By Dennis Kabatto – When Consul General (CG) of Jamaica in New York, Herman G. Lamont took the podium inside his Consulate’s auditorium, he was jovial as he articulated a list of upcoming activities during the month of August commemorating Jamaica’s 51st Independence Anniversary. Speaking at a Jamaican Independence Celebration Foundation Inc. (JICFI) sponsored media reception Wednesday in Manhattan to launch Jamaica’s 51st Independence, he urged dozens of Jamaican nationals, local politicians including New York City mayoral candidate William Thompson (whose grand parents emigrated from Barbados), friends of Jamaica and members of the press to participate in the many upcoming... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – Lack of involvement of the civil society and other experts in the budget process is a major contribution to discrepancies which have always remained in Tanzania’s budget at least in every fiscal year. A recent July debate at the British Council in Dar es Salaam being part of the Policy Forum monthly debates confirmed this theory as presenters and contributors to the discussion shared this notion that Tanzania budgeting process is not transparent enough. Probably most encouraging was the fact that the legislator for Kisesa in Mwanza region through the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi ticket Hon.... Continue Reading
The University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) has been ranked 59 in The Economist’s list of executive MBA programmes 2013, the only African business school to make the inaugural, “Which MBA?” ranking. The ranking was designed to assist prospective EMBA students in choosing a programme best suited to them. Although this is the first year that the prominent business publication The Economist has compiled a ranking of EMBA programmes, it has published a prestigious MBA ranking of business schools every October since 2001. The Economist plans to publish the “Which MBA?” list every two years. While an MBA... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E Network – In an effort to ensure the Promotion of Water Integrity in Saharan Africa, a week long training of Stakeholders in the Water Sector has opened in Monrovia, bringing together participants from Liberia, Nigeria and the Gambia. The Regional Water Integrity Capacity Building Program in Sub-Saharan Africa is sponsored by the Water Integrity Network and ECOWAS’ Water Resource Coordination Center (WRC), among other international partners. A release from the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia says, the Training is jointly organized by the Ghana Integrity Initiative and the Center of Transparency and Accountability in Liberia... Continue Reading
Since 2012 an estimated one million people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) eastern provinces of South and North Kivu, major ethnic and political flashpoints in the country. However, for many of DRC’s over two million internally displaced persons (IDPs), it is not the first time they are being uprooted from their homes. Multiple displacements have become a feature of the past two decades in DRC and, as the violence escalates, things do not look like improving any time soon. “Multiple displacements are a significant problem in the DRC. Most of the IDPs we spoke to... Continue Reading
