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On Thursday, 10th December 2009, Dr Louis Nthenda, Chomora Mikeka and I attended the launch of Nu Skin’s ageLOC Future Serum product at the Yokohama Arena in Shin-Yokohama. More than 10,000 Nu Skin sales representatives from across the country attended this colorful event – Keiko Suzuki, who paid for our... [view entry]
Are the UN Millenium crew coming to their senses? The Guardian reports on comments made by Sylvia Mwichuli:African countries need to find alternative sources to money to finance their national budgets, rather than rely on overseas aid, according to an official from the UN millennium campaign..."African governments must find ways... [view entry]
Proposed amendments to Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA: www.cma.or.ke) Act would block institutional investors from getting compensation for money lost in cases of collapse of their stockbroker or any other investing agent. Currently all investors are eligible for compensation from the Investors Compensation Fund (ICF). The draft CMA Act 2009... [view entry]
Stockbroker and investment bank Exotix Limited says the Ghana Stock Exchange’s All-Share Index has so far been the world’s worst performer in 2009, falling 49% after being among world beaters in 2008 with a 58% gain. London-based analyst Christopher Hartland-Peel says the index is likely to climb 25% to 30%... [view entry]
It has been hard to get news of the African Stock Exchanges Association this year, but news reports talk of integration between the Ghana and Nigerian stock exchanges and the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres, an African share prices index and better regulation and corporate governance. [view entry]
Before year's end, some wisdom from a friend, ahead of the coming year:"Values are the ideas and qualities that we feel most connected to, that feel most relevant to us in the life we lead. Values are the characteristics that we most respect in ourselves, in others, and in organisations... [view entry]
Full Circle Trade profiles Ny Tanintsika:Wild silk is an ancient handicraft, playing an important role in Malagasy culture. Before the advent of other textiles and sources of silk, native silk was used as burial shrouds as well as for clothing, scarves and wraps. However, in recent years unsustainable wild silk... [view entry]
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) can confirm that a warning strike carried out by five boats involving thirty five of its fighters armed with assault rifles, rocket launchers and heavy caliber machine guns was carried out at about 0200Hrs today, December 19, 2009 on a... [view entry]
Kayode Oshinowo - perhaps Nigeria's greatest living painter. Website here.Publish Post [view entry]
