The Cloudy State of Microfinance in Africa
For years, microfinance has been the buzzword in developing countries. Lending small amounts of money to local entrepreneurs and small businesses that lack access...
IBM Africa: Business Meets Corporate Responsibility
On her visit to Nigeria in September, IBM President and CEO Virginia "Ginni" Rometty announced that IBM would establish an innovation center in Nigeria...
African Diaspora Marketplace Launches Third Round
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Western Union launched the third round of the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM III), a public-private...
Going Home: No Straight Or Romantic Road
On Sept. 21, 2013, the Africa-America Institute in New York inaugurated its annual Talent Summit at Hunter College in New York City, with some...
Africa Business Club Extends Early-Bird Deadline for 2015 Conference
The Africa Business Club at Harvard Business School extended the early-bird deadline to Jan. 31 for tickets to the 17th Annual Africa Business Conference,...
Hannover Fair: Meet Industrial Technology Partners Face to Face
African companies wishing to meet U.S. suppliers and business partners in the industrial technology sector without traveling to the United States can do so...
South African Retailer Enters the U.S. Market, Further Lessening Its Africa Exposure
South African retail giant Steinhoff International Holdings N.V is poised to become the world’s largest retailer of beds with its acquisition of the largest...
South Africa Set to Lose Duty-Free Access For Ag Exports to the US
President Barack Obama formally notified the U.S. Congress today that he will suspend duty-free treatment on South Africa’s agricultural exports to the United States...
Africa’s Most Competitive Cities in 2025
Though it is bigger in size than China, India, Europe and the United States combined and is projected to claim seven of the world’s...
Harness The Opportunity, Manage The Risk
In Ernst & Young’s 2013 attractiveness survey of Africa, Diana Layfield, Africa CEO of Standard Chartered, identifies commonsense factors that help the London-based multinational...
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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...
