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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$100,000 2016 Innovation...
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President Obama Will Score One for Entrepreneurs When He Goes to Kenya in July
The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Kenya in July to hold bilateral meetings and participate in the Global Entrepreneurship...
10 Largest Foreign Direct Investment Deals by Private Equity Firms in Africa (1996-2012)
YEAR
VALUE
($ BILLION)
ACQUIRING ENTITY
HOME COUNTRY
ACQUIRED ENTITY
HOST COUNTRY
SECTOR
2011
$1.200
Investor Group*
Kuwait
Orascom Telecom Tunisie S.A.
Tunisia
Telephone communications except radiophone
2009
$1.277
Paulson & Co. Inc.
U.S.
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.
S. Africa
Gold ores
2007
$3.502
Bain Capital...
FINANCE & ECONOMY
FINANCIAL SERVICES
* Kenya has become a global leader in mobile banking. Safaricom’s M-Pesa service redefined retail banking by making mobile phones all-in-one credit cards,...
Leadership In The Spotlight: Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, Ph.D.
On September 29 in New York City, Namibian President Hage G. Geingob, Ph.D., will receive the Africa-America Institute’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Alumnus...
Shipping: Spotlight On Inefficiencies
Ports, logistics and supply chain officials and private sector executives met in Accra, Ghana, in March to address the continent’s most pressing shipping issues:...
Access to Finance
Acumen Fund
www.acumenfund.org
Global investing in social enterprises, emerging leaders, and breakthrough ideas.
Africa Finance Corporation
www.africafc.org
Infrastructure financing
Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group
www.africagrantmakers.org
The Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group (AGAG) is an...
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...
