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Chinese Trade in Angola Helps Recovery

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY Two-way trade between Africa and China has been an outstanding success story of the past decade. It has led to significant new investment in the continent and brought many new job opportunities. The Chinese community in Africa comprises a mix of entrepreneurs and workers. In formerly war-torn […]

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African Online Supermarket Set to Boost Trade

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY Online retailing and marketing strategies are revolutionizing how people around the world buy products and services – but so far they have not benefited most of Africa’s small businesses and traders. On a continent where trading for survival is the norm, very few people are reaping the […]

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Perfume of Peace Helps Farmers Switch From Drug Trade

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY A tragedy in a time of war has led to a social enterprise that is creating jobs – and making the world smell a little better, too. The 7 Virtues perfume range was started by Canadian Barb Stegemann (http://www.barbstegemann.com/barb-stegemann-in-the-news.html) to harness the energy of social enterprise and […]

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African Trade Hub in China Brings Mutual Profits

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY South-South trade is the great economic success story of the past decade. World Trade Organization (WTO) (www.wto.org) figures show South-South trade accounted for 16.4 percent of the US $14 trillion in total world exports in 2007, up from 11.5 percent of the total in 2000. While the […]