http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development EssentialAfrica Drum Development en 60 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/cameroons-forests-pressured-as-government-welcomes-palm-oil-investors/ Cameroon's forests pressured as leaders welcome palm oil investors http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10391 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:53:08 +0200 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107880&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Africa needs to reduce its dependency on foreign aid and get to the point of financing its own development, http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10386 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:45:50 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Mauritius+and+Somalia+to+jointly+fight+piracy/-/979180/1410334/-/kegn0/-/index.html Mauritius and Somalia to jointly fight piracy http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10366 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:28:52 +0200 http://www.sys-con.com/node/2282074 NextiraOne and Mobius Technology work together to create a wide area network to link 10,000 healthcare professionals in Réunion and Mayotte over five years http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10360 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:22:50 +0200 http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/sociedade/2012/4/20/Angolan-engineer-presents-projects-for-safe-dynamic-cities,47f46830-e97b-4a4b-acec-0b364d30e344.html Angolan engineer presents projects for safe, dynamic cities http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10351 Mon, 21 May 2012 15:19:38 +0200 http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/05/zeinou-abdelyamine-industrial-chemist.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcNFJo+%28Timbuktu+Chronicles%29 Zeinou Abdelyamine, an industrial chemist from Algeria, received US$50,000 for his research and development of environmentally friendly, natural insecticides and rodenticides http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10348 Mon, 21 May 2012 15:12:47 +0200 http://www.africaprogresspanel.org/index.php/download_file/view/1794/ The Africa Progress Panel (APP) consists of ten distinguished individuals from the private and public sector, who advocate on global issues of importance to Africa and the world. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10311 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:25:36 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84H01N20120518?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FAFRICATopNews+%28News+%2F+AFRICA+%2F+Top+ About 70 soldiers from Burkina Faso were deployed in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, the advance party of a 600-strong http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10310 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:20:22 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/content/guinea-bissau-prepares-for-arrival-of-ecowas-peacekeepers/666807.html Five weeks after a military coup in Guinea-Bissau, the country is preparing for the installation of the new transitional government and the arrival of regional peacekeepers, scheduled for Friday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10296 Thu, 17 May 2012 09:55:36 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/05/16/algerian-women-claw-their-way-into-parliament Algeria's legislative election saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region but activists say the battle is far from won. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10291 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:59:31 +0200 http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/05/15/sa-farmers-creating-a-better-life-for-congolese Thirty-nine farmers were lured to the Congo to bring food security to the country. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10275 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:11:06 +0200 http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/4451/Development_over_democracy International financial institutions rank Ethiopia as one of the fastest growing economies but debates rage over its political strategy and regional role http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10262 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:21 +0200 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107751&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Busani Bafana interviews JANE KARUKU, the first woman president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10240 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:49:42 +0200 http://www.thecitizen.info/politics/ethiopia-djibouti-south-sudan-technical-commission-meet/ The joint co-ordination commission, Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan held their first technical meeting for South Sudan to discuss issues related to development of cross border http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10140 Fri, 4 May 2012 16:54:18 +0200 http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95283/MADAGASCAR-Small-steps-towards-land-reform To prevent the negative impacts of land grabbing, EFA has set up social models for investors, with funding from the UN Development Programme (UNDP). http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10110 Thu, 3 May 2012 16:27:27 +0200 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107560&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter When Kenya’s newly announced geothermal power generation project comes online, it will turn the East African country into an economic powerhouse in the region. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#10025 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:25:13 +0200 http://www.ips.org/africa/2012/04/the-land-is-never-wrong-says-togolese-farmer/ Awuissa Walla has no regrets over choosing farming as a profession. He earned a degree in agronomy a decade ago... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9907 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:27:50 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Mozambique-seals-deal-20120415 After decades of wrangling, Portugal has finally relinquished its remaining stake in the Cahora Bassa hydro-electric dam to its former colony Mozambique, as part of plans to overhaul the national electric grid. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9881 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:49:19 +0200 http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/billions-budgeted-to-end-nairobi-gridlock-1.1273993 Exasperated by half an hour of gridlock in downtown Nairobi last month, a bus driver jumped the median and headed towards oncoming traffic. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9867 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:33:22 +0200 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/356658/ivory-coast-sees-economic-revival A year after the fall of Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast's new leader Alassane Ouattara has relaunched the economy, but reconciliation after a bloody political crisis has failed to gain ground. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9825 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:43:29 +0200 http://www.modernghana.com/news/387125/1/angolas-booming-postwar-economy-leaves-many-behind.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter But despite all the gains, most Angolans still live in grinding poverty with no access to clean water. Twenty percent of children die before age five. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9742 Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:52:41 +0200 http://www.informafrica.com/africa-report/gambia-bringing-power-to-the-people/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Informafrica+%28InformAfrica.com+News%29&utm_content=FaceBook Ensuring dependable supplies of electricity and water will fuel the nation’s development. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9704 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:21:35 +0200 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/27/mozambique-africa-energy-resources-bonanza?CMP=twt_gu As African lions outpace Asian tigers, one of the world's poorest states is moving from civil war bust to boom – but who will gain? http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9662 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:22:40 +0200 http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77747:ecowas-new-chiefs-to-check-illegal-arms-others&catid=1:national&Itemid=559 FROM being a haven of illegal arms, Africa may transform to a continent of peace and stability in the next four years ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#9134 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:10:19 +0100 http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-addis-rising-finding-the-future-in-an-african-boom-town But this isn't what makes Addis remarkable. Nor is it the pace of growth, which sees dozens,... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8902 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:26:25 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-27-changing-times-need-appropriate-symbols The age of the internet, so awash with symbols and images, has made the insignia of the age of African revolution appear so old school. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8827 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:29:20 +0100 http://theelders.org/article/time-close-gap "We can no longer ignore this growing distance between rich and poor. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8776 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:29:46 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-21-africa-can-feed-itself--and-it-should/ Olusegun Obasanjo is the former president of Nigeria says Africa's leaders must take action http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8729 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:47:17 +0100 http://allafrica.com/stories/201201190641.html Officials are building up expectations for the fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC V), which Beijing will host in the last quarter of this year. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8677 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:14:22 +0100 http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2012/01/17/africa-saw-good-economic-growth-in-2011-au-chief?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=sabreakingnews Africa saw good economic results in 2011 with average growth of between 5.5 percent and 6.0 percent, African Union (AU) Commission chairman Jean Ping said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8624 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:20:38 +0100 http://www.iol.co.za/business/international/sa-swaziland-to-build-r17bln-rail-line-1.1211754 South African logistics group Transnet and Swaziland Railways have agreed to build a new rail line via Swaziland http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8552 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:45:32 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE80B00X20120112 Construction of Cameroon's 216 MW Kribi gas-fired power plant should go operational in the first quarter of 2013 http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8538 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:51:44 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-11-1billion-boost-for-malawis-railways/ Malawi has signed a $1-billion deal with Brazil's Vale for the construction and rehabilitation of a rail line http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8537 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:26:39 +0100 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106406&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8535 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:24:41 +0100 http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/thecafe/2012/01/20121510056532832.html?utm_content=automateplus&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_medium=MasterAccount&utm_term=tweets When Tunisians rose up to defy Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, their long-time president who had ruled with an iron fist for decades, they did not know that they were sparking a major upheaval throughout the Arab world. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8481 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:20:54 +0100 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40886&Cr=libya&Cr1= A senior United Nations official who has visited the Libyan cities of Bani Walid, Sirte and Misrata, http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8456 Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:47:28 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/dec/30/china-ethiopia-business-opportunities China sees Ethiopia as a land of business opportunities, but the African country remains in charge of any deals http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8345 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:06:48 +0100 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40851&Cr=agriculture&Cr1= An interesting new United Nations initiative in Mozambique aimed at increasing the quality of seeds will help the African country capitalize on its arable land and unlock its potential... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8323 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:15:36 +0100 http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol25no4/nepad-on-the-ground.html Over the past 10 years, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has launched a number of bold and innovative programmes. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8319 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:09:21 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Morocco-mega-mall-on-target-20111228 Inaugurated by popstar Jennifer Lopez in front of the cream of Moroccan society, Casablanca's first mega mall, complete with two-story-high aquarium, is dripping with glamour and luxury. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8305 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:17:40 +0100 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9668000/9668347.stm The remarkable economic and political progress of Cape Verde is seen as a blueprint for the rest of Africa, writes BBC Today programme presenter Evan Davis after a visit to the tiny island state. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8300 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:58:46 +0100 http://www.africabusinesscommunities.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1679-the-accidental-ecowas-a-au-citizen-will-the-african-integration-revolution-be-televised-1especially-when-africa-is “The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Will the African Integration Revolution be Televised? (1)...especially when Africa is rising? http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8162 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:07:41 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/dec/19/nigeria-cassava-conundrum Eager to promote self-sufficiency, Nigeria's government wants to clamp down on rice and wheat imports and promote the use of cassava. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8159 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:04:24 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Nigeria-toll-road-protest-turns-violent-20111217 Witnesses say police in Nigeria have shot rifles and fired tear gas at protesters who were demonstrating against toll roads. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8128 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:09:58 +0100 http://www.modernghana.com/news/365643/1/12th-east-african-jua-kalinguvu-kazi-exhibition-op.html President Museveni affirmed that the EAC regional market was one of the fastest growing export destinations and now was the right time to take advantage ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8032 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:52:40 +0100 http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/fdi-flood-forecast-for-sub-saharan-africa-1.1194401 Led by Nigeria, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into sub-Saharan Africa are forecast to almost double between 2011 and 2013... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8027 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:42:44 +0100 http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/africa/free_trade_talks_to_kick_africa_into_future.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SAGoodNews+%28SA+The+Good+News%29 The first round of negotiations to establish a free trade area covering 27 countries in Southern and East Africa will kick off on 8 December in Nairobi http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#8010 Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:50:27 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Rail-project-to-link-4-W-African-states-20111130 Niger, Ivory Coast, Benin and Burkina Faso on Wednesday agreed to start work in 2014 on a 2 700km rail project to improve the region's economic integration. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#7902 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:30:57 +0100 http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=1122 The unreliable nature of the power grid in Ghana means that the country suffers frequent power outage... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#7896 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:26:38 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/ugandaNews/idAFL5E7MU3GU20111130?feedType=RSS&feedName=ugandaNews The Ugandan shilling was stable against the dollar on Wednesday as the east African country posted its first... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-development#7881 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:29:03 +0100