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Guests from Africa at the Dinner Table

August 2, 2014August 2, 2014TesfaNews7 Comments

By Samuel Mahaffy (PhD), IN many communities in Africa, it is a tradition to welcome a visiting guest with a meal. Sharing a meal is a way of building and affirming relationship. The U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit, hosted by the White House this week, affords the United States the opportunity to welcome 51 Heads of […]

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at the 2014 U.S-Africa Leaders Summit?

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014TesfaNews43 Comments

By Alemayehu G. Mariam, THE African Circus is coming to town. It is officially called “U.S-Africa Leadership Summit” (not Ringling African Brothers). It is scheduled to be held on August 5-6 in Washington D.C. The theme of the “Summit” is “Investing in the Next Generation”. According to the pre-Summit hype, in the first ever “U.S.-Africa […]

Investment, not charity, the key to future prosperity for Africa: President Afwerki

January 25, 2012November 15, 2014TesfaNews2 Comments

“We need investments, real investments. Charity is not going to save Africa, or transform Africa into a real market,” President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki By Shanghai Daily, As the mining sector opens up, Eritrea looks forward to building a sustainable economy. “We need investments, real investments. Charity is not going to save Africa, or transform […]