AGEN & AGEN-USA Inc. Newsletter 1st June 2013

Hello,

AGEN & AGEN-USA Inc. Newsletter Edition 1 June 2013 is out. The newsletter covers several interesting articles on Africa and the rest of the world. Here, are some highlights on Africa:

·         Google warms to solar in Africa

·         How seriously is the US taking Islamist militancy in Africa?

·         Sending you into the afterlife Ghana Style

·         Japan pledges $32 billion aid for Africa to boost investment

·         Multi-Donor Trust Fund for South Sudan: Improving Life for South Sudan’s 8.3 Million People

·         The Last Battle - Witness - Al Jazeera English

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Rasel

Mwanaidi Hamisi is one of the beneficiaries of AEIF and does good business

Mwanaidi Hamisi is one of the beneficiaries of AEIF 2011. She is a wife and mother of six children. Two of them are girls. Two her of children are in secondary school; the rest are in primary school. Mwanaidi is an entrepreneur who engages in retail business during dry season and farming during rain season. She specifically provides vitenge (Tanzanian traditional fabric mostly worn by women), shoes and cooking utensil to her customers.

During dry season (harvest), she walks around the village door to door to serve her customers. This allows her customers ample time to engage in other activities. With only a humble beginning of a capital worth on Tanzanian shillings 150,000 (around $60), Mwanaidi’s business has grown to a capital worth Tanzanian shillings 500,000 ($350). Moreover, Mwanaidi’s business makes her qualifies for a loan worthy Tanzanian shillings 300,000. She has invested her latest loan on agriculture whereby she owns 6 acres of land (1 acre = 4046.8564224 m2): 4 acres have been used for maize production whereas 2 acres of land have been used for sunflower production. She expects a good harvest which will be used for construction of a business site in her village.

AGEN and AGEN-USA Inc. Newsletter 31st May 2013 Edition

Hello everybody!

I have decided to take specific steps to become a blogger for the sake of people in need from across Sub-Saharan Africa. I will start with a newsletter and then take it from there. I managed to gather some interesting
articles today. Here are the highlights:

1. Uganda among the worst in child marriages - study
2. “Nothing should stop me,” says Ethiopian schoolgirl | WFP | United
Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide
3. San people of Southern Africa face challenges, says an activist
4. Inter-agency mission assesses humanitarian needs in Mali
 5. Multinationals drive up rents in Kenyan capital Nairobi: Business and Finance-africareview.com
6. Changing the Narrative: Youth in Africa
7. Africa needs more knowledge not just more money and projects
8. African infrastructure fund 'could reach $50 billion'
9. Africa Has Greater Potential Than India: Stanchart
10. Poverty: Not always with us

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Kind regards

Rasel