Africa
Trade and manufacturing recovery quell recession fears
World trade levels rose 2.3% in May, after declining 2.2% in April, the CPB Netherlands Bureau...
InternationalPolitics may hold Africa's 'Green Revolution' hostage
In the context of acute food insecurity in the Greater Horn of Africa, research at Harvard...
AfricaScope exists for growth in African microinsurance
Microfinance loans are increasingly common in African countries. By contrast, 'microinsurance'...
AfricaEast Africa's drought will prompt longer-term response
Reports from the BBC indicate that Kenyan government ministers yesterday expressed contradictory...
AfricaMobile tower outsourcing is picking up pace in Africa
The mobile telecommunications market in Africa is becoming increasingly competitive, particularly...
AfricaAfrican industrialisation policies face reality check
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said today that South Africa's manufacturing sector is "coping"...
AfricaSub-regional blocs surpass African Union on diplomacy
The African Union (AU) Commissioner last week again labelled prosecutions by the International...
AfricaM-PESA in Kenya sets bar for African mobile money
In Kenya, Safaricom's M-PESA mobile money service has reached critical mass. In 2010, the service...
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