Changing attitudes.

• Author: de Sousa, Prema

As I write, the former Mozambican president, Joachim Chissano, has just won the Prize for Achievement in African Leadership--an award sponsored by the Sudanese businessman, Mo Ibrahim.

This spirit of African renewal from within is what we tried to capture in Changing "Brand Africa". I think the cases in this issue reflect the positive changes on the continent, many of them driven by entrepreneurs with a social conscience.

Women entrepreneurs are not a "woman's issue"!

When we started work on the Women in the Global Economy issue, we found a lot of research about women entrepreneurs and the constraints they face, but few recommendations to improve their position.

We decided to be bold and suggest some initial steps, all leading towards integrating businesswomen in mainstream trade and business support networks.

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