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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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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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Ex-Im Bank Fray May Dilute Obama’s Africa Message
President Obama will emphasize to African leaders in August that the United States is a committed partner in their continent’s economic development, but fighting...
Foreign Direct Investment By Region
According to UNCTAD's 2013 World Investment Report, Africa is one of the few regions to enjoy year–over-year growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows...
Fastest Growing Cities
FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE WORLD (2010-2025)
CITY
COUNTRY
% INCREASE IN URBAN POPULATION
WORLD RANK
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
127.1
1
Lilongwe
Malawi
106.4
2
Blantyre-Limbe
Malawi
106.3
3
Yamoussoukro
Cote d’Ivoire
103.0
4
Niamey
Niger
101.0
5
Kampala
Uganda
99.5
6
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania
85.2
7
Kananga
Democratic Republic of Congo
80.3
12
Kigali
Rwanda
79.9
13
Kisangani
Democratic Republic of Congo
79.8
14
Mombasa
Kenya
79.0
15
Mbuji-Mayi
Democratic Republic of Congo
78.6
16
Lumumbashi
Democratic...
INFRASTRUCTURE
* African countries are now only able to spend about 5 percent of GDP on infrastructure, a figure which must rise to nearer 15...
Farmking Mobile Multi-Crop Processor
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Sulaiman Bolarinde Famro, a 65-year-old Nigerian project consultant with a deep interest in rendering...
Angst Over Talent
PricewaterhouseCoopers’s 16th Annual Global CEO Survey is a sobering comment on the availability of skills at a time when businesses desperately need to create...
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...
