China’s President Xi pledges another $60 billion for Africa
By Jenni Marsh, 3rd September 2018 (CNN) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a $60 billion package of aid, investment and loans to Africa, […]
Trade
Africa’s first digital free trade area for rollout in 2018
Julius Barigaba, The EastAfrican, 8/1/18 Photo credit: Nation Media Businesses within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) could save up to $450 million […]
Brexit’s Africa BOOST: UK will benefit from creative new trade deals, says Daniel Hannan
AFRICA will benefit from Brexit due to creative, mutually-beneficial trade deals, Daniel Hannan has predicted. The MEP said support for Britain leaving the European Union […]
Africa 2017 forum in Egypt: Regional economic integration tops agenda
Africa has often been described as the last frontier for growth. According to estimates by the United Nations, about 2.2 billion people will be added […]
Agriculture is the key to a prosperous Africa
Agnes Kalibata, First published in the Financial Times guest column *beyondbrics, 6/12/17 Agriculture captures the African story like no other economic activity — both the […]
A borderless Africa? Some countries open doors, raise hopes
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – For years African leaders have toyed with the idea of free movement by citizens across the continent, even raising the possibility […]
Ocean economy can lift growth in Africa
African countries must invest in their ports and connecting infrastructure for regional growth, president tells Terminal Operators Conference Africa 2017 President Jacob Zuma urged African […]
Zimbabwe unveils post-Mugabe economic order
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s government, under newly inaugurated President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has announced “a new economic order” that signals a potentially significant change from the previous […]
Reforms needed to unlock agriculture’s competitiveness
Hadijah Nakitendde, First published by Sunrise, 8/12/17 New reports state that food demand on the African continent will rise by more than 60% by 2050. The […]
African countries are making significant efforts to develop a vision for industrialisation.
At present, about half of these countries have an industrialisation strategy, many of which aim to improve entrepreneurship. But few address the role of […]