Wanted: Human Capital Investment
The Africa Business Club at Harvard Business School chose the theme, “Africa Accelerates: Equipping a Vibrant Economy,” for its 16th Annual Africa Business Conference,...
Africa And The Global Talent Crisis
Orlando Ashford, president of the Talent business segment at Mercer, the multibillion-dollar global human resource consulting subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, contends that...
Mercer Deems Luanda the Costliest City for Expats
Luanda, Angola’s capital city, is world’s the costliest location for expatriates, ahead of such cities as New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Geneva, Switzerland, according...
How to Tackle Africa’s High Youth Unemployment
Africa‘s jobless growth and high youth unemployment threaten the security of the continent’s development, says Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
While sub-Saharan Africa today is...
Foreign Investors Clamor for Africa’s Bond Market
During his recent trip to Africa, President Barack Obama launched a $7 billion program to electrify rural Africa. Many Africans lauded his efforts but...
The US Steps Up Its Economic Game in Africa
One day after President Barack Obama announced a groundbreaking initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, he launched Trade Africa, a partnership...
The Hope of a Direct West-Central Africa Sea Link
Nigeria’s Export-Import Bank is pressing forward with its campaign to recruit investors for a dedicated, regionally owned sea link to stimulate and facilitate trade...
Somalia Resumes Business
Somalia officially began exporting livestock from the main port in it’s capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in 22 years, when on March 8...
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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...
