The hopeful continent – interesting read from The Economist
December 3, 2011 – 7:16 am | No Comment

It’s uncanny reading the article below side by side with the one written exactly 10 years ago (HERE)
It looks like the Economist, the world leader in Afro-pessimism is finally turning around and seeing the facts …

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The hopeful continent – interesting read from The Economist
December 3, 2011 – 7:16 am | No Comment
The hopeful continent – interesting read from The Economist

It’s uncanny reading the article below side by side with the one written exactly 10 years ago (HERE)
It looks like the Economist, the world leader in Afro-pessimism is finally turning around and seeing the facts …

Investing in Health – Avenue Healthcare (Kenya) receives a $2.5m investment
November 27, 2011 – 9:14 am | No Comment
Investing in Health – Avenue Healthcare (Kenya) receives a $2.5m investment

In African Capital Markets News:
Aureos Africa Health Fund invested $2.5 million in a Kenyan hospital and health insurance company, the Avenue Group , which offers affordable healthcare cover, integrated with quality healthcare provision. It has a 70-bed full-purpose hospital …

Ethiopia uncorks a new export with French wine-making partnership
September 13, 2011 – 9:20 am | No Comment
Ethiopia uncorks a new export with French wine-making partnership

Vineyards will help to add value to crops in the Rift Valley
Making wine in Ethiopia, when the whole world has seen pictures of famine there, may seem absurd, if not indecent. But that would be to forget …

African free-trade plan must be supported
August 22, 2011 – 5:14 pm | No Comment
African free-trade plan must be supported

A historic agreement aimed at creating a free-trade zone uniting 26 African countries and establishing Africa’s biggest trading bloc was announced recently in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The proposed free-trade area would encompass the South African Development …

‘Africa can feed the world’
August 22, 2011 – 5:09 pm | No Comment
‘Africa can feed the world’

Africa can feed not just itself but the world is a bold assertion to make at a time when famine stalks part of the continent.
But this is precisely the claim made by Kanayo Nwanze, the president …

Why Africa Is Leaving Europe Behind
August 22, 2011 – 4:48 pm | No Comment
Why Africa Is Leaving Europe Behind

Africans are relishing something of a reversal in roles. The former colonial powers in Europe are wrestling with debt crises, austerity budgets, rising unemployment and social turmoil. By contrast much of sub-Saharan Africa can point …

Report Showcases Growth of African Multinational Corporations
May 14, 2011 – 1:08 pm | No Comment
Report Showcases Growth of African Multinational Corporations

The Initiative for Global Development in conjunction with Dalberg Global Development Advisors today released a groundbreaking report detailing …

U.S. banks push harder in Africa
March 9, 2011 – 10:42 pm | No Comment
U.S. banks push harder in Africa

Two of the world’s biggest banks told the first day of the Reuters Africa Investment Summit that they planned to strengthen their presence in the continent as their own customers see their businesses here grow.
Citi’s …

Investment bankers needed in Africa
March 9, 2011 – 10:32 pm | No Comment
Investment bankers needed in Africa

Not so long ago, anyone with the talent and means was heading out of Africa in search of better paid and more fulfilling professional work.
That’s all changing and the emotional appeal of a return to …

Africa set for banking boom
March 5, 2011 – 10:47 pm | No Comment
Africa set for banking boom

From March 7 to 10, political and business leaders from around Africa will be joining us for the inaugural Reuters Africa Investment Summit to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing investors in Africa.
One of the …