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 …

World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, and Global Economic Monitor are now free, open, and easy to access at:
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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 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 …

It’s a remarkable prospect, and one that has been largely overlooked by a western world accustomed to criticising, not celebrating Africa. Barring a last-minute disaster, the people of Sudan will go to the polls next …

Satya Capital, a London-based private equity fund owned by Sudanese Mo Ibrahim, plans to invest some $200 million in Africa this year, Ibrahim said late on Thursday.
Known for making a fortune from the mobile phone …

President Paul Kagame invited Nicolas Sarkozy to Kigali last week. This was the first visit by a French president to Rwanda in a quarter-century. It comes just months after Rwanda joined the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth …

The World Bank (WB) has identified non-amplified type of corruption as being responsible for the failure of public servants to deliver goods or services paid for by governments across Africa.
The body described the practice as …

In a speech in Nairobi, Kenya, Strauss-Kahn assessed the impact of the global economic and financial crisis on Africa. While noting that the turbulence had struck Africa through many different channels, he said that “all …