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...
Somalia Resumes Business
Somalia officially began exporting livestock from the main port in it’s capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in 22 years, when on March 8...
Ten Ways for Africans Abroad To Empower Africa
Amini Kajunju, president and CEO of the Africa-America Institute (AAI), offered 10 ways in which Africans living abroad can help to empower Africa during...
Africa Progress Panel Pulls No Punches
The Africa Progress Panel pulled no punches when it turned the spotlight on Africa’s forest and ocean resources in the 2014 edition of its...
Nairobi Makes PwC’s ‘Cities of Opportunity’ List
Nairobi was added to the 2014 edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Cities of Opportunity report, becoming only the second African city after Johannesburg, South Africa, in...
World Bank: Economic Impact of Ebola 2014
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could reverse years of economic gains in the region. Thousands of lives been lost since January 2014, closed...
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...
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...
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...
Wanted: Human Capital Investment
The Africa Business Club at Harvard Business School chose the theme, “Africa Accelerates: Equipping a Vibrant Economy,” for its 16th Annual Africa Business Conference,...
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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...
