INVESTMENT
CHINA IN AFRICA
* China's investment in Africa has increased a staggering 30-fold since 2005.
* 2,000 Chinese firms are now present in 50 African countries.
*...
HEALTH/HEALTHCARE
* Sub-Saharan Africa’s healthcare market will reach an estimated $35 billion by 2016.
* At a 2001 African Union (AU) meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, African...
LABOR/EMPLOYMENT
* 1.1 billion Africans will be of working age by 2020.
* Africa’s labor force is projected to rise by 122 million between 2010 and...
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...