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...
How to Tackle Africa’s High Youth Unemployment
Africa‘s jobless growth and high youth unemployment threaten the security of the continent’s development, says Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
While sub-Saharan Africa today is...
The Gap in Global Affordable Housing
Rates of urbanization in Africa are the highest in the world. Nigeria, for example, will be one of the world’s five largest markets for...
Mercer Deems Luanda the Costliest City for Expats
Luanda, Angola’s capital city, is world’s the costliest location for expatriates, ahead of such cities as New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Geneva, Switzerland, according...
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 And The Global Talent Crisis
Orlando Ashford, president of the Talent business segment at Mercer, the multibillion-dollar global human resource consulting subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, contends that...
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...
The US Steps Up Its Economic Game in Africa
One day after President Barack Obama announced a groundbreaking initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, he launched Trade Africa, a partnership...
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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...
