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Africa’s Booming Tech Landscape
Africa’s booming technology scene now counts more than 400 tech hubs that range from software engineering to mobile money to blockchain technology, with at...
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FABA
Anti-malaria Drug
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Benin native Valentin Agon M.D. was the overall winner of the US$100,000 2016 Innovation...
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What’s New In Brief
A roundup of business, trade and economic developments. Topics in this column:
* EAC-EU reach trade agreement
* EAC-Japan economic collaboration
* Paying taxes via mobile money...
CardioPad
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Arthur Zang, a 24-year-old Cameroonian computer engineer, invented the CardioPad, the world’s first portable,...
Clarifying A U.S. Role In Africa
I believe Africa’s rise is not just important for Africa, it's important to the entire world. We will not be able to meet the...
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...
Tony Elumelu’s Entrepreneurship Initiative Goes Live
At the stroke of midnight, as the year 2014 slipped into history and 2015 made its raucous entry into Nigeria, local billionaire Tony Elumelu...
SMEs: Asset or Liability for Banks?
Are small and medium-size enterprises an asset or liability for banks?
Two veteran Nigerian bankers stand on opposite sides of this question. Given the tenure...
OPINION
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...
Changing the Trajectory Of Africa With “Impact Sourcing”
There has been no shortage of recipes promulgated, tested (and discarded) with the declared intent of turning Africa into a truly independent continent:More than...
Corporate Citizenship And Africa’s Sustainable Development Goals
Prepared to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled with the aim of taking steps towards...
Africa For Whom?
During my current visit to Africa, while sitting in my hotel room, I reflected upon how and why I ended up in Africa initially...
Clarifying A U.S. Role In Africa
I believe Africa’s rise is not just important for Africa, it's important to the entire world. We will not be able to meet the...
RESOURCES
Talent/Human Resources Networks
Africa Alumni
http://africaalumni.com
Africa ICT & Telecom Network
http://www.ictafrica.ning.com
African Association of Agricultural Economists
http://www.aaae-africa.org
African Human Resource Confederation (AHRC)
http://www.wfpma.com/members/region/ahrc
Association Africaine des Formateurs et Directeurs de Personnels
http://www.afdip.org
African Leadership Network (ALN)
http://www.africanleadershipnetwork.com
African...