Liberia: To Become a Middle Income Country by 2030 Growth Must Have a Broad Reach - Planning Minister

Amara Konneh recently returned to his post as Liberia's minister of planning and economic affairs and a member of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's economic management team,… Read more »

Africa: Harnessing Continent's Potential Through Infrastructure Development and Entrepreneurship

The recent Fourth Annual Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference brought together industry leaders from all sectors and policymakers from the United… Read more »

Africa: Act Now to Improve Infrastructure, Says World Bank Leader

Africa's economic growth and poverty reduction are closely linked with the quality of its infrastructure – its power, transport systems, water supply and sanitation, and its… Read more »

Liberia: Govt Secures Huge Investment in Palm Oil Production

The Liberian government has announced that it is in the final stages of securing a U.S. $1.6 billion Indonesian investment in palm oil production which is expected to create… Read more »

Africa: Four Presidents Address Regional Integration at U.S. Business Summit

As part of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit being hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa this week, four African heads of state, participated in a Presidential Roundtable on… Read more »

Africa: We Can Eliminate Extreme Poverty By 2025

Jeffrey Sachs, author of The End of Poverty, is the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York. He believes that extreme poverty can be eliminated by 2025… Read more »

Africa: Continent Needs Infrastructure, Integration, Says AU Leader

Africa has taken "a major hit" from the global economic recession but it can weather the storm, says Erastus Mwencha, deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission. Mwencha… Read more »

Liberia: Sunken Merchant Vessel Raised from Monrovia Freeport

The merchant ship Torm Alexandra is again afloat in Monrovia Freeport after a lengthy and complicated salvage operation in the Liberian capital. Read more »

Liberia: Nation Needs Five-Fold Boost to Power Supply

One of the most damaging blows inflicted on Liberia's infrastructure during the wars which devastated the country in the 1990s was that to its electricity supply. AllAfrica's… Read more »

Africa: Low-Flying Satellites to Bring Internet to Continent

As far as Greg Wyler is concerned the sky is the limit when it comes to providing low-cost, high-speed Internet access to Africans. Read more »

Africa: Closing the Digital Divide

In Nigeria, new subscribers are signing up with mobile phone services at a rate of almost one every second. In Kenya, they can transfer money, get exam results and even find dates… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Representative Calls for $225 Million in Funding

Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (Democrat - Illinois) has proposed legislation in the United States Congress which would authorize U.S. $225 million in assistance to Liberia over the… Read more »

South Africa: Govt Declares Electricity Emergency

At the end of a week of unprecedented power cuts across southern Africa, South Africa's Cabinet has declared a "national electricity emergency" and announced… Read more »

Liberia: Rebuilding Agriculture from Scratch

"Before the War" is a phrase woven into the very fabric of Liberian life, repeated countless times as a way to define how far the country has fallen and its… Read more »

Africa: Why China Beats Its Competitors

Low costs give Chinese investors in Africa a competitive advantage over their counterparts from other countries, a Chinese analyst told the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Cape… Read more »

Africa: Lonrho Plans Comeback

Among international companies operating in Africa, Lonrho has long enjoyed a high profile. Built up by colorful businessman Roland 'Tiny' Rowland, it was an early business… Read more »

Liberia: Despite Obstacles, All Ingredients Are in Place for Mittal to Succeed

A key part of the Liberian government's recovery drive focuses on well-managed exploitation of the country's vast natural resources. Iron ore production began in Liberia in… Read more »

Africa: Aid Critical To Ensuring Benefits From Trade

While developing and industrialized countries continue to wrestle in the Doha Round of negotiations to reach a new international trade agreement, there is increasing recognition… Read more »

Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead

The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »

Africa: Blood Diamonds

Greg Campbell's Blood Diamonds is a detailed and long needed look at blood/conflict diamonds. The book inspired the film Blood Diamond, and research from the book was used in the… Read more »

Guinea: Country Finds Hope in Alumina Refinery

In the dry season, a pervasive red dust wafts from the crushers at the bauxite operations that have dominated economic activity for over three decades in Guinea – home to a… Read more »

Ethiopia: New Film on the Plights of Ethiopian Coffee Growers is Creating a Buzz

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Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion

On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »

Namibia: Namibia Deserves Aid, Debt Relief, Despite 'Mid-Income' Status, Says President Pohamba

Hifikepunye Pohamba, who three months ago became Namibia's second president since independence in 1990, was one of five African leaders who met with President George Bush at the… Read more »

Nigeria: PAHF Opens New Syringe Factory in Port Harcourt

Every year, Aids, tuberculosis and malaria cause more than five million deaths and cost the African continent hundreds of millions of dollars. With levels of public health spending… Read more »