Posted on May 27, 2008 by Business Rwanda
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com
This New York Times blog is a delight to read even for people who are not particularly enamored with business and economics. If you think economics could never be fun or ‘hip’, this site will prove you wrong. Written by Steven Leavitt who wrote the massively popular book ‘Freakonomics’, it looks at the more unconventional [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Business Rwanda
Kigali, population one million people, capital and gateway to the Republic of Rwanda, is a city on the move. From it’s founding as a sleepy colonial outpost in 1907, with few links to the outside world, to its metamorphosis into the city that is the economic, cultural, and transport hub of a vibrant Rwanda; [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Business Rwanda
If necessity is the mother of invention, collaboration has made the world’s biggest corporations. Throw a bunch of smart folks in a room and watch the magic happen.One-man shows don’t have that luxury. Theirs is a slow and solitary climb through an onslaught of challenges, from serving customers to buying cash power. While small-business owners [...]
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