Enjoy these latest pics of Bamako!

Soon to be completed "Hopital du Mali" in Yirimadio, Bamako being built by China

Villas in Cite du Niger - Bamako, Mali

New 3 level commercial center with adjacent parking garage in Downtown, Bamako - Mali

Quds Avenue in ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali. Credit to "Mamadou"

Quds Avenue, ACI 2000, Bamako-Mali (Credit to Mamadou)

European Alliance Building in Quartier du Fleuve - Bamako, Mali

Another great African Architecture

China Mali Friendship Bridege to be completed by September 22, 2010

The Changing Shape of Mali's Mangos

Check out a 7 minute video of Mali's growing mango exports to Europe brought to you by Reuters

Documents of Key Projects and Reforms to be Mali's Government Plans to Implement between 2007-2012 (French)

Documents of Key Projects and Reforms to be Mali's Government Plans to Implement between 2007-2012


- RAPPORT ANNUEL 2007 DU VERIFICATEUR GENERAL

- Rice Initiative

- Program for Social and Economic Development (PDES)

- PRODESS II

- Presentation on Sugar Plant of Markala as a Public-Private Partnership (SOSUMAR)

- Presidential Counsel on Investment (CPI - MALI) February 2008

- Superior Council on Agriculture

- Presentation on CSRSP

Mali: Beyond Cotton, Searching for "Green Gold"

The Malian economy faces the challenge of reducing its over-dependence on cotton and gold. In order to do so, a search for “green gold” — commercial agriculture beyond cotton — is underway. Mali has started to exploit export market opportunities for horticulture products in Europe as well as in neighbouring countries. Moreover, the country is currently testing the introduction of domestic wheat production for local processing. This document was produced by the OECD

The Direction Nationale du Commerce et de la Concurrence (DNCC) is responsible for developing and supporting trade promotion activities to increase their role in the economic devellopment of Mali. Click here to visit their website

TradeMap

Finally, a strategy for exporting shea nuts, sesame and gum arabic in Mali

Bamako's Digital Multimedia Bookshop on Afrigadget.com

In downtown Bamako, Mali an entrepreneurial bookshop owner, Mamadou Coulibaly, has been attracting an ever-increasing number of clients and curious onlookers since the owner set up an odd-looking computer. “The Source” is a handmade computer box that acts as an offline distributor of online multimedia material. Anyone can step up to the kiosk and pick up anything from Wikipedia pages to local music. Their most popular requests: the Koran and Malian music. more

Newly Launched Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index

NEW YORK, July 10, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index, a pan-African index that measures the stock performance of 50 companies that are headquartered in or generate the majority of their revenues in Africa. Market participants have either direct or indirect exposure to the following 11 markets in Africa: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia. Click here to see how the DJAFK index is performing

Initiative Riz du Mali on Continent Noir

I like this report by TV5 on the Rice Initiative undertaken by the government of Mali for 2008-2009 campaign. more