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 »
November 07, 2013
Nigeria: Advocacy Group Tackles Oil Companies Over Spills
The Nigerian operations of two major international companies have been accused of failing to control oil spills which damage the environment and the health of Nigerians. Read more »
November 04, 2013
Nigeria: In Huge Step, Nigeria Takes Power Private
The Nigerian government handed over management of electricity generation and transmission to new owners on Friday, the latest step in the transformation of the country's power… Read more »
October 29, 2013
Africa: For GE, Africa's Infrastructural Needs Represent Business Opportunity - Jay Ireland
General Electric, a well-known American brand with longstanding engagement in Africa, is "expanding its footprint" across the African continent (see GE in Africa brochure). The… Read more »
October 28, 2013
Africa: UBA Is Diversifying & Operating On One High Standard in 19 Countries - CEO
The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), one of the continent's oldest and largest financial institutions, is headquartered in Nigeria with operations in 18 other African countries… Read more »
October 08, 2013
Africa: African Growth Prospects Remain Robust But Somewhat Weaker
An excerpt from the International Monetary Fund's October 2013 World Economic Outlook: Read more »
October 01, 2013
Liberia: Oil 'Protected for Next Generation' - Robert Sirleaf
When President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appointed her son Robert Sirleaf to chair the board of the National Oil Company of Liberia (Nocal), there were cries of nepotism and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Isn't Rising, Say Ordinary Africans
African leaders, foreign investors and formal indicators of economic growth may say that "Africa is rising" - but most ordinary Africans don't agree. Read more »
September 30, 2013
Africa: Growing Potential of Digital Jobs for African Youths
The phrases "impact sourcing" and "business process outsourcing"- or BPO - are just jargon to most people. But they describe a model of doing business that advocates say could… Read more »
September 24, 2013
Nigeria: Reforms Deliver "High Returns" - Trade & Investment Minister Aganga
Nigeria, which has long been Africa's leading oil producer - and most populous nation, is aggressively pursuing investment to diversify its petroleum-dependent economy. Leading the… Read more »
September 17, 2013
Kenya: Youths See Opportunity in Digital Outsourcing
When David Otieno graduated from the Kenya Institute of Management five years ago he joined the estimated 50,000 other new graduates searching for employment. But luck was never on… Read more »