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NEPAD Business Foundation: Achievements that can end Aid The NEPAD business Foundation is by far the most resourceful of all NEPAD business groups in Africa and also remains in the fore front of implementing NEPAD policies in form of concrete programs of action to promote growth. Since the group is composed of mostly private sector group of companies with vast business ideas and strategies, it never found it difficult to mobilize resources given their track record as successful entrepreneurs.

April 22, 2012 Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation Policy Africa possesses vast mineral resources, from diamonds to platinum, which remain untapped. Recently discovered ore deposits and soaring commodity prices are attracting miners from around the world to Africa. This has led to “resource nationalism”, as African countries are looking for ways to maximize their share of the profits from the mining. All over Africa countries are increasing taxes and royalties on mining companies in an effort to maximize

The !Kung bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa are one of the few bands of hunter-gatherers left in the world. They survive by foraging for their meals while traveling, never settling in one specific area. Hunting and gathering was the primary mode of survival until about ten thousand years ago. Anthropologists have made assumptions about the hunting and gathering lifestyle of current populations because it seems like a precarious method of living. Moreover, the Kalahari area where

In the 1800s Europeans discovered Saartjie Baartman, a South African Bushman woman. They called her the Hottentot Venus and exploited her mainly because of her physical and cultural differences. Hottentot, Khoisan, San and Bushmen are all common names for the group of indigenous people of which she belonged. These people have been largely viewed by Western society as “savages who were part human, part animal” and considered to be “the lowest rung in the ladder of human development.” This unilateral

Africa Landforms Mount Kilimanjaro     Reaching the height of  19,341 feet, the tallest mountain on the African continent and tallest free-standing mountain in the world is Mount Kilimanjaro. Within the mountain, there is almost every type of ecological system, including rainforest, alpine desert, cultivated land, moorland, heath, and an arctic summit. Due to the vast ecosystems on Mount Kilimanjaro, there is additionally diverse vegetation and animal species. Furthermore, Mount Kilimanjaro is a

An estimated 25 million people in Africa were living with AIDS in 2003 (AIDS and HIV Statistics for Africa). In Botswana alone, the AIDS prevalence rate is an immense 36.5% (HIV and AIDS in Botswana). In Botswana, AIDS has been an ongoing epidemic since the first case reported in 1985 (HIV and AIDS in Botswana). AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which weakens a person 's immune system causing them to be more susceptible to infectious diseases such as meningitis, pneumonia

Botswana is a very unique country in Southern Africa. It has a diversity of both culture and types of landscapes. The flag well explains this. The flag is blue with a thick black stripe surrounded by thin white stripes through the center. The blue represents the rain water, as it is a precious resource to the wildlife and the people of Botswana in the frequent droughts. The black band with the white frame has two meanings. One is that it symbolizes the cooperation between different races, as they

Stephanie Nolen was already known for her work as the Globe and Mail’s Africa correspondent, ranging from the effects of war on women and children, to Stephen Lewis’ fight to end AIDS in Africa, when she published 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa in 2007. 28 is Nolen’s attempt to reflect the 28 million Africans who had HIV in 2007. Nolen gathered the testimonies of 28 individuals including orphans, miners, grandmothers, soldiers, the clergy, and Nelson Mandela. In this book, Nolen seamlessly integrates

In Oliver Sacks’s memoir A Leg to Stand On and Abraham Verghese’s memoir My Own Country, both men struggle through different personal situations within their lives. Both are on journeys towards acceptance— Sacks has more of a self-acceptance journey, and while Verghese’s his fight is for the acceptance of AIDS patients and gays within his community, as well as his own acceptance as the doctor of these patients. Oliver Sacks’s journey strives towards self-acceptance— he must overcome his leg injury

The African wild dog is known by various names: painted dog, painted lycaon, Cape hunting dog, African hunting dog, or Lycaon pictus. The African wild dog is a medium sized species characterized by their bright, mottled fur, having its name in Latin meaning painted wolf. This canine is found across South Africa in open plains and woodlands, but today, the African wild dog is more limited in range. Sadly, according to the IUCN Red List, the African wild dog was categorized as an endangered species