MEDIA ADVISORY
July 25, 2012
Diplomatic Courier Focuses on Africa, the Concept of Poverty, and Global Players verses Prey
WASHINGTON, DC: With constant debate over what is "best" for Africa, the Diplomatic Courier announces today's release of Volume 6, Issue 4 of the magazine featuring:
MEDIA ADVISORY
July 25, 2012
Diplomatic Courier Focuses on Africa, the Concept of Poverty, and Global Players verses Prey
WASHINGTON, DC: With constant debate over what is "best" for Africa, the Diplomatic Courier announces today's release of Volume 6, Issue 4 of the magazine featuring:
- "Africa Emergent: Give Trends Driving the Continent's Buoyant Economic Prospects" by J. Peter Pham, Director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council
- "The Changing Face of Africa" by Wendy Luhabe, Global Leader for Tomorrow and member of APCO's International Advisory Council
- "A World of Change: Competition Changes Africa's Economic Paradigm" by Scott Eisner, Vice President for African Affairs and International Operations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- "Nobody is Poor" by Saul Garlick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ThinkImpact
- "From Global Prey to Global Player" by Umar Weswala, Ugandan journalist
- "Africa's Love-Hate Relationship with China" by Dana M. Hughes, ABC News, and Kathryn H. Floyd, College of William and Mary
- "Danger in the Gulf of Guinea" by Francisco Galamas, DRS Technologies, and Anne-Yolande Bilala, Institute for Security Studies of the Lusofona University
- "Combating Energy Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa" by Matthias Mordi, financial industry expert and Contributor, Diplomatic Courier
Said Editor Ana C. Rold: " Despite the hurdles Sub-Saharan Africa still faces-conflict, corruption, despotic leaders-there has never been another more opportune time for businesses of all sizes to engage with the continent. In this edition, voices from the business, policy, and diplomatic community converged to discuss the trends that have put Africa on this tremendous trajectory of growth."
In addition to other articles on Syria and the EU Monetary System, this edition publishes a profile of Gillian Bristol, Ambassador of Grenada to the United States, by Steve Lutes, Director of the Corporate Leadership Advisory Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Senior Contributor, Diplomatic Courier; a profile of Lady Barbara Thomas Judge, CBE, by Chrisella Sagers, Managing Editor, Diplomatic Courier; and editorial on "Rio+20: Making this Moment Count" by Kathy Calvin, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation.
Revisiting the revolutions that swept across the Middle East in 2011 into 2012, Akanksha Mehta's photography gallery captures images of Tahrir Square in graffiti and street art across eight stunning pages.
The previous May/June 2012 edition discussed "North Korean Rocket Science: They're Playin Us" by Homer Hickam, Best Selling Author and former NASA Engineer, and "No Blueprint in Sight for NATO's Out-of-Area Operations" by Andrea Barbara Baumann and Gergely Varga, Visiting Fellows at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS, John Hopkins University, among others.
For more information on the Diplomatic Courier or to request interviews with the authors, contact press@diplomaticourier.org.
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