October 27, 2017
Africa: 'Guptagate' Hits Businesses Across Africa, China, India
The corruption scandal engulfing South Africa's state-owned companies has triggered a ban by one of the world's leading software companies on the payment of commissions on… Read more »
July 20, 2017
Africa: Faster, Better and Together - the Road to Inclusive E-Commerce in Africa
“Small is beautiful, small is powerful”. This is the creed embedded in the foundation of a global e-commerce giant: Alibaba. But the creed not only defines the genesis… Read more »
June 19, 2017
Africa: Cote d'Ivoire Players Attend Cheick Tiote's Funeral in Abidjan
Former Ivory Coast team-mates of Cheick Tiote - including Kolo Toure, Wilfried Bony and Salomon Kalou - attended his funeral service in Abidjan at the weekend. Read more »
November 07, 2016
Africa: Tobacco Control Week Starts in India
It’s in the heavily polluted capital city of India, Delhi, that the 7th Conference of Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control starts… Read more »
September 15, 2016
Africa: 'China-Africa Cooperation Must be Mutually Beneficial'
A China-Africa Symposium was held on 11-12 August, 2016 in Mombasa, Kenya, on the theme "Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development". It was co-hosted by the Institute of African… Read more »
August 26, 2016
Africa: Japan-Africa Summit Gives Continent New Leverage
When the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was launched in 1993 by Japan in co-operation with the World Bank, the United Nations and the UN Development… Read more »
July 19, 2016
Africa: Africa Must Use New Bank to Bridge $100 Billion Infrastructure Gap
Africa's infrastructure financing deficit, estimated to be U.S. $100 billion a year, remains persistently large. The resulting lack of investment in energy, transport and water… Read more »
July 04, 2016
Africa: Indian PM Modi's African Safari
Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi. Read more »
May 25, 2016
Africa: Helen Clark, former New Zealand PM, in race for UN Secretary General
Helen Clark has served as Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Her support for putting into practice the ideals of the… Read more »
Africa: Rural E-Commerce Model Pitched for Africa
The operator of an e-commerce program which reaches deep into rural China believes that its business model could help Africans in areas far from cities. Read more »
June 13, 2015
Nigeria: Nigerian Footballer Oniya Dies During Match
The sudden death of Nigerian football player David Faramola Oniya during a friendly football match between T-Team and Kelantan has shocked everyone, according The Star in Malaysia. Read more »
November 11, 2014
Africa: Africa Looks to G20 for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth
G20 summits are a magnet for expectations. Ever since the grouping was formed in the turbulent early days of the global financial crisis, major stakeholders have pinned many hopes… Read more »
June 13, 2014
Africa: Cote d'Ivoire Faces a Tricky Japan
Cote d'Ivoire's Golden Generation take a final shot at the World Cup and begin their campaign against plucky Asian side Japan in the early hours of Sunday morning for African… Read more »
June 02, 2014
Africa: Towards a Minerals-for-Manufacturing Approach to China
Alongside its rise as a dynamic global economy, China has become a key partner to sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
December 12, 2013
South Africa: 'Boy, Did They Blow It' - Mandela's Soccer City Memorial
Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium… Read more »
October 14, 2013
Africa: Africa Chooses to Stay Inside the Law On Kenya
African leaders have opted to adhere to the law which set up the International Criminal Court in pursuing efforts to keep Kenyan political leaders out of the court. Read more »
May 21, 2013
Africa: Seizing Opportunities, Delivering Products As African Markets Expand - P&G
Last year, the United States announced a new strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa that emphasizes increased trade and investment, including intra-African trade. Officials acknowledge… Read more »
April 01, 2013
Africa: Landmark Ruling in Medicine Patent Court Battle
India's highest court has dismissed Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for a cancer drug, according to an Al Jazeera report. Read more »
February 21, 2013
Africa: U.S. Official Flags Poaching As Security Threat
The number of elephants alive today is the smallest number ever recorded. A new surge of slaughter is, according to wildlife experts, worse than the mass killings of the 1970s and… Read more »
Africa: Elephants Under Grave Threat
Conservationists warn that unless action is taken soon, Africa's iconic herds of elephants could disappear from the landscape. Read more »
April 05, 2012
Africa: Are Maternal Deaths a 'Right to Life' Issue?
Picture yourself in a room with 30 other women - knowing that one of you will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That's not a concept for a macabre TV show - unless it's reality… Read more »
December 06, 2011
South Africa: Africa Shoots Beyond Stars in Radio Telescope Bid
South Africa's science and technology minister, Naledi Pandor, reflects a face of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) which is often eclipsed by populist rhetoric, party… Read more »
South Africa: With the Name 'Star', Science Minister Aims for the Heavens
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology, is leading an African bid to build the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a pioneering radio telescope that aims to… Read more »
October 30, 2011
Africa: U.S. Senate Body Examines China's Impact and Influence
The Senate Foreign Relations Africa Subcommittee will convene a hearing Tuesday focused on China's role in Africa. Read more »
August 12, 2011
Africa: Continent's New Middle Class Lures Investment
For too long, the story of Africa has been about government corruption, war and disease. Economic news was also bad. From 1975 to 1995, the continent was mired in negative growth,… Read more »