Africa’s brain gain movement kicked into higher gear this year, with some of the continent’s most eminent scientists urging action from the world’s richest countries. In a statement dated June 1
Africa Focus
If there is any doubt that Africa and its people are hot topics in U.S. business circles, two recent developments should put those doubts to rest.
On May 19, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an A
BY Rosalind McLymont
In March, Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank, and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) set up what they call an “innovative fund” to provide loans to small farmers and small ag
BY Rosalind McLymont
For three days in March, delegates to the Africa International Media Summit (AIMS) pondered the role of African women in the media as part of the broader discussion on reshaping the image of Africa. H
BY Rosalind McLymont
The group of women farmers calling themselves the “Pankop Women Farmers Forum” didn’t set out to own a million-dollar exporting business. They hail from Mpumalanga, the big game country in easte
BY Rosalind McLymont
International fashion model Camilla Barungi wants Americans to use moringa, a traditional leafy vegetable in Africa, as a nutritional supplement.
She recently launched her product line, African Moring
BY Rosalind McLymont
The presidential campaign of Barack Obama reached out to the more than two million African immigrants in the United States and was rewarded with the emergence of such groups as the African Immigrant M
BY Rosalind McLymont
As the financial crisis that erupted in the United States deepened and spread to Europe and Asia, bank executives, bloggers and newspaper opinion writers throughout Africa hastened to comment on what
BY Rosalind McLymont
The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corpo-ration, brought good news in September to Africa business watchers, particularly those with an eye on countries south
BY Rosalind McLymont
When Guido Sohne died inexplicably in May in Nairobi, Kenya, card-carrying techies in Africa and around the world mourned.
They’re still mourning. Just 34 years old, Sohne, a Ghanaian, arguably was
BY Rosalind McLymont