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Rural Banks Make Life Better for Women in Uganda Rural Banks Make Life Better for Women in Uganda Africa Good News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Rural Banks Make Life Better for Women in Uganda
For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford the interest rates charged by commercial banks. But six women-led rural banks have begun changing the lives of women in rural Uganda, easing their access to credit and enabling them to start small businesses and improve their food security.…
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J. Lee Grady says It's Time for the Church to Address the Abuse and Injustice Among Africa's Women and Girls J. Lee Grady says It's Time for the Church to Address the Abuse and Injustice Among Africa's Women and Girls BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
J. Lee Grady says It's Time for the Church to Address the Abuse and Injustice Among Africa's Women and Girls
After spending last week in the city of Masindi, Uganda, I traveled to Uganda's capital, Kampala, to address a women's conference. After my first session a woman named Florence grabbed me and began to tell her painful story....
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North Nigerian Governors Declare War On Boko Haram North Nigerian Governors Declare War On Boko Haram BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
North Nigerian Governors Declare War On Boko Haram
GOVERNORS of the 19 Northern states yesterday, rose from a meeting at 2 a.m. with Vice President Namadi Sambo, vowing to put an end to activities of the Boko Haram sect.The governors noted that after an intense brainstorming at the...
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African Leaders Say Continent Ready to Lead World Growth African Leaders Say Continent Ready to Lead World Growth BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
African Leaders Say Continent Ready to Lead World Growth
Africa is at last ready to shake off the shackles of poverty and strife and to play a new role in the global economy as a powerful driver of growth, leaders declared Thursday.Several members of the continent's newer generation...
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Can Nigeria's Christian President Goodluck Jonathan Put an End to the Religious Violence? Can Nigeria's Christian President Goodluck Jonathan Put an End to the Religious Violence? BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Can Nigeria's Christian President Goodluck Jonathan Put an End to the Religious Violence?
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the south, has been facing increased pressure from those at home and abroad to put an end to the deadly violence and volatile animosity between the nation's Muslims in the north and Christians...
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WATCH: Senegal Leader says 'Nigeria Can Have Peace' WATCH: Senegal Leader says 'Nigeria Can Have Peace' BCNN5  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
WATCH: Senegal Leader says 'Nigeria Can Have Peace'
As the violence in Nigeria escalates, the president of nearby Senegal is trying to help bring peace....
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Churches join forces for new winter shelter in Birmingham Churches join forces for new winter shelter in Birmingham Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Churches join forces for new winter shelter in Birmingham
Five churches in Birmingham are teaming up to support a new winter shelter
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Fighting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo Fighting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Fighting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Christians are helping soldiers and civilians end the horrific cycle of sexual violence in the DRC
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Courageous beats Ides of March and Moneyball in US DVD charts Courageous beats Ides of March and Moneyball in US DVD charts Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Courageous beats Ides of March and Moneyball in US DVD charts
The latest Christian film to become a box office hit Courageous has soared to the top of the US DVD charts
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CofE releases Diamond Jubilee Prayer and resources CofE releases Diamond Jubilee Prayer and resources Christianity Today Africa  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
CofE releases Diamond Jubilee Prayer and resources
A new prayer has been issued by the Church of England for use during the Queens Diamond Jubilee this year
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Transforming Waste to Wealth in Kenya Transforming Waste to Wealth in Kenya Africa Good News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Transforming Waste to Wealth in Kenya
Lorna Rutto from Kenya has been named the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards 2011 laureate for sub-Saharan Africa for her creative business idea of making fence posts from plastic waste. The Cartier Women's Initiative Awards is an international business plan competition that was created in 2006 to identify, support and encourage projects by women entrepreneurs. It was established by renowned French jeweller and watchmaker Cartier; the Women's Forum, the first forum of its…
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Pan-African Hip-Hop Collaboration: Beats with No Borders Pan-African Hip-Hop Collaboration: Beats with No Borders Africa Good News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Pan-African Hip-Hop Collaboration: Beats with No Borders
As 2011 entered its twilight, African youth from different nations came together in South Africa to collaborate in music productions they hope will spur economic and social development. They spent much of December recording. They produced inspiring songs, some of which are in a new continental language they called “Tswahili” because of its fusion of East Africa’s Kiswahili and South African Tetswana, alongside other indigenous languages from across Africa. The…
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South African Singer Chaka Chaka Wins Award at World Economic Forum South African Singer Chaka Chaka Wins Award at World Economic Forum Africa Good News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
South African Singer Chaka Chaka Wins Award at World Economic Forum
South Africa’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka, popular singer-songwriter and Goodwill Ambassador for the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, has become the first African woman to receive the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Crystal Award. The award is given each year to successful artists who have used their art to "improve the state of the world", according to the WEF. She was honoured along with French filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Luc Besson, and Japanese-American classical violinist…
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Shaping Value to Enter Emerging Markets Like Africa Shaping Value to Enter Emerging Markets Like Africa Africa Good News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  News  Africa Christianity, Christian Africans, Christianity African  Africa
Shaping Value to Enter Emerging Markets Like Africa
This is an excerpt from the Shaping Value to Enter African Markets chapter in the forthcoming book, Growing Rich in the New Africa. In Redefining Business in the New Africa, I shared about leveraging trust networks to do business in Africa, offering a straight-forward framework. But, I also noted that trust is not enough. Leveraging any network in global business needs to incorporate value and trust, hence, the name “trust-value” networks. Read more...
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Welfare and work
We do no one any favours when we let them think we can live without any regard to the financial consequences

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