Africa
Prospects for Africa in the second quarter
The IMF predicts that sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) economies will grow 6.0% in 2014, compared to...
AfricaPrivate equity investments eye African SMEs
The outlook for private equity (PE) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2014 is promising. The...
Africa'Western norms' continue to lose traction in Africa
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni today signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill today, imposing...
AfricaUS capacity for 'small wars' in East Africa will rise
The UN's Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group last week called for the full reinstatement of the...
AfricaAfrica mobile phone market eyes broadband challenges
Ericsson estimates that Africa's mobile broadband services will remain dominated by 3G handsets,...
AfricaAfrica growth has only modest effect on smallholders
The narrative underpinning sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) accelerated growth since 2000 has tended to...
AfricaHigher African GDP could mask external vulnerability
AfDB President Donald Kaberuka said yesterday that growth in SSA will reach 6.2% in 2014, up from...
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