Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Africas-Looming-Food-Crisis-can-be-Mitigated.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Africas-Looming-Food-Crisis-can-be-Mitigated.html Images of rioters in Egypt, Senegal, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Mozambique (among others) clashing with police in protest against soaring food prices and Kenya’s abandoned internally displaced people all tell a similar story: Africa needs to retool its thinking. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Leveraging-on-Chinas-Thirst-to-Develop-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Leveraging-on-Chinas-Thirst-to-Develop-Africa.html I recently heard a great daughter of Africa tell a story of two sisters who chose two different paths. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/For-gods-sake-please-stop-the-aid-to-Africa.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/For-gods-sake-please-stop-the-aid-to-Africa.html I was moved by an old article by Ethan Zuckerman on aid to Africa that he capture during the TED conference in Tanzania Last year in which he captured views of a Kenyan economist on Aid and opportunity to Africa. Below are excerpts from the article: http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Lack-of-Credibility-in-the-2007-East-Africas-Most-Respected-Company-Awards.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Lack-of-Credibility-in-the-2007-East-Africas-Most-Respected-Company-Awards.html Over 350 business executives took part in a survey to award one of their own as East Africa’s most respected company. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Is-Africa-Choking-on-its-own-development.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Is-Africa-Choking-on-its-own-development.html Majority of African countries have reported increased economic growth rates over the past year signalling a wave of new foreign direct investments on the continent. This is good news given that increased returns from such investments will fuel Africa’s quest for development. However, this has had some negative connotations because benefits of such growth are not visible in major cities across Africa. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Tanzania-on-a-mission-to-wipe-out-Kenyas-flamingoes.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Tanzania-on-a-mission-to-wipe-out-Kenyas-flamingoes.html Kenya’s multi-billion shillings tourism industry faces major test as Tanzanian authorities plan a soda ash project that could eliminate the flamingos in the region. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Thoughtless-James-Watson-was-seeking-cheap-publicity-over-Stupid-Africa-comment.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Thoughtless-James-Watson-was-seeking-cheap-publicity-over-Stupid-Africa-comment.html As thoughtless as it sounds, James Watson knew only too well that being controversial would get all the media publicty ever thought of (cheaply); the Nobel prize not withstanding. Watson found a perfect opportunity to retire by claiming that black people less intelligent than white people and that it's delusional to assume "equal powers of reason" are shared across racial groups. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/The-Carnival-of-African-Enterprising-Part-2.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/The-Carnival-of-African-Enterprising-Part-2.html In the last part of The Carnival of African Enterprising we present more views from bloggers about Africa in the 21st Century. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Will-Money-Solve-Africas-Development-Problems.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/Will-Money-Solve-Africas-Development-Problems.html The debate about Africa's development is ON and experts are pointing to all sorts of direction regarding the way forward for the continent. In this context, world renowned John Templeton Foundation published 8 essays in a series of conversations that sought to answer the question: Will Money Solve Africa’s Development Problems? The publication featured leading scientists and scholars in which Four essayists negate; two affirm while the rest express doubt. http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/The-Carnival-of-African-Enterprising.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/African-Accounts/1519/The-Carnival-of-African-Enterprising.html The 5th Carnival of African Enterprising presents views of bloggers based on the theme Positioning Africa in the 21st Century. We received many submissions and summarized those that captured the theme.