Africa

  • Feb 11, 2013
  • 7 min read

Africa's infrastructure deficit will continue to widen

The scope for investment in the continent's infrastructure backlogs is a major component of...

Africa
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • 10 min read

EU-Africa trade deal consensus will prove elusive

Over ten years have elapsed since the onset of negotiations for EU economic partnership...

Africa
  • Jan 31, 2013
  • 7 min read

High African GDP growth belies low job-creation rate

A decade of accelerated GDP growth in in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been hailed as evidence of...

Africa
  • Jan 31, 2013
  • 2 min read

Global airlines should grow moderately in 2013

Airline passenger demand increased by 5.3% year-on-year in 2012, the International Air Transport...

International
  • Jan 25, 2013
  • 7 min read

East Africa strategic aims may temper donor doubts

Recent aid suspensions from Western donors to east African countries following corruption and...

East Africa
  • Jan 24, 2013
  • 2 min read

Africa 2013-14 growth hopes turn on external factors

The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook, released yesterday, projected SSA economic output would...

Africa
  • Jan 22, 2013
  • 2 min read

Global talent mismatch will slow employment recovery

Global unemployment rose by 4 million people last year, reaching a total of some 197 million,...

International
  • Jan 21, 2013
  • 11 min read

New challenges arise as China-Africa ties deepen

After reaching a fairly high pitch in the 2000s, the China-in-Africa debate in strategic...

Africa