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By Suraya Dadoo. Opinion: 80 years on, the United Nations faces its future. Africa’s push for a seat on the UN Security Panel comes against a backdrop of deep soul searching at the United Nations. Read more. By Patrick Smith. Opinion: US President Biden’s postponed Angola trip is a missed opportunity.
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon ‘optimistic’ about future of Africa
16 小时之前 · Nigerian policy inconsistency was in the spotlight at the 30th Nigerian Economic Summit Group conference in the country’s capital city. Nigeria’s finance minister Wale Edun, Central Bank governor Yemi Cardoso, and the World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill, all defended the current policy framework which saw the wrenching end of the fuel subsidy and float of the naira last year.
Africa in 2023 - The Africa Report.com
Article 11/11. Air escapes from Africa fintech bubble The period of exponential growth in African fintech investment may be drawing to a close as financing becomes more selective. The In Depth Collection. 2023 is set to be a year of change for the continent. Soaring inflation brought on by the year-long Ukrainian war has seen many states look ...
Is China strengthening its grip on Africa’s security landscape?
2023年10月17日 · Peacekeeping and the supply of small arms and light weapons have traditionally remained central to China’s security outreach to Africa. Around 80% of Chinese peacekeeping forces that are currently deployed are in Africa, in addition to the 44 anti-piracy task force groups deployed to protect trade since 2008. Some new areas of China’s ...
In Depth - The Africa Report.com
In Depth. In Depth. Top 300 African Finance Champions of 2024 Our exclusive ranking of the top African banking groups for 2024, as well as our innovative evaluation of banks based on profitability, liquidity, sol... 9 Articles. In Depth.
Africa can lead world’s transition to a low carbon future
2022年11月7日 · Wood charcoal consumption was estimated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to be 34.9 million tonnes in Africa in 2020. Data from the FAO also shows that Africa lost 3.9m hectares of forest per year between 1990 and 2020. Preserving African carbon sinks is essential for keeping global temperatures from rising above two degrees ...
Ramaphosa, Akufo‑Addo, Ruto… African leaders head to China for …
2024年8月27日 · After a 2021 edition in Dakar, marked by the Covid-19 crisis, African heads of state, senior ministers and business leaders will be meeting in Beijing from 4 to 6 September for the ninth Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The theme of this year’s summit, which is held every three years alternately in China and Africa, is ‘Joining ...
IMF approves $8bn funding package for poorest countries
20 小时之前 · IMF approves $8bn funding package for poorest countries. By Julian Pecquet, in Washington. Reserved for subscribers. Posted on October 17, 2024 10:15. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva at the IMF and World Bank’s 2024 annual Spring Meetings in Washington, US, on 19 April, 2024.
Africa in 2021: The end of democracy? - The Africa Report.com
2021年12月20日 · With hard-hitting investigations, innovative analysis and deep dives into countries and sectors, The Africa Report delivers the insight you need. With coups in Chad, Sudan, Guinea and Mali, it would be easy to paint 2021 as the year that the dream of democracy died in Africa. That would be wrong, argues Nic Cheeseman.
‘Financing for Africa hasn’t been ... - The Africa Report.com
2022年9月7日 · Investment in cleaner energy is essential for Africa to meet its development goals and transition to a newer sustainable economic model, especially given that around 60 million Africans do not have access to energy and around 900 million Africans do not have access to clean cooking.. Climate change is not a thing of the future. The impacts are real and now.