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AJC: Nonprofit Reimburses City for South Africa Airfare With Reed’s Money

AJC: Nonprofit Reimburses City for South Africa Airfare With Reed’s Money

Former Mayor Kasim Reed caught flak from many sides last year when it was revealed that the city spent $90,000 on his team’s trip to South Africa, largely on business-class airfare. At the time, the mayor said he had lined up “private funds” to pay for nine team members’ upgrades from coach class on the grueling Read more

  • Atlanta
    • Economic Development
    • Technology

Atlanta Is Sharing Its Innovation Story With the World, Starting With Its City Partners

Atlanta Is Sharing Its Innovation Story With the World, Starting With Its City Partners

Lain Shakespeare looks out a window over the Atlanta Beltline, sharing the vision for the light rail line organizers hope will eventually run parallel to a trail that already has arguably transformed the way the city sees itself. “Projects like this are really redefining the way people view this city and increasing the demand for Read more

  • Africa
    • Business
    • Economic Development

Mayor Reed’s Objectives on His $90,000 Mission to South Africa

Mayor Reed’s Objectives on His $90,000 Mission to South Africa

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has been in the media spotlight in recent days for a trip taken in May to South Africa.  At issue is the trip’s $90,000 price tag for eight people (including security team members) over three days, the bulk of which was reportedly spent on business-class airfare.  In a news story, WSB called the mayor’s office out Read more

  • Africa
    • Business

AGCO to Open Regional Headquarters in Johannesburg as It Reorganizes Africa Operations

Duluth-based AGCO Corp. is realigning its organizational structure  by placing its Africa operations within the Asia Pacific region to benefit from synergies between the market dynamics of both territories. According to a Nov. 3 news release, the change to take place on Jan. 1 will result in an increase in the company’s “on-the-ground presence in Read more

  • South Africa
    • Diplomacy

Cape Town Sees Atlanta as Trailblazer on Race Issues

Cape Town Sees Atlanta as Trailblazer on Race Issues

As the city of Cape Town opens an academic center for the study of the United States, its leaders see  Atlanta as a visionary partner on one of the key issues facing the country today: race relations.

  • Africa
    • Business

Flurry of South African Events Coming to Atlanta

Flurry of South African Events Coming to Atlanta

It may be far away, but South Africa is seeking to get closer to Atlanta in terms of business and trade, especially this month as a flurry of events on the country descend on the Georgia capital.  Linked by a 17-hour Delta Air Lines Inc. flight to Johannesburg, the two locales also share a heritage of Read more

  • South Africa
    • Business

Mayor Reed on Heritage Tour, Trade Mission in South Africa

Mayor Reed on Heritage Tour, Trade Mission in South Africa

Mayor Kasim Reed may be suffering from some serious jet lag — or at least travel fatigue. 

  • Africa
    • Trade

First American Chicken Imported Into South Africa After 15-year Trade Battle 

First American Chicken Imported Into South Africa After 15-year Trade Battle 

A shipment of American chicken leg quarters, presumably some from Georgia, arrived in South Africa Feb. 19 after the resolution of a trade fight that had all but blockaded the birds from the continent’s second largest economy for 15 years.

  • Africa
    • Business

Atlanta Startup Takes South African Street Guitars Mainstream

Atlanta Startup Takes South African Street Guitars Mainstream

Shaun Lee, a small-framed man with dark hair and black-rimmed glasses, holds up an unusually shaped guitar. “You don’t know what’s going to happen until you plug it in,” the 27-year-old entrepreneur says as he rotates the instrument and eyes the glossy motor oil can that comprises its body. Mr. Lee is the chief production officer Read more

  • Africa
    • Economic Development

Vice Chair of Atlanta Rio Committee Joins South African Tourism Office

Vice Chair of Atlanta Rio Committee Joins South African Tourism Office

Alfreda Turner, who formerly worked for Delta Air Lines Inc. in district sales and international commercial sales development and more recently as the founder of a global business management and consulting firm, has joined the office of South African Tourism North America. Ms. Turner is to assist in South Africa’s efforts to strengthen its leisure Read more

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Expert Says India’s ‘Time Has Come,’ but Does the World Agree?

  • India
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From South to South: Atlanta’s British Consul General Headed to India in June

  • India
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UserIQ Buys Indian Startup to Improve Mobile Offering

  • China
    • Economic Development
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$15m Plastics Factory Hints at More Chinese Investment, Despite Trade Spats

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Eco Island: How Atlanta’s Taiwanese Sister City Is Greening Its Urban Environment

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