Gbagbo was acquitted in 2019, after prosecutors failed to prove their case.
Kaunda was among Africa's few surviving liberation heroes.
Since 1996, Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa's Higherlife Foundation has provided education to vulnerable and orphaned African children.
The Igbos in Nigeria, have been practicing for centuries what is today known as stakeholder capitalism. The Igbo apprenticeship system (IAS) is a communal enterprising framework...
West African country boasts one of the first central banks on the continent to say it was working on a digital currency
Country has suffered from power outages for over a decade, Eskom can't meet demand
Gbagbo plans to return to Ivory Coast on June 17 after ICC acquittal
There has been an uptick in local acquisitions in Africa
It is the first main blockchain project focused on serving the African market with goals that align with developmental agendas
The pandemic continues to exact a large toll on sub-Saharan Africa
"So long as Africa remains dependent on other regions for vaccines, we will always be at the back of the queue" - Rwanda President Paul Kagame
Increase in staple grain imports in various African countries, combined with slightly better domestic grain production conditions in some, has slightly shielded the region
The Suez Canal carries over 10 percent of global trade, including 7 percent of the world’s oil
African Economic Outlook: Real GDP projected to grow 3.4% in 2021
Beverly Bond made history when she founded Black Girls Rock! in 2006 with the intention of empowering and mentoring black women and girls across the United...
By Song Guoyou As more and more Chinese enterprises expand into Africa, there has been increasing interest in China’s economic activities in the continent. As well...
Africa’s largest online movie platform, and online distributor of Nigerian movies (Nollywood) – iROKO and Canal+ Group have teamed up to launch a new Android-based mobile...
Ben Carson’s campaign says the Republican presidential candidate will travel to Africa later this month. A statement from the campaign says Carson will visit 3 African...
According to the World Bank, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa hit a record US$60 billion by the middle of this year. Yet, many multinational companies...
By Johan Burger Multinational corporations have targeted Africa as a destination for their investments for quite a while. The latest investments include American multinational food manufacturer...
Renewable energy sources could supply nearly a quarter of Africa’s power needs by 2030, more than four times the current levels, according to a report published...
The gloves will be off at the the third India Africa Forum summit later this month, when African countries will push for 100 percent access to...
By Dan Aceda “If Nigeria moves, then Africa moves. If not, then we must wait.” I do not remember where I first came across the quote...
By Walter Baets If you ask people what they consider the world’s most prestigious business degree, most are likely to answer, “An MBA.” Indeed, the Master...
By Alex Perry Africa is standing up. After centuries of poverty, the world’s largest continent is developing fast. Economic growth in Africa will be around 5...
Newly appointed African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, has said he is aiming to eliminate Africa’s energy deficit by 2025 by mobilizing US$55 billion of investment....
The first annual African Business Leaders Forum conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from December 9-12 at the Sandton Convention Center. The conference has...
By Jack Smith IV Every week, the American tech sector uses the most advanced mobile technologies in the world to create some new meaningless distraction. Tinder...
By Stefan M. Selig In July this year, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa and shared an important message at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi,...
An African research fund launched in Kenya on Thursday aims to raise the quality of Africa’s scientific output and tackle diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and...
A Chinese state-owned engineering company has signed a deal worth $4.3bn (£2.8bn) to build factories for a Nigerian cement company run by Africa’s richest man, Aliko...
By Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo U.S. President Obama has left the continent. During his historic and inspiring visit to Kenya and Ethiopia, he announced several new initiatives...
By Opeyemi Agbaje In 2010 as I traveled across 10 African countries in west, east, central and southern Africa on some strategy and consulting projects, I...
Africa has marked one year since the last case of recorded polio, with the United Nations celebrating Wednesday a key step towards eradicating the disease. The...
Ford Motor Company will start assembling its best-selling Ford Ranger pickup truck in Nigeria by the fourth quarter, as it expands in Africa and the Middle...
By Kate Douglas Two out of three people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. The Africa Progress Panel estimates that power shortages diminish the continent’s growth...
The collapse in commodity prices and the rise of the African middle class has flipped the fortune trends of the continent’s richest people. Commodities tycoons Aliko...
From milk churning in Zimbabwe to rose growing in Ethiopia, private equity investments in Africa have returned to pre-recession levels of 2007 and should keep rising...
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has revealed that finance, infrastructure and inadequate resource centers are the major impediments affecting entrepreneurial development in Africa, a new report by...
By Frank Sieren U.S. President Barack Obama cannot do much more in Africa. Asia, especially China, is so far ahead that the United States won’t be...
U.S. President Barack Obama told African entrepreneurs in Kenya on Saturday they could help counter violent ideologies and drive growth in Africa, and said governments had...
(PRNewswire) – The Africa Business Fellowship, a partnership of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), Econet, The Milken Institute, and The African Leadership Network (ALN), announced that...
By Allan Olingo China’s push for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to endorse its currency, the yuan (or the reminbi -RMB), as a global reserve currency...
By Chen Weihua U.S. President Barack Obama will take off later this week on a trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, his first trip to the 2...
Andrew Rugasira has worked for more than a decade to sell coffee in a way that will be more profitable to Africans, starting with a firm...
By Ghada Hammouda While advanced economies are facing the problem of an aging population, one of Africa’s most attractive assets both domestically and internationally is that...
Although the number of foreign direct investments (FDI) fell by 8.4 percent in 2014, capital investment into Africa surged to US$128 billion, a year-on-year increase of...
By Calestous Juma and Francis Mangeni A major trade deal signed in June 2015 is about to remake Africa. Dubbed the Tripartite Free Trade Area, the...
By Bo Li Many people are not aware that the relationship between Africa and China is not just a one-way street. Beyond the small businesses that...
The out-going president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka says time has come for Africa to become the world’s manufacturing hub and this can...
African leaders from across the continent have for the 25th summit of the African Union, which runs until 15 June, under the theme: “Year of women...
In reality, things are not really as complex as people think they are. Many people think that any partnership between the West and much of Africa...
South Africa is to establish a free trade zone between its southern African neighbors and its counterparts in the eastern and western regions of the continent....
The next president of the African Development Bank will take over an institution entering a much tougher economic environment than the one outgoing president Donald Kaberuka...
African businessman and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu has proposed a new entrepreneur-led development model for Africa at two high profile events in Washington DC. Elumelu, who...
(The Financial) – Private equity (PE) exits in Africa reached an 8-year high in 2014, and strong activity should continue as more companies enter the period...
Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee For the past 15 years, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been the thing...
Investment in African mega-projects was up 46 percent to US$326 billion in 2014, led by increases in investment in energy and power, according to Deloitte’s latest...
Across Africa, where many nations show high economic growth rates but with little benefit to their populations, the notion of social and economic “emergence” is taking...
Africa, once off the radar of many investors, continues to rise as a destination for private equity firms. Private Equity funds invested US$8.1 billion in African...
Due to the tired and well-worn Western narrative of Africa – that of a continent continuously engulfed in war, poverty and disease – armed conflicts are...
Do not be surprised if you come across news that says e-commerce is dramatically spreading its wings in Africa. There is no doubt digital commerce is...
By Matt Wade As rags to riches stories go, Dennis Makori’s is a doozy. He didn’t flick a light switch until he was 13 or touch...
At a cost of US$4.8 billion, it is an audacious project undertaken by one of the fastest growing countries in Africa. At the construction site in...
I wish, at the very outset, to express appreciation to the African Union Commission for, firstly, inviting me to this meeting of the High Level African...
Young Ghanaian entrepreneur Nana Tamakloe could hardly have a simpler business plan. When people order clothes from his website, he buys the items from stalls and...
Sometime last year, a high-ranking Ugandan Minister sent an email to a contact in a United States Agency. Like any good college alumni, Mr. Minister had...
This past January, with the 15-year old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) program set to expire in September, the African Union dispatched a high-powered delegation...
By Ritesh Anand Over the last decade, private equity has significantly grown in sub-Saharan Africa from less than US$1 billion in 2009 to over US$4 billion...
Top African investors have announced the creation of the continent’s first news syndication service, the African News Agency with an initial investment of US$20 million. The...
When U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and mega star Beyoncé Knowles attended high-profile events in clothes made by African designers, it was a sure sign that...
Africa is projected to remain one of the fastest growing regions in the world – with an annual growth of about 5 percent due mainly to...
By Wang Xiangjiang In recent years, the West has conjured up fantastic theories like “neocolonialism”, “China is exploiting Africa’s resources,” etc., effectively throwing mud at China...
As you may have heard, Target, a behemoth of an American retailer, failed quite miserably in Canada. The Walmart-like retailer did not collapse under its own...
(Businesswire) – The U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance (ACEF) initiative has reached a key milestone in deploying millions of dollars for renewable energy in Africa. In December,...
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh Early last month Ethiopia marked a remarkable milestone in its history. Thirty years ago the country was in the grip of a deadly,...
By Kizito Sikuka Africa’s long-standing vision is an integrated, prosperous and united continent. This vision will come closer to reality this December when the largest integrated...
Editor’s Note: One of the best things about Katrin is how much heart she has. Not only does she care deeply about the things she does;...
By Stephen Lande and Loulou Geboers After more than 50 years of doing trade policy, my thoughts are now crystallized around the ideal partnership between the...
Editor’s Note: Mr. Ngwenya is especially instructive on what can be achieved in both the short and long run when it comes to regional integration. COMESA’s...
By Eyob Tekalign Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation. Yes, the truth is that most countries have not been able to take advantage of AGOA; not...
The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook makes sobering reading for most of the world – that the world economy may never return to the pace of...
By Djifa Kothor Much has been said about the rising economic prosperity of Africa. In fact, it’s been widely reported that on average, the continent has...
African leaders proposed on Tuesday creating a special fund to combat Islamist militant groups growing in strength from Kenya to Nigeria. African Union states announced the...
By Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne This week’s Newsweek magazine cover features an image of a chimpanzee behind the words, “A Back Door for Ebola:...
From left to right, President Macky Sall of Senegal, Former Malawian President Joyce Banda, U.S. President Barack Obama, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, and...
China trade with Africa projected to grow. SOURCE/Standard Chartered Research When the east African nation of Uganda sought bids last month for an US$8 billion contract...
A worker at the Petroleum Refinery plant in Mombasa, Kenya. PHOTO/Daily Nation Africa has surpassed the Middle East as the oil-and-gas producing region that attracts the...
Operating video on demand platforms is proving to be a tough call for Africa’s cellular operators. At present, many do not have the network capacity to...
African leaders called on Thursday for firm action against a rising Islamist militant threat creeping across the continent from Nigeria to Kenya and pledged to furnish...
By Papiso Matsau Ethiopian portion of the Cape to Cairo highway. PHOTO/File “So, what time is your flight?” my mother asked. “We are not flying, we...
The private banking unit of South Africa-based Investec holds Africa’s largest portfolio of assets under management with US$23.7 billion, reflecting increased demand for services from the...
Four African countries participating in the 2014 World Cup which started in Brazil on Thursday, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria and Ghana, have the potential to generate a...
Ghana’s capital city has the highest potential for inclusive growth in Africa, according to the 2014 MasterCard African Cities Growth Index. “For the second year, Accra...
MTN Group, Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator, plans to spend around 120 billion CFA francs ($250 million) upgrading its network. The Group’s head of Ivory Coast said...
South Africa has a well-administered VAT system that is in line with international norms, according to a Pricewaterhouse Coopers report. “The Value Added Tax (VAT) rate...
Several agriculture projects in Tanzania have been awarded grants worth almost 650,000 US dollars by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT). “The AFT has granted two...
African artists are increasing their footprint globally as the entertainment industry on the continent spreads to other parts of the world. With over 200 million people...
AGOA allows 6,400 products from eligible Sub-Saharan African countries to enter the United States duty free. In 2013, according to US Department of Commerce, United States...
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has indicated that it will be prioritiszing investments in West Africa going forward. PIC CEO, Elias Masilela stated, “We have broken...
African countries south of the Sahara are poised to enjoy a surge in growth in their banking and trade systems in the upcoming decades. According to...
The Kenyan shilling is expected to receive cushion from the upcoming sovereign bond floated later this month. This is sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest Eurobond of two...
The United States has committed itself to attracting investment and aiding several African countries in reducing their electricity deficit. “Power Africa is designed to catalyze new...
Emerging economies continuously need Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for sustainable growth and development, with governments having recognized the importance of flow of financial capital in economies...
Africa has been resilient to regional and global headwinds, the African Development Bank noted in its African Economic Outlook (AEO) report. In comparison to global trends,...
By participating more effectively in the global production of goods and services, Africa can transform its economy and achieve a development breakthrough, according to the latest African...
Foreign investment in African economies will hit a record $80 billion in 2014, as business leaders in developed economies put the recession behind them and Chinese...
By Yoweri K. Museveni I remember 2 portions from the Christian Scripture. One is from our Lords’ Prayer. The relevant portion I am interested in says:...
Emerging markets measurements have outperformed major developed world indices so far this year, according to leading investment research firm, FE Analytics. Based on their assessments from...
Africa is expected to lead population expansion in the next half century that will help spur regional economic growth. “Of all global regions, Africa will lead...
Union Bank, a leading Nigerian bank, has revealed that it would seek shareholders’ approval to raise $750 million in June, funds it says would be used...
Kenya has promised the top 200 industrial power consumers dedicated direct lines to alleviate frequent power outages, which has led to losses in millions of dollars...
Doing business in Africa is a high risk and high reward venture that can be continuously fruitful if taken advantage of at the right time. ...
Although the crucial financial importance of money sent to African countries has long been documented, detailed research into the scale of remittances is lacking. Despite the...
The second scramble for Africa is in investment on the continent with China, US, the EU and Japan leading the foray into the fastest growing...
South Africa’s rand went up in gains to a 2014 high of 10.2725 against the dollar on Tuesday. The currency broke through a 10.3000 technical level...
The African Development Bank has said that African economies have sustained unprecedented rates of growth. The African Development Bank’s Tracking Africa’s Progress in Figures publication released...
The race is on between Uganda and Kenya to see which will emerge as the region’s first oil producer. With the Ugandan government estimating reserves of about...
World Bank figures show that net Foreign Direct Investment inflows into Africa grew by 16.2 per cent to 43 billion in 2013. The World Economic Forum...
Roll-out of content delivery networks (CDNs) by telecom operators has accelerated access to the internet for African users even though the vast majority of services are...
Africa needs to improve its regional and national deficits before it can increase investment from outside the continent. David Humphrey, head of power and infrastructure at...
Creating jobs in the manufacturing sector may be the way to alleviate unemployment in Africa. “In order to create jobs we need to open up the...
Africa has the world’s highest mobile broadband growth rates, according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). On Monday, the ITU announced that mobile-broadband growth in Africa...
Partners in the Grow Africa, a program by the World Economic Forum, NEPAD and the African Union, said it doubled its agricultural investment commitments from companies...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unveiled extra aid for Africa totaling at least 12 billion dollars on Monday. The country also offered to share advance technology with...
Zimbabwe is outpacing the rest of Africa in mobile phone growth as adoption of handsets in the country has risen from 26% of households in 2008...
The ascent of China as a contending economic superpower with United States and Europe (the west), has opened up an alternative philosophical and economic path for...
A standardized contract process could aid in boosting Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Africa’s energy space. Africa Finance Corporation chief executive, Andrew Alli, said, “One of the...
Aliko Dangote, CEO of the Dangote Group, believes that Africa needs to have strong institutions to combat corruption. Dangote advised, “One of the greatest obstacles apart...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is to visit four African countries, including oil-rich Angola and Nigeria, but will not be going simply for energy deals as China...
African entrepreneur Aliko Dangote has been named among the top 25 people who have had the biggest impact on business in the last 25 years. The...
Through investments in African agriculture, the continent has the potential to feed not only itself but the world. According to the World Bank, agriculture is essential...
Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM), a unit of South Africa’s second biggest life insurer, Sanlam, has acquired a 51 percent stake in Malaysian life insurance firm, MCIS...
Nigeria has become the fastest growing aviation business in Africa with more new and pre-owned aircraft delivery than South Africa as at 2013. This was disclosed...
African banks are set to maximize on trade finance space left by European lenders due to tough capital requirements. However, bureaucracy and inadequate research are two...
AU Commission chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, AU Chairman Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso at the...
Construction companies in sub-Saharan Africa are moving beyond mainstay mining work as rising wealth and urbanization spark demand for shopping centers and better roads, the chief...
As young pitchmen shout to potential passengers over blaring music, a graffiti-covered private minibus fills up more quickly than the other dozen in the scrum. It...
Africa hardly impacts global fixed line broadband user numbers but that could change in the coming years. This is according to broadband research by UK-based Point...
Nigeria’s interminable focus on fortifying its oil and gas sector could hamper its chance to diversify the economy. This is according to the 2014 Economic Report...
Safety and security, as well as the high cost of flying, are key obstacles Africa’s aviation space continues to grapple with. “Airlines are commercial entities, and...
The market for luxury goods has increased worldwide in the last 20 years and African products have entered into that niche. According to consumer research company...
Improving science and technology training and modernizing services could help boost Africa’s economic growth prospects, says the World Bank. The World Bank on Monday said economic...
The principle of state sovereignty has been an integral part of international relations since the end of the Second World War and this principle guarantees smaller...
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will release the country’s rebased GDP calculations proposed for September 2013, on Sunday. The West African country, which is currently...
Private equity and venture capital is one asset class that is still grossly misunderstood in African economies. This is according to Michelle Essomé, CEO of African Private Equity and...
Washington will host the US-Africa summit in August, but it is already late to the game of African summitry. Japan hosted its first Africa summit in...
Despite the global private jet market suffering severe blows in the 2008 economic crisis, Africa’s private jet charter industry still grows. According to Brazilian aircraft...
Africa’s demand for beer has overtaken that of a number of developed markets, signalling an opportunity to invest in the growing thirst. “Based on future demographics...
At least three African nations are looking to add nuclear power to their grid. Kenya and Nigeria want to establish nuclear energy, and South Africa, the...
A Harvard professor said developing countries were forced down an economic path in the 20th Century that lacked innovation, entrepreneurship and technology. As a result, he...
The single-largest investment and business opportunity in Africa will be its rising consumer market, KPMG has said. “Africa is fast becoming a consumer continent and very...
By Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, CEO of AVATAR When does the mind set of an entrepreneur start to develop? In the world of information technology there are many thirteen-year...
High quality software development is possible on the African continent but it needs to be encouraged and promoted. “The key thing to remember is, especially here...
China’s enduring importance for Africa was strengthened again in 2013, when trade between the globe’s most populous country and the African continent soared to a record...
Investments in other African countries are starting to pay off handsomely for some South African companies, such as banks, which earned R5.1bn from operations on the...
Rwanda and Nigeria are Africa’s most promising markets for global retailers, according to consulting firm A.T. Kearney, as foreign investors look at all corners of a...
The consumption of luxury goods in Africa is expected to grow considerably as expensive brands make their way into the continent. “The potential of growth on...
2013 was a difficult year for the five BRICS countries. China and Brazil faced slowing growth, South Africa and India were hit by currency instability, and...
by Tan Sri Andrew Sheng IN April I shall be starting on a new series of articles that explore the challenges that Asia faces in its...
African Union Peacekeepers in Dafur, Sudan. PHOTO/Abd Raouf/AP In the last decade, the African continent has experience dramatic political, economic and social progress. Thus changing the...
It’s a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry...
Payments technology company, MasterCard, is expanding into seven additional markets across Central and West Africa. The company said, in a statement, that it is adding Chad,...
Many of the continent’s largest retailers are dialing back their expansion plans and looking to make smaller advances closer to home. In a year that saw...
By Paul Frimpong DEAD AID: Why TRADE facilitation is necessary but not AID Indeed to realize the potential of Africa, there is the need to develop...
Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/File (Bloomberg) – Billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, helped fuel a record surge in syndicated loans by Nigerian borrowers last year with a...
Research and Markets Africa B2C E-Commerce Report – 2013 indicates that growing Internet penetration, the spread of mobile technology and improvement of payment and delivery infrastructure...
Pan African broadband provider Liquid Telecom plans to launch a satellite service targeting business owners across the continent. In a conversation with ITWeb Africa, Ben Roberts,...
Skills shortages are holding back more Africans from building technology companies, many experts claim at the Mobile East Africa conference in Nairobi. In a panel discussion,...
Digital trends specialist, Tomi Ahonen, believes mobile data will be the black gold of 21st century, and it remains the next sure frontier for companies. Speaking...
The pace of development in today’s Africa is like a steam train whose cadence is – much to everyone’s surprise – getting into bullet train territory....
Despite the portrayals of blacks as uncivilized savages, our achievements never cease to amaze. Enjoy this video about the Lost Kingdom of Zimbabwe and see the...
By Bright Simons In May last year, China’s President Xi Jinping announced during a visit to Tanzania that the great Asian power shall be providing $20bn...
By Mercy Karanja New technologies and ideas – from mobile phone information systems to new crop varieties – are rapidly transforming agriculture across Africa. Yet the...
From left to right, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, U.S. President Barack Obama, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, and...
The fourth MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos next month will focus on low-income individuals and attempt to introduce banking to “the bottom of the pyramid in Africa”, the...
(PRNewswire) – Chris Folayan (pictured), an enterprising software developer, has found a way to tap into the purchasing power of Nigeria’s rapidly growing middle class. Folayan...
(Marketwired) – Johannesburg, South Africa – Companies are starting to place big bets on Africa, but many of them are still figuring out what it takes...
By Tony Elumelu (Reuters) – To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that...
Africa-focused Private Equity fundraisers brought in over US$2 billion between January and September this year, exceeding 2012 full-year figures, according to Private Equity Africa, an industry...
(PRNewswire) – Jumpstart Africa has announced the launch of its Indiegogo campaign to raise needed funds to complete the build of its revolutionary crowdfunding platform, JumpstartAfrica.com....
Precisely 3 weeks ago, we sat opposite a cabinet minister of an East African nation. When the subject of regional integration was broached, the Honorable scoffed at...
Andile Ngcaba – Founder and Chairman Convergence Partners Convergence Partners a South African-based investment group, founded and headed by serial entrepreneur Andile Ngcaba, has launched a...
Dangote Cement’s gross revenues grew by 29 percent to US$1.82 billion for the third quarter 2013, up from US$1.41 billion recorded in the corresponding period in...
Over the next three weeks, the Editorial Team here at The Habari Network is going to be busier than a hive of bees. Not only are...
RapidSMS data flow. IMAGE/Technology for Humanity A technological innovation to boost Malawi’s food security surveillance 4 years ago has become a secure tool in the area...
Findings from research commissioned by Informa Telecoms & Media in July 2013 on trends in global mobile data usage shows that the rise in digital service...
(Reuters) – When Abasiama Idaresit started a digital marketing firm in Nigeria’s bustling economic capital three years ago, he quickly learned how brutal life can be...
(Reuters) – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is expected to increase to 6 percent in 2014, from 5 percent this year, supported by investment in infrastructure and...
By Carlos Lopes This year Africa celebrates fifty years since the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU); never before has the continent been so...
Africa’s top trading partners. COURTESY/U.S. Senator Chris Coons According to Standard & Poor’s, the U.S. government shutdown ‘… shaved at least 0.6 percent off of annualized fourth-quarter...
It is projected that average gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Africa in 2013 will range between 5.6 and 6 percent. The middle class in sub-Saharan...
By Carlos Lopes Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)-management of its mineral and natural resources. More than 500...
Former UN secretary-general., Kofi Annan. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said Monday it would be a “badge of shame” for Africa if its leaders...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian Robust economic growth over the last 15 years has led to visible changes across Africa. Visitors...
Traders on the floor of the Nigerian Stock exchange. PHOTO/File Global investors are being enticed by bountiful opportunities to do business in Africa, as the continent...
Ozwald Boateng – Co-founder of Made In Africa Foundation. PHOTO/BBC Made In Africa Foundation Co-Founder Ozwald Boateng And African Development Bank Launch Africa50 Fund to financing...
Ask anyone with insider knowledge of Africa’s regional economic communities – and they will tell you that most of the issues keeping Africa apart are not...
In the week of September 16, various African governments and their business executives made presentations to various Washington, DC audiences. These 5 days were presentation galore!...
By Nicholas Norbrook Governments across the continent are looking for new development models after the policies of privatization and liberalization seem to have run their course....
