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Zawya

Africa is now the world's fastest growing continent in the world and is set to grow at more than 5.5% per annum for the foreseeable future, according to the latest report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group....

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Présidente de la Commission de l'Union africaine (CUA), Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (UNECA) et Donald Kaberuka, Président du Groupe de la...

The Witness

In a new BBC World News series, Rendezvous with Zeinab Badawi, presenter Zeinab Badawi meets leading African entrepreneurs, musicians, politicians and chief executive officers to ask the social, cultural, political,...

nation.co.ke

Africa's leaders have become more assertive in global affairs than ever before. This assertiveness is impelled by China's meteoric rise as a global power, concreting the multi-polar world order. A recent survey...

economist.com

Celebrations are in order on the poorest continent. Never in the half-century since it won independence from the colonial powers has Africa been in such good shape. Its economy is flourishing. Most countries are at...

Independent Online (South Africa) - Increasingly, the case for investing in Africa is made on the basis that this “last frontier” is now in a strong position to develop, to urbanise its growing and relatively young population,...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - African cities would grow nearly three times faster than the global average over the next three-and-a-half decades, highlighting the need for efficient, effective and environmentally...

(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has urged African oil and gas producing nations to direct their revenue in infrastructure and education rather than on "white elephants".

Exploration in east and southern...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - Angola launched a $5-billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in domestic and overseas assets, funnelling the African country's vast oil wealth into infrastructure, hotels and other high-growth...

AllAfrica.com (East African Business Week) - DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania is expected to spend $247.6m grant in development projects for three-year, thanks to the excellent bilateral cooperation with the Germany government.

Both...

Bloomberg Business Week - Sur Construction Plc, a construction company with ties to Ethiopia’s ruling party, expects to almost double revenue this year as the state boosts investment in infrastructure, General Manager Tadesse...

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Africa has a bright future for attracting investment, but must use the opportunity to boost industry and improve infrastructure, H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of...

The Herald: ZIMBABWE’S level of infrastructure growth is the same as that of neighbouring South Africa, PTA Bank president Mr Admassu Yilma Tadesse said in Harare last week. Mr Tadesse told delegates to the ZimBuild ...

Une convention de 680 milliards FCFA vient d’être paraphée entre la Banque Islamique de Développement et l’Etat du Sénégal. La stratégie africaine d’Ahmed Mohammed Ali en marche. Conformément à sa nouvelle feuille de route,...

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank - Speech at the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments: “African Economic Integration - Time to Raise the Bar”Midrand, 30th August, 2012

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AllAfrica.com (The New Times): As a way of unravelling infrastructural challenges that have remained a major obstacle to the integration process, the EAC Secretariat has turned to Europe seeking funding for regional...

Slate Afrique: L’Afrique n’est plus le «continent perdu» de l’imaginaire collectif. Le continent connaît un essor rapide depuis dix ans, le secteur privé prend de l’ampleur et une nouvelle classe de consommateurs détient un...

African Development Bank: The Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme – Project I (CAIIP-1) resulted from a comprehensive review of Uganda’s agricultural sector, which was carried out in 2005 by the Ugandan ...

U.S. Department of State - Remarks by Deborah A. McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Infrastructure and Business ...

AllAfrica.com (Rwanda Focus): The global competitiveness report has warned that an unhealthy workforce along with poor infrastructure will hurt Rwanda's competitiveness ambitions.

According to the report, "The greatest...