With Europe Weak, Cape Verde Turns To U.S. Investors
Now is a good time for Americans to consider investing in Cape Verde, officials in the West African archipelago say.
They spell out the reasons...
Africa’s Transportation Mega Projects Eclipse Energy
The story of the economic rise of African countries over the last decade, with a continent-wide per capita income nearly identical to that of...
AAI Launches Scholarship Fund For African Students
The Africa-America Institute on September 29 officially launches a Future Leaders Legacy Fund to provide African students who are bright but poor with scholarships...
Leadership In The Spotlight: Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, Ph.D.
On September 29 in New York City, Namibian President Hage G. Geingob, Ph.D., will receive the Africa-America Institute’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Alumnus...
2015 AGOA Forum Gets Under Way in Gabon
U.S. and African officials and business leaders began annual talks today to examine the future of U.S.-Africa trade and investment relations now that the...
Brian Asingia Talks About His App To Preserve African Heritage
In 2012, Kenyan-born Franco Abott and Ugandan-born Brian Asingia, graduates of Lafayette College in Eaton, Pennsylvania, teamed up to do something about the lack...
How One YALI Participant Is Changing Lives in Cape Verde
Alfredo de Pina is doing his best to improve conditions for young adults and the poor in his native Cape Verde.
Pina is a founding...
The Cloudy State of Microfinance in Africa
For years, microfinance has been the buzzword in developing countries. Lending small amounts of money to local entrepreneurs and small businesses that lack access...
President Obama Addresses “The People of Africa”
President Barack Obama on July 28 delivered “Remarks to the People of Africa” at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
The Rise of Yabacon Valley
Eighteen months ago, Nigeria-based Konga, one of Africa's biggest online retailers, moved its headquarters from the affluent business districts of Victoria Island to Yaba,...
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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...
