African Political Analysis Think-Tank Vignettes

Political Mobilization to eradicate Poverty in Africa 50+ talking points targeting Africa Diasporas; a tool for guiding conversation around new business models led by Africa Diasporas MISSION STATEMENT: To depict the activities of persons who moved out of Africa and the African islands in Atlantic, Indian and Red Sea to all those other lands for various reasons, and identify themselves as living in the diaspora. REASON FOR THIS REVIEW TOOL: To contextualize a diaspora-constituency positioned to promote world peace, eradicate poverty and boost trade. This tool has been a conscientiously researched mapping and analysis of activities by Africa Diasporas. The tool has used literature review and attendance at Diaspora social events. TYPOLOGY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN DIASPORA: Africans of Indian-descent, Africans of European-descent, Africans of Arabian Peninsula-descent, Africans of Jewish-descent, Africans of Lebanese-descent, Africans of Palestinian-des...

For Africa to industrialize to the extent of getting returns on investments quickly and perpetually, she must desist from doing business as usual. But what is not doing business as usual?  Célestin Monga, Vice President and Chief Economist of the African Development Bank Group argues that Africa’s GDP can improve when certain goals are set. " African countries can lower  the cost of doing business by building strategically located production clusters and industrial parks, including for green industries. They are also in a strong position to attract foreign direct investment, which brings the positive externalities of technology and know-how transfer, managerial best practices, state-of-the-art learning, and access to large global markets." He argues that, "Africa must take stand on what she has to protect and allow.  Long and short term investments  must be balanced.  The unlikely trigger for what could turn out to be a continent-wide strategic s...

States are a starting point in putting in place mechanisms that define and enforce rights to development for all people including health rights, especially for women.  Human capital development  is one enduring target that sets countries apart.  However, an obsession with ideologies that espouse less government involvement in market affairs, i.e., social-welfare, deregulation and a more liberal atmosphere, i.e., corporates to make investments anywhere, repatriate profits, pay as little taxes and externalize expenses, have tended to dismiss a third way of setting in place demographic targets that promote human capital development. Human capital developments unleashes resources that act as appropriate and accessible means for self determination and self maturation. Yet, research points toward the need to invest in the communities. Because weakened communities threaten liberal democracy or attempts at modernization according to  Raghuram  (2019). ...

States, through an existential service apparatus, are a starting point in putting in place mechanisms that define and enforce rights to development for all people including health rights, especially for women. This notion should be protected more affirmatively in order for standards of living to be improved. This in turn ensures accessibility by all not because they are economically or politically powerful but because all people deserve it. This analysis, shows the possibilities that arise when state and non-state actors combine efforts to promote development. Examples are drawn from the Roma , Cultural Institutions, Pygmies, Yazidi, Rohingya, Women experiences, Conflicts, Hunger, Environment and Markets.  States are an example of the agency and currency derived from structured organization. Organization brings about integrity and is a catalysis for development. So, wherever there is an element of organization it is possible to formulate  direction which developme...