Tag: Egypt

African countries on 2007 list of 50 most desirable outsourcing destinations

BusinessWeek’s recent article on rising outsourcing destinations highlights what many African entrepreneurs have proposed for years. Outsourcing to parts of Africa can be a win-win situation. The BusineesWeek article refers to consultancy A.T. Kearney’s 2007 list of the 50 most desirable outsourcing destinations worldwide. For the list countries were ranked by a) financial attractiveness, based…
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African fashion features on Fashion Television

The always insightful program Fashion Television has two exciting podcasts on African fashion posted online. In the first feature, Egyptian Fashion, Egyptian designers talk about traditional and westernized fashion. The second is a feature on Somali-born supermodel Yasmin Warsame. Head over to the Fashion Television site to check them out.

Africans on TIME’s 100 most influential people list

TIME magazine has released it’s annual picks of the 100 most influential men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world. The list is broken up into groups of Artists & Entertainers, Scientists & Thinkers, Leaders & Revolutionaries, Builders & Titans, Heroes & Pioneers. Here are the Africans who made TIME…
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African billionaires on Forbes’ 2006 list

Forbes Magazine has released their annual ranking of the world’s richest people. The listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money. The research that went into compiling the rankings began in early 2006 and ended on Feb. 9, 2007. The list shows…
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