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Africa is facing a looming debt crisis, say leading development economists. “Almost 40% of sub-Saharan African countries are in danger of slipping into a major [read more…]

Accra, Ghana In a junk-strewn lot on the outskirts of Ghana’s capital, weary-looking street vendors gathered to hear their leader Vida Tangwam passionately protest their [read more…]

Government action is essential to agricultural growth that would combat poverty in Africa, experts say. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s annual report, released [read more…]

The best time to invest in Africa is now. However, foreign investors have not moved into the continent as quickly as expected because foreign investment [read more…]

After more than two decades of improving mine safety since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s progress has stalled with an increase in gold-mining deaths. [read more…]

At what point do we stop calling Theresa May’s approach aid and start calling it profiteering under a different guise? The next time a British [read more…]

African countries have shown a healthy appetite for Chinese loans but some experts now worry that the continent is gorging on debt, and could soon [read more…]

Africa needs to move labour into more productive sectors to improve livelihoods. Extreme poverty, the most widespread and destructive characteristic of underdevelopment, is pervasive and [read more…]

Africa loses at least US$50-billion a year in illicit financial flows – mainly dodgy tax practices and false invoicing of imports and exports. But there [read more…]

China’s presence throughout Eastern Africa has become ubiquitous. From sprawling factories to road and rail construction, Chinese investment is often synonymous with infrastructure, aid and [read more…]