(Reuters) – Citigroup announced on Tuesday it had appointed Ade Ayeyemi (pictured), a 25-year veteran of the bank, as its chief executive for sub-Saharan Africa. Ayeyemi,...
While South Africa remains the most attractive corporate investment destination in Africa, Nigeria is nipping at its heels and may overtake it as soon as next...
Black PR Wire) – Washington, DC (August 2013) – U.S. Based African Embassies have tapped a fertile pipeline of African Americans with interests in their African...
Churchill Road – Addis Ababa | Ethiopia A few short years ago, while one prepared to land at Bole Airport, Addis Ababa, they saw a dearth...
By Carlos Lopes and Kemal Dervis Everyone stands to gain if Africa can sustain and accelerate its progress in tackling poverty and finding jobs for its...
By Carlos Lopes It is unquestionable that Africa is on a major ascendance path, a trend shared by the rest of the rising ‘South’. Despite the...
Nigerian philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Elumelu (pictured), has announced the creation of a 5-year endowment of the The Future Africa Awards prizes. The idea behind the...
It is a longstanding policy of the United States to grant preferential trade deals to developing countries, in order to promote good relationships and to support...
(Reuters) – Investors from Europe, Asia and the United States are not the only ones chasing growth opportunities in Africa these days – Africans themselves are...
Studies looking at the impact of Western aid programs have revealed that there is zero correlation between per capita overseas development assistance and changes in gross...
India and China are actively competing for business on the increasingly important African continent. The demand for resources to fuel their rapidly growing economies is playing...
By Chiamaka O. My Africa is not hungry. My Africa is just a giant that has failed to take giant strides. Africa as a continent has...
In a thorough first-of-its-kind study, the Brookings Institution made an excellent point: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of 2000 has always had an excellent...
Aliko Dangote African capital markets and investment landscape are quite bullish for investors; greater returns of 30 percent dividends or even more on average investment have...
Incoming principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, Professor Archibald McDonald, says if the institution is to remain viable, it will have...
(PR Republic) – The Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicsSA) has launched a survey to gauge perceptions about Chinese companies doing business across 15 African countries....
As if the task to generate a more effective African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was not arduous enough, a bill (S. 1331) to extend the...
Effects of climate change in Northern Kenya. PHOTO/Sarah Elliott/EPA African leaders have been urged to consciously promote indigenous locally developed technology usage in order to adapt...
Sanoussi Diakité (pictured), a Senegalese entrepreneur is tackling food security in West Africa. Diakité has invented a machine that processes cereal in a fraction of 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...
Africa’s economy is growing faster than any other continent, according to the African Development Bank. A new report from the African Development Bank said one-third of...
Aliko Dangote Aliko Dangote is on track to spend up to $15 billion pursuing investment opportunities on the African continent in the next 4-5 years. Dangote...
Sasol Gas Engine Power Plant located in Sasolburg, Johannesburg, South Africa Press release, 10 July 2013 at 9 am EET The largest power plant running exclusively...
By Tony Elumelu Last week was the first time, in my memory, that a US president came to Africa with investment at the top of his...
(PRNewswire) – Syngenta announced today that it will acquire MRI Seed Zambia Ltd and MRI Agro Ltd (“MRI”), a leading developer, producer and distributor of white...
Mo Abudu. PHOTO/File A woman who could be considered Africa’s Oprah Winfrey is launching an entertainment network that will be beamed into nearly every country on...
Jerome Almon. PHOTO/BiztechAfrica U.S. war veteran and businessman Jerome Almon, is in the process of launching a US$100 billion initiative to rally the support of African...
Obama visits his grandmother in Kenya before his presidency By Yetnayet Z. Demissie and Dennis Matanda While its well within some people’s right to gripe about...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng President...
Remittances from Africans in the diaspora are now estimated at around US$60 billion annually and are said to have surpassed traditional western aid. While these help...
As bilateral between China and Africa continues to gather momentum, it is becoming increasingly necessary for a new cross border payments mechansim that is suitable for...
(Reuters) – Developed world mining and energy companies operating in Africa should pay more taxes to help parts the continent climb out of poverty much faster,...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian “African consumers want the same as consumers elsewhere – a mobile phone…“ Consumption of goods and...
(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said regional leaders will hold a summit to discuss how to fund an election later this year. Cash strapped Zimbabwe...
Wind farm located at the Ngong Hills near Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/File Giant turbines churning in the wind are a rare sight in Africa, but that will...
By Sanou Mbaye In recent years, China and Africa have formed one of the modern era’s most successful economic and trade partnerships. China benefits from Africa’s...
(AP) – African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continent-wide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonialism. Now...
East African Community partner states are looking into the possibilities of raising more money from international capital markets and in turn reduce donor dependency. The plan...
Malawi President Joyce Banda Malawi’s presidential jet has been auctioned off to a Virgin Islands company for US$15 million, after the cash-strapped government disposed of it...
The Namibian government on Tuesday announced the first discovery of oil off it’s coast around the Walvis Basin. Namibia has commissioned a Rio de Janeiro-based energy...
By Ryan Elcock “Defeat the enemy from within by infiltrating the enemy’s camp under the guise of cooperation, surrender, or peace treaties. In this way you...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian After years of headlines about Africa’s poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as...
Business confidence in Africa remains the highest in the world, according to the, annual Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Global Pulse Confidence Index for Africa. Business confidence,...
Infrastructure projects to watch. IMAGE/Africa Review Travelling across Africa, you easily notice a continent working hard for take-off. Stretches of roads and airport runways under construction,...
Aerial view of the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg – South Africa. PHOTO/File The World Airport Awards 2013 – recently released by Skytrax, a United Kingdom-based...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Caribbean and African countries dubber “low-income countries” are among the fastest-growing economies in the world, but warn that many...
(PRNewswire) – The role of Africa’s leading women-such as Diezani Alison-Madueke, Mamphele Ramphele and others, is steadily growing across the continent. The fact that Africa is...
While the U.S. Federal Reserve prints the greenback with what some may refer to as feverish abandon; and much as this may, in negative extremity, lead...
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile telecom operator revealed Tuesday that it t has entered into a definitive agreement with United Arab Emirates-based Warid Group to acquire...
Africa, with its improved economies, can contribute to global growth for the first time in history, African finance ministers said on Saturday in Washington. “Africa is...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng The...
By Tolu Ogunlesi Africa is all the rage these days. Every week, it seems there’s yet another Africa conference somewhere outside the continent – investors, bankers,...
Over the next few weeks, various U.S. based bodies – Brookings Institution, Woodrow Wilson Center and the Corporate Council for Africa – will emerge with reports...
New Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s president. He replaces Mwai Kibaki, a very successful president, whose second term has...
Tony Elumelu Nigerian entrepreneur and philanthropist Tony Elumelu through his Tony Elumelu Foundation has partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation to launch an impact investment fund for...
The just concluded BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit concluded in Durban, South Africa calls for stronger partnerships, integration and industrialization to tackle various...
Africa is rising not only on the growth charts of economists. The continent that was a byword for poverty, chaos and bloodshed only a few decades...
Africa’s top trading partners. COURTESY/U.S. Senator Chris Coons The U.S. can’t afford to ignore investment and trade with Africa now that countries like China and India...
(Reuters) – Angola’s government on Wednesday approved the guidelines of a plan to hold bidding for licences to explore for oil onshore in the Kwanza and...
Aliko Dangote The Dangote Group has applied for a silica exploration license in Ethiopia. Silica is the major raw material for glass manufacturing. The industrial group...
The new president of China, Xi Jinping, lands in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Sunday at the beginning of a three-country tour of Africa. He faces...
Airtel has announced the launch of the mobile HD voice service for its subscribers in Africa. The development comes as the first step in Airtel’s ambition...
(Black PR Wire) – Washington, DC (March 2013) – Ten years ago, African Americans had no way to accurately or reliably determine where they came from...
Florie Liser, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa 10:00 a.m. – March 11, 2013 By Dennis Matanda With the flair of a seasoned storyteller, Stephen Lande...
Kenyan President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta The Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya has posted complete results showing that Uhuru Kenyatta has prevailed in the country’s presidential elections by...
Recently, Africa.com’s CEO and founder Teresa Clarke was invited to deliver a speech on doing business in Africa to a packed room in the White House,...
Senator Chris Coons. PHOTO/Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Delaware lawmaker says the United States ignores trading opportunities in Africa at its peril. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who chairs...
“If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own” – Chinua Achebe Africa cannot — and should not — be limited to a single narrative. “Africa...
Namibia’s finance minister Tuesday gave corporate and individual taxpayers some relief by lowering taxes while announcing government expenditure increases of nearly 20 percent. “The non-mining company...
Uncle Sam is an elderly man with white hair and a goatee. He usually wears a white top hat with white stars on a blue band,...
Trade with Africa – and within Africa – has seen a number of new developments in recent years as new trading partners become more prominent and...
(Reuters) – Eleven African leaders signed a peace deal yesterday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File As the March 4 election date nears in Kenya, the latest opinion polls have...
(PRNewswire) — Mara Online, part of the African conglomerate Mara Group, and Plingm, the Swedish mobile VoIP application provider, form a strategic partnership to develop mobile...
The arrival of LTE (long-term evolution, marketed as 4G LTE) in many African markets, will provide Video on Demand service providers with increased opportunities, and the...
Aliko Dangote The CEO and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has urged African business men and women to increase their investment stake across the...
Central Africa, one of the regions that has recorded the slowest progress in regional integration despite huge natural resources, is seeking to forge a harmonized regional...
Kenya’s Presidential Candidates The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya has indicated that it will release the final list of eligible voters on Monday...
By Ryan Elcock Yesterday, I was enjoying the third season of Spartacus: War of the Damned; rightfully called so because even though Spartacus was victorious in...
Africa’s chief attraction is that it has been growing while richer regions have stalled. Its demographic prospects are promising, too. As America, Europe and China age,...
A recent report entitled “Emerging Markets Opportunity Index: high growth economies” has ranked South Africa as the leading emerging economy on the African continent, with Nigeria...
(Globe Newswire) — Nano Labs Corporation, a nanotechnology research and development company focused on creating a portfolio of advanced products that could provide benefits to a...
By Brian Laung Aoaeh Africa is experiencing a boom in entrepreneurship due to proliferating Internet and mobile computing technologies. Simultaneously African startups face the often life-threatening...
Kenya is in the process of holding its first presidential debate between all eight candidates leading up to the March 4 general elections. Incumbent president, Mwai...
(PR Newswire) – IBM today announced that MoDe (mobile decisioning) was named the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, MoDe provides instant...
A victorious Nigeria team lifts the Africa Cup of Nations Trophy. PHOTO/European Pressphoto Agency Coach Stephen Keshi makes history as one of two men to win...
By Stephen Hayes Why aren’t American businesses doing better in Africa? I was recently asked by a news researcher to provide names of companies who have...
Hissène Habré A special African court set up to try former Chadian President Hissène Habré for war crimes and crimes against humanity has officially began its...
The value of mergers and acquisitions for sub-Saharan African targets rose by 18 percent to US$25 billion last year. About half or US$12 billion worth of...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File Kenya is gearing up for its first presidential debate to be aired live on...
Research shows mapping is creating jobs and driving global economic growth. A few years ago, we used paper maps and printed guides to help us navigate...
In corporate boardrooms and global-investment seminars, more CEOs and business leaders are talking about Africa. That much was evident at a recent New York Stock Exchange...
Outgoing Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki East Africa’s largest economy, Kenya, goes to the polls on March 4 to elect a new president, elect new governors, and...
Nairobi, Kenya Companies looking to expand into Africa should seriously consider setting up shop in Accra in Ghana, Lusaka in Zambia and Luanda in Angola. A...
Nigerian farmers (l-r) Alali Efanga, Friday Alfred Akpan, Chief Fidelis Oguru Oruma and Eric Dooh sit in the court in The Hague, Netherlands, 11 October 2012....
An Acrylic Painting: Founding Fathers Tableau by Stephen Warde Anderson Although they’d not recognize their meticulously designed political entity these 200 years later, America’s Founding Fathers...
Despite a drop in the number of private equity deals in Africa in 2012, the value of the deals increased. The rise in value is attributed...
During the past fifty years, more than US$1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Moyo asserts, however, that this assistance...
Elementary school children in Ethiopia with their inexpensive OLPC (One Laptop per Child) laptops. PHOTO/Petterik Wiggers/PANOS Africa is the Most Dynamic eLearning Market on the Planet...
By Dennis Matanda Image/Sonido – Silencio By Dennis Matanda In their infinite wisdom, the Yoruba say that one who lives on the riverbank should not use...
The African Union is next week expected to hold a conference with potential donors to raise funds to support the planned African military intervention in northern...
Ethiopian Airlines has grounded its four Dreamliners. This comes after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States ordered a safety review of the aircraft,...
Africa is pulling out all the stops in its race to curb the AIDS pandemic by 2015, a deadline set by UN member states. From making...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng The...
A new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed uniform fiscal and macro-economic policies in the 19 states of Eastern and Southern Africa even...
(Reuters) – Impala Platinum, the world’s second-largest platinum miner, has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Zimbabwe unit to local black investors for US$971...
Larry Seruma, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Nile Capital Management LLC (Business Wire) — Nile Capital Management LLC is proud to announce that its flagship...
(Reuters) – Fifteen Russian sailors detained by Nigeria’s navy on suspicion of arms smuggling have been transferred to police cells for prosecution, a naval spokesman said...
Transactions on Kenya’s latest mobile banking innovation, M-Shwari, crossed the KSh1 billion (US$11.6 million) mark at the close of 2012 in an overwhelming uptake that could...
After more than five years away from home, your correspondent returned to East Africa. Making a pitstop in Dubai, I was reminded of how global the...
Newly inaugurated Ghana President John Dramani Mahama. PHOTO/Issouf Sanogo/AFP John Dramani Mahama became president of Ghana on Monday, sworn in as the opposition continues to dispute...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian By Fred Ojambo Africa’s middle class is growing at a faster rate than that of its...
Re-elected Ghana President John Dramani Mahama. PHOTO/Issouf Sanogo/AFP (Reuters) – Ghana’s president called for political unity on Friday, reaching out to rivals who are contesting his...
Traders on the floor of the Nairobi Securities Exchange Annual market performance statistics released by the Nairobi Securities Exchange indicate that the benchmark the Nairobi Securities...
Africa-based private equity funds will be seeking new strategic partners in 2013 to improve their capacity to finance bigger deals to meet growing demand for funding...
A Shopper in Kampala, Uganda. PHOTO/Panos /Mikkel Ostergaard Not too long ago, Africa was derisively referred to as the “dark continent” by many in the developed...
By Chris Reese Part 1 of the Black Coaches Elite Special Coach Akindele Peter (in white hat and green shirt) with his young charges. If you...
A view of Auckland, New Zealand from Nigeria’s satellite – the NigeriaSat-X Economic Boom Fuels Ghana’s, Nigeria’s, Kenya’s —and Continent’s—dream of building telescopes and satellites to...
iROKING, which is said to be Africa’s number one music site is partnering with Eskimi – one of Africa’s leading mobile social networks to bring music...
Tony Elumelu Nigerian Tony Elumelu has been named by the Corporate Council on Africa as African Business Leader of the Year. Elumelu was honored at the...
South African President Jacob Zuma. PHOTO/File AP – South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to keep President Jacob Zuma as the head...
There are brilliant business leaders in Africa not only who are among the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, but who are giving to others as...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African president and Nobel Peace laureate hospitalized with a lung infection,...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP As the 94-year-old patriarch of South Africa’s democracy entered his seventh day of hospitalization Friday for a...
Trinidad & Tobagos’ Republic Bank has confirmed that it has acquired an 8.9 percent stake in HFC Bank in Ghana. According to the Republic bank’s CEO,...
Ugandan App developers (left to right): Joshua Okello, Josiah Kavuma, Aaron Tushabe and Joseph Kaizzi. PHOTO/Aaron Tushabe Three Ugandan university students have won a US$50,000 grant...
South African President Jacob Zuma (l) and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe. PHOTO/File AP – South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will compete next week against President...
What is behind IBM’s pro-Africa focus? Africa is a key part of IBM’s geo-expansion strategy. Africa, China, India and Brazil are all fast-growing economies and, as...
(Reuters) – Ghana extended voting in its presidential election into a second day, officials said on Friday, after a rash of technical problems prevented thousands of...
(NYOTA MEDIA) – the world’s first communication and PR agency for innovative African entrepreneurs, start-ups, and international companies that use technology to improve the lives of...
Ghana President John Mahama (l) and Challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO/File AP – Voters in Ghana lined up as early as 2 a.m. on Friday to select...
Kenya Airways believes a merger between itself, Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways is necessary to create a single large carrier representing Africa and able to...
Ghana President John Mahama (l) and Challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO/File The presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana set for Friday are expected to be close. Under...
Aerial view of the semi-functional Inga dam on the Congo River. PHOTO/UNEP With an estimated cost of US$80 billion, the Grand Inga Hydropower Project in the...
South Africa’s biggest bank, Standard Bank, on Monday said that trade between China and Africa is likely to be over US$200 billion this year. The bank...
(AP) – The year was 1966 and a 7-year-old boy named John Dramani Mahama was standing by the door of his boarding school, wondering why his...
Aliko Dangote’s private jet. PHOTO/Alex. N Private jet manufacturers are increasingly targeting Africa’s growing economies as the resource-rich continent is quietly emerging as an important hub...
Botswana says it will ban hunting by 2014 because of fears that the nation is losing its wildlife. The nation’s Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism...
Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 28, 2012 (PRNewswire) — The emerging cogeneration market is proving to be an asset in Africa where access to power is...
The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which allows certain African exports to enter the US quota and duty free, has been a great boon to...
In the last decade, Africa has experienced an unprecedented influx of private equity investments. The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) estimates that private equity investments...
Africa is growing rapidly, yet the continent, which is faced with an energy deficit, is keen on finding new sources. Speakers at a recent meeting dubbed...
Nana Akufo-Addo (l) and President John Mahama. PHOTO/File With Ghana’s presidential election set for December 7, the candidates faced off in their final debate this week....
Sibongile Sambo, founder and CEO of SRS Aviation. PHOTO/sibongilesambo.co.za Pioneer female aviation entrepreneur Sibongile Sambo is the founder and CEO of SRS (Sibongile Rejoice Sambo) Aviation....
News Release (Marketwire) — The University of Botswana Faculty of Business will receive a US$115,000 grant to develop graduate and executive business programs from the Graduate...
The mobile phone has entirely changed the story of banking in Africa. Today a cellular phone is an all-purpose bank account, an Automated banking machine (ABM/ATM)...
Anglican Church officials applaud Bishop Ellinah Wamukuoya (c) at the conclusion of her consecration as Bishop. PHOTO/File As the Church of England weighs whether it will...
Author’s Note | November 23, 2012: An 800 word editorial for The Habari Network morphed into longer commentary following comments from economic policy and trade doyens....
Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Nigeria’s biggest listed company, Dangote Cement revealed early this month that it expects pretax profit to hit 143 billion naira (US$910...
Investors are forming partnerships and increasing manpower to take advantage of the opportunities for private equity investors in sub-Saharan Africa. A private equity value chain is...
Didier Drogba (c) congratulates Didier Ya Konan (2nd L) for scoringthe first goal. PHOTO/Alexander Klein/AFP Captain Didier Drogba was among the scorers as title favourites Ivory...
Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Nigeria’s Dangote Group speaks during the final session of the World Economic Forum on Africa meeting in Cape Town...
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. PHOTO/Reuters/Charles Platiau Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dissolved his Cabinet on Wednesday, officials said, in a sudden and surprising turn of...
“There is no template for doing business in Africa. One can also clearly not base one’s investment decisions on data from a spreadsheet.” So says professional...
Nigerian teenagers, Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola and Faleke Oluwatoyin with their urine powered generator. PHOTO/BBC In a breakthrough, four teenage schoolgirls in Nigeria have invented a...
Africans at Work. PHOTO/Volkswagen South Africa Africa’s recent robust growth is sustainable and the continent can attract even more investors if it plays its cards well,...
Verone Mankou with his Way-C tablet. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images Africa has made promising leaps in the tech space over the past few years. Hubs in Kenya, South...
Malawi has suspended laws against same-sex relationships on Monday and ordered police not to arrest gays and same-sex couples pending a decision on whether to repeal...
A graphic collection of Apps built in Africa. IMAGE/File Africans are making a bid to turn the continent of Africa into the new home of mobile...
By Robert Bates Once ‘hopeless’ and now ‘rising’, Western narratives around Africa may tell us as much about what’s going in the West as in Africa...
The Forbes Africa Person of the Year has announced the top five candidates for this years title. The winner of this award would have had an...
Student using Internet resources in Nairobi. PHOTO/Africa Business Source Enthusiatss and leaders of the Internet community in Africa have unveiled a comprehensive plan designed to dramatically...
Nigeria’s military arrested a member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram at the home of a prominent senator, an official said late Friday, adding weight...
By 2050, Nigeria will be the most populous country in the world and the African economy will be bigger than that of the United States and...
The Communist Party of China prepares to unveil its new leader at the 18th Party Conference while Americans vote for who will win the next four-year...
South Sudan plans to resume oil shipments in February 2013 once its parliament ratifies a raft of deals reached last month in Addis Ababa with the...
Haiti will become the latest member of the African Union sometime in January 2013. Haiti and Africa share a sense of history, and African countries stepped...
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced Monday that it will not award its US$5 million prize that recognizes democratically elected African leaders who excel in office and...
Africa appears to hold amazing potential for greater prosperity. The land is rich in natural resources with much fertile ground for agriculture and a population that...
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma., the new Chairperson of the African Union. PHOTO/File South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma took over as head of the African Union Commission Monday, becoming the...
Foreign investors often cite a difference in business cultures as one of the challenges of operating in Africa. However, even local African business people need to...
The growth of data traffic and Internet and social media users has been the big story over the last two years. But more quietly behind the...
Africa has huge potential when it comes to technology start-ups. IMAGE/stock.xchng Industry analysts make an interesting point about fledgling technology businesses in Africa: unlike markets generally...
(PRNewswire) – UTC Aerospace Systems held a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by dignitaries, partners and suppliers to celebrate the inauguration of its new Propeller Systems facility...
By Javier Cuñat According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), from 2000 to 2010, six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa and...
Malawi President Joyce Banda Malawi President Joyce Banda announced that she will take a 30 percent pay cut to show that she will sacrifice personally as...
By Ryan Elcock Between 58 to 51 BC, as he was successfully bringing the Gauls under the Roman Empire, Julius Caesar is said to have remarked...
By Emmanuel Musaazi According to the World Bank Group’s 2012 – 2015 strategy for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, new developments in telecommunications, in...
Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group speaks during the final session of the World Economic Forum on Africa meeting in Cape Town...
(PRNewswire-USNewswire) — The Oando Foundation – the philanthropic arm of Oando PLC, one of Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions providers – is attending the Clinton Global...
The founder and proprietor of the newly launched magazine, Forbes Afrique, says the magazine will highlight successful business people as well as investment opportunities in francophone...
The company that makes BlackBerry smartphones is looking to Africa to help its troubled sales. Officials with Canadian-based Research In Motion told journalists in Lagos today...
“Across Africa, we have seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up.” – President Barack Obama Like...
Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest airline will resume flying its domestic routes Sunday, the company’s managing director said, after publicly announcing it would stop flying. The airlines’...
Femi Akinde – Founder and CEO SlimTrader Femi Akinde, is the founder and CEO of SlimTrader, a company which is focusing on mobile payment technologies, mobile...
Africa is on track to have working regional competition bodies by next year and businesses need to prepare themselves to navigate a plethora of rules or...
(Reuters) — Kenya’s first offshore gas discovery is encouraging but not large enough for commercial production, the country’s energy minister revealed on Tuesday. Exploration firms Tullow...
Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. PHOTO/File Somalia’s Parliament elected a new president of the country’s fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international...
Dangote cement’ Obajana plant. PHOTO/File World-class technology and innovative training has catalyzed the success of Dangote Group, one of the largest trading and manufacturing conglomerates operating...
Lawmakers in Somalia are scheduled to choose the next president Monday, moving the country a step closer to its first stable government since the 1991 ouster...
The current chair of the African Union, Benin President Boni Yayi, said Friday West African nations would soon meet on strategies to intervene in Mali, where...
The World Economic Forum has released its Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, which ranks economies in terms of national competitiveness. Of the 144 countries ranked, 38 are...
Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide – founder and Chairman of Arik Air Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide is the founder and Chairman of West Africa’s largest airline, Arik Air – a company...
(Reuters) – South African bullion miner Gold Fields said on Tuesday that trade union leadership intervention in a wildcat strike made a return to production more...
(Reuters) – Former civil war foes Sudan and South Sudan are to resume talks on Tuesday in Ethiopia that mediators hope will produce a deal to...
The development of sustainable urban infrastructure is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century. Professional services firm KPMG recently released its latest Infrastructure 100:...
(PRNewswire)–The UK, Eurozone and US economies are facing surprising competition from an unexpected source according to research carried out by new website, AfricaTradePartners.com. With record numbers...
Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2011, Ludwick Marishane Last year, the then 21year-old Ludwick Marishane of Cape Town, South Africa was named the 2011 Global...
Over the last decade, intra African trade has emerged as a strong driver of growth across the continent. Competition among financial institutions in East Africa is...
Artistic Impression of the Konza Techno City. IMAGE/File Property developers are building satellite cities and new housing compounds on the outskirts of some of the largest...
