Africa Is in a New Era With so Many Success Stories to Tell
It is time the rest of the world recognised the amazing resilience shown by Africa
View ArticleBusiness in Africa: It’s Boom Time if You Can Dance
There is much more happening in Africa than what you see on TV. There is a reason the world’s big businesses are paying closer attention to the continent known for its challenges like poverty, disease,...
View ArticleThe Power of Partnerships in Africa, by Kofi Annan
We are witnessing a historic change to the development paradigm. Drastic spending cuts in the United States, uncertainty around Europe’s common currency and the consequences of the earthquake in Japan...
View ArticleThe Role of the Informal Sector in African Economy
The informal sector of the economy often refers to the unregulated and mostly unregistered sector of the economy, put simply it refers to the numerous petty or small scale businesses operated by...
View ArticleBotswana in the Mind of Ghana
Commentary/Ghana/Botswana The August 17 meeting between Ghana’s President John Atta Mills and Botswana’s Ian Khama goes between the normal symbolic bilateral sweet talks. In contemporary African...
View ArticleAfrican Economies up to The Global Challenge?
What if much of sub Sahara Africa was to become the world’s next business destination? The question might sound odd, yet it is in line with the tone of a UN Conference held in Istanbul last May. For UN...
View ArticleAfrica’s Group of 33
Since 1971 when the least developed countries (LDCs) category was created by the UN, sub-Saharan African countries have dominated the list. Four decades later, with 33 members (only 14 of the region’s...
View ArticleThe AGOA Problem: Africa’s Hidden Secret
For the last seven years in my travels across the African continent, I try to pay attention and listen to what things are troubling some African businesses and traders in retail and exports. AGOA is...
View ArticleAfrican Poorest Farmers Hit by Climate Change
HARARE, Zimbabwe — As she surveys her small, bare plot in Zimbabwe’s capital, farmer Janet Vambe knows something serious is happening, even if she has never heard of climate change. “Long ago, I could...
View ArticleThe Emerging, Booming, Rising Stories of Africa: Hype or Hope?
Recent editorials on Africa are catchy, grizzly, and even sexy. They come with unique calming aroma. The continent is emerging, booming, rising. The middle class is bulging. So I visited. What I saw is...
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