Months of preparations are about to bear fruit for the National Black MBA Association‘s week-long journey to Liberia and Ghana as 15 of its members including Jesse Tyson, the NBMBAA’s president, ready to leave Saturday, Feb. 16. Mr. Tyson has made connecting with Africa a top priority of the association which moved its headquarters from […]
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Atlanta’s American Jewish Committee Hosts Future of Africa Panel
When Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel‘s prime minister, visited Kenya in East Africa in 2016 for a ceremony honoring the 40th anniversary of the hostage rescue mission carried out by Israeli commandos at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976, he exclaimed “Israel is coming back to Africa; Africa is coming back to Israel.” Mr. Netanyahu’s […]
Coca-Cola Acquires Nigerian Juice, Dairy Company
After taking a minority stake in 2016, Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Co. has completed its plan to buy Nigerian juice and dairy beverage brand Chi. Those segments are among the fastest growing in Nigeria, a country of more than 170 million people where Coke has long been present. Chi has been around since 1980 making Chivita juice and Hollandia […]
Our 18 Most-Read Stories of 2018
As editors, gauging audience interest is never a science, and we face often the unenviable task of writing about the things we feel our readers should know, not what they necessarily want. I liken it often to offering health vegetables to someone who’d rather eat candy. Global Atlanta has long been concerned with the mechanics […]
Books 2018: Fictional Underground Railroad, Real Descriptions of Suffering
Book: The Underground Railroad Author: Colson Whitehead Review by: William De Baets, consul general of Belgium for the Southeast U.S. I received Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad for my birthday last June. When I started reading it I realized it was the first fictional book I had read about slavery. It was also the first […]
Books 2018: The Underdog Empire of the Portuguese
Book: Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire Author: Roger Crowley Review by: Kirk Bowman, Jon R. Wilcox Chair in Soccer and Global Politics, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology One of the great curiosities of history is how Portugal, a peripheral, poverty-stricken country of less than a million inhabitants, was capable […]
Books 2018: Effects of the Newfound U.S. Energy Abundance on Nigeria and Beyond
Books 2018: Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Author: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (2017) Review by: Kayode Laro, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta As a Nigerian, developments in international oil markets are of great interest to me. This is because of the importance of oil, particularly the international […]
Books 2018: Chasing Mussolini’s Lost Bugattis Through Ethiopia
Book: The Abyssinian Cache—The End of Italian Colonial Power Author: Kurt J. Jaeger Review by: Dr. Bruce S. Allen, honorary consul in Georgia for the principality of Liechtenstein History and biographies are my favorite reads, and here is an historical novel that captivatingly blends both genres. Abyssinian Cache is written by one of Europe’s well-known […]
Books 2018: Required Reading for Politicians on Sustainable Development
Book: The Age of Sustainable Development Author: Jeffrey Sachs Review by: Scott Ellyson, CEO, East West Manufacturing Jeffery Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics at Columbia University and a leader is sustainable development. In this book, Sachs does a terrific job outlining clear solutions to some of the most challenging issues we will face today […]
Hawks Great Mutombo Seeks Israeli Partnership With Congo Hospital
Atlanta Hawks great Dikembe Mutombo spent the days after Thanksgiving in Israel on a trip aimed at bringing expertise from the country’s largest hospital to his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mr. Mutombo, the towering center known for stiff defense in the paint, is exploring a partnership with Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, which […]
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