Quote of the day - 17-08-11
“ But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. ” — Anne Brontë
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When fear and doubt come into play, lead with possibility
Quote of the day: "When fear and doubt come into play, lead with possibility." — Laura Guido-Clark source: 99% conference
Amazon.com : l'Empire cache
Amazon.com : l'Empire caché Fabernovel décrypte le succès d'une des plus belles marques du eCommerce : Amazon.com . Enjoy :) View more presentations from faberNovel
Buying In : the rise of a middle class in Africa
source : Wall Street Journal According to the African Development Bank Group , the middle class now accounts for nearly 34% of the total population, which represents 313 millions people. It's a great uptick (more than 60%) since the beginning of the last decade, but major improvements remain to be done to enlarge further this group and include more the too many people that remain standing at the bottom of the pyramid . Expanding from the data of the African Development Group, the Wall Street Journal contends that A New Class of Consumers Grows in Africa . " Sustained economic growth in Africa has produced for the first time a broad middle class, one that cuts across the continent and is on par with the size of the middle classes in the billion-person emerging markets of China and India. The rise of a middle class in the world's poorest continent is a dramatic marker for the global economy. At a time when the U.S., Europe and Japan are struggling to grow...
