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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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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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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...
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Trade – EAC/EU
Five East African countries — Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi — reached agreement with the European Union to renew a...
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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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Kenya - Smart Cities
Kenya broke ground in Phase One of a $10 billion smart city some 60 kilometers southeast of Nairobi, moving the country...
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Infrastructure
Transnet SOC Ltd, a South African rail, port and pipeline company, and other blue chip companies partnered with the NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF), a...
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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...
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...
Growing Middle Class
Africa’s middle class is characterized by a per capita daily consumption of $2 to $20, according to the African Development Bank. The middle class...
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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...
