BELLAGIO, ITALY (6 MAY 2013)— Cassava experts are reporting new outbreaks and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease or CBSD, warning that the rapidly proliferating plant virus could cause a 50 percent drop in production of a crop that provides a significant source of food and income for 300 million Africans. The “pandemic” of CBSD now underway…
Arusha: There are 10 greatest obstacles denying the Tanzania’s tourism players to benefit from the East African community’s Common Market Protocol (EAC-CMP), says a new study. A fresh study on the “Assessment of the progressive implementation of the EAC-CMP in relation to Tanzania’s tourism sector” cited an existence of varying licensing and regulatory and administrative regimes within the EAC…
Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 May 2013 – Delivering on Africa’s Promise will be the theme of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2013 which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, 8-10 May, with the participation of more than 1,000 leaders from business, government, civil society and academia. The meeting, which convenes against a backdrop of significant economic…
By Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President-Uganda: I always like to start the issues of Africa in 1900. Our Banyankole people say: “Kamara matsiko nka icumu rya ahanda.†This translates as: “When a spear thrust by the enemy injures your internal organs, then you know that your hope for survival is very limited.†In other words, injuring the internal organs of…