Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From The Guardian   by Lee Mwiti The Ethiopian flag carrier has made a profit 300 times more than each of ailing rivals South African Airways and Kenya Airways. Ethiopian Airlines is flying high, on a state-backed model. Ethiopian Airlines is flying high, on a state-backed model. ETHIOPIAN Airlines’s numbers are out, and they have […]

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By: KENNETH AGUTAMBA Delegates at the inaugural Meles Zenawi symposium in Kigali. The celebrated Ethiopian Prime Minister is credited for laying the foundation of Ethiopia’s current growth and development. His philosophy has inspired different countries on the continent. (Village Urugwiro) On the 3rd anniversary of Meles Zenawi’s passing, African leaders and scholars gathered in Kigali to […]

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From Rwanda’s New Times By: EUGENE KWIBUKA A governance model known as the democratic developmental state should be embraced by African countries in order to fast-track their development and pull millions of citizens out of poverty, participants at the Meles Zenawi Foundation’s inaugural symposium on development heard yesterday. Bringing together more than 200 delegates from African […]

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  At least 200 delegates from African governments and different institutions met in Kigali on Friday for a high level symposium on democratisation that was held under the auspices of Meles Zenawi Foundation and African Development Bank. The Meles Zenawi Foundation was established in memory of the former Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who is […]

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