President Obama Will Score One for Entrepreneurs When He Goes to Kenya in July
The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Kenya in July to hold bilateral meetings and participate in the Global Entrepreneurship...
AAI Celebrates 30 Years of Honoring African Achievement
The Africa-America Institute (AAI), a U.S.-based international education and policy organization dedicated to strengthening the human capacity of Africans, will host its 30th Annual...
The Summit: Through The Lens Of A Cherished Value
In his book, Achievement As Value in Igbo/African Identity: The Ethics, Nigerian author Vernantius Emeka Ndukaihe describes the art of dialogue and conversation as...
Analysts Tip Ex-Banker Adeosun as Nigeria’s Finance Minister
Kemi Adeosun, a former investment banker and London-trained accountant, may be Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s pick for finance minister, according to analysts including Bismarck Rewane,...
Tourism Presses Forward, Ebola Notwithstanding
African tourism officials and tour operators are hoping that the number of tourist arrivals in Africa will continue to grow, despite fears over an...
A Case for SMEs At The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
In 1994 Marie Diongoye Konate bought an old milling machine and set up a small food processing business in a corner of a popular...
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,...
Uganda: Spurred Into Tourism Action
A ground-breaking report showing a lack of government leadership in exploiting Uganda’s tourism potential spurred into action the country’s young Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife...
Mobile Money
Africa accounts for the lion’s share of live mobile money services, with 52 percent of global deployments, according to the 2013 industry report published...
How GE Succeeds in Sub-Saharan Africa
This year’s U.S. Export-Import Bank Annual Conference featured a welcome discussion on accelerating export opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the assumption being that U.S. companies...














