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FROM McKinsey Quarterly:
Africa faces many challenges, particularly in health care, water, and climate. Yet what is surprising is that these issues can all be ameliorated or even controlled. This package of …
In an effort to ensure that African youth learn about their common heritage, the UN, historians, education specialists and governments are now developing a history syllabus for schools across the continent.
The …
Sexy pop star Shakira is set to perform her new World Cup anthem at the tournament’s opening ceremony. The singer has recorded the song Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) – a song …
In a piece on a noticeably strengthening trend in entrepreneurship. Hash profiles two notable trailblazers:
-Karanja Macharia who is the founder and CEO of Mobile Planet, a mobile company in Kenya that provides third …
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“In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, the author made the case that success comes most often as a combination of environment, timing, opportunity and most importantly, after the requisite 10,000 hours of hard …
World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor are now free, open, and easy to access at:
data.worldbank.org
Recognizing that transparency and accountability are essential to development, the World Bank Group …
To stimulate growth and development in Africa, governments and international organizations to reverse the negative consequences of the “brain drain.” Aid donors should tap into the underutilized knowledge of Africans living outside of Africa when …
The organizers of a week-long African Rice Congress in Bamako, capital of Mali, say African countries can decrease hunger and save millions of dollars if they wean themselves off rice imports and …
The allure of private equity might have faded in developed markets, but Africa is providing golden opportunities for funds that are willing to swallow a bit more risk. Charlie Corbett reports.
The 18th century satirist and …
Senegal, often held up as an African success story,
celebrates 50 years of independence this weekend, one of many
countries on the continent to mark a half century of
post-colonial life this year.
The country is commemorating the occasion …
