MCI is pleased to announce the upcoming Kumasi Investment Roadshow, an event to promote investment opportunities in Kumasi, Ghana, in areas such as real estate development, agriculture and agri-business. The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is organizing the event, with the support of the Regional Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, an initiative… read more

Mekelle, Ethiopia (September 4, 2013) On October 3, Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, will hold a forum in Addis Ababa to promote awareness of investment opportunities in and around Mekelle. Detailed profiles will be presented of opportunities in sectors as diverse as beekeeping and honey processing, production of animal feedstuff,… read more

The Tabora Investment Forum, held at the Serena Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on July 19, 2013, represented a major milestone in the Regional Partnership’s activities. It provided potential domestic and foreign investors and others with information on Tabora as an investment location and highlighted specific investment opportunities in Tabora. In the process, it demonstrated… read more

On Friday, July 19th, under the auspices of the Regional Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (funded by the Government of Finland and implemented by the Millennium Cities Initiative), the Region and Municipality of Tabora held an investment forum in Dar es Salaam to promote awareness of investment opportunities in and around… read more

MCI conducted a one-week training program for primary and secondary school girls from the greater Mekelle region, focused on developing the girls’ life skills tool set, namely, strengthening their leadership, public speaking and advocacy skills.   Twenty-eight girls representing seven schools, accompanied by female teachers, attended the training, which was led by MCI’s Social Sector Specialist Aberash… read more

As part of the One Million Community Health Workers Campaign, the Millennium Cities Initiative is training a cadre of Urban Community Health Workers in a impoverished downtown community in Kenya’s third largest city, Kisumu. The ongoing CHW Training program has been ably organized and led by MCI’s Public Health Specialist for Kisumu, Ms Beldina Opiyo-Omolo,… read more

April 11, 2013. The Urban Design Lab and Millennium Cities Initiative are pleased to announce the release of their latest collaboration, a full-length Columbia University publication, Re-cultivating the Garden City of Kumasi, developed as part of the Urban Design Program at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation and in collaboration with the Departments… read more

by Bruno Rigonatti Mendes The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) is pleased to launch today, April 8th, our fourth investment guide, this time focused on the city of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray Region. Since its founding in 2006, the MCI has researched high-growth sectors in 11 sub-Saharan cities, with the goal of assisting these… read more

This week, Kumasi, Ghana, became the first Millennium City to launch a website dedicated to attracting productive private investment, both foreign and local. For most investors, InvestinKumasi.com will provide a crucial first contact with the Kumasi City Investment Promotion Unit (KCIPU). A division of theKumasi Metropolitan Administration (KMA), KCIPU grew out of the Regional Partnership to Promote… read more

Kumasi, Ghana (April 1, 2013) The city of Kumasi, Ghana, became the first Millennium City to launch an investment promotion Website this week, InvestinKumasi.com. The site reflects the city government’s ongoing commitment to fostering a pro-business environment in Kumasi, a growing city of over two million people. With descriptions of investment opportunities and a step-by-step… read more