Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Farewell-from-Benin-Mwangi.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Farewell-from-Benin-Mwangi.html Hi all, I know this is probably somewhat late notice. But the decision that I have made has been one of the most difficult in my life-discontinuing beninmwangi.com. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Cheetah-Index-to-Premiere-Soon.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Cheetah-Index-to-Premiere-Soon.html As part of our mission to fill the void left by conventional media in covering African issues, African Path will take an active role in supporting and empowering the continent’s young and progressive decision makers. Today, African Path announces the launch of a dedicated business section under the African Path network which will be branded as the Cheetah Index. Currently the site will run on a Beta version. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/How-Do-African-Businesses-Get-Start-Up-Capital.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/How-Do-African-Businesses-Get-Start-Up-Capital.html Hi again, sorry again for the long pause. It seems to be occurring more than what I would like, but things have been moving at whirlwind pace recently. Anyway, this is a question for all of you entrepreneurs, business students, professors, and others in the know on the inner workings of start ups in Africa. How did you or someone that you know get start up funds? http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Trade-Versus-Aid-in-Africa-Who-Wins.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Trade-Versus-Aid-in-Africa-Who-Wins.html It seemed like the time was right for me to pen this post about trade -vs- aid. This is a discussion that has a tremendous amount of relevance in Sub Saharan Africa. But it is also relevant in other parts of the world where developing economies are predominate. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Happy-One-Year-Blogging-Anniversary.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Happy-One-Year-Blogging-Anniversary.html November 3, 2007 was actually my official one year anniversary as a blogger. It has been extremly fun and eductional. The goal for my upcoming year of blogging is to further merge my blogs into my offline activities. We’ll see how it works out. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/What-if-They-Dont-Buy.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/What-if-They-Dont-Buy.html This post I am writing in response to the story about the UK Soil Association’s decision to increase barriers to airfreight produce imports from other countries. When I read this story my heart became heavy for the Kenyan and Ghanaian farmers who will likely lose income and might ultimately be forced to sell or reorganize their farms; as a result of the harsh new standards imposed upon agricultural products flown into the UK from abroad. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Shining-Starthe-Africa-Report.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Shining-Starthe-Africa-Report.html I recently caught another episode of the Africa Report , which appeared on The Africa Channel. The show was so good that I decided to share with you some general feedback. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Inspiration.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Inspiration.html During my time away from blogging about entrepreneurship in Africa, I have been inspired by the works of my neighbors ( in the Africa blogosphere). So I wanted to highlight a few of the posts that have left me in adoration. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Outsourcing-Business-Processes-to-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Outsourcing-Business-Processes-to-Africa.html For those of you who have not known me long, you may not have known me long-but you do know that I am crazy about letting others know why they should be doing business in Africa. But people are imperfect, as I wholeheartedly admit that I am an example of human imperfection. It has occurred to me that sometimes in my zest for talking about Africa’s business environments, I may tend to speak in a very general sense. But maybe if you have been on the receiving end of such a conversation, and you have said to yourself-”what type of business in Africa?” or “Africa, I thought that people only go there to help the needy”. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Council-on-Foreign-Relations-Tracks-2008-Candidates-on-Africa-Policy.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1344/Council-on-Foreign-Relations-Tracks-2008-Candidates-on-Africa-Policy.html One of my all time favorite publications, dealing with economics and international affairs, is the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) . I have been reading this journal for almost a decade and view it almost in the way that I’d view an encyclopedia. So you can imagine my enthusiasm for them drawing attention towards U.S. Policy Toward Africa. In this instance what they have done is created a tool that can be used to summarize the views and records of each presidential candidate for the 2008 US elections. CFR has named this tool the Issue Tracker -The Candidates on U.S. Policy toward Africa.