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Affichage des articles du janvier, 2015

Cameroon-Nigeria: Maximising Trade Opportunities

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By Christopher JATOR, Cameroon Tribune Exchanges between the two countries suffer a 12% commercial deficit on the part of Cameroon. Preparation towards the setting up of a platform for business exchanges between Cameroon and Nigeria held in Douala on January 28. Organised by the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Crafts, CCIMA, with the collaboration of the Nigerian High Commission in Yaounde, business people in Cameroon sensitised

Discours-Makhtar Diop: La croissance chinoise, une source d’enseignements pour l’Afrique

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Makhtar Diop, vice-président de la Banque mondiale pour la Région Afrique Beijing, Chine, 13 janvier 2015 Tel que préparé pour l'allocution Professeur éminent QIAN Yingyi, doyen de l’École d’économie et de gestion de Tsinghua (SEM), Professeur éminent BAI Chong-En, vice-doyen, Distingués enseignants, Chers invités, Mesdames et messieurs, Bon après-midi. C’est pour moi un grand honneur et un plaisir d’être ici aujourd’hui à l’université Tsinghua. Je voudrais vous dire ma profonde gratitude pour l’occasion unique que vous m’offrez

50 milliards pour produire des semences agricoles

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Par Félicité BAHANE, Cameroon Tribune « C’est le premier projet d’envergure que le ministère de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural (Minader) met en place ». Parole du ministre Essimi Menye, mercredi à l’hôtel Hilton de Yaoundé, alors qu’il procédait au lancement officiel du Projet d’investissement et de développement des marchés agricoles (PIDMA). Objectif : « transformer l’agriculture de subsistance et de faible

How to Start a Business With Very Little Money

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By John Mullins, wsj.com   The Trick: Finance the Startup With Your Customers’ Cash—Instead of Loans or Investments Everyone knows what the formula for entrepreneurial success is supposed to look like. Come up with a great idea. Write a great business plan. And then raise a boatload of money to make it all a reality. That final step is where so many entrepreneurs

Leadership Caffeine—Humility and the Effective Leader

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By artpetty.com The most effective leaders I know are simultaneously courageous and humble in the face of ambiguity and adversity . Courage as we all know is essential for facing and making the tough decisions demanded in difficult situations. I referenced this attribute in my recent post, Leading into the Fog . A healthy grounding of humility serves as a powerful check and balance influence that helps effective leaders fight the pressure to make rash decisions in the drive to be perceived as

Keep Your Customers as Close as Family

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By Chuck Cohn , CEO and Founder of Varsity Tutors Consider, for a moment, your local coffee shop. It doesn’t serve frappuccinos like the Starbucks on the next block. It may not boast an extensive menu of pastries and sandwiches. What this local shop does offer is a certain level of intimacy and connection. Each server knows your usual order by heart 

Canada Prospects In Cameroon

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By Victorine BIY, Cameroon Tribune René Cremonese was at the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development on January 28, 2015 to explore investment avenues. The new Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon,

Public-Private Partnership: Turbulent Takeoff

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By LUKONG Pius, Cameroon Tribune In a bid to pull the private sector into the country’s development chain, government proposed a bill which was incidentally voted into law by the National Assembly enabling a symbiotic action from both the public and private sectors in the whole gamut of project execution. Hypothetically, the programme went operational in 2009 under the guidance of the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development as well as the Support Council

Prix des femmes entrepreneures : Appel à candidatures

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Participez avant le 27 février 2015 GENEVE, Suisse, 28 janvier 2015 / -- Les Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards ( http://www. cartierwomensinitiative.com ) sont un concours international annuel de business plans, dont la mission est d’accompagner et de soutenir les initiatives de femmes entrepreneures.

Bienvenue la gratuité des Semences agricoles

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Par ESSAMA ESSOMBA, Cameroon Tribune Alors que la saison des semailles se prépare déjà dans les zones forestières et les hauts plateaux, le ministre de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural, Essimi Menye, vient de mettre un accent particulier sur l’un des leviers de la modernisation agricole dans notre pays. Il s’agit de la disponibilité et de la  gratuité des semences améliorées. Cette double annonce faite par le chef de département ministériel

The customer knows best: practical ways to improve their experience

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By Cheryl Adamson, theguardian.com Happy customers become great ambassadors for your brand. Follow this advice to make sure they stick around We all want more from our customers. More visits, more referrals, more repeat purchases, and, of course, more money. We’ll take more of everything, please. Well, apart from complaints, we can do without them.