By Blame Ekoue According to the Economic Development 2014 Report, based on an annual average, Africa’s investment rate is low compared to the average for developing countries and relative to …
BY BLAME EKOUE A long queue has formed outside the Agence Nationale Pour l’Emploi (ANPE) in Lome, Togo’s capital. Near the back of the line, optimistically waiting his turn, stands …
BY BILL J. FIGHTER The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) was founded in 1993 in Washington. David H. Miller, who served as executive director of CCA from the organization’s … Read More
According to the 2013 Human Development Report, an independent publication commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the continued growth of the economies of the South, after the developed …
The 2013 edition of Transparency International’s annual ranking of countries worldwide based on the level of corruption the previous year is out. Known as The Corruption Perception Index, CPI, the …
BY BLAME EKOUE “In spite of the crisis in Mali and other places, the economic prospects are reasonably good on the continent,” said Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development, …
By Blame Ekoue Though Africa has a lot of arable lands, cotton production, which constitutes a source of foreign currency earnings for some countries, dropped drastically in the early 2000s. …
BLAME EKOUE After the crisis in the Euro Zone, the fragile financial markets and the looming United States “Fiscal cliff” which confronted the global economy have eased, the 40th ordinary session …
BY EBOW GODWIN “There is always something new coming out of Africa,” says an ancient Roman legend. Thierno Bocar Tall, the Senegalese brain behind the Lome-based African Biofuels and Renewable …
ALAN GREEN In the latest edition of its twice-yearly Africa’s Pulse, which looks at issues shaping Africa’s economic prospects, the bank notes that Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow at …
