Africa’s infrastructure boom: Will this time be different? – News – All Africa. By ADAM ROBERT GREEN High inflows to Africa’s infrastructure sector bode well for growth. But stubborn obstacles – from procurement to currency denomination choices – now need to be tackled. From new airports in Kenya, Senegal and Rwanda to the interstate railway …
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Can Haiti be rebuilt without the rule of law? A year after the earthquake, a powerful look at the violence threatening the country’s stability … and future. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/battle-for-haiti/
Georgianne Nienaber: New Haiti Cholera Warning, Vaccine Questions, and “Squatters” Vulnerable: “ While all eyes were on Sarah Palin’s visit to Haiti this weekend, Dr. Jocelyne Pierre Louis, Director of Haiti’s Department of Public Health and Population (MSPP) predicted a new outbreak of the cholera epidemic, particularly in Port-au-Prince and the Metropolitan Region due to …
The long-awaited post‐earthquake assessment of higher education institutions in the Port‐au‐Prince metropolitan area by the respected Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) has been released. The report suggests there is great need for the creation of quality higher education institutions in Haiti. Consequently, I have agreed to found the International University of Haiti (IUH) …
Cash is so 20th century. I’ve been experimenting with a 21st-century alternative, using money on a cellphone account to buy goods in shops. It’s a bit like using a credit card, but the system can also enable you to use your cellphone account to transfer money to individuals or companies domestically or internationally. And it’s …
