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On Location Video: South African winemaker bridges racial divide

Jeffrey BarbeeJune 4, 2012 06:32

Boosting Africa's entrepreneurs

Andrew MeldrumJune 4, 2012 06:15

BOSTON — It would be great to say that Africa’s entrepreneurs are ‘doing it for themselves.’ But that’s not exactly the case. Work needs to be done to create environments where emerging businesspeople can thrive.

Liberia’s entrepreneurial women start small

Wade Williams June 4, 2012 06:15

MONROVIA — More than two decades of political upheaval and a civil war that ended in 2003 reduced Liberia to an economic basket case. But small-scale entrepreneurs like Martha Partor are working to build their businesses, and the country's economy, too.

Reviving the 'African miracle'

Laura BurkeJune 4, 2012 06:15

ABIDJAN — For much of the past decade Ivory Coast has not been on anyone’s list as an ideal investment destination. Civil war tore the country apart between 2002 and 2004 and then there was renewed violence last year following the presidential election.Now, a year after the country returned to peace, financier Michel Abrogoua is hunting new investments to help return the war-torn economy to prosperity.

NY fashion, straight out of Kigali

Steve Terrill June 4, 2012 06:15

KIGALI — For years, Emelienne Nyiramana carried water 10 miles for 25 cents a day to support her five children, including an orphan from this country’s 1994 genocide. Now she’s an entrepreneur with connections to Nicole Miller and the New York fashion world.

South Africa seeks an entrepreneurial revolution

Erin Conway-SmithJune 4, 2012 06:15

JOHANNESBURG — One of the hottest issues in South Africa today is unemployment, which runs as high as 40 percent, and there is mounting frustration among the country’s jobless youth. They say more blacks must have their own businesses.

On Location Video: South African winemaker bridges racial divide

Jeffrey BarbeeJune 4, 2012 06:15