April 09, 2014
Africa: World Bank Seminars to be Streamed Live
A series of seminars focusing on key issues affecting Africa's development will be held in Washington, DC, this week - and streamed live on the web - to coincide with the World… Read more »
March 31, 2014
Africa: Europe and Africa - Crocodiles With One Stomach
Two heads, one stomach? This is how a former minister described Africa-Europe relations last month, using the West African metaphor of an Adinkra crocodile to say both continents… Read more »
March 26, 2014
Africa: Top Africa Think-Tank Pushes Reform - ECA's Carlos Lopes
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) drives Africa's political and economic agenda, along with the African Union – the 54-member organization of African… Read more »
March 20, 2014
Liberia: War Refugees Rebuilding Liberia - Gyude Moore
Only 10 years ago, Liberia began to emerge from a quarter-century of instability, punctuated by what Liberians call World Wars I and II. The names reflect the lived realities of… Read more »
Africa: Stolen Funds Dwarf Development Aid - Mbeki
The illicit flow of money out of Africa is at least double what the continent receives from development assistance, according to conservative estimates. Large corporations are… Read more »
March 18, 2014
Africa: U.S. Star To Tackle Electricity Problems in Africa
Senegalese-American singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, popularly known as Akon, has launched an initiative to provide electricity to one million households in Africa by the end of 2014. Read more »
Somalia: Piracy Declines Dramatically, Report Insurers
Somali piracy could be eliminated within a few years if foreign navies continue their patrols off the country's coast, reports a major insurance company. Read more »
March 17, 2014
West Africa: Shipping Industry Calls for Joint Action on Piracy
West Africa's coastal states need to step up co-ordination to beat the growing incidence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, says an international maritime organisation. Read more »
March 05, 2014
Senegal: Dakar Reaches Out to Finance Big Development Plans
Senegal's Minister of Budget Mouhamadou Mactar Cisse met with business representatives in Washington, D.C. last month to present the country's ambitious development plan and… Read more »
March 04, 2014
Liberia: Convincing the World 'Liberia Is Back' - Foreign Minister Ngafuan
Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has been involved in Liberian politics since student days during his country's long period of conflict and civil strife in the 1990s. President Ellen… Read more »
February 18, 2014
South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank
If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »
January 29, 2014
Africa: Debunking Myths Around Farming in Africa
New technologies and ideas - from mobile phone information systems to new crop varieties - are rapidly transforming agriculture across Africa. Read more »
January 27, 2014
Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues
A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »
January 22, 2014
South Africa: Fabled Mine Produces New Vivid Blue Diamond
A fabled mine near Pretoria has produced another rare blue diamond potentially worth millions of dollars. Read more »
January 15, 2014
Africa: Leveraging the Continent's Resources for Infrastructure - Kaberuka
Donald Kaberuka has ambitious targets for his second and final five-year term as President of the African Development Bank. At the Bank's annual luncheon earlier this month, he… Read more »
January 06, 2014
Africa: Africans Give Govts Failing Marks On Power, Water Supplies
Although two of every three Africans believe their governments are performing well in the fight against HIV and Aids, fewer approve of their delivery of basic health services and… Read more »
December 27, 2013
Africa: Championing a Development Agenda Beyond 2015
Molly Elgin-Cossart, senior fellow at the New York University Center on International Cooperation, reflects on lessons learned from the United Nations High-Level Panel on the… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Liberia: Fighting for Liberia's Future – One Issue at a Time
A Conversation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Read more »
Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Grows Seven-Fold in Seven Years
Ethiopian Airlines began operations in 1946 as a joint operation managed by the American carrier TWA, using World War II aircraft acquired from the U.S. military to transport… Read more »
December 06, 2013
South Africa: Nelson Mandela - Leader, Icon, Friend
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. Read more »
December 02, 2013
West Africa: U.S. to Boost Public-Private Investment for Growth
As she begins a trip to Ghana, Liberia and Senegal this week, Elizabeth Littlefield, president and chief executive officer of the United States government's development finance… Read more »
November 30, 2013
Africa: AllAfrica's Amadou Mahtar Ba Named One of 'Most Influential' Africans
AllAfrica co-founder and chair Amadou Mahtar Ba has been named for the third successive year as one of the 100 most influential Africans. Read more »
Namibia: No Survivors in Mozambique Airlines Crash
Namibian officials searching for a missing Mozambique Airlines plane have located the wreckage but found no survivors. Most of the 27 passengers were Mozambicans and Angolans… Read more »
November 21, 2013
Africa: Senegal, Kenya Lead Africa's Internet Surge
Senegal and Kenya are the African countries where the internet is having the biggest economic impact, according to a new report. Read more »
November 16, 2013
Africa: PTA Bank Finds 'Sweet Spot' for Growth to Finance Regional Development
PTA Bank, formally known as the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, is a little known but significant player on the African financial scene.Established in 1985… Read more »