06 May 2015

A Look Into African Business Network

By Alta Alexander


Information technology has greatly contributed towards the improvement in the lifestyle of each individual. Communication has not been left out when it comes to the development. In each continent, there are various ways through which new is covered. News can be conveyed on social media or audio and audio visual services. A case example that if famous for this kind of activity is the African Business Network.

The above network was first started in South Africa. It has taken a lot of years since it was started. It has expanded to become career and venture development enterprise. They mainly place a lot of weight on networking with other partners, job growth and commercial growth.

This kind of network represents or the 54 countries within the continent, focuses on news delivery, analysis and various information concerning the business and commercial aspects. They go from country to country and monitor the various ways the specific country is doing to improve in their chambers of commerce. They are interested in doing so because they want to analyze how each country is performing according to the economic index.

The methods they use while collecting data are through interviews, getting comments or advice columns, investigative features and most of all, giving spotlights on specific companies. This is a firsthand kind of information gathering that helps the journalists when they need to analyze it at a later stage. The information given is further recorded so that evidence of the work is created.

The areas which the journalists cover are varied in nature. They deal in matters concerning the lifestyle, mining, finance and technology. These are instruments that act as driving forces towards ensuring that the economy of a country is safeguarded. This is as important to the citizens of the country as they need to realize the ways in which each instrument contributes to their economic growth and what the leader country is doing so that they can be rendered successful.

The network has a lot of segments that perform different functions to deliver specific news. One of them is a kind of project that targets the residents of the slums and other rural areas. They have come up with advisory and support services that provide banking services that provides loans to their clients, provision of good infrastructure and ensuring there is easy access to markets and to technology as well. They work closely with the private and public sector for purposes of capacity building with their citizens.

There are others that are created because neighboring countries would like to have good relationships. It focuses on building good trading relationships, development, trade and investment. This is will guarantee a safe working environment within the region. This is with hopes that they can secure business clients or partners in future.

In a nut shell, the African countries have a duty to ensuring that they partner with them so that they can form good trading relationships between their neighboring countries. This is because, they believe in their mission is to deliver news to the member countries concerning their economic situations. In so doing, they provide us with advisory and other support system.




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