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AllAfrica: Nigeria: China's Trade Offensive Hurts Local Industry
Chinas' face has suddenly become so ubiquitous in Nigeria's major commercial cities with sub-standard textiles, machinery and auto-parts being the most prominent of the Chinese products being dumped in Africa's biggest market under a relationship that is heavily-tilted in favour ofthe Asian economic superpower.
AllAfrica: Nigeria: Nigeria's Cargo Throughput Shoots Up One Million Tonnes in 2009
Despite the economic down turn, the nation's cargo throughput shot up by one million tonnes to stand at 66 million tonnes last year from the 65 million tonnes that was recorded the previous year.
AllAfrica: Zimbabwe: Gono Attacks ZimTrade Officials
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has blasted ZimTrade officials for misleading a parliamentary portfolio committee by accusing him of stopping the trade promotion body from collecting a surcharge from service sectors.
AllAfrica: Nigeria: A Silent Revolution in Custom Service
The appointment of Abdullahi Dikko as the comptroller-general of Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has proved without any iota of doubt to be one of the best decisions ever taken by Umaru Yar'Adua administration. Dikko, the dexterous and punctilious comptroller-general of Nigeria customservice has demonstrated some extra ordinary qualities of modesty, a strong se ...
AllAfrica: Nigeria: Ports, Refineries Access Roads Gulp N18.7 Billion - FG
The Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, has disclosed that the total value of the contracts awarded in respect of access roads to the ports and refineries stood at N18.7 billion.
AllAfrica: East Africa: Prepare for a Larger Market, Advises PM
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has asked Kenyans to prepare to take advantage of an expanded market when the East Africa Common Market protocol comes into effect.
AllAfrica: Uganda: Revitalise Coffee Sector Tap Into World Markets
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, coffee was Uganda's cash cow. Over the years the crop's production and performance on global markets has dwindled. Coffee production is dropping in the wake of increased demand and consumption for the crop globally.
AllAfrica: Nigeria: Nigeria's Agric Export Hits N56.7 Billion
NIGERIA'S agriculture sector witnessed improved growth in 2009 as $378 million, about N56.7 billion was realized from its export during the period under review.
AllAfrica: Nigeria: UCCIMA Promises to Make Umuahia More Productive City
Mr. Okezie Abarikwu, the President, Umuahia Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (UCCIMA) has said that the 3rd Abia Continental Trade Fair was aimed at making Umuahia a more productive city.
AllAfrica: Africa: Local Delegation at the Conference On Agro-Business in Africa
An angolan delegation, headed by the secretary of state for agriculture, Jose Amaro Taty, is attending in Abuja a conference on agro-business and agro-industry in Africa opened today in the capital of Nigeria.
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·Creative Industries: An Engine for Growth
What are creative industries? There are differing views and much scepticism about which goods and services have been grouped into this new classification. There is no doubt, however, that modern technology has transformed delivery of services and created business models that do not charge customers, such as Google and Facebook, but which have generated huge wealth for their creators. There is no doubt either that the ...
·Creative Economy: A Dynamic Sector in World Trade
The United Nations’ Creative Economy Report 2008 demonstrates that creative industries are powerful engines for economic growth and trade development in developing countries. This is true not only in terms of direct economic impact from the sale of goods and services but, importantly, also as a multiplier in other sectors by stimulating new business opportunities and enhanced capacity.
·The Power of Design in Global Development
IDEO is a leading innovation and design firm that works with public, private and social sector clients to address organizational, social and global issues. The head of IDEO’s social innovation design domain, Jocelyn Wyatt, talks to Trade Forum about the power of design to change the world.
·The Digital Revolution: The World at the Click of a Button
From fashion design to film, music, architecture, art and the advertising industry, the impact of digital technology has been one of the most profound on the creative industries in recent years. New technologies, particularly in information and telecommunications, have dramatically changed the way creative products are produced, distributed and consumed globally.
·Brac-Aarong: Financing and Promoting the Creative Industries
In 1972, Fazle Hasan Abed founded the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and a holistic development model that has revolutionized income-generating opportunities for rural communities in developing countries. Through its handicraft and fashion section, Aarong, BRAC has developed a sustainable national brand that provides a livelihood in the creative industries for tens of thousands of people across Bangladesh.
·Art Imitating Art
Rolling Stone India & JWT: Traditional arts bring modern brands to life.When Rolling Stone launched its new Indian edition in 2007, the creative team at JWT were presented with one of the most intriguing creative briefs an advertising agency could imagine. How to make the iconic magazine look familiar – but still be iconic?
·Solutions for Adapting to Copyright in the Technology Age
The evolution of the Internet and digital technology has created an open market for the distribution and sharing of intellectual properties. But in the fast-paced and ever-changing world of the digital age, how can those who work in the creative industries protect their intellectual property?
·Creative industries: Publications and online resources
Interactive web portal: Connecting creative communities Artisanconnect is an interactive web portal, launched with the support of ITC and the Netherlands' Centre for Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI), to connect artisans and experts in creative and indigenous crafts and provide them with a platform for sharing their experiences and information. While initial content was provided by ITC, the success ...
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