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Sir Kieran Prendergast Joins Advisory Board

Albany are delighted to announce that Sir Kieran Prendergast KCVO CMG has joined the Albany Associates Advisory Board. Albany Managing Director Dieter Loraine said: “We are very pleased to welcome Sir Kieran on board as Albany moves forward into an … Continue reading

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Lord Black Joins Albany Associates’ Advisory Board

Albany is delighted to announce that Lord (Guy) Black of Brentwood joined the Advisory Board of Albany Associates in April 2012. Albany’s Advisory Board works with the company’s Board of Directors to support all aspects of Albany’s strategic direction and … Continue reading

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New Chairman for Albany Associates

Albany are delighted to announce that Sir Robert Fry KCB, CBE will be taking up the position of Chairman of Albany Associates as of 1 April 2012. Albany Managing Director Dieter Loraine said: “We are very pleased to welcome Sir … Continue reading

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The Catalysis of Technology in Communication

The space created by humanitarian crises, conflict, revolution or disaster is always rapidly filled by actors of many persuasions – governments, belligerents, the ‘people, the media, the international community, NGOs, specialist, the military and others. And within this space, communication, … Continue reading

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FAIL – STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

A strong case can be made that contemporary strategic communications, as ‘synchronized coordination of statecraft, public affairs, public diplomacy, military information operations, and other activities’[1], is failing to achieve its potential at the national level due to organizational failings as … Continue reading

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Strategic Communication: An Issue-rich Environment

As the debacle of Libya and the international community’s dire response to it rumbles on, questions are raised over the role of strategic communication and its utility. As many begin to really appreciate the value of strategic communication, empirically studied … Continue reading

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Strategic communication in the foreign policy, development and security arena – what’s that all about?

It’s about contributing to policy and guidance, providing strategic counsel, nurturing linkages and relationships between policy mechanisms, coordinating between national, international and non-governmental entities. It’s about communicating in a highly charged, ethically challenging, fast moving, traditional and digital, multi-spectral, politically … Continue reading

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Seizing Power – Somalia’s alternative energy sector holds huge potential..

One of the first things visitors to Mogadishu notice is the charcoal trade visible along the roads of the city.  Long convoys of heavily loaded charcoal trucks move through Mogadishu virtually every day, carrying huge loads of the country’s most … Continue reading

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Loud and Clear..Somalia’s telecom industry is booming!

Somalia is currently in the midst of a telecommunications boom driven by private investors, who have created a mass market with the cheapest calling rates in Africa.  Private investors have put an estimated $194 million into Somalia’s telecommunications sector over … Continue reading

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Cash Flow – How Diaspora money is fueling economic growth in Somalia..

Decades of internal strife have left Somalia with collapsed central state institutions, faltering social and economic infrastructure and massive internal and external migration.  But at the same time the traditional Somali spirit of entrepreneurship remains strong, and the private sector … Continue reading

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