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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
Africa has enough trade rules, step up deal-making ability
Opinion
By Dr Korir Sing’oei
25 mins ago
DNA links 20-year-old man to murder of four women
Newsbeat
By Yvonne Chepkwony
46 mins ago
Why Kenyans and MPs are addicted to NG-CDF
Opinion
By Kamotho Waiganjo
1 hr ago