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The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could reverse years of economic gains in the region. Thousands of lives been lost since January 2014, closed...
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Nairobi was added to the 2014 edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Cities of Opportunity report, becoming only the second African city after Johannesburg, South Africa, in...
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Amini Kajunju, president and CEO of the Africa-America Institute (AAI), offered 10 ways in which Africans living abroad can help to empower Africa during...
Africa Progress Panel Pulls No Punches
The Africa Progress Panel pulled no punches when it turned the spotlight on Africa’s forest and ocean resources in the 2014 edition of its...
Seven Takeaways From Harvard’s Catherine Duggan
Catherine S. M. Duggan, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit of Harvard Business School who specializes in financial-sector...
Frustration Over Slow Progress To EAC Common Market
A new analysis confirms what has long frustrated East Africa’s business leaders: progress toward the establishment of a common market across Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,...
Japan’s 21st Century Engagement With Africa
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Center Stage for Human Capital Development in Davos
A landmark report assessing human capital development around the world, including in 26 African countries, is making the rounds at the World Economic Forum...
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of complaints that China is taking advantage of Africans even as it provides money...
