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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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(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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She Leads Silicon Valley Dollars To Silicon Sahara
I first learned of Ingressive International in January 2016, when I shared a panel with its founder and chief executive, Maya Horgan Famodu, at...
How AMREF Is Transforming Africa’s Health Sector
Earlier this year I spoke with Peter Ngatia, director of capacity building at the Kenya-based African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), about his organization’s...
U.S. Makes A Transportation Pitch to African Leaders
A two-day visit to Chicago by African transportation ministers, held just ahead of this week’s historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., underscores U.S....
The Rise of Yabacon Valley
Eighteen months ago, Nigeria-based Konga, one of Africa's biggest online retailers, moved its headquarters from the affluent business districts of Victoria Island to Yaba,...
MINERAL WEALTH
* Africa is estimated to host 30 percent of the world’s mineral reserves, and an even higher proportion of deposits of gold, platinum, diamonds...
The Water Investment Gap
We all know “Water is Life.” In addition to being essential for drinking and sanitation, water is a necessary input to all forms of...
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
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