Priorities for African Agriculture & Food Systems
The outset of the 2014 Year of African Agriculture offers a unique opportunity. Specific actions are needed around the following priorities to support and...
Amini Kajunju Is The FIrst Director of Strategic Partnerships At Africa Integras
Amini C. Kajunju, who led the transformation of the Africa-American Institute into a vital hub of African talent and thought leadership as the first...
Financing Agriculture: Takeaways From Fin4Ag 2014
Fin4Ag is an annual conference that brings together farmers, financiers, central bank governors, ICT entrepreneurs from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and elsewhere...
What’s New In Brief
A roundup of business, trade and economic developments. Topics in this column:
* EAC-EU reach trade agreement
* EAC-Japan economic collaboration
* Paying taxes via mobile money...
Ffene
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Ffene is a low-cost business management platform that allows small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs)...
Ten Diaspora African Techpreneurs in the US
The launch of Apple Watch, Apple Inc.’s smart watch, appears to have heightened the angst over the seeming absence of Blacks as entrepreneurs and...
Digital Currency: A Leapfrog Moment for Africa
The decibel level in the conversation about digital currencies in Africa jumped several notches when M-Pesa, sub-Saharan Africa’s world-leading mobile payment platform, embraced bitcoin.
The...
The Future of Africa’s Mobile Money Industry
The fifth annual Mobile Money Africa 2013 conference and tradeshow opened May 27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a...
Growth Projections-Design Innovation-Engineerng Prize-Rwenzori Meltdown
Economic Growth Projections
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 5.2 percent in 2014, up from 4.7 per cent in 2013, due to growing...
$$$ Behind Words At U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Sudanese-British telecoms billionaire Mo Ibrahim summed up the sentiments of many Africans attending the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. this week.
The unprecedented Aug....
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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...
