The Hope of a Direct West-Central Africa Sea Link
Nigeria’s Export-Import Bank is pressing forward with its campaign to recruit investors for a dedicated, regionally owned sea link to stimulate and facilitate trade...
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...
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...
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.
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Frustration Over Slow Progress To EAC Common Market
A new analysis confirms what has long frustrated East Africa’s business leaders: progress toward the establishment of a common market across Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,...
Seven Takeaways From Harvard’s Catherine Duggan
Catherine S. M. Duggan, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit of Harvard Business School who specializes in financial-sector...
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...
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,...
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...
Foreign Investors Clamor for Africa’s Bond Market
During his recent trip to Africa, President Barack Obama launched a $7 billion program to electrify rural Africa. Many Africans lauded his efforts but...
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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...
