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In an earlier article, Tempering the Pursuit of Profits, I discussed about how profit and non-profit seeking organisations can manipulate the way they make profits. One central component in that piece was matching risk and reward. Organisations face a choice of taking higher risk ventures with higher reward and then effectively and efficiently manage those risks or taking a lower risk venture

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Risk and Risk Management: Risk can be defined as the combination of probability of an event and its consequences (ISO/IEC Guide 73). There are opportunities for benefit (upside) and threats to succeed (downside) in all types of undertaking which are the results of potential for events and consequences. Risk management is increasingly being considered from both positive and negative perspectives.

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Outsourcing or ‘contracting out’ traditional known as ‘make or buy’ decisions refers to the process of procuring a good or service from a third party, rather than generating such offering internally, in accordance with terms which are legally enforceable, or contractual. Outsourcing is a decision to move internal functions to an external supplier. Traditional make or buy decisions were confined

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In an earlier article, Tempering The Pursuit of Profits, I described how pertinent it is for profit and not- for-profit organisations to manipulate the profit equation. One component of that equation is price of outputs that determines revenue. Pricing can be the effect of the marketing mix of product, promotion, price, place, people, processes and physical evidence. Establishing a price is also

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Organisations of all kind whether for profit or not-for-profit need to generate enough revenue to survive. Entrepreneurial spirit and profit motive are integral to the successful conduct of any business anywhere. Any entity which aims to succeed in the longer term will need to be aware of the various threats and challenges to its viability and adapt its behaviour accordingly. In summary, it needs

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Since the recession and financial crisis that ended in 2009 business leaders and executives are facing a transforming global business environment according to an economics researched paper. The world economy is now characterised by slow growth in the west, increasing power in the east, and value-driven customers with rising risks everywhere.  The economic downturn has speeded up the adoption

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The past week we saw how the settlement between Facebook and ConnectU was hacked revealing the details of the transaction. Apparently, this is not the first time it has happen and many top organisations are exposed to such IT security risk. Managing those risks is fundamental to an organisation’s security policy.The advent of Portable Documents Formats (PDFs) in addition to other word processing

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I thought it was the end of it, but in the end it was recovered and working better. This happened when I was running out of space with my notebook with less than 10GB of free space remaining. There were a number easier options I could take but I was also prioritising. The computer had two operating systems, Windows and Ubuntu. The later was used on a trail basis and to be used on a desktop

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[I dedicate my first post of the year to the magnificent people of Ghana for making Africa proud and that multi-party democracy can work on the continent] Published: January 7 2009 19:59 | Last updated: January 7 2009 19:59 Elections of one sort or another have taken place in all 48 sub-Saharan African countries in the past decade. On a continent that has also experienced some 83 successful

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Organisations operates in an uncertain environment for their future direction.   The recent financial crisis tells how the future can be unpredictable even with the sophisticated  available tools to management. A strategy is often needed to overcome this uncertainty. Strategic Business Analysis (SBA) is a a planning tool for the future direction and scope of an organisation. As a planning tool it

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One thing you never expected and there it is in front of you. KidsCash a for-profit company dedicated to the future financial success of the youth in US is now following me on twitter. How on earth would they be following me? Is it my discussion on financial issues on twitter? Or recent blog posts, watch out for the scam or my personal stories,  the come back and the come back2. Whatever the

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Whilst most of us are facing financial crisis at this time, there are others who want to steal all that we have worked for. I woke up this morning to find two scam emails in my inbox. The first, apparently from a bank requesting me to complete a form attachment that includes my security details for PINsenty upgrade, they called it.  Below is the email.   The email itself has the 'to:' as 'none'

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This post is a continuation of an earlier one, The Come Back, that describe the teenage years of my career. As a teenage boy leaving my parents, as part of my education, to a boarding school in the remote part of the country that landed me doing business and accounting subjects. The decision that was to be made after those years was to go on a full-time university, work full-time or combination

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As the clouds gather for next month's (October) Black History Month (BHM), there is one particular organisation, A Serendipitous Production (ASP) Ltd, which is launching Film Education Programme as part of the festival.  The UK Government has made it a Millennium Development Goal to encourage intercultural twinning between UK schools and their peers in Africa. ‘Closing the Gap’ films aims to

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It had been some time now since I updated this blog - almost three(3) months ago. I am happy to be back after engaging myself in a clients business (i.e. putting all the accounting stuff in order). Now, that that is behind me, this blog site would be going through something like  a regeneration. This renewal (or rebirth, if you like) would start with the early years of my accounting career,

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is poised to raise interest rates on Thursday, despite mounting evidence that Eurozone growth is faltering. At the conclusion of its 5 June policy meeting, the ECB signaled that it could very well raise Eurozone interest rates, from 4.00% to 4.25%, at its 3 July policy meeting. Specifically, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet revealed that there were some members of

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Pay As You Earn (PAYE)-The 31st of May is the last date for giving 2007-08 P60 form to each employee who was working for you at 5 April 2008. del.icio.us Tags: UKTax,Accounting

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Cheetah vs Hippo generations. Africa governments as vampire states. This grab-you-by the throat speech by Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes an almost breathtaking torrent of controlled anger toward Africa's corrupt leaders and the complacent populace that allows them to thrive. Why, then, does he remain optimistic? Because of the new, fast-moving "Cheetah Generation," a "new breed of

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This video is from TED2007 though an old one it is still relevant today. Here Patrick Awuah talks about transformation in Africa through leadership training. He mention the problem of ethics as one of the root causes of the slow pace in developing the continent. He also mentions the value of creation to empower people.The main issues to problems in Africa, he said were corruption, weaken

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Employer Annual Return forms P14s/P35 final deadlineToday is the latest date for receipt of Employer Annual Return (P14 or substitutes and P35) for the tax year ending 5 April 2008 by the HM Revenue and Customs in the UK. The quickest and easiest method is to file online by midnight. Penalties are chargeable on any returns received after today. Employers with fewer than 50 employees, will get

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It is time to remind the world as we past through this weekend and this caught my attention. The lyrics are below: Lyrics:Breaking those barriersAll over the worldWas not an easy thingYesterday your mouth was shut yeahCouldn' t make a sound eh boyBut it' s such a good feeling todayWhen I can hear them fromAcross the ocean singing this songThat the whole world should be singingAll the timeChorus:

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Stowe Boyd is one person I admire a lot, not because of how he looks but the output of his soft issues. He has a visionary and down to earth style of presentation. He is a thought leader and had been paving the way for others to follow (this is shown in his twitter stats of more followers that followings - The Twitterized Conversational Index).I am presenting in this piece an analysis of the best

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Last two days I had being tweeting and got caught up in the twitter flow conversation stoweboyd had been talking about and here is how it went Then there came a reply from AterNox I am getting a little bit urging Happy ending, points made.Along the lines elle6503, whose bio includes risk financing, had been tweeting about Hot and cold pizzas... At same time I asked: Then came in elle6503..

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Since the new EPAs were signed in the early part of this year most African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have not done a detailed analysis of the agreements. However, a study report on The new EPAs: comparative analysis of their content and the challenges for 2008 provides a comprehensive analysis from the authors perspectives the trade regimes for Africa that on 1 January 2008 replaced

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Don't post 20 times in one day just because you missed a few days the previous week. Many blogging services let you plan posts to go live at set times in the future, so use this feature to spread them over a few days.Don't post personal information like your address, mobile number or birth date. Identity thieves get everywhere. Don't delete comments just because someone disagrees with you.

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Do post regularly, preferably at least once a day. The Internet is full of discarded blogs where the writer lost the habit, so it’s essential to decide how often you want to post, and stick to it.Do keep your posts interesting and to the point; and enjoyable to read; rather than making people plough through 3000-word essays. If you do have a longer post, consider splitting it up into three or

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I had been following the resignation of Alan Cash with very insightful contributions from members of brainstorming-Ghana Google groups network. However, though I am not a politician or political scientist and taking from my background, I will be discussing the issues and not the personalities. This new development requires answers to serious question vis-a-vis its implications for Ghana politics

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document.write(''); Read this doc on Scribd: Building a website that sells var scribd_doc = new scribd.Document(2547772, 'key-1wrccll1emsxfegeis9w'); scribd_doc.write('embedded_flash_2547772_6qeax');

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) XII will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana from 20th to 25th of April 2008 after a pre-conference from 17th to 19th April 2008. The Theme for this year is 'Addressing the opportunities and challenges of globalisation for development'. It has come at the important moment when the goals of globalisation

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The other day I had been blogging about Tweets or Blogs - A Personal Perspective (1) and how twitter had been doing as a social network tool. But here comes something else about how many Africans are on Twitter. This little piece shows how teenagers can be vulnerable to twitter vices especially in Africa where regulation is poor or non-existing.

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IntroductionThis post is being discussed in the context of ICT for development. In a blog post Web2.0 - potentials or obstacles for connectivity? ckreutz had been discussing Internet related connectivity problems. Checking the upload and download speed using dial-ups, he came up with this..."I checked it through CNN.com and it took 4 minutes to load the website with a

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Last Saturday's Progressive Governance Summit presented a number of mixed reactions in the international community and this blog is not left alone.[In a paper by Jean Pisani-Ferry summarising the highlights of the progressive governance agenda on globalisation in the 1990s] “It highlighted opportunities offered by globalisation, and therefore the need to embrace it…two-handed strategy, it

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On Sunday, a friend invited me to church and since I needed more human interaction than computers didn't hesitate to go. But one thing surprised me while at the service. There was a an offer handkerchiefs to church members for protection, security and hope. I have not been to church for a while so I asked. I was told it is a point of contact to the spiritual world. But why would someone want get

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At the progressive governance summit last Saturday, Kevin Watkins, Director of UNESCO’s Education For All Global Monitoring Report put in a paper on three proposals on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for renewing the vision and reshaping the future. This is an addition to other institutions' ‘Call for Action’ on MDGs and high-level summit in September 2008. The paper argues that “many

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IntroductionI found the use of twitter and blogging interesting, challenging, informative and sometimes addictive. I had being using twitter in the last few weeks or so and equally started blogging not more than six months ago. Whether following Crossing the Chasm theory for adoption of new technology or not, the use of web2.0 tools started when I considered setting up a charity/NGO website. This

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The oversight body of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) team yesterday released the near final version of the IFRS Taxonomy 2008. The development of XBRL, an XML- based language, is for the automation of business information requirements forpreparation, sharing and

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Ghana parliament last Wednesday approved a presidential jet motion. According to a GNA reporter, Adolphus, it took more than four hours of debate to approve by a majority of 118 to 63 for a loan agreement to purchase the jets. The worse of it, "the aeroplanes (Chinese-made) would be financed with a soft loan from the Chinese Government to be paid over a period of 25 years, while the other two (

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The current spate of declaration by financial institutions looking forward to a world with a value on carbon (and their decisions to set a value for carbon in their own calculations on project viability or to stick to broad principles on carbon which may control the future shape of their portfolios) are the latest confirmation of a world preparing itself for some kind of public policy context to

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Supporters of "geotourism" think that it benefits home residents in many ways, including economically, since travel businesses struggle to use local workforce, products, and services. A new National Geographic competition aims to bring awareness to ways geotourism may be helpful to the local communities. Winners will be innovators in geotourism and applications are now open through April 9. If

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Used plastic bags may be part of the dirt in Accra but not any more in the near future. A social entrepreneur is collecting the discarded plastic bags and stitching them together to make new reusable bags. Read full story at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ghanaian-fashion-accessory-is-plastic-fantastic-797147.html?r=RSS del.icio.us Tags: Development,Environment,Ghana

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The significance of cell phones for isolated communities and different applications of mobile technology have been the subjects of much debate both for users and developers. We already know that cell phone technology has enabled lots of people in remote areas to access bank accounts and government services. But here is a new one: a recent paper creates a model that predicts that cell phones in

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Beatrice Ayuru introduces herself as a teacher and businesswoman. She is from northern Uganda, a war-ravaged area with much poverty and few schools. A few years ago, with no business training and no money, Beatrice decided that she would build her own school. "No girl should endure what I had to go through myself," says Beatrice. "Education is the best way to help reduce poverty in my region […]

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South Africa has gained from an abundant and inexpensive delivery of electricity since the founding of the monopoly public utility, the Electricity Supply Commission, or Eskom, in 1928. The law establishing the monopoly mandated that electricity be sold at cost. Artificially lower labour costs under apartheid, together with South Africa’s large reserves of coal, enabled Eskom to subsidise

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Dealing with regulation is component of managing a company. And this is where in many countries the trouble starts; you often simply don’t know how lengthy it will take before you can get on with doing business. A comment by a lawyer during a recent trip to Zambia describes: “After you deposit your documents at the land registry, it goes into a black box. Nobody knows when it will come out. It

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has pegged the prime rate, the benchmark rate used by lenders as a reference to establish the rate to be charged to borrowers, at 14.25 per cent, a rise from the previous figure of 13.5 per cent.Source: GNAdel.icio.us Tags: Africa,Economy,Finance,Trade,Ghana,Government

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One of EU goals is to cut administrative hurdles for businesses by 25% in 2012. You can hear the business community cheer. Reducing red tape is not easy anywhere, but having bureaucrats on the private sector side gives hope to the skeptics. The European Commission created a Fast Track approach to modify and simplify many regulations and procedures for entrepreneurs. Here, Fast Track means that

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Bill Easterly, formerly of World Bank prominence, always manages to ruffle the establishment. This time the establishment is Bill Gates, the philanthropist extra special. Gates in recent times told the Wall Street Journal that he hated Easterly's latest book. Easterly was keen to respond. The general idea of Easterly's argument is that the profit motive of capitalism is stronger - and more

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AOL, the online division of Time Warner, is buying fast-growing social network Bebo for close to $850 million in cash, the company announced today. AOL is talking some gobbledygook about marrying AIM, ICQ with a real social network. Whatever!Source: Gigaom

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Gross domestic product growth on target at 2.5 per cent in the last quarter. Economic growth forecast unchanged at 2 to 2.5 per cent this year and 2.75 to 3.25 per cent in 2007 and 2008. Exports to rise by 5 to 5.5 per cent this year.Public financesCurrent account deficit to fall from £11bn this year to £7bn next, followed by surpluses of £1bn, £7bn, £10bn and £12bn in following years. Public

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"Ghana and Nigeria on Wednesday pledged to strengthen and deepen economic co-operation particularly in the energy sector for their mutual benefit." - Abuja, March 12, GNA.Nigeria have benefited from the oil business for years only to have the proceeds stolen by politicians. Ghana is about to start oil exports and one wonders if they would fall victim to their Nigerian friends or would learn to

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Corporate Wi-Fi usage in the U.S. hasn’t grown much but has seen a sharp spike in Europe and Latin America, according to new data released by iPass. While Latin America represents a fairly small number of users, Rick Bilodeau, VP of corporate and channel marketing at iPass, believes the high price of roaming on cellular data networks in Europe makes Wi-Fi a more economical option for business

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The finance ministers from the EU discuss this controversial investment funds with billions to spend controlled by governments such as China, Russia, Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Often they are set to invest surplus oil and gas profits. One of such funds Dubai world 3/4 own by the Dubai government is forced to sell it investments in the US and are threatening moving its fund if they are

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In an increasingly global world and diverse new technologies it is much easier and quicker to move money around the world to avoid taxes. Though there are a number of tax havens the so-called 'rich countries club' OECD has compiled a list of unco-operative tax havens who do not apply its standards aim at fair taxation. However, matters become much more complex when the tax haven is your neighbor,

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The West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) last Wednesday expressed optimism that the ECO, a common currency for Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Guinea, would be introduced in December 2009. Mr Odiaka Chris Okolie, Director of Operations of WAMI, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Accra that a lot of successes had been chalked in the area of payment system harmonisation in

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Ghana and the Netherlands yesterday signed a treaty on the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion that would facilitate cross-border trade and investment through the elimination of tax impediment to cross-border flows.The treaty, which is the eighth to be signed by Ghana and its development partners, is expected to take effect from January 2009 after approval from the Dutch Parliament.

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Representatives of 16 agro-processing companies from America have begun a meeting in Accra to explore trade and investment opportunities in West and Central Africa as well as meet with more than 100 African agribusiness representatives from the region. The US Agribusiness and Trade and Investment Mission, the first of its kind to the region, would also allow participants to engage in one-to-one

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blog.pmarca.com: An hour and a half with Barack ObamaMarc Andreessen on Obama: "He's got my vote."(tags: marc andreessen barack obama)TED 2008: Humans Are Just Machines for Propagating Memes, Susan Blackmore SaysWe are just a petri dish for the "memesphere"(tags: susan blackmore memesphere meme propagation device)theory.isthereason » Facebook Beacon: Now TWICE AS INSIDIOUS than before!Beacon is

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Lincoln Steffe in his blog writes about meeting Barack Obama for one and a half hours in early 2007. The blog talks about the four distinct impressions he gathered from the man contesting to be America's next president. This he describe as Obama as the normal guy, the smart guy, the non-radical and a credible presidential candidate.Read full blog at >>>>>>> and some comments >>>>>>

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 Daniel Annerose, chief executive of Manobi, an African mobile data services company, and José Alfredo Rizek, executive director of Indotel, the Dominican Republic's telecoms regulator, take part in our debate celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Basic Telecommunications services deal. They discuss what has been the impact on governments, consumers and businesses, and what have been the

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The Enterprise Europe Network is the largest network of contact points providing information and advice to EU companies on EU matters, in particular small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The network offers concrete and effective solutions to entrepreneurs and companies in more than 40 countries, including the 27 EU member states, three EU candidate countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic

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Preliminary investigations by the Ministry of Transportation have indicated that an eight-kilometre bridge is required over the Oti River to link Dambai to Northern Ghana. Mr Godfrey Tangu Bayon, Minister of State at the Ministry of Transportation said in Parliament that the bridge would be the longest bridge yet to be constructed in Ghana. The Ministry however, currently has no plans to

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By Sabine HertveldtOn October 17, 1993, 16 West African states signed a treaty known as the “Organisation pour l'Harmonisation du Droit des Affaires en Afrique” or “OHADA” (Organization for the Harmonization of Commercial Law in Africa). The objective of the organization is to promote African economic integration and attract investment to the region. In an effort to harmonize laws, the member

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Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a.5-6; Matthew 2:1-12WE CELEBRATE TODAY the second of four great manifestations of God in our midst. The word 'epiphany' comes from Greek and it means a 'showing' or 'manifestation'. We call today's feast the Epiphany of our Lord but the term could equally well be applied to the other two.The first of these four manifestations we already celebrated on December 25,

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By Chris Nuttall in San FranciscoAn uneasy partnership between Intel and a non-profit project providing cheap laptops for third-world children has ended acrimoniously with the world’s biggest chipmaker being accused of “shameless” behaviour.An Intel spokesman on Thursday described the split between the company and One Laptop Per Child as being caused by a “philosophical impasse”. But OLPC

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Readings: Sirach 3:2-6,12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23TRADITIONALLY on the Sunday after Christmas we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family.In some respects, it was very modern in being just a one-child family. And we may be inclined to think that, with three such good people, life must have been very easy for them. But, if we are to take the Incarnation seriously, there

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The South African has gone further than anyone could have imagined, writes Richard Waters There are many reasons that entrepreneurs will give you for why they chanced their arm in the start-up business, but seeking a future for mankind beyond Earth is not one you hear too often.Then again, Elon Musk is not the sort of entrepreneur you meet too often. "One of the most important things for humanity

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It does not seem so very long ago that foreign currency traders nicknamed the euro "the toilet currency", because it was going down the pan. That is true no longer. The euro is soaring high, while the dollar is flushed away.So is this the end of the dollar's reign as the world's dominant currency? The answer is almost certainly "no". But the dollar has a true competitor for the first time in

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By Ed Crooks and William Wallis in LondonPublished: December 28 2007 22:04 Last updated: December 28 2007 22:04The rising cost of oil has wiped out the benefits many African countries were expecting from western aid and debt relief over the past three years, new research from the International Energy Agency has shown.The situation is raising fears that, in spite of the strong growth many

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The $100 laptop is one of the ways to give cheaper internet access A professor whose work in spreading information technology in Africa has been awarded by the Internet Society has hit out at critics who say the continent should focus first on basics like water and sanitation. Nii Quaynor, professor of computer science at the University of Cape-Coast, Ghana, said affordable computing was "

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If meditation is scientifically proven to increase the IQ, should governments interested in promoting socio-economic well-being invest in meditation rather than biotechnology? This is apparently the type of questions that arise when you start applying futures thinking to development. Source: PSD Blog

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Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25WE ARE NOW on the eve of the birth of Jesus. In today's Gospel, Matthew tells us how this came about. His account is totally different from that of Luke. The only thing in common with both accounts are the central ideas that: Jesus is conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and Joseph and Mary are the parents of Jesus.Angelic appearanceIn both

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It seems more and more likely each year that Sub-Saharan Africa will fail to reach any of the MDGs by 2015. But it won't be the region's fault, says Bill Easterly in his new paper, but rather of those who set these goals. Source: PSD Blogdel.icio.us Tags: Africa,Economics,Developement

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There is nothing more than how members of a local community in Ghana are using there voting power to draw attention to their development needs. It also comes at a time when the donor communities have pledged 52% increase in support over the 2005-07 period through the African Development Fund. Apart from this, aid from migrants to poor countries reached $300 billion last year, nearly three times

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Readings: Isaiah 35:1-6 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11Formerly, as some of us can still remember, Advent was a much stricter penitential season. During three days of this week there was fast and abstinence. This was known as "Quarter Tense" because it occurred four times in the year. However, this Sunday was intended to be a relaxing break reminding us of the celebrations soon to come. As a

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The world's central banks unleashed a co-ordinated assault on the liquidity squeeze in global capital markets, as the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, and the Swiss National Bank all announced measures to attack the crisisFaced with a widening mortgage crisis, the Federal Reserve Tuesday cut a key interest rate for the third time in three months.Source: FT

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Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA), a multilateral trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and 75 African, Caribbean Pacific (ACP) is due to expire at the end of this year. Negotiations are currently ongoing to have a new one in place by January 2008. Part of the negotiations is within the Joint Africa-EU Strategy just ended in Lisbon where leaders agreed to work together on issues

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The 1997 OECD anti-bribery convention, which follows in the footsteps of the 1977 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, now includes 37 signatories, some of them non-OECD countries, which together account for 90 percent of the world's foreign direct investment. The Wall Street Journal writes in an editorial [subscription required]: It wasn't long ago that bribery, a criminal offense at home, was

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Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-9 Matthew 3:1-12LAST SUNDAY in our Advent preparation for Christmas we looked first at the end of our life's journey to help us focus our minds more clearly on the meaning of Christmas and the meaning of God coming to live among us as one of us. There is not much point in looking at the beginning of the journey, if we do not have a clear idea where it is

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Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44My day of judgementIn fact, this coming is not just at the moment of Final Judgement. Or, let us put it another way. The Final Judgement is not so much a day when all will be gathered together but rather it is that moment when each one of us is called to come face to face with God. When Jesus speaks of two men in the fields where one is

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  Paul Collier, the author of the "Bottom Billion," sums up both sides of the development spectrum: At present, the clarion call for the left is Jeffrey Sachs' book "The End of Poverty." Much as I agree with Sachs' passionate call to action, I think that he has overplayed the importance of aid. Aid alone will not solve the problems of the bottom billion. We need to use a wider range

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Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44A magnet to the nationsThe idea is contained that Israel is a light to the nations and the Israelites are not told to go out and convert the nations but rather to attract them by their worship on Zion. In the world of this vision, all nations will come together to the central city of Jerusalem and thus will acknowledge the ultimate kingship

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Africa has been experiencing a period of strong growth, but problems such as AIDS, corruption or insufficient infrastructure still undermine development. A panel at Wharton discusses the way new high-profile NGOs are filling the gap between inadequate government programs and the shortcomings of traditional aid.   

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Most of us must be wondering what advent is all about. Advent is a particularly important event for Christians. It is four Sundays away from Christmas and this year the first one happen to fall on 2nd December. It is a reflective period and I would be presenting a series of biblical reflections leading on to Christmas. Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44Today we come again to

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George W. Bush formally unveiled a plan to freeze interest rates on some subprime home loans for five years, setting up potential showdowns with mortgage security investors who could see their returns decline and Democrats who say the plan does not go far enoughsource: FT

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Parliament on Wednesday approved the financial policy of the government for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. The house is also expected to scrutinize and approve the financial estimates of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) before it rises.Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/

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By Joel D. BarkanKenya’sPresident Mwai Kibaki has presided over a dramatic economic turnaround that not long ago was expected to guarantee him re-election in the presidential vote coming up on December 27, 2007. The country’s economy is growing at nearly 7 percent annually, and a genuine “trickle down” of benefits, including free universal primary education, has touched the lives of many Kenyans

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05/12/2007Monetary Policy Committee in Bank of Ghana raises its key policy rate, the Prime Rate, to 13.5 percent to place the economy firmly on the path of continued disinflation, and bring inflation into the middle single digit range within a time horizon of 18 to 24 months, fiscal consolidation is necessary in the forthcoming 2008 budget along with some monetary tightening to anchor inflation

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Eurozone interest rates have been left unchanged at 4 per cent by the European Central Bank as the threat of slower growth in the 13-country region offsets the dangers posed by higher inflationCopyright The Financial Times Limited 2007

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The central bank cut interest rates from 5.75 to 5.5 per cent as its monetary policy committee judged that worsening conditions in financial markets and a tightening supply of credit had increased the risks of a sharp economic slowdown.Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007

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In a new study the Boston Consulting Group warns established industry leaders against the competition from emerging markets. Since 2004 the 100 New Global Challengers grew their revenues three times faster than the S&P 500 and now, says David Michael, the report's co-author, they will become potential acquirers: Never before have so many potential competitors and customers arisen so quickly on a

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The ongoing UN Climate Change Conference is being closely monitored not just by environmental groups, governments and the media, but by those in boardrooms around the world. Climate change has been focusing the mind of business as never before, as hightlighted at the recent Business Forum at the Bank. Now the past week has seen the unusual sight of big name multinationals actively calling for

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So there are 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere every year. But who's exactly producing it and in what quantities? Carbon Monitoring for Action Database (CARMA) - a new online-database containing information from 4,000 utilities and 50,000 plants – has the answers by country, city, company or a single plant. Source: PSD Blogdel.icio.us Tags: Development,Environment

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The Center for Global Development – the publisher of the Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks 21 richest countries on their policies' effect on poor countries - launched Global Development Matters. The new site, designed with the U.S. audience primarily in mind, has five new short videos on the topics ranging from health issues to global trade and subsidies. Microfinance video

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Privatizing your largest bank to foreigners certainly invites scrutiny if not criticism especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A recent study asseses the sale of government-owned Uganda Commercial Bank to the South African Stanbic and suggests that the privatization has been relatively successful.The portfolio of the privatized bank, which was cleaned prior to sale, remains fairly strong and

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The five countries that make up the East African Community have agreed a plan that will gradually open their markets to the European Union (EU).Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda are covered by the EU deal. The new agreement will replace preferential trade obligations, which are due to expire in December and have proved controversial in recent years. A number of other nations in Western

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By Chris Giles, Kate Burgess and Peter Thal LarsenPublished: September 20 2007 22:51 Last updated: September 20 2007 22:51The City regulator was on Thursday facing criticism from MPs and investors that it failed in its job by not tackling Northern Rock’s aggressive financial practices before the bank ran into trouble. Questions over the competence of the Financial Services Authority moved to the

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