June 27, 2019
Africa: How to Limit the Continent's Exposure to Volatile Global Markets
allAfrica's Juanita Williams was in Moscow for the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) meetings - one of the preludes to the October 24 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi,… Read more »
June 23, 2019
Africa: The Sun's Out in Moscow
The last day of the African Import and Export Bank meetings in Moscow was the hottest day for 50 years. Read more »
June 22, 2019
Africa: 'With the Continental Free Trade Area, We Are Creating Our Own Future'
allAfrica sat down with Ambassador Albert M. Muchanga, African Union Commissioner for the Department of Trade and Industry, while at the Afreximbank meetings in Russia. Muchanga… Read more »
June 20, 2019
Africa: MyHydro Energy Venture Launched As Trump Initiative for Africa is Unveiled
This week, at the biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit organized by the Corporate Council on Africa in Maputo, a number of African Heads of State as well as other senior government… Read more »
April 19, 2019
Africa: How the BUILD Act Can Invigorate U.S. Economic Ties
Since the U.S. BUILD Act was signed into law last October, many people across Africa as well as members of the Africa Diaspora have been asking what this global initiative might do… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Rwanda: Symbion Sells Stake in Rift Valley Power Projects
Extraction of methane gas could reduce deadly danger to lakeside populations as well as fuel development. Read more »
February 06, 2019
Africa: Leadership and Africa's Youth Bulge - Rosa Whitaker, CEO of the Whitaker Group
AllAfrica will be looking at the issue of 'leadership' during 2019 - what it is, who has it, and what is needed for Africa to develop and prosper. Most of the voices will be… Read more »
November 12, 2018
Africa: Bank Finance Program Mobilizes Resources for Poorest Nations
The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world continues to decline – in 25 years, extreme poverty was reduced from 36 percent to 10 percent, which… Read more »
South Africa: After State Capture - Populism, Corruption & Decline or Growth, Jobs & Prosperity?
Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas is renowned in South Africa as the man who refused a $40 million bribe and the finance minister's job, offered to him by former… Read more »
October 31, 2018
Africa: Trade Holds Key to Wealth Creation - Afreximbank's Oramah
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is one of the long-established but lesser known continent-wide institutions. Created by African governments and private and… Read more »
October 25, 2018
Africa: Foreign Investment Key to Prosperity - U.S. Diplomat Nagy
The American administration's top diplomat for African affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Tibor P Nagy, Jr, will soon make his first trip to the continent since his appointment.… Read more »
September 21, 2018
South Africa: Ramaphosa Unveils $3.5 Billion Stimulus for Recession-Hit Economy
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who inherited a contracting economy from his scandal-ridden predecessor, today announced an economic stimulus and recovery plan for the country. The plan… Read more »
September 18, 2018
Africa: U.S. is Africa's 'Ideal Partner' for Promoting Democratic Institutions & Economic Growth – Tibor Nagy
After having the honor of serving my country as a diplomat for more than 30 years – 22 of them in eight different African countries – this week I have the opportunity… Read more »
July 24, 2018
Africa: South Africa Punches Above Its Weight in BRICS Grouping
South Africa's inclusion in the BRICS grouping of nations - whose 10th summit it will host from July 25 to 27 - has long been questioned, since by most indicators – economic,… Read more »
December 06, 2017
Africa: Addis Talks Focus on How Chinese Model Can Build Industry
The African Economic Conference has come to a close in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, with a call for the continent to improve its infrastructure and labor force. Read more »
October 24, 2017
Africa: Scaling Up Required to Address Urgent Infrastructure Demand - AFC's Andrew Alli
The African Finance Corporation (AFC) which was established to help bridge Africa's huge infrastructure gap, has made investments totaling more than $4.5 billion in a decade of… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Africa: Expanded Engagement for Caterpillar - Boosting Sales & Alleviating Poverty
A strong signal of growing business engagement with Africa by large U.S. corporations was the announcement last September by Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman of plans to invest over… Read more »
July 09, 2017
Africa: What the G20 Said on Africa
Excerpts most directly applicable to Africa drawn from the declaration of leaders of the G20 nations, issued after the leaders' summit in Hamburg on July 7 and 8: Read more »
June 26, 2017
Africa: Making Things Happen at the Bank - 'Not a Talk Shop' - Akin Adesina
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is focusing on five areas to achieve the African and global goals for a prosperous continent since becoming president of the African Development Bank… Read more »
April 05, 2017
Africa: Ford Foundation to Spend $1B from Endowment for Mission-Related Investments
In an email distributed on 5 April, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker announced the decision by the Foundation's Board of Trustees to authorize allocation over ten years of… Read more »
March 20, 2017
Africa: World Bank Commits to 'Next Level of Economic Transformation'
The G20 finance ministers met last week in Germany to discuss critical challenges facing the global economy, from climate change to migration to humanitarian emergencies like the… Read more »
March 13, 2017
Africa: Women Generate Higher Returns, Despite Remaining Barriers
Women in the sector generate better returns and faster growth but barriers remain 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 »
June 03, 2016
South Africa: Economy Dodges Bullet As Ratings Agency Confirms Investment Grade
South Africans breathed a sigh of relief late on Friday when a major ratings agency affirmed its current assessment of South Africa's creditworthiness. Read more »
January 27, 2016
Senegal: About 200 Billion CFA F Received from the Kuwait Fund Since the 1970s
Senegal is the first recipient of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in West Africa. From the 1970s to the present day, Kuwait grant to Senegal is estimated at… Read more »