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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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(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Benin native Valentin Agon M.D. was the overall winner of the US$100,000 2016 Innovation...
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10 Largest Foreign Direct Investment Deals by Private Equity Firms in Africa (1996-2012)
YEAR
VALUE
($ 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...
Hannover Fair: Meet Industrial Technology Partners Face to Face
African companies wishing to meet U.S. suppliers and business partners in the industrial technology sector without traveling to the United States can do so...
Building A Vibrant Economy
Many are looking to us as the generation that will make a difference in Africa. Many are looking to us to unlock Africa’s potential....
Top and Bottom Performers
According the 2013 Economic Report on Africa, growth across the continent is benefitting from improved macroeconomic management and prudential macroeconomic policies that underpin strong...
AGRICULTURE/AGRIBUSINESS
* Africa has 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land.
* Africa’s agriculture sector records an average productivity rate of 36 percent.
* Africa spends...
The KINGs-Economic Transformation-Millionaires-Mobile Phones-Air Cargo-Ocean Freight
Bullish On The KINGs
In an analysis prepared for Investing in Africa, Belgrad Kenne, founder and director of Phase One Associates, a Nairobi, Kenya, research...
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...
