East Africa speeds up energy projects East African governments have doubled their efforts to increase energy output, with several multi-million dollar projects on the cards.
Slowdown in China economy could hurt Africa - Moody’s Resource exporters such as Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia, Congo and South Africa are the most vulnerable.
KAYUMBA: It’s insincere to ‘eat’ the West’s money while condemning its agenda The West owes Africans nothing! Either you put forth your ideas, invest in them, popularise and defend them, or consume other peoples’
Quest for tourist dollar killing cultural tourism Transferring dollars from international tourists to poor people living around tourist resorts and cultural sites has been a major challenge throughout East Africa and the world at large.
Africa bets on road, rail and port projects for growth Poor infrastructure has been estimated to shave at least two per cent off Africa’s annual growth, a paper by the World Economic Forum on Africa estimates.
Region falls short in creation of jobs for youth, MDG report says The report shows that although an increasing number of youth are entering the labour market in Africa, the available job opportunities are too few.
Tanzania, China on the spot over ivory Ivory traders informed the investigators that Chinese buyers smuggled out the tusks in diplomatic bag
Burkina Faso: End of the ‘error’ of Africa’s strongman rule? Blaise Compaoré probably over-estimated his own cunning and under-estimated the weight of history and demographics
They don’t build hospitals any more, they just build clinics... The death of Michael Sata found me thinking about opinion polling in Africa, having just come across a rather big claim by a well-known pan-African polling organisation.
When you’ve finished eating, pack up your concubines and just go! It is as if in many African countries the people don’t see much that they could do to make their rulers rule them justly.
