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Published 02/18/2010 - 4:19 p.m. GMT

Demetrios Marantis, US Deputy Trade Representative, speaks at the US-Africa Trade Press Conference held at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa
Demetrios Marantis, US Deputy Trade Representative, speaks at the US-Africa Trade Press Conference held at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa (Photo: World Economic Forum)

In the past eight years, U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled as Africans improve their lives and livelihoods while exporting an ever-expanding list of goods to the United States, says Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis.

Published 02/11/2010 - 6:42 a.m. GMT

Western Union and USAID officers pose with one of the winners
Western Union and USAID officers pose with one of the winners

Receive $50,000 - $100,000 Matching Grants to Fund Business Plans


A commercial plant tissue culture business that uses biotechnology to increase yield and quality of produce for Ethiopian agriculture producers, to a franchise business model that will empower female nurse entrepreneurs to improve access to healthcare and reduce the burden on government hospitals in Ghana were recently awarded matching funds to fund their business plans by the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM).

 
Published 01/20/2010 - 12:34 p.m. GMT

Stephen Hayes, CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa
Stephen Hayes, CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa (Photo: Corporate Council on Africa)

Stephen Hayes, president of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in this interview with Mshale Correspondent Williams Ekanem in Washington D.C says African leaders should reflect on why things are working out in other continents but not in Africa. He is of the opinion that there is nothing outsiders can do about the high level corruption on the continent.

 
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