Nigeria President., Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the 2012 budget into law on Friday, keeping all the key figures the same...
The United States is clearly worried about China’s rising economic and political influence in Africa. As recent comments by a State Department official and independent analysts...
Six of the world’s fastest growing economies are in sub-Saharan Africa, among them Uganda and Ethiopia, according to UK-based economic experts Ernst & Young. According to...
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African...
Already Africa’s single biggest trading partner, China is set to become the continent’s largest export destination in 2012 according to South African based Standard Bank. The...
Newspaper vendors in Senegal. PHOTO/File After 50 years of independence, the path to democracy does not follow an obvious, straight line in this region, just as...
Former British Prime Minister., Tony Blair has hailed a “new sense of hope and confidence” about Africa as he claims the continent can end its dependence...
Telecoms operators are slowing their price wars and rolling out new products as the mobile market becomes more saturated. With approximately 650 million connections, Africa is...
Juliana Rotich, co-founder Ushahidi.com. PHOTO/Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Many people’s view of Africa is outdated, and, quite frankly, inaccurate. The Western main stream media continues to project...
(Reuters) – Pan-African Ecobank Transnational is near the end of its geographic expansion across Africa and now plans to focus on organic growth to be among...
MTN Group head quarters in Johannesburg. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – South African mobile phone operator MTN Group on Monday accused rival Turkcell of using the threat of...
The Eurozone crisis presents some critical lessons for developing countries, particularly in Africa. As the European financial and economic crisis continues to dominate global news headlines,...
In the next five years, there are likely to be as many mobile cellular subscriptions as there are people on this planet. By 2020, pundits predict...
Stelios Haji-Ioannou. PHOTO/ThisisMONEY.co.uk Africa becoming a more attractive investment destination. Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of discount carrier EasyJet Plc, plans to invest US$500 million in a...
Electricity pylons in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. PHOTO/Elias Mbao/Africa Review U.S. companies are looking to invest in projects to boost electricity in Africa, which has long been...
Irrigated farming in Tanzania. PHOTO/Peter Arnold, Inc./Ron Giling Good technologies generated from agricultural research in Africa have been beneficial in improving crop yield and economic growth...
Forbes Africa magazine (a licensed affiliate of FORBES Magazine) published its list of Africa’s top 20 tech startups. Each of the startups included in the list...
The Ugandan parliamentarian who first introduced an anti-gay bill that carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts reintroduced the bill on Tuesday, raising concerns among...
Nationalization is not an option for South Africa’s troubled mining industry, the country’s mining minister told an international audience Tuesday. A nationalization debate within mining minister...
Ghana qualified for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after edging past Tunisia 2-1, following extra-time. Black Stars captain John Mensah put his side...
Queen Nefertiti. Image/USA Today, August 13, 2003 Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he takes you on a journey to discover a wealth of African history...
(Reuters) – African countries can prepare for the impact of the euro-zone crisis that threatens to derail economic growth on the continent by improving trade between...
(Reuters) – Global institutional investors plan to boost their asset allocation in African markets over the next five years, and are shifting to long-term investment strategies...
The presenter asks us to shed outdated notions of Africa as a unified place plagued by starvation and war. Between mobile phone innovations like M-PESA, social...
January 20 was the third inauguration anniversary of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the US. President Obama was inaugurated on the January 20,...
Nigeria’s easygoing president Goodluck Jonathan (pictured), made a rare display of emotion when he addressed a private meeting on an arcane-sounding policy that would become one...
(Reuters) – Niger will push ahead with a plan to develop civilian nuclear energy in partnership with other West African peers despite recent accidents including Fukushima,...
Fewer conflicts, democratic elections and economic growth are helping Africa progress. Benefiting from reforms and an ever improving environment, are African entrepreneurs who have struggled to...
African-American mayors from across the United States left their tight-knit communities, some with as few as 855 citizens, and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for a...
Nigeria on Monday launched a communications satellite into space to replace one that failed in 2008, the country’s satellite agency said. The satellite was launched from...
China has recently surpassed the United States as sub-Saharan Africa’s largest trading partner. China is busy building railways and roads in Angola, Nigeria and Kenya, revving...
African agriculture is held back by Western scientific illiterates whose well-paid jobs involve frightening people about biotechnology. African agriculture must play a major role in any...
The west’s warnings over China’s involvement in Africa are growing in volume. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described Chinese movements on the continent as...
The giggles started when the seventh journalist in a row said that his question was for Egypt’s water and irrigation minister, Mohamed Nasreddin Allam. The non-Egyptian...
The insurance industry in Africa, contrary to general expectations, contains some of the most advanced and sophisticated systems in the world but, on the continental level,...
Abdirashid Duale, CEO of Dahabshiil, one of Africa’s largest money transfer companies, gave the keynote address at a conference hosted by Oxford University from 29-30 June....
Ford Motor Company this week announced the completion of a two-year, US$500-million upgrade of its manufacturing and assembly plants in South Africa to enable it to produce and...
The debate about nationalisation of South Africa‘s mines could hit companies’ ability to raise capital for sustaining or growing output, the Business Day reported on Wednesday....
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Organizers printed Moammar Gadhafi’s portrait and mounted it on one of the flags decorating the road to the African Union summit venue...
DAKAR, Senegal — Activists in the West African nation of Senegal are vowing to keep up their protests unless the president’s son resigns from his government...
LONG a symbol of stagnation, the African continent is experiencing a reawakening. Poverty and hunger are still widespread problems, but Africa’s growing middle class is creating...
OPINION - Despite the growing trend of Chinese workers marrying local African women, predictably, many in their home country have a lot to say about it..
MBABANE, Swaziland — Cash-strapped Swaziland’s state hospitals have only two months’ supplies of AIDS drugs, the country’s health minister has told parliament in an assessment that...
To be a successful entrepreneur in Africa, you must have raw courage, and blind perseverance to overcome mind-boggling bureaucracy and limited access to credit. In spite...
Despite having received only one finalist nomination, Ghana shone at the African Business Awards 2011 because of one business leader and a young but dynamic company....
Africa is starting to change for the better and Kenya is becoming the leader in this long overdue movement offering African-American entrepreneurs an opportunity not only...
From: CNN India has ramped up its economic push into Africa, announcing Wednesday a slew of investment and trading agreements with countries across the continent. Speaking...
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s ruling party plans to change the constitution to lower the percentage of votes a candidate needs to win an election and to...
