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Africa’s Booming Tech Landscape
Africa’s booming technology scene now counts more than 400 tech hubs that range from software engineering to mobile money to blockchain technology, with at...
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FABA
Anti-malaria Drug
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Benin native Valentin Agon M.D. was the overall winner of the US$100,000 2016 Innovation...
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Tourism Presses Forward, Ebola Notwithstanding
African tourism officials and tour operators are hoping that the number of tourist arrivals in Africa will continue to grow, despite fears over an...
Port Activity Picks Up
https://vimeo.com/53152292
Business has picked up at Mogadishu International seaport as Somalia emerges from decades of civil war. The port has seen an increase in the...
Livestock Exports
https://vimeo.com/61506315
Livestock Exports: Somalia has officially begun exporting livestock, from the main port in it’s capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in 22 years. The...
Shipping: Spotlight On Inefficiencies
Ports, logistics and supply chain officials and private sector executives met in Accra, Ghana, in March to address the continent’s most pressing shipping issues:...
Trade-Transport-Telecoms
Kenya – Telecoms
Creating secure networks is high on the 2013 agenda of Kenya’s Communications Commission as the country’s e-commerce skyrockets. In 2012, the Commission...
FINANCE & ECONOMY
FINANCIAL SERVICES
* Kenya has become a global leader in mobile banking. Safaricom’s M-Pesa service redefined retail banking by making mobile phones all-in-one credit cards,...
OPINION
Sino-Africa Relations: An Elder’s View
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of complaints that China is taking advantage of Africans even as it provides money...
Changing the Trajectory Of Africa With “Impact Sourcing”
There has been no shortage of recipes promulgated, tested (and discarded) with the declared intent of turning Africa into a truly independent continent:More than...
Corporate Citizenship And Africa’s Sustainable Development Goals
Prepared to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled with the aim of taking steps towards...
Africa For Whom?
During my current visit to Africa, while sitting in my hotel room, I reflected upon how and why I ended up in Africa initially...
Clarifying A U.S. Role In Africa
I believe Africa’s rise is not just important for Africa, it's important to the entire world. We will not be able to meet the...
RESOURCES
Talent/Human Resources Networks
Africa Alumni
http://africaalumni.com
Africa ICT & Telecom Network
http://www.ictafrica.ning.com
African Association of Agricultural Economists
http://www.aaae-africa.org
African Human Resource Confederation (AHRC)
http://www.wfpma.com/members/region/ahrc
Association Africaine des Formateurs et Directeurs de Personnels
http://www.afdip.org
African Leadership Network (ALN)
http://www.africanleadershipnetwork.com
African...
