Boosting Ethiopia’s economy, one shoe at a time

For Bethlehem Tilahun, the answer to ending poverty in Africa is not aid or sympathy or donations from the West. It's shoes. Specifically, building a successful shoe manufacturing business that ...

Source: IOL

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South Africa's direct aid from UK to end

International Development Secretary Justine Greening is to announce that the UK will stop giving direct aid to South Africa in 2015. The government's aid programme to South Africa is currently ...

Source: BBC

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EU to keep Central African Republic aid suspended

The European Union will not restore its more than $200 million aid program to the Central African Republic until the country re-establishes the rule of law

Source: Reuters Africa

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Power cuts, bureaucracy and borrowing costs shackle Kenyan economy

Bureaucracy and power cuts that drive up business costs and choke the supply of new homes. Kenya's economy could be growing much faster and lifting many more of it's 40 ...

Source: Reuters

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South Africa pitches "Gateway to Africa" image: not all agree

With its sophisticated banking system, decent roads and ports and top notch commercial courts, South Africa is pumping itself up as the 'Gateway to Africa', the ideal launchpad for foreign ...

Source: Reuters

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IMF recognises Somalia government after 22-year break

The International Monetary Fund has recognised the government of Somalia after a break in relations of 22 years. The move could enable the IMF to provide technical support and policy ...

Source: BBC

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Africa's Oil, Gas Frontiers Set to Boost Supply

New producing countries are set to redraw sub-Saharan Africa's oil and gas map over the next five years, contributing to a significant net increase in output and attracting the top ...

Source: VOA

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Innovation From Failure: Mapping The Process In Developing Countries

Across nations, many firms and governments face the increasingly complex challenge of resolving international poverty, variations of political instability, and global climate change. With United Nations experts projecting the world ...

Source: Ventures Africa

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African nations increase farm spending, winning poverty battle

A report by the ONE Campaign, an anti-poverty group co-founded by Irish rockers Bono and Bob Geldof, said Senegal, Malawi, Cape Verde and Sierra Leone either met or were close ...

Source: Reuters

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Panel urges investigation into World Bank funded project in Ethiopia

An independent panel has urged an investigation into complaints by Ethiopians that the World Bank is funding a programme that has forced tens of thousands of people off their land. ...

Source: Sudan Tribune

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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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