Eco-Fuel Africa Wins a Verizon “Powerful Answers” Award
Eco-fuel Africa, created by Ugandan accountant and social entrepreneur Moses Sanga to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions, is one of 12 winners of Verizon’s...
Somalia Resumes Business
Somalia officially began exporting livestock from the main port in it’s capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in 22 years, when on March 8...
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SME funding
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and...
Ghana Readies for $10-billion High-Tech Hub
Ghana has high hopes for an empty plot of land just outside Accra. The nearly 1.5 million square-meter plot, located about 30 minutes’ drive...
Africa Eyes Nuclear Power; The U.S. Looks To SMRs
As the number of African countries expressing interest in, considering, or actively planning for nuclear energy grows, the United States hopes to become a...
For Now, The Caribbean, Not Africa, Draws Black-American Hoteliers
Sub-Saharan Africa may be the most fertile ground for hotel expansion today, but members of the U.S.-based National Association of Black Hotel Owners and...
Foreign Direct Investment By Region
According to UNCTAD's 2013 World Investment Report, Africa is one of the few regions to enjoy year–over-year growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows...
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,...
Africa’s Mobile Financial Services Opportunity
Sub-Saharan Africa was home to 98 million registered mobile money accounts in June 2013, more than twice as many as the total number of...
Japan’s 21st Century Engagement With Africa
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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...
