Interview: Founder of Ghana’s MEST Incubator for Tech Entrepreneurs
In 2008, Norwegian entrepreneur Jorn Lyseggen opened Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana, to train young Africans to become globally competitive...
Educators, Innovators To Meet in Nigeria for AAI’s “State of Education in Africa” Conference
African and U.S. educators and education innovators will gather in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sept. 2 for the Africa-America Institute’s Second Annual State of Education...
Africa Business Club at Harvard Spotlights Inclusion, Innovation
Africa Business Club, a student club of Harvard Business School, is gearing to put the spotlight on inclusion and innovation at its 17th Annual...
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...
$$$ Behind Words At U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Sudanese-British telecoms billionaire Mo Ibrahim summed up the sentiments of many Africans attending the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. this week.
The unprecedented Aug....
Face2Face Africa Launches Pan-African Achievement Weekend
Face2face Africa, a media group focused on re-branding Africa for a global audience of young people with a shared ancestry in Africa, this month...
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...
Angst Over Talent
PricewaterhouseCoopers’s 16th Annual Global CEO Survey is a sobering comment on the availability of skills at a time when businesses desperately need to create...
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,...
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...
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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...
