MINERAL WEALTH
* Africa is estimated to host 30 percent of the world’s mineral reserves, and an even higher proportion of deposits of gold, platinum, diamonds...
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
* An acre in a prime zone in Accra can cost up to US$2 million.
* The mortgage market is underdeveloped or non-existent in the...
INVESTMENT
CHINA IN AFRICA
* China's investment in Africa has increased a staggering 30-fold since 2005.
* 2,000 Chinese firms are now present in 50 African countries.
*...
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POPULATION
* Bigger in size than China, India, Europe and the United States combined, Africa has 1.2 billion inhabitants, speaking more than 2,100 languages and...
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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...
