A worker at a flower farm in Kenyas Rift Valley packs roses for export.
Africa: Private Sector Begins to Trump Aid
An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth.-
Africa: Aiding Business
This is Africa, 5 January 2012
The private sector's role in development has seen a renaissance, with donors reassessing their strategies and development finance institutions positioned increasingly as central… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Begins to Rise Above Aid
IPS, 11 January 2012
An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth across much of Africa. Read more »
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Africa: Dfid's Aid Priorities and Africa
African Arguments, 12 January 2012
The Africa All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), a cross-party group of almost 90 MPs and Peers administered by the RAS, questions the Government's selection of countries to… Read more »
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Africa: UK Aid Minister Promotes Private Enterprise
This is Africa, 5 January 2012
When Andrew Mitchell took up his current post as the United Kingdom's secretary of state for international development he had spent five years shadowing his Labour counterparts in… Read more »
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Africa: What's Diaspora Got to Do With It?
African Arguments, 10 January 2012
It's fast becoming commonplace to say Africa is experiencing a renaissance. Many of its countries, once bywords for hopeless basket cases, have made a sharp turn away from skid row… Read more »
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9 May 2011
African Economic Growth
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- Voice of America
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The International Monetary Fund says sub-Saharan Africa's recovery from the global financial slowdown is moving forward. VOA's Paul Ndiho has ... see more »
