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Post-EAIC coverage is coming…
Monday, 30 Jun, 2008 – 16:04 | No Comment
Post-EAIC coverage is coming…

I am back in Kampala now. I have a deluge of information to dig through from the 1st East African Investment Conference. Actually, now that I think about it, I have a lot of posts …

Dis-Organization mars the 1st EAI Conference in Kigali, Rwanda
Thursday, 26 Jun, 2008 – 10:04 | No Comment
Dis-Organization mars the 1st EAI Conference in Kigali, Rwanda

The afternoon sessions here after lunch were for the most part held hostage as the EAC heads of state left hundreds of attendees waiting in vain. It’s just now approaching 6pm here in Kigali and …

President Museveni Upstages EA Heads of State at EAIC
Thursday, 26 Jun, 2008 – 7:54 | No Comment
President Museveni Upstages EA Heads of State at EAIC

President Museveni of Uganda opened the Presidential parade of keynote addresses with a reference to the New Testament. His charismatic delivery of Matthews Chapter 19, verses 16-17, was received with resounding applause and laughter. It …

1st East African Investment Conference Kicks Off Today
Thursday, 26 Jun, 2008 – 2:04 | One Comment
1st East African Investment Conference Kicks Off Today

We arrived from Kampala after an 11-hour bus ride through the famous thousand hills of Rwanda. Rwanda is also known as “the land of a thousand hills.” Actually, I would have to say that this …

[PD] set to attend East African Investment Conference
Sunday, 22 Jun, 2008 – 13:23 | No Comment
[PD] set to attend East African Investment Conference

Project Diaspora is attending the EAC Investment Conference in Kigali this week. I am not sure what to expect from the conference, or Kigali, for that matter. This is my first time to Kigali, and …

Yet another sad day in African Politics
Sunday, 22 Jun, 2008 – 12:48 | No Comment
Yet another sad day in African Politics

This, is what drives us. This, is what motivates us. This, is why we stay up at night. This is another sad day in the history of African politics.
And yet the world stands by… doing …

East African Investment Conference in Kigali, Rwanda
Sunday, 1 Jun, 2008 – 10:45 | 2 Comments
East African Investment Conference in Kigali, Rwanda

The Rwandese Government is set to kick off the first ever East African Investment Conference later this month. According to the official registration site, the conference “is designed to showcase “Leveraging the East African Market …