June 21, 2013
Gabon: Building Infrastructure Makes 'Meaningful Impact' - Bechtel
When President Obama travels to Africa next week - visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa - infrastructure and power will be a major focus of his trip. One company, U.S.-based… Read more »
July 01, 2013
Africa: Obama Promises Africa a 'Partnership of Equals'
President Barack Obama has promised Africa "a new model of partnership" which moves beyond the provision of aid and is focussed on increased trade and investment, including a… Read more »
Africa: Obama Promises U.S. $7 Billion Investment in Power Grids
An excerpt from President Obama's speech at the University of Cape Town: Read more »
Africa: Obama Re-Commits to Promoting Food Security and Health
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Africa: U.S. Must 'Up Its Game' On Trade and Investment
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June 27, 2013
Africa: Obama Commits to Boosting Trade, Jobs
U.S. President Barack Obama committed himself in Dakar Thursday to both renewing and improving the legislation which gives qualifying African countries preferential access to… Read more »
West Africa: Call for U.S. to Back 'Sahel Freedom Fund'
The Sahel region of Africa, a wide expanse that spreads from Mauritania on the west coast to Somalia on the east - gets very little attention, except when the threat of Islamic… Read more »
Nigeria: Arik Air Stresses Quality Service and Safety, Chairman Says
The airline industry in Nigeria has faced many challenges in recent years, including the collapse of several airlines and a crash in Lagos a year ago that claimed 163 lives. As a… Read more »
June 25, 2013
Nigeria: How Diamond Bank Managed Turnaround & Expansion - CEO
When Alex Otti was appointed Group Managing Director/CEO of Diamond Bank in March 2011, he had spent more than two decades in the Nigerian banking sector, most recently as a senior… Read more »
June 08, 2013
Africa: Pulling Nigeria and Africa Towards Prosperity and Power - Moghalu
In his latest book, Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's 'Last Frontier' Can Prosper and Matter, Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu declines to echo the breathless prose of… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Nigeria: Lowering Pesticide Exposure Risk With Mobile Phones
John Gushit from the University of Jos' department of science in Nigeria nearly lost his eye when herbicide in a syringe he'd been working with splashed into it. "Only speed saved… Read more »
South Africa: Entrepreneur Enters Forbes List
According to a report by Forbe's Magazine, Sizewe Nzima, 21, has been named among the publication's list of 30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs. Read more »
Africa: Literacy and Losing Vowels
How will mobile devices enhance literacy in Africa? The answer, according to Donald Clark - outspoken Scottish entrepreneur and blogger - who takes us a step back. Read more »
Liberia: Energy, Regional Integration Will Fuel Growth - Finance Minister
Amara Konneh has been the chief coordinator of Liberia's development strategy since his appointment as Planning and Economic Affairs Minister in 2008, a role he continued after… Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: Learning Works Better When It's Done Together
Making a video is a learning experience, and it doesn't have to end up online. If you leave a group of children alone with a device that's connected to the Internet, they can teach… Read more »
May 28, 2013
Liberia: From Stabilization to Transformation - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
A decade after the worst fighting of its long conflict, which killed an estimated 200,000 of a pre-war population of 2.8 million and forcibly displaced a majority - as many as 1.8… Read more »
May 27, 2013
Africa: 'It's the Turn of the African Woman'
Toyin Ojora-Saraki, founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a maternal, newborn and child health and empowerment organization, has dedicated more than 20 years to… Read more »
Africa: Let's Make the Next 50 Years Even Better for Children in Africa
This week, African leaders will gather in Ethiopia to celebrate 50 years since the formation of the Organisation of African Unity - now known simply as the African Union. It's an… Read more »
May 24, 2013
Africa: Investing in Africa's Women
Invest and empower other women on the continent. This is the key message that came from former South African first lady and head of the Graca Machel Foundation, Graca Machel. Her… 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 »
May 16, 2013
Africa: Governance Gets New Emphasis At Economic Forum
The call for transparency and good governance across Africa is not a new one, but it assumed a new prominence at this month's World Economic Forum (WEA) regional meeting for… Read more »
May 14, 2013
Africa: Boosting Youth Employment Through Digital Jobs
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie,… Read more »
May 10, 2013
Africa: Kenyatta Advocates 'All-Inclusive Society' at Economic Forum
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who describes himself as a simple man driven to help his country prosper, faced challenging questions at a World Economic Forum session here on… Read more »
May 07, 2013
Somalia: From Fear to Hope - Getting It Right in Somalia
It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. Read more »
May 02, 2013
Kenya: Award-Winning Activist Mwangi Arrested
The twittersphere in Kenya was abuzz after the arrest of political activist and award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi during a protest at a Workers' Day event. Read more »