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	<description>Founded in 1988, Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) promotes leadership, entrepreneurship, and development in Africa. We operate from Ota, Nigeria.</description>
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		<title>LIP Diaries: Did someone say LIP is over?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chioma Okwudiafor They say everything that has a beginning must have an end: I beg to disagree. In some cases, the end is just the beginning. So to those who say the 2011 Batch A Legislative Internship Programme has &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/lip-diaries-did-someone-say-lip-is-over/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=325&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Every Drop Counts</title>
		<link>http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/every-drop-counts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried by the dearth of potable water in many regions of the world and the growing threat to fresh water supply by climate change, the Melody for Dialogue among Civilizations Association (MDACA) and Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) are organising a &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/every-drop-counts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=315&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ALF partners KIM for leadership convention</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Africa Leadership Forum and the Kenya Institute of Management have jointly convened the 2nd Africa Governance, Leadership and Management Convention. The convention which held in Mombasa, Kenya between 2nd and 5th of August 2011, was attended by some 150 &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/alf-holds-leadership-and-management-convention-in-kenya/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=304&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting business right</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Foluke Ademokun If you think getting a paid job is difficult these days, starting a new business or expanding your current one may be described as herculean. Either way, you require much more than luck to make a success &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/getting-your-business-right/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=297&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EDC in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Centre to campaign against multiple taxation By Tosin Makinde (The Nation) WORRIED over the problem of multiple taxation as it affects small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the country, the Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), has embarked on a series &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/edc-in-the-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=293&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EDC launches quarterly lecture series</title>
		<link>http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/edc-launches-quarterly-lecture-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driven by the need to have focused discussions on issues affecting entrepreneurship in Nigeria, the Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), Lagos, has launched a quarterly lecture series. The maiden lecture of the series was held on Wednesday at the centre with &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/edc-launches-quarterly-lecture-series/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=285&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LIP Diaries: Settling into the House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By CHUKWUEMEKA ORJI The orientation course in Ota, Ogun State, may have prepared me for the Legislative Internship Programme but when I was to report at the Enugu State House of Assembly, I didn’t know what to expect. I wondered &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/lip-diaries-settling-into-the-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=262&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another cake for Madiba</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself” -Mandela For the most part of 1963, South African prosecutors worked hard to convince a court, and the rest of the world, that Nelson Mandela did not deserve to &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/another-cake-for-madiba/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=257&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerian women grow in small ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Nigerian women are venturing into small-scale businesses in order to gain economic independence. Jennifer Ehidiamen writes on the challenges they face. Her compelling story also shows how entrepreneurial women are dealing with constraints such as limited start-up capital, cultural &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/nigerian-women-grow-in-small-ways/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=233&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LIP Diaries: Passion meets experience</title>
		<link>http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/intern-programme-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stanley Azuakola Try this: Gather forty smart young Nigerians, lodge them in pristine chalets, engage them with experienced cerebral minds, and then unleash them. What you’ll get is a potpourri of unusual insights, shared experiences, undiluted fun and bursting &#8230; <a href="http://africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/intern-programme-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=africaleadershipforum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24772047&amp;post=112&amp;subd=africaleadershipforum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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