance when the continent has terms of what will constitute this their country, we have to accept deployed that kind of number. Both element of “fair”. So they decided to that”, these others [the powerful observer teams have essentially leave a residual group in Zimbabwe players in the world] said: “They said the elections were peaceful to look at that question, and the have set a bad example which we and everybody agrees with that. AU agreed to join them [and also] don’t want anybody else in Africa And they have said the elections left another group there to do that, and the rest of the world to follow. were free, representing the opinion which is fine. So they must pay a price for setting of the people of Zimbabwe. I was talking three-four days ago a bad example.” Bad example. Bad SADC have said they need a bit to a member of the executive of in the instance of the interests of of time to look at the matter of the the SADC Lawyer’s Association these other people; not bad in terms fairness of the elections [following which includes all the lawyers in this of the interests of the people of their initial appraisal when they region and their lawyer societies said:] “Yes indeed the elections and this and that and the other. Zimbabwe! So I think this is part of the reason are credible, they represent the They decided to send an observer that there is so much attention, globally, on a country in a continent which actually in itself – never mind the diamonds – is not particularly important, but is important because [Zimbabwe] is setting in the minds of some a bad example which must be defeated. But principally, are we as intellectuals telling that story? Are we explaining that in the first instance to ourselves so that we know what is the correct position to take in our own interests, in our own defence? My sense is that we are not doing it, we are not explaining why. What is this enormous interest in a small African country here in Southern Zimbabwe Diamond Africa which really … basically I can’t think of any particular reason why [Zimbabwe] would have such views of the people of Zimbabwe.” team to Zimbabwe, which they did. enormous, global, [and] geo- The reason the SADC observers They have done their report and I strategic importance, but it has. said they want to look at this is have asked for a copy, but they said because they want to look at it in they would send it. Why? detail and say, for instance, was the But what they are telling me is The 31 July elections media coverage of the contending that one of the things that surprised You know, all of us know, that the parties fair and balanced? Was the them was that as soon as they African Union and SADC, among location of voting stations done in made the announcement that they others, deployed large numbers of such a way that it would ensure would be deploying an observer observers for these recent elections. equal access, [and] relatively [was] team in Zimbabwe, out of the The African Union had even placed the access between rural and urban blue, completely unsolicited, they its observers there at least a month areas [equal]? got huge offers of money from ahead of the elections. This was They are not questioning the the United States to say: “Look, to ensure … I don’t think, at least credibility of the elections, but want see Contempt Must Stop on page 13

Contempt Must Stop

Black Business News International Edition -12- Fall 2013

Contempt Must Stop from page 12

we want to pay for your observer mission.” And they said that we never asked for this money. We had never ever been in contact with these people. We don’t know how they got to know that we were going to do this, but they were very, very happy to support us with huge sums of money. But we said no. We refused. We said no, “we will finance ourselves”. The reason we did it was because we knew that if we accepted that money, then we would have to produce a report consistent with the views of the paymaster. So we said no. Now, the very strange thing at the end of this story which I am telling you … well, let me say what the Zimbabwe government did was of

objective in terms of observing these elections; please don’t come.” I think they were right. Nevertheless, they said all the countries that had embassies in Zimbabwe, the embassies [were] free to observe the elections, which they did. African, European, Asian – all of them. But I am saying one of the strange things is that you have the entire continent [of Africa] in terms of its credible and legitimate institutions say, “Yes indeed there were problems, and we are going to detail those problems, but these elections represent the will of the people of Zimbabwe”. Then you have an alternative voice in Washington, London and Brussels which says, “No, you Africans are wrong”. How does that happen? Why this absolute contempt for the view of the Africans themselves? I was saying

Government and other leaders SADC Summit in Malawi

course to refuse the organisations like the EU which have imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe, countries like the US which have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, [to] have election observers [in Zimbabwe] for the natural, and I think logical, reason that: “You declared yourselves as an enemy, in what way would you then send observers who are going to be

just these two organisations – the AU and SADC – had at least 1,000 observers in Zimbabwe. Even the ACP community had an observer team there. When the chair of the AU Commission was in Harare and talked to all the political leaders, she said none of them raised any issues about serious problems with the elections. They hadn’t.

And yet when all of these Africans say: “Yes problems, we will tell you what these problems were, but the [election] result presents a credible view of the Zimbabweans”, you have people in America and Europe who say the Africans are wrong. Why? Maybe because the Africans are stupid. The Africans can’t count or something.

British pressure The latest SADC summit has just taken place in Malawi, in Lilongwe. In the days before the summit [and] during the summit, the British government was putting pressure on the government of Malawi to persuade the summit that there should be an audit done of the Zimbabwean elections. The MDC decided to go to court in Zimbabwe to contest, as you know, the elections, and then suddenly withdrew the petition. Personally I was very pleased that they submitted the petition, because it would give a possibility actually to look in detail at all the allegations that had been made about what went wrong with the elections. So, I was quite upset when they said they were withdrawing the petition, because it denied us the possibility to do this thing. But later I understood why they withdrew, because even in the petition they made various allegations and did not submit to the court any document to substantiate any of the allegations. At some point during this electoral process, the British ambassador to Zimbabwe spoke to one of the British television channels, and said in one constituency 17,000 people voted of whom 10,000 were assisted to vote. Now, this is allowed in terms of Zimbabwean processes: If you are illiterate, you might be old, you might be blind – whatever – that the people at the voting station can

Black Business News International Edition -13- Fall 2013

see Contempt Must Stop on page 14

Contempt Must Stop from page 13

assist you [to vote]. You come and say: “Look, I can’t read but I like Morgan Tsvangirai, please tick for me where it says Morgan Tsvangirai.” That is assisted voting which is allowed. So the British ambassador says there was this one constituency,

17,000 voters, 10,000 of whom were assisted, so many, but she doesn’t identify the constituency, up to today. Morgan Tsvangirai, in his affidavit to the Constitutional Court, includes this. “There was a constituency where 17,000 people voted, 10,000 of whom were assisted voters.” He doesn’t identify the constituency like the British ambassador. In the end, I can say [Mr So and So] is a very ugly fellow, but if I accuse him of that in court I should prove it. And that became a problem. So, we still don’t know what was the substance, what is the substance of all the allegations made, which Washington and London and Brussels have used to say the elections were not credible.

We don’t know. In reality, the only reason they were not credible is because Robert Mugabe got elected. That’s all.

The African question I am using this talk about Zimbabwe, as an example about our continent because all of these things I am saying relating to Zimbabwe you can find the same [or] similar examples [of] on the continent, but we are not challenging it as intellectuals. We

exploitation of this, and even the control?” You have seen examples of this, all of us have, when Chinese companies in terms of all this theory about free markets, have sought to acquire US firms [and] they got prohibited. “No, [it is] indigenisation of US intellectual property. We can’t allow it to be owned by the Chinese, so no!” So when the Africans say “indigenisation”, why is this a strange notion? And yet when we talk about solutions to Africa’s development, one of the issues that we have to address is exactly this indigenisation. How are we utilising our resources to impact positively on African development? I am saying that because I can see that there is a cloud that is building up somewhere on the horizon when Zimbabweans say “indigenisation”. But we have to, as intellectuals and thought leaders, address that

are not challenging a narrative, a perspective about our continent which is wrong and selfserving in terms of our people’s Robert Mugabe interests. The Zimbabweans and say: “Yes, indeed as Africans are now talking about indigenisation we are concerned about our own and I can see that there is a big storm renaissance, our own development, brewing about indigenisation. But and we must as indigenous people what is wrong about indigenisation? make sure that we have control of What is wrong with saying: “Here our development, our future, and we are, as Africans, with all our that includes our resources. And resources, sure we are ready and therefore indigenisation is correct.” very willing to interact with the rest We must demonstrate it even of the world about the exploitation intellectually, which I am quite sure of all these resources, but what is we can. I wasn’t intending to speak the indigenous benefit from the for so long, but as you can see I get

Black Business News International Edition -14- Fall 2013

Contempt Must Stop from page 14

very, very agitated about Zimbabwe, because it’s very, very clear that the offensive against Zimbabwe is an offensive against the rest of the continent, and what has facilitated that offensive is indeed [the] wrong things that the Zimbabweans have done. They have done wrong things. They have acted in ways that have been incorrect. So it has been possible for some people to stand up and say: “Look, look, look, there is a violation of democracy and human rights”, and all of us say:

“Yes, yes, yes, what they did there was not quite right.” But all of us make mistakes. We have made mistakes here [in South Africa], but they have used those mistakes to mount a particular offensive against Zimbabwe. [Of course] that offensive is not in the first instance about Zimbabwe, it’s about the future of our continent. So the Zimbabweans have been in the frontline in terms of defending our right as Africans to determine our future, and they are paying a price for that. I think it is our responsibility as African intellectuals to join them, the Zimbabweans, to say No! We have a common responsibility as Africans to determine our destiny

and are quite ready to stand up against anybody else who thinks that, “never mind what the thousand African observers say about the elections in Zimbabwe, we sitting in Washington and London are wiser than they are. They say the elections are credible, we say that they are very foolish, those elections were not. We stand up as Africans to say [there must be] an end, and really an end, to that contempt for African thought! We have to. If we don’t, this development we are talking about will not happen.  http://africanleadership. co.uk/?p=1366

Solution Through a single relationship and low-cost integration, FiftyOne helps merchants sell to and engage with more than 1.5 billion online consumers around the world. The FiftyOne Global Ecommerce solution is the only third-party-managed service that extends a retailer’s ecommerce platform globally without adding infrastructure or introducing change to their existing business operations. By effectively snapping international lenses on a retailer’s website, FiftyOne allows international shoppers to interact with a merchant’s brand while enjoying the same online experience enjoyed by U.S. consumers. From optimizing and localizing your website for international shoppers, to handling every single aspect of the cross-border import and logistics challenge – our end-to-end solution enables you to transact effortlessly across borders in every corner of the globe. Your international shoppers get a first-class customer experience and can buy with the same confidence and certainty they would if your retail operation was just across town. As the most comprehensive global ecommerce offering available in the marketplace, FiftyOne is the partner of choice for many of the leading U.S. retail brands.

Expore the FiftyOne Solution: www.fiftyone.com Black Business News International Edition -15- Fall 2013

Mosi-Oa-Tunya, The Smoke That Thunders

Zimbabwe to Rename Victoria Falls By John Nyashanu/Bernard Mpofu

he mighty Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is set to be renamed alongside several other institutions, following a weekend Zanu PF resolution to have them named after the country’s Chimurenga heroes and freedom fighters. National parks at the premier tourist resort are MosiOa-Tunya National Park on the Zambian side and Victoria Falls National Park on the Zimbabwean side. However, next to the falls on the southern bank is the Zambezi National Park, extending 40km west along the river. The resolution was made by Zanu PF’s committee on sports, culture, religion and

liberation war heritage at the recent Zanu PF annual conference in Chinhoyi. Committee Chairman Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo said it did not make sense for colonial names to remain in place in an independent Zimbabwe. “Institutions bearing colonial

names must be changed and be given indigenous names . . . school syllabuses must also change. We should teach our children about Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi, General (Josiah Magama) Tongogara and other gallant fighters of our liberation struggle,” Chombo

Black Business News International Edition -16- Fall 2013

see Mosi-Oa-Tunya on page 17

Mosi-Oa-Tunya

Scene from Victoria Falls National Park from page 16

said. In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda said there was no going back on the resolution. “We still have institutions like Allan Wilson School, what an insult considering what that man did to our country. David Livingstone was not the first person to see the Victoria Falls, they (the falls) must be rebranded Mosi-Oa-Tunya (The Smoke That Thunders). We have soldiers living at KG (King George) VI (Barracks). “How can we have our barracks continue to be named after a foreign king?” Sibanda queried. Sibanda also rubbished possibilities that the move would impact negatively on tourists for sites like Victoria Falls, visited by

to see the legacy of Queen Victoria, her grave is there in England and they are free to do so. Very soon

quipped. Some of the institutions still recognised by their colonial names include Prince Edward School in Harare, Allan Wilson High School in Harare (named after a brave colonial soldier), Queen Elizabeth High School in Harare, Victoria High School in Masvingo (named after British Queen Victoria), David Livingstone Primary School in Harare, Churchill Boys High School in Harare (named after former British Premier Winston Churchill), Cecil John Rhodes School in Gweru (named after colonial master Cecil John Rhodes), KG VI Barracks (named after King George the 6th), Cecil Kop, Rhodes Nyanga National Park, Courtney Selous Primary School (named after famous white hunter, Frederick Courtney Selous). Just after independence, Zimbabwe changed the names of major roads throughout the country, replacing colonial ones with those of liberation war fighters 

they would be landing at Robert Mugabe International Airport,” the firebrand war veterans’ leader

www.newsday.co.zw/2013/12/17/ zanu-pf-seeks-rename-victoria-falls

Scene from Zambezi National Park around 30,000 people every year. “People are not visiting (Queen) Victoria, but the falls. If they want

Black Business News International Edition -17- Fall 2013

Warming Report Sees Violent, Sicker, Poorer Future for All By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

any of the ills of the modern world - starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease - are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts. The report uses the word “exacerbate” repeatedly to describe warming’s effect on poverty, lack of water, disease and even the causes of war. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (http://ipcc.ch) will issue a report next March on how global warming is already affecting the way people live and what will happen in the future, including a worldwide drop in income. A leaked copy of a draft of the summary of the report appeared online recently on a climate skeptic’s website. Governments will spend the next few months making comments about the draft. “We’ve seen a lot of impacts and they’ve had consequences,” Carnegie Institution climate scientist Chris Field, who heads the report, told The Associated Press. “And we will see more in the future.” Cities, where most of the world now lives, have the highest vulnerability, as do the globe’s poorest people. “Throughout the 21st century, climate change impacts will slow down economic growth and poverty

reduction, further erode food security and trigger new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hotspots of hunger,” the report says. “Climate change will exacerbate poverty in low- and lowermiddle income countries and create new poverty pockets in uppermiddle to high-income countries with increasing inequality.” For people living in poverty, the report says, “climate-related hazards constitute an additional burden.” The report says scientists have high confidence especially in what it calls certain “key risks”: • People dying from warmingand sea rise-related flooding, especially in big cities. • Famine because of temperature and rain changes, especially for poorer nations. • Farmers going broke because of lack of water. • Infrastructure failures because of extreme weather. • Dangerous and deadly heat waves worsening. • Certain land and marine ecosystems failing. “Human interface with the climate system is occurring and climate change poses risks for human

and natural systems,” the 29-page summary says. None of the harms talked about

Black Business News International Edition -18- Fall 2013

see Climate Change on page 19

Climate Change from page 18

in the report is solely due to global warming nor is climate change even the No. 1 cause, the scientists say. But a warmer world, with bursts of heavy rain and prolonged drought, will worsen some of these existing effects, they say. For example, in disease, the report says until about 2050 “climate change will impact human health mainly by exacerbating health problems that already exist” and then it will lead to worse health compared to a future with no further warming. If emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil and gas continue at current trajectories, “the combination of high temperature and humidity in some areas for parts of the year will compromise normal human activities including growing food or working outdoors,” the report says. Scientists say the global economy may continue to grow, but once the global temperature hits about

3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than now, it could lead to worldwide economic losses between 0.2 and 2.0% of income. One of the more controversial sections of the report involves climate change and war. “Climate change indirectly increases risks from violent conflict in the form of civil war, intergroup violence and violent protests by exacerbating wellestablished drivers of these conflicts such as poverty and economic shocks,” the report says. Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann, who wasn’t part of the international study team, told the AP that the report’s summary confirms what researchers have known for a long time: “Climate change threatens our health, land, food and water security.” The summary went through each continent detailing risks and possible ways that countries can adapt to them. For North America, the highest risks over the long term are from wildfires, heat waves and flooding. Water - too much and too little - and heat are the biggest risks for Europe, South America and Asia, with South America and Asia having to deal with drought-related food shortages. Africa gets

those risks and more: starvation, pests and disease. Australia and New Zealand get the unique risk of losing their coral reef ecosystems, and small island nations have to be worried about being inundated by rising seas. Field said experts paint a dramatic contrast of possible futures, but because countries can lessen some of the harms through reduced fossil fuel emissions and systems to cope with other changes, he said he doesn’t find working on the report depressing. “The reason I’m not depressed is because I see the difference between a world in which we don’t do anything and a world in which we try hard to get our arms around the problem,” he said. 

Black Business News International Edition -19- Fall 2013

From: Reader Supported News http://readersupportednews.org/ news-section2/312-16/20225warming-report-sees-violentsicker-poorer-future

African Success: People Changing the Face of Africa Africansuccess.org is a web site aimed at changing the way the world looks at Africa.

Jean-Christophe Ruffin, ex-French Ambassador

frican Success is a database of successful African personalities, it is interactive and allows anyone to add to and improve or put up new biographies Mo IBRAHIM, Sudan

Waris DIRIE, Somalia

or modify biographies already on line. Journalists and professionals why not use African Success as your source for information, put up information or complete biographies, add new ones, use African Success The site adresses itself to the world and wants to show a new face to Africa, it is not limited by race, religion or colour and is open to all Trevor NCUBE, those of African origin or Zimbabwe who are working to achieve something in Africa. Nonand change the way the world Africans who are achieving sees Africa. Our aim is to create a something for the good of website that will inspire a continent. Africa have a special section If we can show the world where “Honorary Africans”. Africans are successful, we can We want to show visitors change the way in which Africa is to the site, the achievements perceived. of Africans, to inspire and It is an interactive community encourage young Africans website, which encourages the across the world to realise that people to add the names and great lawyers, scientists, bankers, biographies of people that they journalists, artists, writers, in fact know and consider worthy of being Africans from all walks of life have come out of the poorest Malamine KONÉ, conditions to achieve Mali Universal success and recogition. The personalities featured is not a limitative list, they need to have achieved international recognition, they can be dead or alive and visitors should feel free to put up onto the site anyone whose achievements they admire or feel worthy of a place on the site. included. The site is free access We want to inspire the young, give hope and ambition to Africans see African Success on page 21

Black Business News International Edition -20- Fall 2013

African Success from page 20

only the children draw pity whilst the adults are held to be responsible for their suffering. Of course, there is suffering in Africa, it is not to be denied. However if this continent has its lot of misery and drama,

Marcus SAMUELSSON, Ethiopia

Ameenah GURIB-FAKIM, Mauritius

Miss Israel Aynaw YITYISH TITI, Ethiopia and it is free to add names, biographies and other historical information. We are still building the website, and we welcome contributions to add to our growing data base. We hope that people from all countries and all walks of life are going to put up the biographies of people they feel proud of ...[people who can become] the role models for today’s children and tomorrows leaders. “The more I advance with age, the less I accept this representation of Africa as a victim, land of the hungry and thirsty, object of compassion, where

it is also incredibly diverse. Full of exceptional successes, great human wealth, amazing natural resources, a fantastic and

Alice NKOM, Cameroon

spectacular economy, towns with rapid growth, investments from all over the world, all of that but first in the context of contemporary Africa. One would never imagine representing Asia with the traits of a poor child, dehydrated and relieving her thirst by drinking from a dirty bottle top from a helper. And yet, the greatest number of cases of malnutrition are found on the Asian continent. It is that Asia has managed to show off the value of its diversity and success. In the contemporary league of work, one must avoid at all cost, within the context of the global workplace, the least flattering role of last in the class, of the eternally assisted, of the congenital beggar. Of course, one must continue to aid certain African countries, continue the efforts to help their development and, in the face of certain war zones, compassion is still necessary. How I should like that this continent which has given the world its music and spread its peoples and which has given America its new president should not be the victim of the sympathy we have for it.”  www.africansuccess.org

Black Business News International Edition -21- Fall 2013

RESOURCES FOR GOING GLOBAL Event: Watch Videos on some of the National Export Initiative Priority Markets Watch videos on these markets to discover why they are important and to learn about a few of the many sectors where U.S. companies are competitive. 58% of U.S. exporters export to only one market, mainly Canada. Many small and midsized companies that work with the U.S. Commercial Service have found new customers in dozens of markets. Among the best prospect markets for U.S. companies are Vietnam, India, Indonesia, China, Taiwan and Thailand. From these short videos, you’ll learn why these markets are important. You’ll also learn about a few of the many sectors where U.S. companies are competitive. Importantly, you’ll also meet the top U.S. commercial diplomats in these markets who, along with their staff of local market and industry experts, will help you evaluate, enter and succeed. Please visit http://export.gov/nei/eg_main_033266.asp Activity: Commercial News USA Offers Free Korean Translation Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce, offers exporters an inexpensive way to promote their products and services in 178 countries worldwide. Now, you can take advantage of a special offer: Buy two ads and get the third ad for free (Based on one-time rates. This does not include the Showcase section). Reserve your space in the next issue today. For more information, call 1-800-581-8533, x 822, or visit www.thinkglobal.us, or e-mail advertise@thinkglobal.us. Marketing: Sell Your Products Worldwide in the USA Product Showcase Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce, offers exporters an affordable way to promote their products and services in 178 countries worldwide. Now, you can advertise in the USA Product Showcase section of the magazine for just $499. Commercial News USA reaches more than a quarter million buyers worldwide. Reserve your space in the next issue today. For information, call 1-800-581-8533, x 822, online to www.thinkglobal.us/499, or send e-mail to advertise@ thinkglobal.us. Marketing: Promote Your Company on the New Commercial News USA Website The newly redesigned Commercial News USA website makes it easier for buyers around the world to find American companies with products and services ready for immediate export and for U.S. exporters connect with buyers worldwide. Commercial News USA features hundreds of products and services from U.S. exporters. Participants in the current is-

sue of the magazine are featured in a rotating carousel at the top of the page. Now, international buyers can search the site by company name or industry category. There also is a search box at the top of the page that enables searching by keyword. The site currently attracts 23,000 international buyers per month. Advertisers in the print magazine are included for free on the website. For more information and/ or to review the current issue of the magazine, please visit www.thinkglobal.us. AccessAmerica – Reach Chinese Investors and Clients “AccessAmerica” is our online Chinese-language directory of U.S. firms that provide customized services to C h i n e s e investors and firms that want to do business in the U.S. The “AccessAmerica” Service Provider directory gives U.S.-based companies and economic development agencies access and exposure to Chinese clients who seek U.S. expertise in global logistics, trade finance, HR, site selection, tax, insurance, legal and regulatory issues, marketing, and other support related to investing in the U.S. AccessAmerica is promoted extensively throughout China, featured on the U.S. Embassy Chinese webpage and featured at all Invest in America programs here and in China. Your listing will include company information, company logo, and contact details, all translated into Chinese, for a one-year subscription fee of $400. Learn more: http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en/access_america. html. For more information, please contact julie.carducci@ trade.gov. ᏊᏊᏊᏊᏊ The U.S. Commercial Service - Your Global Business Partner. With offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration uses its global Network and international resources to connect U.S companies with international buyers worldwide. If you have any questions about these initiatives, please contact your local U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist. To find the trade specialist nearest you please visit www. buyusa.gov/home/us.html or contact Bobby Hines at bobby.hines@trade.gov. 

Black Business News International Edition -22- Fall 2013

AID FOR TRADE IN COMESA COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

id for Trade is about the delivery of mainly external technical and financial resources to trade related and trade facilitation programmes that help to address structural and capacity constraints. It is justified on the basis that such support ultimately facilitates trade expansion, sophistication and diversification. In turn, enhanced trade provides the opportunity for industrialization, economic transformation, sustained development, and social and geo-political cooperation that, in combination, yield true human progress. Faced with various national and regional structural, capacity and other constraints, by and large, the COMESA region* is yet to realize and enjoy the full bene!ts of trade. Without deliberate programmes and strategies, these constraints are likely to persistently prevent regional integration, economic

transformation and prosperity. International support in the form of Aid for Trade will continue to be an important part of COMESA’s overall response in trade facilitation and the alleviation of persistent developmental constraints. It is for this reason, among others, that the COMESA Treaty in Article 181 (on Relations with Cooperating Partners), makes provision that: “The Common Market shall accord special importance to co-operation with United Nations systems, other international organizations and bilateral and multi-lateral donor agencies whose policies and programmes are compatible with the policies and programmes of the Common Market” and “The SecretaryG e n e r a l shall initiate and maintain dialogue with the organizations and agencies referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and with any other organizations whose policies and programmes

AID FOR TRADE are compatible with those of the Common Market in order to facilitate closer co-operation with such organizations, agencies and multi-lateral and bilateral donor agencies”. The above provisions are the basis of many “aid for trade” and other trade facilitation responses in COMESA. Through the AfT Strategy 2012-2015, the COMESA region will seek to systematically and effectively redress the constraints and developmental challenges that it has continued to face by recognising and aligning itself to the institution’s Medium Term Strategic Plan, which similarly works towards the achievement of the overarching developmental vision and goals of the COMESA region.

THE LINK TO COMESA MEDIUM TERM STRATEGIC PLAN (2011-2015)

Black Business News International Edition -24- Fall 2013

see Aid For Trade on page 25

Aid For Trade from page 24

The MTSP has the Vision of “a fully integrated, internationally competitive regional economic community within which there is economic prosperity and peace as evidenced by political and social stability and high standards of living for its people”. It is a bold statement of regional commitment to trade and development. It is a road map for the achievement of the goals of regional integration, set against clear guiding principles and systematic planning and programme approaches for, inter alia, identifying and supporting six Strategic Priorities* that will be pursued during the five-year period of the MTSP. The MTSP is fully cognizant of the importance of Aid for Trade and has mainstreamed it, to ensure ownership across the COMESA region. In this regard, the objectives of Aid for Trade are reflected in three key strategic priorities: (i) Supporting the removal of barriers to trade; (ii) Facilitating the improvement of productive capacities; and (iii) Supporting the alleviation of supply-side constraints. 

cooperation and partnerships and Aid for Trade); and • Institutional Strengthening. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade area with nineteen member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. C O M E S A was formed in December 1994. COMESA is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community. In 2008, C O M E S A agreed to an expanded free-trade zone including members of two other African trade blocs, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern A f r i c a Development Community (SADC). Comesa is also considering a common visa scheme to boost tourism.

NOTES: *The six Strategic Priorities are: • Removal of Barriers to Factor Mobility; • Building Competitive Productive Capacity; • Addressing Supplies-Side Constraints Related to Infrastructure; • Peace and Security; • Integrate Cross-Cutting Issues (gender, youth, socioenvironmental health, climate change, knowledge based society, statistical development,

• • • • • • • • • • • •

The COMESA Region Burundi (21 Dec 1981) Comoros (21 Dec 1981) Democratic Republic of the Congo (21 Dec 1981) Djibouti (21 Dec 1981) Egypt (6 Jan 1999) Eritrea (1994) Ethiopia (21 Dec 1981) Kenya (21 Dec 1981) Libya (3 June 2005) Madagascar (21 Dec 1981) Malawi (21 Dec 1981) Mauritius (21 Dec 1981)

• • • • • • •

Rwanda (21 Dec 1981) Seychelles (2001) South Sudan (15 October 2011) Sudan (21 Dec 1981) Swaziland (21 Dec 1981) Uganda (21 Dec 1981) Zambia (21 Dec 1981)

• Zimbabwe (21 Dec 1981) The African Economic Community (AEC) is an organization of African Union states establishing grounds for mutual economic development among the majority of African states. The stated goals of the organization include the creation of free trade areas, customs unions, a single market, a central bank, and a common currency thus establishing an economic and monetary union.

Black Business News International Edition -25- Fall 2013

http://programmes.comesa.int/ attachments/article/141/130522_ Aid%20for%20Trade%20 strategy_2012-15.pdf

African Development Bank Invests in COMESA’s PTA Bank

he Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a financial package consisting of US $20 million in additional equity and a US $50-million line of credit (LOC) to finance projects in the Eastern and Southern African Trade and

will contribute to mobilizing financial resources for development of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) region, which will ultimately contribute to economic development and generate employment opportunities. A press statement from the Bank

more institutional shareholders to boost the bank’s capitalization,” said the bank. The financial package is complementary to the financial support provided by other debt financiers, among others, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and KfW (a German government-owned development bank). The financial package will further enhance PTA Bank’s capacity to serve as a financial intermediary through which other developmental institutions can channel their funds, such as the recent accreditation as a regional

PTA Bank Headquarters

Development Bank (PTA Bank) (www.ptabank.org/index.php/en) member states. PTA Bank was established in 1985 as the financing arm of the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) and is headquartered in Bujumbura, Burundi. This financial package will allow PTA Bank to finance a mix of smalland medium-scale enterprises as well as regional infrastructure projects. Moreover, this package

said the provision of the financial package builds on the existing strong partnership between PTA Bank and AfDB based on synergies stemming from complementary sources of comparative advantage. “PTA Bank, with its field presence and market knowledge, provides a logical channel for AfDB to reach out to endcustomers by efficiently leveraging its scale. Moreover, AfDB’s subscription of new equity in PTA Bank is expected to play a catalytic role and hence encourage

intermediary by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The bank’s shareholders include Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as

Black Business News International Edition -26- Fall 2013

see PTA Bank on page 27

COMESA’s FEMCOM Director Among Top African Women

he COMESA Federation of National Associations of Women in Business in Eastern and Southern Africa (FEMCOM) Director is among Africa’s most influential Women in Business and Government. Mrs. Katherine Ichoya was listed in the current special edition of the 2013/14 Africa Most Influential Women Magazine published by CEO Holdings. She was named the Country winner for her role in programs that integrate women into trade and development activities in the region. FEMCOM is one of COMESA programs. It seeks to develop women entrepreneurship in the 19 Member States through programmes that promote, encourage and serve the needs

PTA Bank from page 26

well as the AfDB and the People’s Republic of China. Its mandate is to foster economic and social development in regional member states through regional integration, trade and project finance.  Source:http://www.afdb.org/en/newsand-events/article/afdb-invests-us-70million-in-pta-bank-to-boost-tradeandeconomic-growth-in-africa-12325/

Katherine Ichoya

of women and their businesses, working in smart collaboration with relevant partners. Five hundred responses were received for the first African leg after the call for nominations was made. The number was filtered to 81 whose curriculum vitae were submitted for assessment by three different panels of judges. Categories under

which they were assessed included small and medium enterprise, art and culture, civil society and related services, financial, agriculture, services industry and government. The Chairperson of the judging process for the Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government Awards Ms. Yvonne Finch described the winners as “focused on achieving positive outcomes whether that be in their work or with any social responsibility they are involved with.” Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission graces the cover of the magazine that features other recognized achievers from the African continent.  http://indepthafrica.com/2013nigerias-president-jonathans-yearof-judgement

Black Business News International Edition -27- Fall 2013

China’s Massive Foreign Investment, in One Map by Tyler Falk, Smarter Planet

2013 and the map above with total investment and contracts won since 2005. There’s also a fascinating interactive map (www. heritage.org/research/projects/chinaglobal-investment-tracker-interactivemap) with detailed information

on Chinese investment for every country where it has investments over $100 million. Most people I talked to in Ethiopia about all the Chinese investment had mixed feelings. They were glad for the investment — in just a few years the country will have

iving in the United States, the investment is overtly apparent in scale of foreign investment by Ethiopia and many other countries Chinese companies isn’t so around the world, if not as obvious obvious. Much of the $57.8 billion in the developed world. of Chinese investment in the U.S. Heritage Foundation (www. since 2005 has been in the finance sector. I didn’t comprehend the scale of the Chinese investment until I visited Ethiopia earlier this month where nearly all the construction projects — including a major light rail line — were being done by Chinese firms (sub-Saharan Africa has the most investment from China of any region). Many huge factories on the outskirts Chinese bank funds Ethiopian light rail public transportation project in Addis Ababa (http://dilemma-x. of the capital net/2013/06/12/chinese-bank-funds-ethiopian-light-rail-public-transportation-project-in-addis-ababa) city of Addis Ababa are joint projects between heritage.org) provides more insight its first light rail — but there’s also China and Ethiopia with the flags of into China’s massive investment skepticism. What are their ulterior both countries flying side-by-side. all over the world with a new motives? Will all the investment (www.heritage.org/research/ ultimately help Ethiopians in the The redevelopment of a major road report was paid for by Chinese government r e p o r t s / 2 0 1 3 / 0 7 / c h i n a - s - s t e a d y - long run? Why us? and is now dubbed “Ethio-China global-investment-american-choices) As Quartz points out, even Friendship Avenue.” In other showing moderate growth in see China’s Foreign Investment on page 29 words, the scale of Chinese Chinese investment so far in Black Business News International Edition -28- Fall 2013

China’s Foreign Investment

chinese-companies-investingoverseas-arent-telling-anyone-whattheyre-up-to/). The main reason? A from page 28

if Chinese companies have nothing to hide there’s good reason to be skeptical (http:// qz.com/137170/chinese-companiesinvesting-overseas-arent-tellinganyone-what-theyre-up-to/#137170/

lack of transparency. In a report on 100 multinational corporations in emerging markets, Transparency International (http://transparency. org), an anti-corruption organization, shows that Chinese multinationals perform poorly. “Results show that companies from China lag behind

in every dimension with an overall score of 20% (2 out of a maximum of 10),” the report said. “Considering their growing influence in markets around the world, this poor performance is of concern.”  www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/ chinas-massive-foreign-investment-inone-map/32525?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e 660&ttag=e660&ftag=TRE4eb29b5

Black Business News International Edition -29- Fall 2013

Wo r l d Wa t e r D a y M a r c h 2 2 , 2 01 4

African Liberation Day M a y 2 5 , 2 01 4

Mandela Day

J u l y 1 8 , 2 01 4

Wo r l d A i d s D a y D e c e m b e r 1 , 2 01 4

AU Decade of the A f r i c a n Wo m a n 2 01 0 - 2 0 2 0

Decade of the African Diaspora 2 01 0 - 2 0 2 0

UNITING AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN COMMERCE Trade Missions  Trade Fairs  Trade Seminars 28 E. Jackson Boulevard, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60604 USA For information contact us: Telephone: 312-987-1892 or E-mail:info@continentalacc.org

www.continentalacc.org Black Business News International Edition -30- Fall 2013

Black Business News International Edition -31- Fall 2013

Money Transfer Services Growing Fast By Michael Atit

ou could almost call the capital of Western Bahr el Ghazal, “Western Union” Bahr el Ghazal after the global money transfer company, so rapid has been the growth of money transfer services in the South Sudanese state since independence two years ago. It used to be that residents of

it wouldn’t be possible without the money transfer bureau, she said. “This money transfer is helping us a lot,” she told VOA News. “If they were not here, our money would not reach us in a short time. I came to receive money from Juba, which is very far, but this money transfer service has made the distance shorter,” she said.

the state capital Wau had to wait months, if not years, for relatives to bring them money to live on. Now, they get the money in a matter of hours at one of four money transfer bureaus in Wau. And they don’t have to pay the hefty transaction fees charged by banks for remittances. Wau resident Angelina Abuk Kon’s father sends her money every month from Juba, where he works. She uses the money to buy food and pay for transportation, and says it helps to keep her afloat. And

Barnaba Garang Deng looks after his nephew, who has a medical condition that requires weekly treatment at the local health center. His brother, the boy’s father, works in Lakes state, and sends money for his son’s treatment every week. Doing business with a wire transfer company is easier than dealing with a bank, he said, because banks ask for proof of identity, whereas money transfer companies don’t. “You can come and simply receive your money,” he said. “We came,

we take only five minutes, we get the money.” Daro Patrick, Branch Manager of Eden Money Transfer Service in Wau, said his company not only wants to help people who work far from home to be able to send money to their families -- and be safe in the knowledge that they will get it -- but also to enhance locals’ safety by allowing them to carry less cash on them. “You know these days the world is very risky and you could find you are hijacked,” he . “So we thought it wise at least to open something which is more efficient so that the person can deposit his money somewhere.”

High demand for money transfer services throughout South Sudan has fueled substantial growth in companies like Patricks in the last two years, and officials at South Sudan’s Central Bank say money transfer companies could help to boost the country’s nascent financial sector by attracting outside investors to South Sudan. 

Black Business News International Edition -32- Fall 2013

http://allafrica.com/ stories/201309180447.html

Western Banks Eye Growth in Islamic Trade Finance Mirna Sleiman and David French, DUBAI

ank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC.N) hopes to begin offering Islamic trade financing in the future, Chris Jameson, the bank’s regional head of sales for global transaction services, said without giving a time frame. “Our focus will be on Middle Eastern clients who are expanding their footprint internationally,” Jameson said on the sidelines of a banking conference in Dubai. “You can see that local banks are setting up Islamic units to cater for the needs of their clients. This is driving more and more international institutions to focus on the Islamic sector.” Islamic trade finance, which uses instruments that obey sharia principles such as Islam’s ban on interest, has remained a backwater even as other areas of Islamic business, such as sukuk issuance, have boomed in the last few years. This is partly because Islamic banks are relatively small and lack the expertise and large international networks of mainstream Western banks. Foreign trade conducted by the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation totaled $3.9 trillion in 2011. But only a tiny fraction was financed in a shariacompliant way; the Saudi Arabiabased International Islamic Trade Finance Corp., which promotes Islamic trade, approved transactions worth just $3 billion in 2011. There are signs that this is changing, however, as trade flows

between the Gulf and Asia including predominantly M u s l i m countries in southeast Asia - become large enough to support specialist trade financing operations. Trade between the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries and emerging Asia economies is growing at 30 percent annually, according to Kuwait-based Asiya Investments (KCIC.KW), which launched an Islamic trade finance fund with $20 million in seed capital last December. Some Islamic banks in the Gulf are trying to expand in shariacompliant trade finance through tieups with Western institutions; this week Dubai Islamic Bank DISB. DU said it would use Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) expertise to facilitate its letters of credit in Europe. Dubai’s oldest and largest Islamic bank hopes to serve local companies which are increasingly looking abroad for business, chief executive Adnan Chilwan said in a statement. “In this regard, trade flows have become a critical component of this growth as has the provision of trade finance activities for businesses,” he said. Bank of America could opt for a strategic partner as well, Jameson

said. “We would consider that - that’s the model we have followed to date on cash management and trade. We can leverage the local expertise that they already have.” Haytham El Maayergi, head of

transaction banking in the United Arab Emirates for Standard Chartered Bank (STAN.L), which provides Islamic services, said he was seeing demand for Islamic trade finance that was partly due to the convenience of its structures, not just its religious permissibility. Islamic finance deals are backed by income from real assets, providing a layer of security which is attractive for many exporters of goods. “A lot of Islamic structures are more appealing to clients not only because these clients are shariacompliant, but also these structures are suitable for their business models. Clients want the ownership structure, less risky transactions and the ethical proposition that Islamic trade financing provides.” Maayergi added, “We see an increase in appetite from many of our MENA-based multinational clients.”  (Writing by Bernardo Editing by Andrew Torchia)

Vizcaino;

www.reuters.com/ article/2013/09/17/us-islamic-tradefinance-idUSBRE98G0NU2013091 7?feedType=RSS

Black Business News International Edition -33- Fall 2013

Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) Targets Small Businesses by Maimbolwa Mulikelela he Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) (www.luse.co.zm) says plans are underway to engage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that intend to raise their investments through the

Tembo said the capital market would be doing a more robust engagement with the SMEs saying that it would also carry out awareness campaigns on benefits associated with listing on the local

capital market. LuSE chief executive officer Brian Tembo said that during the course of 2014, the capital market would pursue the initiative to engage SMEs that were looking for opportunities to raise investment through the alternative market. In an interview in Lusaka, Mr.

market. “We intend at the market to talk to companies that we feel could be looking at this opportunity to list through this alternative market and then also get their peers, the companies that are already listed to share their experiences with these companies.

“During the course of 2014 you will be seeing LuSE moving this initiative forward and talking to the various actors out there .I must say it is an alternative market not necessarily the low level market,” he said. Mr. Tembo said LuSE would be talking to various actors about the process of listing and associated benefits away from just raising capital saying that the discussion was ongoing. He said the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) had streamlined their fees as pointed out by the Securities and Exchange Commission, adding that SMEs would now be measured by the strength of their balance sheet. “This is an alternative market that has got requirements that are more suitable to these small entities,” Mr. Tembo said.

Black Business News International Edition -34- Fall 2013

www.times.co.zm/?p=38697#

Africa’s Stock Exchanges

he Stock Exchanges in Africa are a key component of the complex network of the financial landscape of the continent. The individual exchanges, the regional organizations such as SADC and ECOWAS, the African Union, all of whom are working together to try to integrate and link financial markets across Africa. This network is growing stronger and more astute all the time. Always consult your personal financial manager when embarking on an investment strategy.

Stock Exchange Listing • Bolsa de Valores of Cape Verde - www.bvc.cv (in Portuguese) • Bond Exchange of South Africa - www.bondexchange. co.za • Botswana Stock Exchange www.bse.co.bw • Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres - UEMOA (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) - www.brvm.org • Casablanca Stock Exchange (Morocco) - www.casablancabourse.com/bourseweb/index. aspx

• Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (Tanzania) - www. dse.co.tz • Douala Stock Exchange (Cameroon) - www.douala-stockexchange.com/index_us.php • The Egyptian Exchange - www. egx.com.eg/English/homepage. aspx • Ethiopia Commodity Exchange - www.ecx.com.et • Ghana Stock Exchange - www. gse.com.gh • Johannesburg Stock Exchange (South Africa) - www. jse.co.za/Home.aspx • Khartoum Stock Exchange (Sudan, in Arabic) - www.kse. com.sd • Libyan Stock Market - www. lsm.ly/_layouts/membership/ login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fEnglis h%2fPages%2fdefault.aspx • Lusaka Stock Exchange (Zambia) - www.luse.co.zm • Nairobi Stock Exchange (Kenya) - www.luse.co.zm • Malawi Stock Exchange - www. mse.co.mw • Mozambique Stock Exchange (in Portuguese) - www.

bolsadevalores.co.mz • Namibian Stock Exchange www.nsx.com.na • Nigerian Stock Exchange www.nse.com.ng/Pages/default. aspx • Stock Exchange of Mauritius www.stockexchangeofmauritius. com • Swaziland Stock Exchange www.ssx.org.sz • Tunisia Stock Exchange - www. bvmt.com.tn • Uganda Securities Exchange www.use.or.ug References: African Security Exchanges Association www.africansea.org/ asea/ The Exchange Magazine www.nse.co.ke/media-center/ecommunique/exchange-magazine/ category/50-free-version.html) African Capital Markets News www.africancapitalmarketsnews. com/tag/african-stock-exchange Investing In Africa http:// investinginafrica.net/african-stockmarkets/african-stock-marketperformance 

Black Business News International Edition -35- Fall 2013

South Sudan Launches Modern Business and Investment City

much dependency on other countries. The establishment of SEZ will provide an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their linkage to largescale enterprises and to seize this opportunity for their development and expansion.  www.capitalethiopia.com/ index.php?option=com_ content&view=article&id=3227:ssudan-launches-modern-businessand-investment-city&catid=45:news-inbrief&Itemid=37

he government of South Sudan has officially launched the construction of a Juba Specialized Economic Zone (SEZ), an industrial area for business and investment activities. The 625 square km land, located about 30km from the South Sudan

Minister added, will not happen if there are no clear investment policies at national or state levels. “..nevertheless, provisions of these kind of infrastructure and availability of others, such as tax incentives, non-tariff barriers, power, roads, access to finance etc,

capital, Juba, will reportedly be used for building a new modern city, mainly for large businesses that will boost the young nation’s economy. While speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony held in Jokukweboma, the country’s commerce, industry and investment Minister, Garang Diing Akuong, said the creation of the SEZ indicates the desire and determination of South Sudan’s Central Equatorial state to encourage and promote investments and economic development in the state. “The specialized Economic Zone is indeed in line with the policy of the government of the Republic of South Sudan, which promotes National and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Sudan,” said Akuong, who represented President Kiir at the occasion. The FDI investment inflow, the

will pave the way for more investments to consider South Sudan as one of the best investment destinations in the region, if not the world,” he stressed. The Minister further said South Sudan, with its rich n a t u r a l resources, needs to diversify in order to e n h a n c e economic growth and reduce too

Black Business News International Edition -36- Fall 2013

Firms Invited to Attend South Sudan Investment Conference From New Ziana

imbabwean companies have been invited to attend the South Sudan Investment Conference to be held in Juba on December 4 and 5 this year. South Sudan acting Charge d’Affaires in Zimbabwe Mr. Watts Nyirigwa told New Ziana that he had written to the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (www. zncc.co.zw) inviting it to attend the conference. “This will be an opportunity to explore opportunities on the ground and decide on areas to invest in,” he said. Mr. Nyirigwa said areas that Zimbabwean companies could invest in included oil exploration, mining, agriculture, health and infrastructure. He said Zimbabwean companies could use the investment conference to interact with their South Sudan counterparts and discuss joint ventures. Mr. Nyirigwa added that numerous opportunities existed in South Sudan as the country did not yet have any industries since it attained independence barely two years ago. “South Sudan is not yet a cash economy. It does not have any industries and most its products are imported from Kenya, Uganda and Sudan,” he added. He said the South Sudan government had set aside an area just outside Juba for companies

Flag of South Sudan

to establish plants to manufacture different products. South Sudanese companies had recently formed a Chamber of Commerce to spearhead the development of businesses in the country, he said. Mr. Nyirigwa noted that relations between Zimbabwe and South Sudan were very strong and dated back to the days when Juba was fighting for independence from Khartoum. He lamented the absence of Zimbabwean companies in South Sudan when the country was the strongest supporter of Juba during its fight to secede from Sudan. “Zimbabwe provided the SPLM

with arms and ammunition as well as trained its fighters,” he said. South Sudan became Africa’s 54th state in July 2011 when it seceded from Sudan following a referendum in which 98% of Southerners voted to break away. 

Black Business News International Edition -37- Fall 2013

http://allafrica.com/ stories/201309180335.html?aa_ source=slideout

President Obama & NSA Susan Rice Urge Peace in South Sudan From New Ziana

President Barack Obama. Today, I want to speak directly to you—the people of South Sudan. For the better part of 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside you as you sought your independence and built a new nation. When the war was at its height, I visited with people across your country—in Marial Bai and Rumbek and Lui. You told me about how the conflict was affecting your lives and your families. And, when I was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, I was honored to share your stories with the world and to support your struggle for independence. Then, two years ago, on July 9th, 2011, I was so proud to speak to you on behalf of President Obama and the American people when finally you celebrated your hard-won independence. I remember so clearly the overwhelming joy and the spirit of unity that day—how you came together as one people to begin building a new nation, founded on your shared democratic values. National Security Advisor Susan Rice But the

einforcing President Obama’s strong message encouraging South Sudan’s leaders to choose peace, National Security Advisor Susan Rice recorded an audio message for the people of South Sudan (www.whitehouse.gov/ videos/2013/December/122013_ SusanRiceMessage.mp3). In it she reinforces the importance that South Sudan not allow the new country it fought so hard for to be torn apart by violence and suffering. She again calls on Sudan’s leaders to renounce violence, end the fighting, and commit to peaceful dialogue, and reiterates the United States’ support for a peaceful, democratic, unified South Sudan. “Hello. This is Susan Rice, National Security Advisor to

violence we’re seeing now is a grave threat to your young nation. Continued fighting—and the specter of ethnic violence—could tear apart the nation you so painstakingly knit together. We know all too well what horrors can occur when irresponsible provocateurs pit tribe against tribe and brother against brother. We’ve seen the devastation in Bosnia, Rwanda and so close to home in Darfur. As a longstanding friend of the people of South Sudan, I urge everyone to step back from conflict and instead address your

Statement by the Pres

n 2011, millions of South Sudanese v the promise of a more peaceful and pr people. In recent years, against grea progress toward breaking the cycle of v history.

Today, that future is at risk. South S fighting threatens to plunge South Suda

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Sou end the violence and work to resolve t Fighting to settle political scores or to immediately. Inflammatory rhetoric an sides must listen to the wise counsel of take immediate steps to urge calm and leaders must recognize that compromis but recovering from unchecked violence harder.

Too much blood has been spilled and South Sudan’s moment of hope and op the time for South Sudan’s leaders to sh their commitment to peace, to unity, and United States will remain a steady partne seek the security and prosperity they de office/2013/12/19/statement-president-s

differences through peaceful dialogue. In recent years, you’ve overcome incredible odds and shown the world that you can break the cycle of violence; that through careful and

Black Business News International Edition -38- Fall 2013

South Sudan from page 39

constant work, you can give birth to a new nation that respects the rights of all its peoples. That’s what you, the South Sudanese people, died for and then so peacefully voted for: an independent, peaceful and unified nation with a better future. And that’s the promise that young people and religious leaders and community elders across South Sudan are calling for their leaders to live up to now. The United States joins these

sident on South Sudan

voted to forge a new nation, founded on rosperous future for all of South Sudan’s at odds, South Sudan has made great violence that characterized much of its

Sudan stands at the precipice. Recent n back into the dark days of its past.

uth Sudan has a choice. Its leaders can tensions peacefully and democratically. destabilize the government must stop nd targeted violence must cease. All their neighbors, commit to dialogue and d support reconciliation. South Sudan’s se with one’s political enemy is difficult; e and unleashed hatred will prove much

too many lives have been lost to allow pportunity to slip from its grasp. Now is how courage and leadership, to reaffirm d to a better future for their people. The er of the South Sudanese people as they eserve. www.whitehouse.gov/the-presssouth-sudan

calls for peace. We urge leaders on all sides to publicly renounce violence, end the fighting, and commit to peaceful dialogue. Ethnic violence must cease immediately. Those who have committed acts of

President of the USA Baracck Obama violence against civilians must be you make today will determine held accountable. And those who the future of your country. You seek to achieve their goals at the can choose whether your children barrel of a gun must understand that will live in a nation of peace and international legitimacy and support cannot be gained through conflict. For all those who choose the path of peace and democracy, know that the United States will continue to stand with you, as we have at every step of your journey. But, I must also be clear: if a different choice is made, if individuals or groups seek to take or hold power through Flag of South Sudan force, mass violence, or intimidation, the United States growing prosperity or one scarred will have no choice but to withdraw by resumed conflict. As someone our traditional, robust support. who has always stood with you to Killing will only lead to deprivation imagine a better future for you and and isolation for the people of South your families, I ask each of you to make the choice for peace— Sudan. I know how much you have make the choice for a unified and already endured and how far you cohesive South Sudan. Make this have come, but please remember: choice for yourselves and your democracy is always hard work. children. Thank you. Reconciliation always takes time. www.whitehouse.gov/ You have to keep working at it each blog/2013/12/20/urging-peaceand every day through dialogue south-sudan and compromise. And the choices

Black Business News International Edition -39- Fall 2013

South Sudan Peace Talks to Open in Ethiopia By Jason Straziuso and Elias Meseret

A displaced woman and baby who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, sit by a fire as they cook food in the evening in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area “is lined with thousands of people” waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is “is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far”. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (The Associated Press

egotiators from South Sudan’s two warring sides arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both teams to bring the world’s newest country “back from the brink.” A government official said fighting continued in Bor, a gateway city to the capital, Juba. Bor, the capital of Jonglei State and just 75 miles from Juba, is the center of ethnically based violence stemming

from the political rivalry between President Salva Kiir and ousted Vice President Riek Machar, the rebel leader accused of mounting a coup attempt. The fighting has left more than 1,000 people dead, the United Nations says. President Kiir declared a state of emergency Wednesday in Jonglei and Unity, two states where rebel forces have gained the upper hand in recent fighting. Machar said Tuesday that he

would send his forces from Bor to Juba, but Hilde Johnson, the U.N. representative in South Sudan, played down the threat. “I think we need to take quotations with pinches of salt at this point of time,” she said. “On January 1 the country is at a fork in the road, but it can still be saved from further major escalation of violence.” Johnson urged Kiir and Machar to use the talks to move toward peace, adding: “They can still pull

Black Business News International Edition -40- Fall 2013

see South Sudan Peace Talks on page 41

South Sudan Peace Talks

from page 40

the country back from the brink.” Pro-Machar forces in Bor seem to be taking defensive positions, Johnson said. The fighting in Bor has displaced about 60,000 people. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area was lined with people waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River. Two teams of five negotiators each arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and were expected to begin talks later Wednesday, said Getachew Reda, a spokesman for Ethiopia’s prime minister. The United Nations said Tuesday that it is “gravely concerned” about mounting evidence of gross violations of international human rights law, including extrajudicial killings of civilians and captured soldiers. South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin labeled Bor a war zone, and one analyst said government troops had pulled out of parts of the city because they were concerned about having to kill the “young boys” who fill the rebel ranks. The military “was told to withdraw,” said Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Jubabased group Community Empowerment for Progress, citing accounts of contacts in Bor. “They communicated that these are young boys and we are killing them like nothing.” 



Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta , left, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, right, arrive for a meeting with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir at State House in Juba, South Sudan to try and mediate between the country’s president and the political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup that the government insists sparked violence threatening to destroy the world’s newest country. (AP Photo/ Kenyan Presidential Press Service)



The negotiating team meeting in Ethiopia includes the Honorable Thabo Mbeki (front, left). (DireTube video/NTV)

www.washingtonpost.com/world/ south-sudan-peace-talks-to-openin-ethiopia/2014/01/01/8aaa50667320-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_ story.html Photo Gallery: www. washingtonpost.com/world/

in-south-sudan-fears-of-a-civilwar/2013/12/26/b1786fac-6e4d-

11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_gallery. html#photo=1

Black Business News International Edition -41- Fall 2013

Construction of a New Ultramodern International Airport in Ndola, Zambia Approved

a m b i a ’ s Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Communications has approved the proposed site for the construction of the new ultramodern Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola. Government, through the Zambia Forest and Forest Industries Top Image: Proposed terminal building for new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International C o r p o r a t i o n Airport (ZAFFICO), last Lower Image: Current terminal year allocated 2,000 hectares of land to facilitate growing economically,” he said. million would house a number of the shifting of Simon Mwansa National Airports Corporation facilities in tandem with the required Kapwepwe airport from its current (NAC) managing director Robinson international aviation standards. base in Itawa due to the mining Misitala said the architectural The facility would have the activities that have accelerated in firms which are being considered capacity to accommodate two the city’s light industrial area. for the tender had already began million passengers per annum with Committee chairperson submitting their proposed plans for more room for expansion. Kapembwa Simbao said after a the outlook of the new facility. The Ndola airport upgrade was tour of the proposed site along the “The bidders who were shortlisted preceded by the National Airport Ndola-Mufulira road yesterday that have already started presenting Corporation Limited (NACL) the location for the new airport was their designs for the new airport. sourcing of about US$13 Million ideal in that it would make it easy However, this procedure is being (K64bn) for the construction of for investors from other towns to done in sequence so that all the a second Terminal Building at access Ndola’s central business bidders have an opportunity to Livingstone International Airport o district. present their plans in order for us enhance the capacity for that airport “The site made available by to make an informed decision,’ he to handle international flights.  ZAFFICO is alright in that it provides said. www.lusakatimes.com/2013/05/10/ easy access to the town centre and Once complete, the new look construction-of-the-newwe have seen that the site where Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe ultramodern-international-airportthe airport is currently located is no International Airport to be in-ndola-approved longer viable because the town is constructed at a cost of US$520 Black Business News International Edition -42- Fall 2013

20 Important African Startups to Watch By Monty Munford

by New York-born Derek Jason Bossman, who relocated to Ghana with his parents as a teenager, the company operates in West Africa and is rapidly expanding across the continent.

4. Gloo.ng - Nigeria

enya’s huge success with mobile money and the M-Pesa platform has launched Africa into the startup spotlight. But African innovation goes way beyond mobile money. Whether it’s ecommerce in Nigera, price comparison in South Africa or mobile advertising in Tanzania, African startups are not only changing their continent, but the world.

1. Saya - Ghana Chat messaging clients are hugely popular across Africa. Mobile chat app Saya Mobile (www.

saya.im) builds on the success of such services. It works across the iOS, Android, Blackberry and Java platforms, and is a product of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial

School of Technology (MEST) based in Accra (www.meltwater. org).

2. Ushahidi - Kenya Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, was initially a website developed to map reports of violence around the 2008 Kenyan election. The company has since evolved to become a tech nonprofit that specializes in developing free open-source software for data collection, visualization and interactive mapping. (see page 32)

3. AdsBrook - Ghana Digital and mobile advertising

is big business everywhere, including Africa. AdsBrook (http:// adsbrook.com) provides a network of channels for advertisers to run integrated campaigns. Headed

In Lagos, a city of 21 million people with 30,000 more arriving every day, the idea of running an online grocery business seems insane, but Gloo (http://gloo.ng) somehow manages to grow. Founder Dr. Olumide Olusanya g a v e up his medical practice to devote time to building his business. It now employs more than 100 people.

5. Mara Online - Uganda Mara Online (http://mara.com) is

a family of web and mobile platforms that allow users to communicate, interact and collaborate. Sometimes referred to as Africa’s answer to

Black Business News International Edition -43- Fall 2013

see Startups to Watch on page 44

Startups to Watch from page 43

Skype.

6. Aim Group - Tanzania This digital agency is disrupting the media, marketing and brand space by harnessing social media and traditional communications. The company works with major African brands, such as Vodacom, Castle, Tigo and Ndovu to extend their reach and messaging (www.aimgroup.co.tz).

7. PriceCheck - South Africa As the largest price comparison site in South Africa and Africa

as a whole, PriceCheck (www. pricecheck.co.za) considers the prices of thousands of products. In May it faced 100,000 other entrants to win the International “App of the Year” at the BlackBerry Live conference in Florida.

8. Iroko Partners - Nigeria Iroko (http://irokotv.com) is the world’s largest distributor of African

entertainment, including Nigeria’s huge Nollywood film industry. Launched at the end of 2010, the company has a global audience of more than 6 million users from 178 countries — it’s regularly referred to as “Africa’s Netflix.”

9. biNu - South Africa BiNu (www.binu.com) mobile app platform can boost Internet speeds by 10 times, which means even the most basic phones can have smartphone-like capabilities. Its more than 100 channels include social media, news, weather, entertainment and free books. BiNu users can also interact with each other via news feeds, social profiles

and messaging.

10. Konga - Nigeria One of Nigeria’s leading online megastores, Konga (www.konga. com) is growing rapidly across its mobile and SMS platforms. Founded in the summer of 2012, the company now has 150 employees. It promises to deliver products that range from flatscreen TVs to

cosmetics anywhere in the country, within five days.

11. Bozza - South Africa Backed by HP Ventures, Bozza (www.facebook.com/beBozza) is a mobile social networking startup aimed at township users. It’s headed by entrepreneur Emma Kaye, who describes the service as “a place to discover and share content, enabling small enterprises in a township environment to collaborate and prosper.”

12. Njorku - Cameroon Launched in March 2011, the Njorku (http://njorku.com) job search engine helps users find careers across Africa. Active in

seven countries, the platform offers free and unlimited access to hundreds of thousands of job listings. The company has already raised seed funding from a business angel in France and a Canadabased technology company.

13. Fawry - Egypt Fawry (www.fawry-eg.com/ En/common/default.aspx) is a payment service customers can

Black Business News International Edition -44- Fall 2013

Startups to Watch from page 44

use through banks, post offices and a nationwide network of retailers. Services range from bill payment to Internet and mobile banking. The company employs 250 people and has already collected more than $220 million.

14. Spinlet - Nigeria As a mobile music download platform, Spinlet (http://spinlet. com) offers media distribution to emerging markets in Africa. It encourages the social aspect of music by making it easy to create and share playlists to friends within the application, while enabling both the purchase and discovery of new music.

15. MXit - South Africa

m e t r i c s , a c c e s s demographic and social media profiles of message senders and analyze the real sentiment behind the messages they receive. In May 2013, it became the first African company to join the 500 Startups Accelerator Program in Silicon Valley.

17. ForgetMeNot Africa Zimbabwe ForgetMeNot Africa’s (http:// forgetmenotafrica.com) optimizer technology converts Facebook “actions,” emails and chat messages into SMS formats,

“African Amazon.” In March 2013 it received a $26 million investment from Summit Partners, which it will use to expand business to other African countries.

19. moWoza - South Africa The company’s commerce service focuses on mobile as a delivery platform. Customers can “shop wherever they are, at any time” and register with a licensed agent. When the transaction is complete, both the customer and beneficiary are informed by SMS, which also indicates where the parcel can be collected (http://mowoza. com).

20. Afroes - South Africa/Kenya

MXit (http://site.mxit.com) is Africa’s biggest social network, with 50 million users across more than 3,000 different mobile phones. Users can send free online messages, enjoy multiplayer games, buy music, exchange goods and even trade on the stock market.

16. Dropifi - Ghana Dropifi (www.dropifi.com) users can see data in relation to industry

without connecting to the Internet. The company’s ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe’s eTXT service is a cheaper alternative than a fixed-line Internet connection or most Internet cafés.

18. Jumia - Nigeria As Africa’s biggest online shopping mall, Jumia (www.jumia.com.ng) operates in Egypt, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Kenya as an

Afroes (http://afroes.com) produces applications and content for young people, which contain educational and social messages. It is in development with a series of mobile games and SMS reporting platforms that will form the interactive component of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, “Champion for Children campaign.” In 2012, the company won the prestigious MEF Social Responsibility and Development Award for its Moraba game in London. 

Black Business News International Edition -45- Fall 2013

http://mashable.com/2013/06/06/ african-startups

So that African children see themselves in the books they read.

www.signafrica.net www.bbala.org select: Black Business News Black Business News International Edition -46- Fall 2013

-KOPA strives to help our customers get rid of kerosene and other costly and inefficient energy substitutes. Solar powered appliances are readily available and their performance and durability continues to get better all the time. M-KOPA’s focus is to make those

and tuition, more cash to invest in businesses.

The Company M-KOPA was established in 2011 following successful consumer trials in Kenya during 2010. As of October 2013, we are actively providing affordable solar power to over 30,000 Kenyan households and adding 1,000 more every week. Our team includes nearly 200 staff and we sell our product through more than 750 retail shops nationwide. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a prerequisite, technology alone does not

solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to ongoing, on-the-ground delivery. Our fast-growing team takes pride in the following company values: • MAENDELEO (PROGRESS) We have an appetite for advancement and our customers do too. Our aim is to get better every day, improving our business operations while our customers better their lives. • UMILIKI (OWNERSHIP) We help low-income consumers acquire and own high quality,

great technologies affordable. By offering world-class solar power products to consumers for less than their daily spend on kerosene, we enable consumers to leapfrog to locally-generated, clean, renewable energy. Better yet – once they have paid for their device in full, they can enjoy years of free power and put the money saved towards other priorities – more food on the table, more money for school books Black Business News International Edition -48- Fall 2013

see Uganda’s Space Program on page 49

Global Wind Power Expected to Skyrocket By Tyler Falk

Photo: Flickr/Nuon

ou might have seen more wind farms popping up over the last few years, but wind energy still only accounts for a small percentage of global electricity production. According to a new report from the International Energy Agency (www.iea.org), wind power generates only 2.6% of the world’s electricity, but that number is expected to grow significantly over the next few decades. In the latest “Wind Power Technology Roadmap” (www. iea.org/publications/freepublications/ publication/name,43771,en.html)

report the organization has increased its estimates from its previous report in 2009 — which

M-KOPA SOLAR from page 48

affordable energy solutions, and we gain pride knowing that our customers gain independence through ownership. • UWAZI (TRANSPARENCY) We aim to make life easier for our customers, and we value straightforward, commonsense solutions. We make our business decisions based on a clear and honest assessment of the facts. We believe that good ideas and great insights come

said global wind power would reach 12% of global electricity generation by 2050 — to say that wind power could generate as much as 18% of global electricity by 2050. Here’s the report’s take: “Recent improvement in wind power technologies as well as the changing global energy context explain the higher long-term target. Turbines are getting higher, stronger and lighter, while masts and blades are growing even faster than rated capacity, allowing turbines to capture lower-speed winds and produce more regular output. This facilitates installation in places beyond the best windy spots on mountain ridges or seashores as well as integration into power

systems despite the variability of winds.” And while offshore wind power, is expensive now, the IEA says it could get even more competitive with costs falling 45% by 2050 compared to 25% for land-based wind. Last year, the IEA said there were $78 billion worth of investments in wind energy. That will likely increase to $150 billion per year by 2050. China is also expected to lead the way as the top producer of wind power by 2020 or 2025 with OECD Europe dropping to second and the United States in third. 

from all directions: from our customers, our partners, and our staff.

combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time. M-KOPA Kenya Ltd George Padmore Road P.O. Box 51866-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Telephone: +254 (0) 711.071.000 E-mail: info@m-kopa.com 

More data. More intelligence. More power. M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful

www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/ global-wind-power-expected-toskyrocket/32899?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660 &ttag=e660&ftag=TRE4eb29b5

www.m-kopa.com Black Business News International Edition -49- Fall 2013

Environmental Solutions Group, Inc. ESG is an environmental technology firm offering a variety of technologies. These include, but are not limited to, landfill volume reduction, remediation of landfill waste, conversion of organic and inorganic waste into usable byproducts. All this reduces landfill volumes and extends the life of a landfill. Please visit our web site for videos, photos and data on our technologies - www.esgint.com. One of our key technology product offerings is the Compressed Earthen Block Production System. ESG provides the equipment and training for the manufacture of earthen blocks to be used primarily for the construction of high quality, low cost housing. The City of Durban in South Africa has just purchased their 3rd set of block making equipment. They will soon begin construction of a 3,200 house project. The basic house to be constructed in Durban will be 52 sq. meters and have two bedrooms, kitchen, family area and indoor toilet and shower. The estimated cost of the house is $10,000 US including the roof tiles, Photovoltaic electrical system, rainwater tank and solar water heater. The Republic of Angola has 10 sets of our block making equipment and ESG equipment is in use in seven (7) other African nations. Even the US Military has 55 sets of ESG block making equipment. The ESG Compressed Earthen Block Production system: • Creates between 21 and 30 jobs. • Our blocks do not require mortar. • Our blocks need a minimum of 10% clay. • Our blocks do not need curing they can go directly into the wall. • Our blocks have a Thermal Efficiency of 34/36 while cement blocks are 3. • Our blocks have a PSI of 900 to 1200 without cement. This is 6 to 8.3 Mega Pascal. This is 3 to 4 times minimum standards of 300 PSI and 2.0 Mpa. If we add 5% cement the PSI goes to 2500 or 17 Mpa. Profit Incentive If you were to only make blocks for commercial sale and make a profit of $.20 cents US per block, the profits from our ESG 3500 Compressed Earthen Block Production System will pay for itself in 200 work days. At $.20 cents profit per block the ESG 3500 Compressed Earthen Block Production System will generate between $350,000 and $400,000 US per year. With our smaller unit the income will be about $140,000 US per year. If you need any additional information please do not hesitate to contact Robert Morriss, Director, info@esgint.com. Environmental Solutions Group, Inc. Environmental Solutions International 460 Langer Ct, Hemet, CA 92545 USA www.esgint.com  Office: 1-951-325-8200

Black Business News International Edition -50- Fall 2013

SAVE THE DATE! 4th Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference featuring

Date: December 11-14, 2013 Location: Oriental Hotel Lagos, Nigeria Sponsored by: Trend Media City Ltd. Collaborating Organizations: Trend TV

The 1st Annual Pan African Film & Entertainment Investment Summit MISSION The Annual Pan African Film & Entertainment Investment Summit will provide a venue for investors, film, TV & music entertainment content producers, studio executives, media experts and regulators to meet to secure financing for Pan African film, television, music and entertainment content, infrastructure and capacity development. A major highlight of the 2013 summit is the launching of an investment fund in this sector of the creative industries.

The Pan African University School of Media and Communication The Federation of Pan African Film Makers The Africa-USA Chamber of Commerce & Industry

For more information contact: Al Washington, Executive Director Africa-USA Chamber of Commerce & Industry at 1.626.321.7041 or alwash9727@aol.com

Black Business News International Edition -51- Fall 2013

The African Marketplace Inc.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Cinema & Urban Media Initiative The Pan African Global Trade & Investment Association

Nigerian Wins Muslim Beauty Pageant By Anthony Ada Abraham

babiyi Aishah Ajibola of Nigeria waves in tears after being named World Muslimah 2013. She tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses as she won a beauty pageant exclusively for Muslim women in the Indonesian capital on September 18th, a riposte to the Miss World contest that has sparked hardline anger. The 20 finalists, who were all required to wear head scarves, put on a glittering show for the final of Muslimah World, strolling up and down a catwalk in elaborately embroidered dresses and stilettos. But the contestants from six countries were covered from head to foot. They were judged on how well they recited Koranic verses and their views on Islam in the modern world. According to New York Times, after a show in front of an audience of mainly religious scholars and devout Muslims, a panel of judges picked Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola from Nigeria as the winner. While the event in a Jakarta shopping mall paled in comparison to Miss World on the resort island of Bali in which scores of contestants are competing, Ajibola was nevertheless overwhelmed. Upon hearing her name, the 21-year-old knelt down and prayed, then wept as she recited a Koranic verse. In an interview as monitored on BBC, she said “thanks to almighty

Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola

Allah” that she had won the contest. She received 25 million rupiah ($2,200) and trips to Mecca and India as prizes. Ajibola told AFP before the final that the event “was not really about competition.” “We’re just trying to show the world that Islam is beautiful,” she said. Organisers said the pageant challenged the idea of beauty put forward by the British-run Miss World pageant, and also showed that opposition to the event could be expressed nonviolently. Eka Shanti, who founded the pageant three years ago after losing

her job as a TV news anchor for refusing to remove her headscarf, bills the contest as “Islam’s answer to Miss World.” “This year, we deliberately held our event just before the Miss World finals to show that there are alternative role models for Muslim women,” she told AFP. But it’s about more than Miss World. Muslim women are increasingly working in the entertainment industry in a sexually explicit way and they become role models, which is a concern,” she added. 

Black Business News International Edition -52- Fall 2013

http://allafrica.com/ stories/201309230454.html

(l-r) The first runner-up of Top Model of the World 2013 was Anthonia Isaiah Inara from Gulf of Guinea; the overall winner was Monica Palacios Mora, Top Model of the World Caribean, and Burcu Taynaz from Turkey was the the second runner-up. Black Business News International Edition -53- Fall 2013

One Africa: Tell the US Government that North Africa is Africa Too!

oin with and support the United Africa Organization’s campaign to petition the U.S. Department of State to include the whole African continent under its Bureau of African Affairs.

Why? The State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, led by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, currently excludes Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara from its agenda. Instead, the aforementioned countries are grouped with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, together with Iran, Iraq, Israel and others. This artificial distinction between North Africa and the rest of Africa

negatively impacts US foreign policy relations throughout the entire continent of Africa. We unequivocally reject the argument that North African countries are outside the scope of African affairs. North Africa is geographically and historically part of the African continent, and all fifty-three (53) independent African states, including North African countries, are represented in the African Union (AU). It would be far more productive for the State Department to engage with the entire continent of Africa, including North Africa, under its Bureau of African Affairs. We are one Africa, from the

Cape to Cairo, indivisible and bound together! Therefore, no square inch of African land should be excluded from African affairs.

Sign The Petition!!! Go to www.change.org/petitions/ one-africa-tell-us-state-departmentthat-north-africa-is-part-of-africa and sign the online petition to support this important proposition. Next tell everyone you know to sign. 

Black Business News International Edition -54- Fall 2013

www.uniteafricans.org

Introducing the .....

Agriculture Education Energy Manufacturing

• • • • •

Key Investment Sectors Mining Transport Health Tourism

Basic market research Partnering Identifying opportunities Information on economic performance Information on rules, regulations, licensing

• • • • •

Information Communication Technology Construction, Real Estate

Industry specific support General information through Conference, lectures, events and seminars Trade missions Networking and Net-weaving Advocacy with local and state governments

CONTACT

Zambia USA Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 13541 Torrance CA 90503

www.zambiausachamber.org info@zambiausachamber.org 424 777 6474

In the Spotlight

has said candidates and teachers involved in exam irregularities will be punished. Candidates whose results will have been cancelled on grounds of irregularities will wait for three years before they can re-sit the exams. The 844,475 pupils are expected to join secondary school in February 2014. Last year, close to 200,000 students missed secondary school slots. The government’s move to elevate 60 schools to national status has seen Form One slots increase from 4,517 in 2011 to 16,125 in 2012. KCPE Results Released Currently, there are 78 national schools The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results for 2013 were recently released at countrywide. The government has plans to Mitihani House in Nairobi. The Kenya National upgrade 27 more schools next year. According to Examinations Council communications manager the new criteria two top boys and girls from each Fridah Were said everything had been put in place district will join a national school irrespective of whether they sat their exams in private or public for the release of the results. The event was attended by Education Cabinet schools. The top 2012 KCPE candidate scored 430 out of Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi. Were said by 11am, parents and pupils were able to get their results by the possible 500, but this formula means that there is no clear cut-off point for one to join a national sending the candidate’s details to 22252. As the results were released, the government school. The remaining national schools slots will

Kenyan Student’s School Scores

see In The Spotlight on page 57

In The Spotlight

Wanjohi’s mother Caroline Karungari. Wanjohi attributed his success to God, hard work and his use a district quota formula, which is equal to the teachers’ dedication. He hopes to join Alliance High School, which number of candidates by gender multiplied by the is his dream school.”I will later pursue a degree vacancies in the school divided by the national in neurosurgery to help many Kenyans who are candidature for the gender. suffering,” Wanjohi said. http://allafrica.com/stories/201312310169.html Karungari said her son had been active at school and at home but it was a surprise that he has Nyahururu Boy Tops Laikipia emerged number one.The school director Pastor Exams List Ken Ogalle said Wanjohi is an active boy and Little-known New Life Academy in Nyahururu thanked the teachers for their cooperation.The town has produced the best pupil in last year’s institution is known for supporting the needy in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) society. examinations in Laikipia county. Elvis Wanjohi, http://allafrica.com/stories/201401020053.html 12, scored 433 marks out of the possible 500. His relatives, the school community and Girls Dominate in Kenya National Nyahururu residents thronged into the institution situated at Site Phase II estate for celebrations. Exams This is the fourth year since the school’s pupils Education Cabinet Secretary has lauded the performance by girls in the 2013 Kenya Certificate of started sitting the annual KCPE examinations. Primary Education exams with more female candidates “This came as a surprise to us because the in the top ten positions Kenya National Examination Council had earlier http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/ declined to register him due to his tender age,” said id/00028188.html?aa_source=ri-headline from page 56

Returning to Africa? African Repatriation is an invaluable online resource for any African national who is thinking about returning to Africa. Our industry articles and specialist editorials provide the latest sector information. Why not find out for yourself and become a part of our growing community today?

www.africanrepatriation.com

Career Opportunities in Africa Search and apply online for the latest vacancies in Africa with African Talent. We provide candidates and employers with the tools and resources needed in today’s competitive job market. For employers, we offer numerous options to feature your jobs in Africa and for candidates, reviewing the most recent job vacancies in Africa is a fast, easy process. Uploading your CV is simple and takes just a few moments.

www.africantalent.com

List Your Business or Project on Afribiz for FREE! Afribiz.info (www.afribiz.info) serves as the online portal for Afribiz which focuses on catalyzing and growing trade, information, business, technology and innovation, and capital flows between Africa and other global markets, both developed and emerging. Afribiz.info oﬀers information, intelligence, research, media and broadcasting, services, and is the gateway to the Afribiz business ecosystem situated in Africa and around the globe. Afribiz is opening its business and project directory to those who would like a place to share information on a business or project. Right now, you can list a business or project for free for 2 years. (There is normally a $100 fee). Note: You must register on the Afribiz site, which is also free. Listing must include a website address for the specific business or project and a business email address not general email addresses like gmail.com or yahoo.com.

International Edition

International Edit

ion

Black Business News

Serving the Globa l African Economic Community

Black Business News

Go to www.bbala.org Menu Selection: Black Business News to view current and past issues.

Fall 2008 USD$5.00

Contents Corporate Givin

g: EOY charita opportunities in health, education, ble ing, and more. housTourism: Investm

ent in Africa’s tourism industry is active, all across the contin vital and is evident ent.

Feature Articles: “Strategies For Cons Engagement with tructisve the African Diaspora ” “Diaspora Enga gement: Remittances & Beyond” Investment ProƤ le: Moyo District of the Repub lic of Uganda

Professional Direc tory Charitable Inves

tments

Rev. Leon R. Perry , III in Ghana with

see Corporate Giving recently orpaned twins page 21

Black Business News International Edition -58- Fall 2013

The UN reports that at the Kobe refugee camp in Ethiopia, an average of 10 children under the age of five has died every day. Twenty years ago, I witnessed firsthand the devastation of another famine in Somalia. Two decades later, International Medical Corps has built vast networks of staff and partners on the ground, who as you read this, are responding to this crisis. Our efforts are working – but so many more vulnerable people need to be reached. With our partners, Wings of Help, Lufthansa, and International Relief Teams, we airlifted 90 tons of medicine, food, and humanitarian supplies to East Africa, where we are distributing them to the families and children who need it most. We’re in the camps, providing care and nutrition to refugees and we’re expanding our existing op-

SOMALIA CRISIS

erations outside of the camps to reach drought-affected communities. We know we can count on your support because you’ve already shown how much you care – please, give today and help us relieve their suffering. You can make a difference It’s time to act. Visit our website at http://internationalmedicalcorps. org. Your donation today can save lives and relieve their suffering.

community mobilization, nutrition screening, micronutrient supplementation, and vaccination and medical referrals •Delivered nutrition supplies, including ready-to-use foods and nutrition equipment such as height boards and weighing scales, to local health centers •Trained 20 community health workers, 12 community nutrition workers, and 12 health care providers

What We Are Doing

ETHIOPIA •Screened more than 5,000 children and mothers at the Kobe refugee camp. •Constructed 136 latrines, with an additional 200 planned •Preparing feeding program for mothers and children between 6 months and 5 years-old in two additional camps

SOMALIA •Screened 5,761 children for malnutrition at International Medical Corpssupported sites •Trained Ministry of Health staff on

KENYA •Deepening current operations in Garissa, the Rift Valley, Isiolo, and Tana River – drought affected communities outside of the camps

Thank you, Stephen Tomlin, Vice President, Program Policy and Planning International Medical Corps

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) agency is seeking US$144,954,431 in funds for emergency relief in the host countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya, which are themselves hard hit by the drought. Many refugees walk for weeks to reach aid in neighboring countries. Some do not survive the harsh journey; the weakest children die along the way as their mothers watch helplessly. Those refugees who make it to Kenya or Ethiopia’s camps arrive exhausted, dehydrated and severely malnourished. Child deaths are alarmingly high. The refugees urgently need medical aid and high-protein, high-energy food. They also need clean water, shelter and basic services in the camps. Please visit www. unhcr.org. and donate today. Black Business News International Edition -59- Fall 2013

Building and Construction Conference and Exhibition

International Trade Calendar

April 10 - 17, 2014 Doula, Cameroon

Solar Show Africa 2014 March 11-12, 2014 Sandton Convention Center Johannesburg, South Africa The Solar Show Africa is the continent’s largest solar exhibition.

Conference and Exhibition (MMEC) 2014

Since the first edition in 2008, BATIMAIDE has seen a continuous increase in the number of participants at each edition which confirmed the relevance of the concept and the need to sustain it. This exhibition and conference provide useful information to

March 27 - 28 2014 Joaquim Chissano Conference Center Maputo, Mozambique

It is part of Power & Electricity World Africa - attracting 4,500+ participants annually. It is the only African event that attracts regional and international developers, power producers and utilities, industry, government and large energy users - year after year. In scope, content and experience The Solar Show Africa will be the only event of its kind in Africa in 2014. For detailed information visit the website at: www.events-africa. com/solar-show-africa-2014%20 -events-africa.html. 

Mozambique Mining, Oil & Gas and Energy

The fourth edition of the Mozambique Mining, Oil & Gas and Energy Conference and Exhibition (MMEC) will take place on the 2728 March 2014 in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique at the Joaquim Chissano Conference Center. Organized by ENH, Mozambique’s National Oil Company, and AGMM, Mozambique’s Mining Geological Association, in association with AME Trade Ltd, the MMEC is the premier established event focusing on the Mozambique Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas sectors and their sustainable development. The main theme of the 4th MMEC is “Ensuring long lasting benefits to the nation through sustainable management of Mozambique´s resources.” 

Batimaide 2014

businesses and institutions involved in the construction and building sectors of Cameroon in particular and Africa in general. The technical and administrative requirements for the organisation of BATIMAIDE are strengthening progressively as the project grows and this partnership allows us to organise it very well for the benefit of our clients and partners. A survey of potential exhibitors confirmed that they would feel better in an exhibition sector which gives them more visibility and opportunities to inter act with others. The international expansion of BATIMAIDE is confirmed with the partnership set up with UBI France, who mobilised a group of French entrepreneurs for BATIMAIDE in 2012, the Chamber of Commerce of

Black Business News International Edition -60- Fall 2013

see Trade Calendar on page 61

International Trade Calendar by the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development, Republic of Uganda, in association with AME Trade Ltd. UMEC 2014 will be attended by the full spectrum of partners involved in Uganda’s energy, minerals and oil and gas industries, including the public and private sector, as well as development partners and multilateral organisations. The 1st edition of the event, UMEC 2013, created a platform to deliberate extensively on issues concerning Uganda’s resources. It featured over 220 delegates, 32 exhibiting companies and over 40 presentations were delivered. The event was held under the High Patronage of Her Excellency Irene Muloni, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Republic of Uganda. 

turnkey event focusing on the Republic of Uganda’s mining, energy and petroleum potential. UMEC will feature two days conference, with

The dedicated commercial and digital print exhibition, Africa Print will take place from 2-4 July, 2014 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. This significant

and will include both suppliers and manufacturers of commercial litho and digital printers, finishing equipment, software, media and consumables. With the rapid development in printing technology, digital printing can now offer flexibility and convenience with the same level of quality as traditional offset machines. This has resulted in an irreversible industry trend, where digital is not necessarily replacing traditional printing processes but rather being integrated into commercial print houses as a complementary element of the business system. Africa Print will provide an opportunity for printers looking to expand their business with the potential of digital production. The expo will focus on the innovative and cost-effective capabilities of shortrun, variable data and personalised print as well as providing visitors with the latest developments and trends in the global industry. An extensive national and international marketing campaign will ensure that visitors to the show will include print industry representatives as well as end users and influential decision makers. Africa Print will aim to educate and inspire all visitors on the powerful capabilities and commercial benefits of digital print, in its entirety.

presentation sessions and round table discussions, as well as a trade exhibition. The event is organised

event will also showcase the entire digital print process, featuring from sheetfed A3 machines up to Grand format digital equipment

The Africa Print expo is sponsored by Xerox. Visit the website for information or to register. www. africaprintexpo.com. 

the Region Rhône-Alpes in France and Cubic Globe in London UK. 

Uganda Mining & Energy Conference and Exhibition .

May 22 - 23, 2014 Serena Hotel Kampala, Uganda UMEC 2014 (2nd edition Uganda Mining, Energy and Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition) is a

Africa Print 2014

July 2-4, 2014 Gallagher Convention Centre Johannesburg South Africa

Black Business News International Edition -61- Fall 2013

gency phase behind us and turning completely towards sustainable human development while never, of course, overlooking those in urgent need of aid. Maison Shalom is unique because of the holistic approach of all its activities. It monitors the children it helps even after their reintegration into the community, to ensure that everything’s going well. Its activities include all areas of integrated and sustainable development : health, education, culture, justice and income-generation. The focus is on agricultural and pastoral activities, the livelihood of over 90% of the population.

Restoring Children’s Dignity Since its inception by Marguerite Barankitse in 1993, Maison Shalom (House of Peace) has done all in its power to restore dignity to war or AIDS orphans, street children, young children and babies in prison (infants with their mothers), and the children of poverty-stricken parents. Since first taking charge of 25 war orphans in 1993, Maison Shalom has come to the aid of more than 20,000 orphans and other needy children. As peace returns to Burundi, Maison Shalom has gradually changed its ap-

Marguerite Barankitse proach. We no longer wait for children in need to come to us: we go to them.

A Community Approach Our almost 18 years of experience working with vulnerable children have taught us that the best way to help them efficiently and sustainably is to develop the community in which they live. In addition to children, other categories of people – mothers with nursing difficulties caused by malnutrition and poor sick people – turn to Maison Shalom for assistance. The root of the problem is obviously the extreme poverty of the families. We have therefore adopted a community approach. We go to the families and help them develop to the point of selfsufficiency.

Towards Sustainable Human Development We have moved on, leaving the emer-

Involving the Socioeconomic, Political and Religious Players Maison Shalom works in all Burundi’s provinces and in its neighbouring countries (Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In addition to our day-to-day work, it is our duty to call on all those involved in socio-economic, political and religious life to make an effort to restore dignity to our brothers and sisters in Burundi and to put a smile back on their faces: we want to set a living example of integrated development.

We’re Convinced With our unshakeable belief in the success of our mission, our determination and the friendship of our partners and friends who hold us dear and support us, we are convinced that our dream to see every Burundian lead a decent life will come true.

Make A Donation www.maisonshalom.org/en/19/donation 

Black Business News International Edition -62- Fall 2013

Books for Africa Donate a Desk to Students in Malawi

ooks For Africa (www.booksforafrica.org) has a simple mis-

sion. We collect, s o r t , s h i p , and distribute books to children in Africa. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Since 1988, BFA has shipped over 24 million high-quality text and library books to children and adults in 45 African countries. Millions more are needed. It costs $9,800 to send a sea container to most major sea ports of books and computers to Africa. Your donation will enable Books For Africa to send even more books to children in Africa who are hungry to read, hungry to learn. 

very day, millions of children throughout Africa struggle to learn while sitting on the floor or on the ground outdoors. Giving them a desk, where they can write and concentrate, is a great step towards creating an educational system that attracts, and keeps, eager young students. Support the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (www.unicefusa.org) and MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” in an ambitious campaign called K.I.N.D.: Kids in Need of Desks to provide 46,000 desks for 172 schools in UNICEF Malawi’s Schools for Africa network. By making a tax-deductible dona-

tion to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, you can pick one or more students up off the ground and help pave their way to a better education and brighter future. A gift of: • $24 can pick one student off the floor; • $48 will buy a desk and bench for two students; • $720 will furnish an entire class of 30. The program is a component of the UNICEF Schools for Africa campaign which aims to accelerate access to quality basic education for children, with a special focus on girls, orphans and vulnerable children. 

ASSIST THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN Sudan Sunrise Help Build Schools in the South Sundan www.sudansunrise.org

outh Sudan is the most underdeveloped region of the world today. 85% of the population in South Sudan is illiterate. Only about 7% of teachers in the south have any professional training, and it is not uncommon to visit a school where the teachers themselves have not been educated beyond fourth grade. Some 1.5 million children who should be in school are not, due to lack of schools. The majority of schools that do exist consist of a chalkboard under a tree. Read about the camapign and contribute to the program to build over 41 schools at www.sudansunrise.org.

Southern Sudan Literacy Project (SSLP) Build a Primary School • www.thehopealliance.org/?q=node/77

he Southern Sudan Literacy Project (SSLP) is designed to build a Primary school in Dongchak Payam, Duk County, Southern Sudan. Solomon Awan, who was one of the “Lost Boys from Sudan,” now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He desires to help the village he is from, Duk Padiet. Villagers are just now returning after so many years of war and genocide. During the Spring of 2008, Solomon traveled back to his home village where he was reunited with his mother and sister. He met with the village community and agreed that the education of their children is the most critical need. We hope to finish building the school before the 2011 rainy season. To further this goal, SSLP has partnered with Hope Alliance, allowing our donors the benefit of a tax deduction. Please help SSLP accomplish this worthwhile project: send donations to The Hope Alliance (www.thehopealliance.org) For further information please contact: solomonawan@ yahoo.com.  Black Business News International Edition -63- Fall 2013

Ben Mootry

Books to Consider... In Honor of Nelson Mandela Many authors have explored the phenomenon of Nelson Mandela including Mandela himself. A few of the tomes, film and digital books are shown here. ď &#x192;

http://issuu.com/blackbusinessnews/ docs/mandelacommemorative

This is an official warning from the African Union, an intergovernmental and continental organization with its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

t has come to our attention that an organization calling itself the AFRICAN UNION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is using the name AFRICAN UNION (AU) AND THE AFRICAN UNION LOGO AND WEBSITE and claiming to be part of or an institution of the African Union. The said organization has been alleged to have solicited money from the wider public in order to render certain services or to provide access to identified goods or services. We would like to warn people worldwide that the AFRICAN UNION has no connection whatsoever with the so called African Union Chamber of Commerce. The said organization is not part of or an institution of the African Union and is not recognized by the African Union. The use of the name, logo and website of the African Union by the said organization is not authorized by the African Union and is therefore illegal. The African Union disassociates itself from any misrepresentations, statements or communication in whatever form and manner made by this organization purporting to be an agent of or part of the African Union. The African Union will not accept any liability in respect of any representation or misrepresentation, communication, transaction, losses or damages incurred by any member of the public arising from any act of commission or omission or utterance perpetrated by the so called African Union Chamber of Commerce. The AU as the copyright holder will take appropriate action against the said organization. 

“One Africa for Prosperity and Peace”

Strategic Objectives African Union Commission 1. Reduce conflicts to achieve continental security and stability; 2. Achieve the necessary continental security and stability as a prerequisite for Africa’s development and integration; 3. Promote sustainable economic development; 4. Promote sustainable social and human development; 5. Formulate frameworks for developing and sharing Africa’s Statistics, and Research & Development capacities; 6. Enhance continental integration; 7. Build and foster continental and global cooperation; 8. Promote good governance, democracy and human rights; 9. Strengthen the Africa-wide humanitarian response and action; 10. Promote Inter-African solidarity; 11. Promote African Cultural Renaissance and the protection of Africa’s cultural heritage; 12. Promote the active participation and contribution of all segments of the African society in Africa’s development and integration; 13. Promote the ratification and entry into force of all outstanding legal instruments adopted by the Assembly of the Union; 14. Promote gender equality; 15. Strengthen the capacity and enhance the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the African Union Commission; 16. Promote synergies, linkages and good working relations with all Africa Union Organs; 17. Promote effective cooperation and collaboration with Member States and the Regional Economic Communities; 18. Promote strategic partnerships for leveraging sustainable sources of funding and comparative advantages.

www.african-union.org

Black Business News International Edition -66- Fall 2013

Trade Advertisers Wedgywall™ Modelar Panel and Exhibit System Rentals •Durable double-sided, seamless panels •Sets up in seconds •No visible hardware •Manufactured in the USA

McKenzie Exhibits International 14803 Vanowen St., Suite #14 Van Nuys, CA 91405 818-756-5375

The KARIDERM products for hair care, body care and facial care are made from certified organic shea butter, offering all the benefits of this African green treasure. Rich in nutritious fatty acids and regenerating vitamins, KARIDERM’s shea butter nourishes and balances the skin, giving a superior level of protection, revitalization and hydration. Available in Canada and Africa. Order directly from www.kariderm.com

www.mocality.com

CARADORE.COM the FREE, SAFE & EASY way to buy - sell cars online in Africa www.caradore.com

Aviation Maintenance Technician International Students Welcome

 West Los Angeles College 9000 S. Overland Avenue Culver City, CA 90230 USA

www.wlac.cc.ca.us

Kasamore International Calling Card Low Rates for International Calls & Domestic Calls No Contract • No Fees Quaranteed High Quality Sound

www.kasamore.com 1-866-507-7144 http://angola.org/newsletter/Imbondeiro.pdf Black Business News International Edition -67- Fall 2013

The

Congolese Community of Southern California

invites all of us to take part in the campaign to End the Violence, End the Genocide, End the Rape, End the Exploitation taking place in the Democratice Republic of the Congo Now!. Watch the video record of the recent public protest held in Los Angeles, California. Then become a supportor and an activist for freedom - contact is

Watch & Support the Africa Channel! Time Warner Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the Africa Channel in your area? Call Time Warner at: 1-888-8922253 and ask that the Africa Channel be broadcast to your area. For information on the Africa Channel visit www.theafricachannel.com or send an e-mail inquiry to info@theafricachannel.com.

congolesecommunity@ gmail.com www.cneworld.tv/live Black Business News International Edition -68- Fall 2013

Making it easy to Buy Black. Supporting Black job creation. Decreasing the wealth gap. Yeah, we do all that! www.ujamaadeals.com The Ujamaa Difference for Black-owned Businesses

Buy Black! Daily discounts from Black-owned companies Support cooperative economics and job creation Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple. Black unemployment is at least 2x the national level (the official estimate is about 16.7%, but the real rate is closer to 30%). Black-owned businesses are 85% more likely to hire Black employees than non-Black-owned businesses. So the most efficient use of our consumer dollars to increase Black employment and decrease the wealth gap is to support Black-owned businesses. Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.

Apply now to run a deal and have your business promoted by Ujamaa Deals

To learn about daily deals

Ethiopian Airlines Now in the Star Alliance

www.ethiopianairlines.com

Black Business News International Edition -69- Fall 2013

Online Videos Offer Businesses the Basics of Exporting

h e Africa F i l m Academy in its quest to enhance capacity in different aspects of film making and promote the growth of the motion picture industry is set to train over 1000 youths across Africa via Film-In-A-Box, a practical, hands on training school established to equip aspiring and emerging film makers with requisite skills needed to succeed in the film industry. The Africa Film Academy will be running the all round film training course across Africa this summer. The courses are held in Banjul Gambia, Johannesburg South Africa and Lagos Nigeria. Our Module takes the shape of Team Building and Team Work over a period of 21 days of intensive training. The Curriculum covers the core modules of: Screenwriting, Directing, Cinematography, Editing,

A new series of 12 online videos offer exporters another tool in learning about the technical aspects of exporting and dealing with the intricacies of trade rules and paperwork. In these videos, viewers see Trade Information Center (TIC) trade specialists, explaining how to fill out a NAFTA Certificate of Origin. The presenters in the videos all do customer-facing work for their Department of Commerce agencies and, thus, are intimately familiar with the subject matter of each video. The 12 export training videos are available on the Web at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/ exporttraining/videos. Each video runs about three or four minutes and can be viewed online or downloaded for off-line viewing. For additional sources of export counseling, contact the Trade Information Center at 1-800-USA-TRAD(E) (1-800-872-8723); www. export.gov. Acting, Sound, and Production Management. Students go from basics to some form of knowledge base on the area of the course they decide to follow at the end of the three week training courses. The students are divided into two team that build on a production which is basically a film not exceeding 90 minutes in parallel and intersecting with the courses. During the second part of the program the main focus is producing a feature film. Students pre-produce, shoot, edit, and work on the marketing and distribution of a real film intended for theatrical release. The programme provides master classes and professional supervision to ensure the artistic and professional quality of the film. Classes are aimed at addressing the specific needs of the film. Students complete programme in 21 days, knowing all the aspects of film industry, from preproduction to distribution, and, most importantly, each team leaves with a film that exhibits the talents and professions learnt during FILM IN A BOX. ď&#x201A;˛

Black Business News International Edition -70- Fall 2013

www.ama-awards.com/film-box

You can make deposits directly into your Imbongi Capital Account either via Electronic Funds Transfer or via a Cash Deposit into our third party payment processing account or at any vendor displaying the Imbongi Capital logo. Unfortunately no cheque deposits will be accepted. Debit orders can be established against this account provided that the service provider who raises the Debit Order does so via Capital Computer Bureau (Pty) Ltd. Stop orders can be set-up and managed on this account using your mobile phone application. Third party payments (including to other banks) can be made using Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) from your Mobile phone or the Internet bank facility provided by Imbongi Capital. Your Salary may be deposited directly via EFT into your Imbongi Capital account.

World Trade Centre 1st Floor Office Suites Crystal Towers Rialto Road Century City 7441

Money can be withdrawn from ATMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (using any bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ATM) with your Imbongi Capital card. Debit Card purchases can be made at all vendors displaying the Maestro MasterCard Logo (these are in store purchases at POS (Point of Sales terminals).

Imbongi Capital reception: +27 21 551 7170 Imbongi Capital fax: 086 562 86 36

Pay any vendor that display the Imbongi Capital logo, using your mobile application. A text chat facility, to communicate with friends, family and other users of Imbongi Capital. The ability to purchase Airtime, Electricity and several other value add services directly from your Imbongi Capital accoun

www.imbongi.co.za Information about Imbongi Capital : info@imbongi.co.za

Black Business News International Edition -71- Fall 2013

Pan-African CHILDREN’S FUND

Focused on ways the African Diaspora can participate and support the African Union’s Sixth Region initiative. For participation information contact: David J. Saunders, Program Director 202-371-0588; or intern_cfa@yahoo.com

people-to-people, church-to-church initiative to contribute to a better future for the children of Africa Please send your contribution to: Pan-African

Children’s Fund

P.O. Box 8386, Los Angeles, CA 90008 323-733-1048 pacf@westa.org

UPS WorldShip™

Your Desktop Guide Through International Shipping Preparation Download Free Software www.ups.com

www.bbala.org select: Black Business News

An Export Ready Product. Available in Natural and Lime Call 323-964-1111 or send an e-mail inquiry to ask.energyplus.com Black Business News International Edition -72- Fall 2013

Resources Media Africa Interactive Multimedia Press/Content Agency in Africa www.africa-interactive.com African Leadership Magazine http://africanleadership.co.uk Africa World Press Books www.africaworldpressbooks.com African Vibes Magazine www.africanvibes.com The African World www.theafricanworld.tv Africast TV www.africast.tv AllAfrica http://allafrica.com Black Wall Street Times http://bwstimes.com Black Business News Group www.blackbusinessnews.net Black Press USA www.blackpressusa.com BridesNoir www.bridesnoir.com CuisineNoir www.cuisinenoirmag.com DiasporaVoice www.blogtalkradio.com/diasporavoice Rock Me Africa //rockmeafrica.com

www.causecast.com www.causecastfornonprofits.com Continental African Chamber of Commerce www.continentalacc.org Pan African Film Festival www.paff.org United African Organization http://uniteafricans.org Zambia-USA Chamber of Commerce www.zambiausachamber.org

Investment/Development Africa Reports www.africareports.com African Development Bank www.afdb.org African Export - Import Bank //afreximbank.com/afrexim/en The Exchange Magazine www.nse.co.ke Ventures www.ventures-africa.com

U.S. Government Commerce Department www.doc.gov International Trade Administration http://trade.gov Minority Business Development Agency www.mbda.gov Small Business Administration www.sba.gov State Department www.dos.gov White House www.whitehouse.gov

Organizations Africa Leadership Forum http://africaleadership.org The African Union www.au.int/en Black Business Association www.bbala.org CauseCast

Black Business News International Edition -74- Fall 2013