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Commodity price crash hits Africa’s fortunes
Africa’s impressive average economic growth of around 5 per cent over the 14 years to 2014 saw economists toasting to the continent’s development potential.
By Africa Renewal 9 years ago
Commodity price crash hits Africa’s fortunes
What is standing in the way of Africa’s industrialisation
Industrialisation has been a campaign promise across the continent, with its acknowledged ability to bring prosperity, new jobs and better incomes for all. Yet, the continent is less industrialised today than it was four decades ago.
By Africa Renewal 9 years ago
What is standing in the way of Africa’s industrialisation
Inside Japan’s plan for Africa ahead of TICAD
Japan’s interventions in Africa have mostly been under the radar, attracting little fanfare. Yet, it was the continent’s largest Asian economic partner until 2000, when China took the lead. In 1993, Japan pioneered Asian countries’ efforts to engage directly with African leaders by launching the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), with the United Nations Development Program and the UN’s Office of the Special Advisor on Africa.
By Africa Renewal 9 years ago
Inside Japan’s plan for Africa ahead of TICAD
Countries most affected by Ebola lobby for funding for infrastructure
Only weeks after Liberia was declared Ebola free, two more deaths were confirmed in the same village in the country, disrupting the celebratory mood that had followed the May 9 announcement.
By Africa Renewal 10 years ago
Countries most affected by Ebola lobby for funding for infrastructure
KICD unveils career growth guidelines for staff
Education
By Mike Kihaki
4 hrs ago
Sakaja cedes county functions to Ruto in name of cooperation
National
By Josphat Thiong’o
5 hrs ago
Inside Victor Omune's Ingwe push to fulfil father's dream
Football
By Ochieng Oyugi
5 hrs ago
Reducing income tax by 5 per cent can greatly boost the economy
Opinion
By Raimond Molenje
5 hrs ago
Why government should go slow on Safaricom divestment
Opinion
By Mukoma Munyuthe
5 hrs ago