12 Takeways From PwC Africa’s Retail And Consumer Goods Study
As Africa has risen to prominence as an investment destination over the past several years, the role of retail and consumer goods has taken...
Driving STEM-based Development In Africa
More than 800 scientific and industry thought-leaders, political leaders and young scientists came together from March 8-10 in Dakar, Senegal, to chart a new...
Guinean Boom in Top-Quality Bauxite Set to Boost Economy
Red bauxite powder mined by Guinea’s biggest producer -- flowing past a mangrove swamp on a conveyor belt and plunging through a giant funnel...
Africa Is Becoming An Innovative Adopter, Technologies Pioneer
California market research and growth strategy consultancy Frost & Sullivan takes its Growth Innovation Leadership (GIL) congress back to Africa in August for its...
Ex-Ghanaian President Rawlings Calls For Re-imagined African Cities
Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings (above, far right) warned city administrators from across Africa that their municipalities face extinction if they fail to...
African and African Diaspora Mayors Look To Resilience
An agreement to make Accra Africa’s first center of excellence in Microsoft Corp.’s CityNext initiative catapults the Ghanaian city into the limelight of a...
The Innovation Imperative: Betting on Farming
One of the world’s richest men is betting that Africa will benefit from agricultural innovation enough to be food secure in the next 15...
Digital Currency: A Leapfrog Moment for Africa
The decibel level in the conversation about digital currencies in Africa jumped several notches when M-Pesa, sub-Saharan Africa’s world-leading mobile payment platform, embraced bitcoin.
The...
Why Africa is Becoming Less Dependent on Commodities
There's turmoil in commodity markets, but Africa, which for decades has depended on revenues from commodity exports to invest in economic growth, continues to...
Ethiopia’s Growing Tech Economy
Ethiopia’s tech economy is making strides, thanks to increased government support for ICT development and the establishment of start-up incubators and hubs.
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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...
