The first few business days of the year allow for a sober assessment of what worked in the previous year, and what didn’t. The African economies that investors were keeping an eye on in 2017 were ones that were eager to harness renewable energy sources and strengthen their manufacturing sectors. Quartz took a look atRead more
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The world’s wealthiest people have found a new place to hunt for second homes: Kenya. Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as well as its coast and the countryside near Mount Kenya are listed as hotspots in a new report by real estate consultancy Knight Frank (pdf). Kenya is on the radar of 4% of the global richRead more
The African Union has launched the long-awaited “Single African Sky” initiative, aimed at opening up the continent’s fragmented airspace. It also hopes to ratify and operationalise its ambitious Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) initiative in March, and implement it by the end of 2018. This would mean unifying its existing regional economic blocs – allRead more
After successive downward revisions to growth forecasts which followed the contraction in global demand and the end of the commodity super-cycle – raising yet another spectre of global uncertainty and recession, especially in highly oil-dependent economies, Africa’s economic growth rebounded in the second half of 2016 and strengthened further in 2017. The region as aRead more
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has made a strong case for increased American and global investments to help unlock Africa’s agriculture potential. He made the remarks as the Distinguished Guest Speaker, at the USDA’s 94th Agriculture Outlook Forum in Virginia on Thursday, on the theme The Roots of Prosperity. AccordingRead more
Scientific Research and Technology are expected to play a huge role in development and industrialization in the coming years. They are strategic to Africa’s industrialization and can enable the continent to leapfrog to the fourth industrial revolution. Strengthening regional collaboration on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) education and research networks was the subject of aRead more
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to make science, technology and innovation (STI) policies inclusive and to place women and girls at the centre of STI programmes. Celebrated each year on February 11, the International Day of Women and GirlsRead more
