IBM’s Ginni Rometty Sees “great, great innovation” out of Africa
In remarks in February at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty, chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM, spent...
Accelerating Local Pharmaceutical Production
Ethiopia is offering tax-free loans for up to five years, along with 100 percent exemption on customs duty for imports on capital goods, to...
Physicians: Africa’s Ill-Afforded Export
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the number of African-born immigrants in the United States has roughly doubled each decade since 1970, with the...
Kenya, South Africa, and Global Biopharma R&D
Kenya and South Africa are the only African nations among the 56 ranked by the International Technology and Innovation Foundation in its report on...
Cape Verde’s “Staggering” Success in Wind Energy
The 10-island nation of Cape Verde, off Africa’s west coast, is making lots of noise when it comes to renewable energy, largely due the...
Africa’s Mobile Financial Services Opportunity
Sub-Saharan Africa was home to 98 million registered mobile money accounts in June 2013, more than twice as many as the total number of...
Power Africa: Obama Defines His Engagement
In a move that is expected to define his presidency’s engagement with the continent of his father’s birth, President Barack Obama on June 30...
Kenya, Rwanda Vie to Become East Africa’s Medical Tourism Hub
A diverse set of forces, including favorable economic factors, a supportive regulatory environment, and a high disease burden, will place Kenya and Rwanda among...
Encouragement For Renewable Energy Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa received welcome encouragement during this year’s Africa Energy Forum in London, when projects from Nigeria, Madagascar and Sierra...
Quest for Cooperation in Air Transport
Cooperation and connectivity will be the main themes of the 47th General Meeting of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), to be hosted November 8-10...
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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...
