In this issue, we report on the recent UK-Senegal Investment Forum in London that highlighted the many opportunities for business and investment in Senegal in Dakar Calling. In It’s Time for a New Relationship John Battersby argues that there is an inexorable shift of economic power from the so-called developed world to the high-growth economies of the developing world, and that it’s time for a whole new relationship with Africa.

In our Diaspora section, Eve Yamb talks about the inspiration behind her recently launched cosmetics business and her plans for the Eve Makeup & Cosmetics brand in Making It Up.

In our Careers section, Kezia Anim-Addo talks about the joys and challenges of a career in Public Relations in Spotlight on Careers....Public Relations. In Fighting for Talent, we examine the findings of the Resourcing and Talent Planning survey that confirms that despite relatively high unemployment levels, the war for talent has risen threefold and employers are struggling to find enough skilled and experienced people.

Also in this section, our careers coach offers advice on the benefits of a business and career coach in 'Ask the Career Coach - 'Is Being a Woman Holding Me Back?'.

In our Enterprise section, Marketing Consultant Andrea Opoku offers 5 top tips to combat your biggest marketing challenge in .

We preview two up and coming conferences: Innovation Africa 2013, a summit in Gaborone that will focus on uniqueness, transformation and advances in technology for the benefit of education and research in Africa, and IFRS for Oil & Gas, an invaluable workshop that will assist participants to tackle specific challenges facing the Oil and Gas industry’s IFRS implementation and updates.

Our guest interviewee in this month's '5 Minute Interview' is Management Consultant, Jude Smith Rachele,who shares some of the lessons she has learned along the way.

September and October see an extensive line-up of events in the UK and overseas and our Events listing gives you details of what's on and some un-missable Dates for your Diary .

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We visit the ReConnect Africa Library and we give you another chance to read Network to Get Work, in which Careers coach and author, Alan Jones, offers a clear strategy and practical guidance on how to apply the principles of networking to your job search campaign.

Finally, check out this month's Editorial - School's Out, Behaviour's In – and let me know what you think.

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