Can Africa Outgrow Aid?
Africa’s emergence is the new consensus. For the second time in a just few months, a major international journal has run a cover illustrating new found optimism about the continent. After The...
View ArticleAngola’s National Currency Now Traded in Portugal and France
The kwanza, Angola’s national currency, since 11 November, can be traded in both France and Portugal, according to a statement from Portuguese foreign exchange company NovaCâmbios. In Mozambique and...
View ArticleCLIMATE Change To Cost Africa’s Economies
Adapting to climate change could cost the African continent around USD 7-15 billion per year by 2020, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Policy makers are gripped by global warming...
View ArticleMbeki: The Relationship Between Africa And Its Ex-Colonizers Is Illegal
Charity begins at home, and Africans need to take the first bold steps to deal with problems affecting them instead of depending on the west. Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki’s message was...
View ArticleIllegal Financial Flows From Africa on The Rise
Sub-Saharan Africa lost $52bn in illicit financial flows in 2011, mostly through commercial transactions by multinational companies, representing the highest levels of illegal capital flight relative...
View ArticleGay marriage: Un-African? Non-issue?
Same-sex couples should get married if they so wish and people should be treated equally before the law. So says a certain Barack Obama, the world’s most powerful man. “When you start treating people...
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