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The African Economy has undergone a fast-paced growth, affecting the commercial vibrancy of the...
I am Faridah Nalunkuuma. I was born and raised in Africa. Ever since I...
On this Africa Day weekend, below is a poem of redemption to...
The thirteen countries of East Africa – Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda – have overlapping memberships of varying degrees in six of the eight RECs recognized by the AU. Thus, this makes harmonization quite complex. The countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda of [...]
This region’s geography is characterized by the Congo Basin, but includes the Gulf of Guinea, starting at the bottom tip of Nigeria and extending to the top of Angola. This region is rich in oil and mineral resources. The main RECs in this region are ECCAS and CEMAC although countries are members of other RECs, [...]
Unlike the EAC, which includes only about half of the countries in East Africa, ECOWAS includes 15 member states. However, until the last few years regional integration has been slow. It started to gain steam in 2010 with the formation of the ECOWAS Commission, as well as the development of Vision 2020[1] and a Regional [...]
With more than a million people, Nollywood is Nigeria’s...
Sixty-nine percent of the people in the world infected...
The Lagos version is the first African city edition...
Africa has been one of the fastest-growing tourism regions...
With its economic growth soaring and tourist numbers swelling by the year, there is no reason why South African businesses should not invest in Sri Lanka. And come November, potential investors will get a chance to see exactly what...
Japan will provide $1 billion in aid over the next five years to northern Africa for economic development and humanitarian efforts, including help with security and counter-terrorism measures. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the assistance Sunday, on the...
Botswana is positioning itself to be the next big economic powerhouse in Africa. This was the sentiment expressed at the launch of the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre’s brand strategy at the Michelangelo Hotel in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 21 May. According...
1. Background The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 2008 put youth unemployment globally at 12.7% as against the 2007 pre-recession figure of 11.7%. In real numbers that is a jump from 70.5 million unemployed youths to 75.1 million. These...
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma’s government has drawn up a 30-year plan to transform the country from...
Case numbers in Africa’s meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap...
Senegalese opposition politicians denounced the country’s high unemployment rate to mobilize youth against former President Abdoulaye Wade...
This region’s geography is characterized by the Congo Basin, but includes the Gulf of Guinea, starting at the...
