Africa Investment - Weaning E.Africa from aid proving a taxing affair

East Africa's economies - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda - may need to do more than just present their budgets simultaneously if they are to draw the foreign investment they ...

Source: Reuters

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The AgriBusiness Forum 2013 to be held in Rwanda

The AgriBusiness Forum is the largest pan-African AgriBusiness Forum held on African soil annually which aims at strengthening the Agri-Food sector in Africa, by encouraging partnerships, exchanging best practices and ...

Source: EMRC

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Uganda to tax mobile money transfers

Uganda is to impose a 10% tax on cash transfers by mobile phones and other money transfer operators. International remittances from Ugandans living abroad are also affected. Finance Minister Maria ...

Source: BBC

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Africa, let us help – just like in 1884

From the Conference of Berlin to today's G8, 'helping' Africans looks suspiciously like grabbing their resources. One of the stated purposes of the Conference of Berlin in 1884 was to ...

Source: The Guardian

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Somaliland: Yemeni Investors Meet President Silanyo

A number of Yemeni companies are expected to pour in Millions of dollars into the local economy. This was revealed by the presidential spokesperson Mr Ahmed Suleiman Duhul during a ...

Source: Somaliland Sun

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Turkey to be guide to Ethiopian railways

The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has agreed to assist Ethiopia to restructure its railways, train its staff and engage in technology transfer. Ethiopia, which halted railway transportation in 1997, has ...

Source: Hurriyet Daily

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Africa's new middle class driving growth

After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry ...

Source: News24

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Japan pledges $32 billion aid for Africa to boost investment

Japan pledged African leaders a $32 billion in public and private support on Saturday to help growth on the continent and encourage Japanese firms to invest there over the next ...

Source: Reuters

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Brazil 'to write off' almost $900m of African debt

Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt with Africa. Oil- and gas-rich Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Zambia are among the 12 African countries ...

Source: BBC

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Africa falling short on millennium goals

Despite Africa’s exponential economic growth and development over the past decade and additional support from the international donor community, progress and the realisation of achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals ...

Source: Mail & Guardian

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Cape Verde: African good news story

The remarkable economic and political progress of Cape Verde is seen as a blueprint for the rest of Africa, writes BBC Today programme presenter Evan Davis after a visit to ...

Source: BBC News

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New UN initiative to boost Mozambican crop yields

An interesting new United Nations initiative in Mozambique aimed at increasing the quality of seeds will help the African country capitalize on its arable land and unlock its potential...

Source: UN News Centre

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Weaning countries off aid

Aid dependency can only be reduced if financial resources are found elsewhere. Uganda, for example, is using aid to improve tax collection so it will rely less on funding from ...

Source: Guardian

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Unrest to Weigh on African Growth

Pockets of political unrest will drag on Africa's economic growth this year, although fast-expanding exports and a new middle class should prevent a sharp slowdown.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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Africa falling back into bad habits

Like reformed alcoholics slipping off the wagon, frontier African economies are sliding back into bad old ways, with yawning deficits, double-digit inflation and plunging currencies.

Source: Business Report

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US warns Africa of ‘new colonialism’

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Saturday warned of a creeping “new colonialism” in Africa from foreign investors and governments interested only in extracting natural resources to enrich themselves.

Source: Business Report

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Let's seek African solutions, not imported saviours

US first lady Michelle Obama yet again brought the decade-old call home to South Africa – Africa must do it for itself.

Source: Daily Maverick

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Africa-Wide Trade Zone Could Boost South-South Cooperation

The plan to create a new 26-nation liberalised trade zone for Africa, spanning the length of the continent from Cape to Cairo, could open up more possibilities for South-South cooperation ...

Source: IPS

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Togo to host 6th ECOWAS Trade Fair in November 2011

The Government of Togo will in November 2011 host the 6th ECOWAS Trade Fair, a regional platform for accessing West Africa's market of some 300 million consumers.

Source: StarAfrica.com

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Women seen key to solving hunger issues in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa faces daunting problems staving off famine in coming decades but food and development experts also say one solution to the problem is obvious: empower women.

Source: Reuters

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