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Economic Outlook
Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according...
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Trade Finance
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) signed a memorandum of understanding with Angola to boost job growth in both countries...
GDP Growth by Subregion
Growth rates varied in 2012 by subregion, but remained robust in all of them. West Africa registered the highest growth, followed by East Africa,...
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Single-Entry Visa
Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya failed to implement the three-country single tourist visa on January 1, as was promised at the 2013 World Travel...
Mobile Money
Africa accounts for the lion’s share of live mobile money services, with 52 percent of global deployments, according to the 2013 industry report published...
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Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria launched Large Corporation Group, charged with drafting policy recommendations to establish the necessary economic and social climate for...
Africa’s Investment-Attractive Consumer Market
There are incipient signs of an investor reorientation toward Africa’s burgeoning consumer market. According to UNCTAD, some of the most attractive sectors during the...
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Economic Growth Projections
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 5.2 percent in 2014, up from 4.7 per cent in 2013, due to growing...
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AGOA Pressure
An African Union delegation arrived in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19 to press the Obama administration, Congress and key private sector stakeholders on...
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Japan investment treaty
Pressured by its own private sector, Japan signed its first bilateral investment agreement with a sub-Saharan country, promoting investment to Mozambique....
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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...
