AAI To Unveil Strategy For Strengthening Africa’s Human Capital
The Africa-America Institute, a U.S.-based organization that for the past 60 years has provided advanced education and professional training in the United States for...
Banks Eye Africa’s Millionaire Boom
The number of millionaires in Africa continues to grow, prompting a race among banks to capture the continent’s emerging demand wealth management and private...
Interview: Founder of Ghana’s MEST Incubator for Tech Entrepreneurs
In 2008, Norwegian entrepreneur Jorn Lyseggen opened Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana, to train young Africans to become globally competitive...
Burger King Wants to Rule in South Africa
McDonalds’s Big Mac has already made its mark on South Africa. Now it is time for the Whopper to do the same.
At least, Burger...
Ghana Readies for $10-billion High-Tech Hub
Ghana has high hopes for an empty plot of land just outside Accra. The nearly 1.5 million square-meter plot, located about 30 minutes’ drive...
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...
US Officials Renew Efforts to Increase Sales to Africa
As President Obama prepares for his weeklong visit to Africa at the end of June, his first since a one-day stopover in Ghana in...
How GE Succeeds in Sub-Saharan Africa
This year’s U.S. Export-Import Bank Annual Conference featured a welcome discussion on accelerating export opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa, the assumption being that U.S. companies...
Leveraging Nigeria’s Policies to Attract Investment
How governance and market policies in Nigeria are shaping opportunities for investment in the country is the focus of two days of discussions at...
Looking Inward for Innovation
At Columbia University’s 10th Annual African Economic Forum in March, Professor Murray Low, founder of the Columbia Entrepreneurship Program, engaged the top executives of...
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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...
