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The concept of African Agricultural Growth Corridors was first proposed by the Norwegian fertilizer concern Yara International at the 2008 United Nations General Assembly...

FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE WORLD (2010-2025)   CITY COUNTRY % INCREASE IN URBAN POPULATION WORLD RANK Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 127.1 1 Lilongwe Malawi 106.4 2 Blantyre-Limbe Malawi 106.3 3 Yamoussoukro Cote d’Ivoire 103.0 4 Niamey Niger 101.0 5 Kampala Uganda 99.5 6 Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania 85.2 7 Kananga Democratic Republic of Congo 80.3 12 Kigali Rwanda 79.9 13 Kisangani Democratic Republic of Congo 79.8 14 Mombasa Kenya 79.0 15 Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of Congo 78.6 16 Lumumbashi Democratic...

EXCHANGE LOCATION KEY INDEXES WEB SITE   Algiers Stock Exchange/Bourse d’Alger  (DZASE, SGBV)   Algiers, Algeria   * General Index   www.sgbv.dz   Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)   Gaborone, Botswana   * Botswana Gaborone Index/ * Botswana Domestic Companies Index   www.bse.co.bw/   Cape Verde Stock Exchange/Bolsa...

 RANKCITYMILLIONAIRES 2012MILLIONAIRES 2020GROWTH1Johannesburg, South Africa23,40030,6003.4%2Cairo, Egypt12,30015,0002.4%3Lagos, Nigeria9,80015,8006.2%4Cape Town, South Africa9,00011,7003.3%5Nairobi, Kenya5,0008,1006.3%6Durban, South Africa2,7003,6003.7%7Casablanca, Morocco2,7003,8004.5%8Pretoria, South Africa2,5003,4003.5%9Luanda, Angola (pictured above)2,4003,8006.0%10Algiers, Algeria2,3003,5005.0%* Number of individuals with...

   NAME, TITLE, ORGANIZATION COUNTRY INDUSTRY SECTOR   Wendy Ackerman   South Africa   Retail   Folorunsho Alakija, 61 CEO, Famfa Ltd.   Nigeria   Oil, fashion   Wendy Appelbaum Co-founder, Women’s Investment Portfolio Ltd. (Wipold)   South Africa   Insurance, real estate, investments   Hajia Bola Shagaya CEO, Bolmus...

  RANK COUNTRY MILLIONAIRES 2012 1 South Africa 48,000 2 Egypt 23,000 3 Nigeria 15,900 4 Kenya 8,400 5 Tunisia 6,500 6 Angola 6,400 7 Tanzania 5,700 8 Libya 5,400 9 Morocco 4,900 10 Algeria 4,100 Source: New World Wealth  

  NAME, TITLE, ORGANIZATION   COUNTRY INDUSTRY SECTOR   Mike Adenuga Jnr., Chairman, Conoil & Globacom   Nigeria   Oil, telecommunications, banking     Abdeslam Ahizoune, Chairman/CEO, Maroc Telecom   Morocco Telecommunications   Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi CEO, Derba; Svenska Petroleum Exploration   Ethiopia/Saudi Arabia   Oil, gold mines   Mrs....

  YEAR   VALUE ($ BILLION)   ACQUIRING ENTITY   HOME COUNTRY   ACQUIRED ENTITY   HOST COUNTRY   SECTOR   2011   $1.200   Investor Group*   Kuwait   Orascom Telecom Tunisie S.A.   Tunisia Telephone communications except radiophone   2009   $1.277   Paulson & Co. Inc.   U.S.   AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   S. Africa   Gold ores   2007   $3.502   Bain Capital...

1. MTN – telecoms (South Africa) 2. Shell – oil & gas (The Netherlands) 3. Coca-Cola – soft drinks (U.S.A.) 4. Nike – sportswear (U.S.A.) 5. Toyota –...

  AIRPORT COUNTRY PASSENGERS/YR 2011 % CHANGE FROM 2010 OR Tambo International South Africa 18,922,346 + 2.9% Cairo International Egypt 13,037,541 -19.3% Cape Town International South Africa 8,436,562 +4.1% Mohammed V International Morocco 7,290,314 +0.6% Murtala Muhammed International Nigeria 6,748,290 +7.6% Hurghada International Egypt 5,875,423 -25.9% Jomo Kenyatta International Kenya 5,803,635 +5.8% Sharm el-Sheikh International Egypt 5,476,388 -27% Bole International Ethiopia 5,054,213 +25% King Shaka...