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 …

When they are not ignoring Africa altogether, big-hitting institutional investors regularly bemoan the continent’s illiquid small markets, political insecurity and shaky regulations, or fret that despite pretty decent returns little or nothing would make them …

Africa’s techpreneurs are becoming more creative by the day. In following the footsteps of their Silicon Valley counterparts, African techies are building awe-inspiring companies in mobile, e-commerce, software and social gaming. As a close follower …

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 …

An overview of the mobile technology landscape in Africa with statistics and facts about mobile phones in Africa.

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

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 …

Carlyle plans to launch a $750m fund to invest in Africa, a continent long neglected by the large international buy-out firms, people familiar with the US private equity group said.
David Rubenstein, the group’s co-founder, has …

So far there hasn’t been much political fallout in the rest of Africa from the revolts in the northernmost states.
Of course there are lots of differences between sub-Saharan African countries themselves let alone …

The East African Magazine released the first African Presidents Index that portrays how these leaders tackled issues of corruption, violence, poverty and elections.
An African Presidents Index, which sures the performance and leadership …