‘US companies should be looking at Africa for sourcing and manufacturing’
The president and CEO of the Washington-based Corporate Council on Africa talks to African Business ahead of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December.
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In 2023, what can Africa learn from the 1980s?
Can Africa learn the lessons of history and work with a much wider range of multilateral partners to help it tackle the challenges of 2023 differently and better?
Can Africa benefit from China’s Covid lockdowns?
President Xi Jinping's strict zero-Covid policies are isolating China from global supply chains, according to a freight executive. Can African manufacturers fill the gap?
Biden team doing a ‘good job’ on Africa
Despite disruptions to the world economy, the Biden administration has delivered on its bid to ramp up trade and investment with Africa, says Laird Treiber of the CSIS.
Can Africa buck the recession trend?
Africa may be able to avoid the worst impacts of a global downturn. But this will depend on whether African countries can speed up the implementation of much-needed reforms, write director of the Dunning Africa Centre, Rajneesh Narula and Jon Foster Pedley, dean and director of Henley Business Schoo…
‘Egyptian government has little intent to relax its control over the economy’
The Egyptian government has endorsed broad privatisation and fiscal austerity but popular backlashes are likely to slow down any major changes to the country's economic structure.
Made in Africa: The role of localisation in African tech governance
African nations need to become net producers of knowledge and innovation but this will only be possible if African governments centre local ideas, data, and approaches in their policymaking, says Aparupa Chakravarti, the director of strategic investment consultants Botho Emerging Markets Group.
‘Natural gas is not an ideological issue, it’s a pragmatic one,’ says AfDB’s Adesina
The president of the African Development Bank shares his views on investment opportunities, financial management and the growing threat of climate insecurity.
Creating shared value through data
Applying the concept of shared value to data would be a big step forward in helping to solve the many social and environmental challenges that plague our planet today.
Creating the framework to attract private investment into Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is on course to mobilise $10bn of private sector investment annually into Africa by 2030 says its vice president for Africa.