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Ghana has high hopes for an empty plot of land just outside Accra. The nearly 1.5 million square-meter plot, located about 30 minutes’ drive...

Africa‘s jobless growth and high youth unemployment threaten the security of the continent’s development, says Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. While sub-Saharan Africa today is...

During his recent trip to Africa, President Barack Obama launched a $7 billion program to electrify rural Africa. Many Africans lauded his efforts but...

One day after President Barack Obama announced a groundbreaking initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, he launched Trade Africa, a partnership...

In a move that is expected to define his presidency’s engagement with the continent of his father’s birth, President Barack Obama on June 30...

As US President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to Senegal and gets ready for the second leg of his African tour with a...

According the 2013 Economic Report on Africa, growth across the continent is benefitting from improved macroeconomic management and prudential macroeconomic policies that underpin strong...

Are small and medium-size enterprises an asset or liability for banks? Two veteran Nigerian bankers stand on opposite sides of this question. Given the tenure...

Nigerian officials reaffirmed their government’s plans to sell 10 power stations, describing the move as part of an effort to guarantee effective and sustainable...

Nigeria’s Export-Import Bank is pressing forward with its campaign to recruit investors for a dedicated, regionally owned sea link to stimulate and facilitate trade...