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Dr Ayodele Odusola, chief economist, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

Investing in Africa is sound business and a sustainable corporate strategyAyodele Odusola

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

By Said Aboubaker & Savious Kwinika 31 Aug 2018

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General.

Africa has phenomenal potential for intra-continental trade

By Zipporah Musau 30 Aug 2018

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African Union chairperson and president of Rwanda Paul Kagame (from left); president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018. Credit: Office of President Paul Kagame.

Africa's massive free trade area a "gamechanger"

Kingsley Ighobor 29 Aug 2018

President João Lourenço. Photo: Angop

Angolan investment honeymoon looks to be over

23 Aug 2018

CC image courtesy of Miran Rijavec via flickr.

IFC to invest in Capria network fund to address "missing middle"

Tom Jackson 6 Aug 2018

Brics gears up to take its place in digital revolution

Brics gears up to take its place in digital revolution

27 Jul 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Global issues dominate day one of Brics Summit

26 Jul 2018

Strong China-SA ties opens up FDI, economic growth and job creation

Strong China-SA ties opens up FDI, economic growth and job creation

Lyndsay van der Berg 19 Jul 2018

Never Ncube is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Dandemutande.

Seizing opportunities in Zimbabwe's new era

Never Ncube 19 Jul 2018

Cryptocurrency to power solar projects

Cryptocurrency to power solar projects

19 Jul 2018

Alain Ebobissé is the CEO of Africa50.

The recipe for long-term growth in Africa

Alain Ebobissé 18 Jul 2018

Africa needs to build its statistical capacity

Africa needs to build its statistical capacity

13 Jul 2018

NEPAD to transform into new AU Development Agency

NEPAD to transform into new AU Development Agency

10 Jul 2018

Looking beyond emerging market jitters to China, India

Looking beyond emerging market jitters to China, India

Craig Farley and Simon Finch 6 Jul 2018

Finding the potential in Africa's markets

Finding the potential in Africa's markets

Bassel Khatoun 5 Jul 2018

John Lentaigne, chief underwriting officer, ATI Roundtable

International lenders warn on capacity constraints in Africa

29 Jun 2018

Francois Baird

Mergers and acquisition advisory firm, Taylor Advisory, enters Africa

27 Jun 2018

#MFGIndaba: An uncomfortable world

#MFGIndaba: An uncomfortable world

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2018

Addis Ababa. © Ilona Sapozhnikova via

Reciprocal trade missions to Addis Ababa and Cape Town

20 Jun 2018

Africa's economic growth rising despite challenges

Africa's economic growth rising despite challenges

20 Jun 2018

From pineapple juice to agtech: Investors hungry for a piece of Africa's food industry

From pineapple juice to agtech: Investors hungry for a piece of Africa's food industry

14 Jun 2018

Make-IT in Africa launches Kenya, Nigeria investment guides

Make-IT in Africa launches Kenya, Nigeria investment guides

Tom Jackson 7 Jun 2018

Why foreign investment is no easy fix for Africa's energy needs

Why foreign investment is no easy fix for Africa's energy needs

Philipp Trotter and Sabah Abdullah 4 Jun 2018

Bassel Khatoun, managing director, director of portfolio management, frontier and Mena, Franklin Templeton emerging markets equity

Investing in Africa's untapped potential

31 May 2018

Addis Ababa © Dereje Belachew

Is Ethiopia the China of Africa?

Ewnetu Haile 28 May 2018

Nations in new push to boost intra-Africa trade

Nations in new push to boost intra-Africa trade

Benjamin Ouma 15 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: Growthpoint Investec African Properties launched

#AfricaMonth: Growthpoint Investec African Properties launched

Sindy Peters 14 May 2018

Africa's new free trade area - streamlining trade and infrastructure development

Africa's new free trade area - streamlining trade and infrastructure development

Kieran Whyte and Jen Stolp 8 May 2018

Pemba in northern Mozambique has seen a surge of new arrivals in step with investments to exploit off-shore gas deposits. Flickr

Why natural resource finds are more than just a curse: the case of Mozambique

Gerhard Toews and Pierre-Louis Vézina 26 Apr 2018

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