Haiti’s president and prime minister were on the road this week, making pitches to the world business community with the same primary message: Invest in Haiti. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe was in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, where he told the CEOs and heads of state gathered that Haiti, one of the poorest [...]
World Trade Organization Director-General Optimistic Over Africa’s Trade Prospects
May 18, 2012 | Posted by
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, tells This is Africa why he is optimistic about Africa’s trade prospects, especially in agriculture, and calls for a new approach to global trade deals after Doha. History has cast a long shadow over Africa’s trade performance, argues Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization. [...]
Africa’s Leaders Should Be Prepared To Say No
May 11, 2012 | Posted by
Africa’s leaders should be prepared to say no, Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi told business and political leaders in Addis Ababa at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 yesterday. Speaking in a panel on leadership, Zenawi said African leaders must be “able and prepared to say no when that leadership is required to act [...]
World Economic Forum: Africa’s Time Has Arrived
May 10, 2012 | Posted by
The 22nd World Economic Forum (WEF) is meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. There have been a lot of articles and programs in world media about how the WEF is taking place in Addis Ababa at a time when the “continent is poised for economic takeoff”, and when it has “six of the world’s [...]
