Business in Africa
Burundi Makes Bold Investment Pitch to U.S. Investors at Chicago Forum
By Ajong Mbapndah L In a global investment landscape increasingly defined by the search for new frontiers, Burundi is beginning to assert itself—deliberately, and with growing confidence. That shift will…
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Oil Shock Hits Tanzania: Global Oil Crisis Meets Tax Debate as Prices Soar Sharply
By Adonis Byemelwa Fuel prices in Tanzania have surged into record territory, turning a global…
The One Who Makes Death Tremble
By Francis B. Nyamnjoh The chronicle of Celui-Qui-Fait-Trembler-La-Mort was not a biography of a man,…
The Open Gate: Why Nigeria Can’t Stop the Surge of Small Arms from the Sahel
By Aminu Adamu* There is a village in Zamfara State where the people no longer…
Agbor Balla: Anglophone VP Now Essential in Cameroon’s Constitutional Reform
By Boris Esono Nwenfor BUEA, PAV – Cameroon is once again facing a defining constitutional…
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Ethiopian Airlines:Ethiopian dares to Dream
AFRICA’S booming aviation industry reached another landmark in August when Ethiopian Airlines became the first carrier outside Japan to operate…
By 2035, Africa will have the world’s largest workforce-bigger than China’s or India’s
Africa at work: Job creation and inclusive growth Over the next decade, we calculate that Africa has the potential to…
iROKING – Africa’s “Spotify” – hits 100,000 registered users
iROKING, the largest, legal distributor of Nigerian music, announces that it has 100,000 subscribers in just seven months. iROKING is Africa's…
AfDB Readies Ambitious Infrastructure Bond Programme to Boost African Economies
Africa has established itself as the continent with the world's second-fastest economic growth behind Asia, and its momentum seems positive…
Kenya ahead Nigeria as IBM sites Africa’s ICT lab in Nairobi
By PATRICK ATUANYA* The choice of Kenya as the location for International Business Machines (IBMs) first research laboratory in Africa…
Ethiopia gets Africa’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines received Africa's first Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) 787 Dreamliner on Friday, making Ethiopia the only country aside…
Uganda the key in East Africa’s oil-driven energy revolution
By Hannah Waddilove, AKE Group* But political instability and poor regulation could herald appearance of ‘resource curse.’ In January 2009…
East Africa: civil society and the oil sector
By Tony O. Otoa Jr* Over the last 8 years, a lot has been happening in the Uganda oil sector…