With Europe Weak, Cape Verde Turns To U.S. Investors
Now is a good time for Americans to consider investing in Cape Verde, officials in the West African archipelago say.
They spell out the reasons...
2015 AGOA Forum Gets Under Way in Gabon
U.S. and African officials and business leaders began annual talks today to examine the future of U.S.-Africa trade and investment relations now that the...
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,...
AU Pushes Forward With African Passport Plan
The African Union is at last on its way to introducing an African passport to facilitate the movement of people and goods across the...
CareerNation Inaugurates Women’s Executive Program at Yale
CareerNation, a leading provider of human resources for Africa and the United States, hosted its inaugural Visiting Women’s Executive Exchange Program (VWEEP) at Yale...
Business Executives in Africa Ranked Second Most Corrupt After Police
A new survey by the German-based nonprofit Transparency International ranks business executives in Africa as the second most corrupt group after the police. It...
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...
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 Trade: Five Common Supply Chain Issues
Angela Dean, director of global business development at Partner Africa, a social enterprise nonprofit based in Nairobi, Kenya, that provides ethical audit and assessment...
CEO of West Africa’s Regional Stock Exchange on Brexit
In a meeting with reporters during his visit to the United States in May, Edoh Kossi Amenounve, CEO of the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs...
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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...
