(Cedricmuhammad.com) This week’s issue edition of the Africa PreBrief economic newsletter looks at South Africa’s publicly traded MTN Group; the business monopolies of Tunisia and Cameroon; the continued political stuttered steps of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai; and our suspicions of the excitement over ‘economic growth’ as measured in West Africa.

In ‘Markets and Movements’ we take a hard look at the basic building blocks of regional economic integration which have yet to be laid, Botswana, case in point.

You can subscribe at:

http://www.africaprebrief.com/pages/subscribe-to-apb.php

I’ve reacted to the very interesting Interview with Ms. Margaret Kilo, Head of the Fragile States Unit, of the African Development Bank, titled “The African Diaspora does not have to relocate to the continent in order to contribute to its development.”

You can read my posting at:

http://www.afdb.org/en/news-events/article/interview-with-margaret-kilo-head-of-the-fragile-states-unit-afdb-the-african-diaspora-does-not-have-to-relocate-to-the-continent-in-order-to-contribute-to-its-development-6946/

I am very pleased that my recent E-Letter to the Financial Times regarding the ‘United States of Africa,’ (http://www.cedricmuhammad.com/e-letter-to-william-wallis-and-the-financial-times-re-the-road-to-integration-proves-grindingly-slow%E2%80%99/) is being widely read and well-received on the continent. A colleague from East Africa who read it wrote me the following, “I think you’ve articulated this issue better than all I’ve heard…it needs to be heard on CNN Africa and all the local TV stations across Africa.”

I was most impressed with the comments on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo - on its 50th anniversary - made on the Riz Khan Program on Al Jazzera by Didier Gondola, a Congolese-born Professor of African History and Africana Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis. You can watch the program here:

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/rizkhan/2010/06/20106166142654521.html

Finally, after seeking the counsel of my Facebook network I am supporting Ghana in the World Cup tournament. You can see me wearing the official cap of the national team at:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cedric-Muhammad/57826974560?ref=ts

Next, I will don the T-Shirt publicly should ‘my team’ (smile) continue to advance…

Cedric Muhammad
June 18, 2010

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