Digital Money Update
Orange S.A. and Ecobank Group launched a bank-to-wallet money transfer service linked to Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry and Niger. The service,...
Foreign Direct Investment in Africa
According to the World Investment Report 2013, released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Africa's FDI inflows in 2012 were...
Burger King Wants to Rule in South Africa
McDonalds’s Big Mac has already made its mark on South Africa. Now it is time for the Whopper to do the same.
At least, Burger...
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Ethiopia’s Toll Road
Ethiopia’s first toll road, the Addis Ababa-Adama expressway, opened for traffic on September 14, cutting the travel time from the capital city...
Dibsr
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Dibsr is a Web application that connects consumers to merchants who have physical stores...
Sanitation/Hygiene—U.S. Business Partnerships—Bilateral Cooperation—Oil & Gas PPPs—Manufacturing—Retail/Industrial Development
Sanitation/Hygiene
Ghana loses about US$232 million annually in productivity because of poor sanitation and hygiene services, according to the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program....
The Obama Factor in Tourism
As US President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to Senegal and gets ready for the second leg of his African tour with a...
Top Five Trends in the Changing Landscape of African Infrastructure Financing
Since 2009, infrastructure financing to Africa has seen unprecedented growth, thanks largely to Chinese financing, official development financing, private participation in infrastructure (PPI) investments,...
Japan’s 21st Century Engagement With Africa
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Frustration Over Slow Progress To EAC Common Market
A new analysis confirms what has long frustrated East Africa’s business leaders: progress toward the establishment of a common market across Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,...
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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...
