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Africa: Business Perspective on Addressing Skills Gap
Initiative for Global Development, 5 November 2014
The phrase "Africa is rising" has been used over the past decade to describe the continent's economic trajectory. The steady growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) across the… Read more »
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Africa: Innovative Investing: IGD Frontier 100 Forum - Day One
Initiative for Global Development, 22 October 2014
A recap of the exciting discussions on the future of investing in African business. Read more »
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Initiative for Global Development, 16 October 2014
The Initiative for Global Development (IGD), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., will convene its Frontier 100 Forum in New York City on October 21st-22nd, 2014.… Read more »
Changing Perceptions for Innovative Investing in Africa
The Frontier 100 Forum, invitation-only gathering in New York hosted by the Initiative for Global Development on October 21-22, 2014, focused on changing perceptions of Africa and 'Innovative Investing', and participants included corporate leaders from around the world gathered to discuss opportunities and address challenges to investment in Africa. "Frontier 100" in tweets, images, videos and links on Storify. See also: An Exhilarating Three Days at the IGD Frontier 100 Forum.
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5 September 2014
The Initiative for Global Development
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- Intitiative for Global Development
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The Initiative for Global Development (IGD) is a nonprofit organization that drives poverty reduction by catalyzing business growth and investment in ... see more »
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5 September 2014
Addressing the Skills Gaps in Africa
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- Intitiative for Global Development
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Africa still has a shortage of skilled manpower. Business can make smart business decision and be the solution to this problem by investing in ... see more »
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28 August 2014
The Real Challenges of Investing in Africa
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- Intitiative for Global Development
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Undoubtedly, investing in frontier and emerging markets is still challenging. Therefore, in addition to understanding the misperceptions and ... see more »
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22 August 2014
The African Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
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- Intitiative for Global Development
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Unemployment problems in Africa? Small and medium enterprises can be the solution. This video is the sixth installment in our video series, "Changing ... see more »
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20 October 2014
Investing in the People
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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This video is the fifth installment in our video series, "Changing Perceptions: Addressing the Misperceptions of Investing in Africa." In this video, ... see more »
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20 October 2014
Opportunities in Africa - Investing Across Sectors
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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What are the opportunities of investing in Africa? In this episode, African experts and CEOs share perspectives on investing across various sectors in ... see more »
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20 October 2014
Invest in Africa: Building Trust and Information Access
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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Listen to experts and CEOs talk about the importance of building trust and relationship as well as getting good information when it comes to investing ... see more »
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20 October 2014
Real Vs. Perceived Risks & Dealing with Corruption in Africa
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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Listen to experts and CEOs talk about the perceived risks and the actual risks of investing in Africa. Being able to clearly differentiate them will ... see more »
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20 October 2014
The Misperceptions of Investing in Africa
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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- Initiative for Global Development IGD
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This is a project by the Initiative for Global Development to address existing misperceptions about investing in Africa through a series of multimedia ... see more »
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