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ReConnect Africa is a unique website and online magazine for the African professional in the Diaspora. Packed with essential information about careers, business and jobs, ReConnect Africa keeps you connected to the best of Africa.

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Welcome to the July/August 2014 issue of ReConnect Africa magazine!

In this issue, we report on a recent conference in London that highlighted the diversity and investment opportunities in Cameroon in Investing in Cameroon.Foreign direct investment in Sub Saharan Africa on the rise, says the EY 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey and we review its findings in Attracting Investment.The 2014 Africa Progress Report calls on African leaders to tackle inequality and the plunder of the continent’s natural resources. Read more about this in Make Progress? Tackle Inequality.

In A Date with Plantain we speak to Patti Sloley about her new cookery book, ‘A Date with Plantain’, and how she came up with 51 ways to celebrate one of Africa’s most delicious foods.

Africa’s diaspora face high charges on remittances, with the world’s poorest region is burdened by the world’s highest money transfer fees, says the findings of a new report on remittances from ODI. We report on the launch event for the report in Remittances: The Cost to Africa’s Diaspora.

In our Careers section, Temitope Azeez-Stephen gives her advice on what makes a resume effective and passes her 10 second resume review in Beating the 10 Second Resume Review.

 

 

Also in our Careers section, our careers coach offers advice on how to maintain your work/life balance in Ask the Career Coach – I’m Afraid to Switch Off Work on Holiday!

In another of her Letters from Africa, Elvina Quaison shares her experiences of life in Ghana after a lifetime in the UK, and the impact of a falling currency in Devaluation is Getting Personal!

In our Enterprise section, Andrea Opoku continues with her analysis of the African consumer and advises on how to get your products and brands to market in Who is the African Consumer (Part 2).

In our Conferences section, we preview “Next Generation Africa 2014” taking place from 9-11 September 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia.

Our guest interviewee in this month’s ‘5 Minute Interview’ is Ike Anya, Consultant in Public Health Medicine who shares some of the lessons he has learned along the way.

July and August see an extensive line-up of events in the UK and overseas and our Events listing gives you details of what’s on and some un-missable Dates for your Diary.

ReConnect Africa acts as a Media Partners for numerous events in Africa and around the world. Visit our Media Partnerships web page so you can keep abreast of upcoming events that we are promoting.

Keep up to date with events across Africa with constant breaking news from Africa through Thomson Reuters on the ReConnect Africa website. Catch up on news from the UK and around the world in bite sized chunks with our International News Round feature.

Share your comments about our articles or write into our Letters page and let us know what you think about the articles in ReConnect Africa.

We visit the ReConnect Africa Library and we give you another chance to read Hatching Creativity, an interview with Yemisi Mokuolu who talks about the challenges and joys of building and promoting creative African talent across film, music and other creative industries.

Finally, check out this month’s Editorial – The Empire Strikes Back – and let me know what you think.

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ReConnect Uganda

On ReConnect Uganda we bring you features, articles, news feeds and highlight some of the key events taking place in the country.

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ReConnect Africa.com

ReConnect Africa.com brings you a wealth of information from jobs on the ReConnect Jobs website to our listings and features.

Revisit previous issues and browse through the hundreds of articles in the ReConnect Library.

Whether you need to write a great CV, make the right impact at interview or need help with your plans to find a job in Africa, our range of careers services are tailor made for your needs.

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Enjoy this issue and please write in to me and share your comments!

 

 

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