After completing this chapter, your students should know 1. The principal economic activities of government.2. How large the government sector is relative to the private sector.3. What government can, and cannot do to help the economy achieve the social goals of smoothly rising real output, economic efficiency, and distributional equity.4. The types and sources of […]
via Our philosophical position comes 2019. — FEMI BABALOLA FOR NIGERIA 2019
The news spread quickly on social media this week: 14 black teenage girls had gone missing in Washington, DC over a 24-hour period. The hashtag #missingdcgirls began trending, and celebrities added their voices to the outrage at the mysterious and horrifying phenomenon. My prayers go out to the families effected by this tragedy. God bless…
How do I tell the world about my Inner consideration for the youths in africa? I can’t tell how to go about it only if the youths could see it from a far that they are the one the world is interested in to run its success. It is such an underestimated realization in our world today. What a pain of heart it is that leaders of today are nowhere to be found; instead, corruption and fraudulence are what we got in control of many nations today and to look at the insight, youths of africa tends to be viruses dealing with Fathers.
For how long!
When will the eyes of youths be open!
Who will enforce the blindness of youths to come to life!
What is affecting these blindness!
Why will youths have to give up!
Hungry for a change!
Make Your Voice to the Nations.
Lagos There’s a buzz in Nollywood right now. Last month the romantic comedy The Wedding Party became the first movie from Nigeria’s growing film industry to break 400 million naira ($1.3 million). And in 2016 Nollywood’s combined box office topped 3.5 billion naira ( $11.5 million) with 30% of ticket sales generated by local movies.…
via Nollywood is giving the world a taste of true African glamour — Quartz
FILE – In this Saturday, April 29, 2006 photo, children with U.S. flags march down Broadway during the 19th Annual Sikh Day Parade in New York. Since Sept. 11, 2001, many Sikhs have been mistaken for Muslims and have become targets. As a result, they have been at the forefront of civil rights advocacy against…
via Delaware declares Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month to combat rising hate crimes — Fusion
As the numbers for 2016 come trickling in, it’s becoming increasingly clear that while the talk of Africa rising (or not) and commodity downturns continued, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs in Africa kept their heads down and got on with business. Private-equity players made a good case by investing $3.8 billion in 145 deals across Africa…
via Africa’s private-equity investors made big bets last year, but 2017 looks uncertain — Quartz
Originally posted on MJ: I’m just curious—what is with the love affair America has with celebrities? Celebrities are just people doing a job, which happens to be entertainment. They entertain us. They make us laugh. They make us cry. They make us feel. All by pretending to be something they aren’t or someone they aren’t. …
via America’ s love affair with celebrities-Why? — Be Like Water
India is trying to get its over-a-billion population online. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India initiative has sought to make digital the primary means of communication and transaction in the country. To spark grass-root innovation, the government launched the Startup India programme in January 2016. Despite all this, China has India beat in digital prowess.…
via China is crushing India in the race to connect people online — Quartz
An influential member of South Africa’s main opposition party is facing a firestorm after lauding what she described as the virtues of colonialism. Helen Zille, the controversial premier of the republic’s Western Cape province and a former leader of South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA), will face discipline from her party after tweeting Thursday that “for…
The first hour of every sitting of the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of Parliament, is usually kept aside for a special purpose: questions. Members can ask the government of the day about anything under its purview during the question hour, and the minister responsible must answer. Mostly, it’s a sedate affair with a few…
via “Is an Indian spacecraft planning to brew beer on the moon?” — Quartz
