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Trend brief: Exploring ChinAfrica

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

exploring chinafricaAs the 2008 Olympics in Beijing nears, China’s relationship with Africa has become one of the hot topics. Criticism of China’s relationship with certain African countries, particularly Sudan (Darfur) threatens to define the historical sports event. But when did China become such a major player in Africa and African politics. And what other areas of Chinese involvement are making an impact in Africa?
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AfriMonitor launches in beta

Monday, June 30th, 2008

After many years of working on products with African culture as a central subject, I am again launching a product which I think is missing in the marketplace. Throughout my years as an entrepreneur, I have had to conduct endless market research and have found a serious lack of information about the African market. While I understand that the market is still very young, I feel that to help it grow and to encourage more entrepreneurs to develop products to help it grow, a product like AfriMonitor.com is necessary. While I still write about African business and culture trends at Annans Chronicles, much of the in-depth analysis of trends will be posted here on AfriMonitor.com. To read more about direction AfriMonitor will be developing towards in the next few months visit the About us page.
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