Africa: Create Jobs and All Else Will Follow
Bill Gates' commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world's poorest countries has stimulated an interesting discussion on what would be the best use for such a large charitable gift. It's an important discussion too, as more very wealthy entrepreneurs use their charitable giving to change the whole paradigm of aid to the "bottom billion."
Africa: Africa Is Back
In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is a fresh energy in Sub-Saharan Africa--and a broad consensus on the road ahead. Above all, there is the strong sense that Africa's destiny will be driven by Africans, not by others.
Africa: Internet Set for Radical Change
The board of the international body that assigns internet addresses will this Friday vote on key strategic policies that will drive the future of internet.
Africa: Funding Shortfalls Foil New Treatment Guidelines
Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to implement new World Health Organization treatment guidelines, activists have said.
Africa: Tata to Capitalise on Sea Cable for Growth
GLOBAL telecoms giant Tata Communications was set to increase its investments in Africa to capitalise on the arrival of new submarine data cables, CEO Srinath Narasimhan said last week.
Africa: 200 Million Africans Need U.S. $620 Billion for Food
More than 200 million people in Africa are malnourished and the continent requires $620 billion to feed its people in the next 40 years, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi said yesterday.
Africa: HIV/Aids, TB, Malaria Mortality Rates Down
African countries have seen a decline in HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria mortality rates, says the 2010 Result Report released by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
Africa: Calls to Speed Up Charter
African civil organisations want the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance to come into force by the end of 2010.
Africa: South Africa 2010 Ladder of Riches
Nigeria used to be the last country in the list of top salary paying countries for the coaches of South Africa 2010 World Cup, back in the days of Shaibu Amodu.
Africa: Google Holds Software Contest for African Students in Dublin
Search engine giant, Google, has announced the start-off of it's annual African software programmers competition which is coming barely two weeks after the launch of it's latest map domains which featured an elaborate and very extensive navigable map of Nigeria and that of thirty other African countries.
Africa: Decisive Moment for Global Transparency Effort - Most Countries Miss Deadline to Demonstrate Openness on Petroleum, Mining Revenues
An international initiative that seeks to promote more openness about how countries profit from their oil, gas, and mining resources should not weaken its modest membership standards because governments are unable or unwilling to meet them, Human Rights Watch said today.
Africa: Africa Needs to Rebuild Economic Defences - IMF
With its economies recovering, Africa needs to start rebuilding reserves and thinking about tightening spending to build defences against future crises, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday.
West Africa: Polio Vaccination Targets 85 Million in West Africa
A massive polio vaccination campaign targeting about 85 million children is underway in West and Central Africa.
West Africa: Declining Postal Service Worries West Africa
West African sub-regional poster service operators yesterday converged in Lagos to brainstorm on how to improve on quality of goods and services in the continents.
Africa: Niger - Against Renaissance of Military Rule in Africa
This newspaper sheds no tears for Mamadou Tandja, the erstwhile dictator of the Republic of Niger. We award no garlands to his captors either. Rather our heartfelt sympathy goes to the poverty-stricken masses of Niger who have had to endure one tyranny after another.
Africa: Local Delegation at the Conference On Agro-Business in Africa
An angolan delegation, headed by the secretary of state for agriculture, Jose Amaro Taty, is attending in Abuja a conference on agro-business and agro-industry in Africa opened today in the capital of Nigeria.
Africa: 2010 Africa Ski Championships in Namibia
The minister of youth, national service, sport and culture, Hon. Willem Kondjore on Wednesday officially launched the 2010 All Africa Water-Ski championships to be hosted in Namibia.
Africa: From Crisis to Opportunity Through Clean Technology
Calestous Juma is professor of the Practice of International Development and director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the Harvard Kennedy School. He also directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Juma currently is writing a book, tentatively titled, "Going for Green Growth: Low-Carbon Innovation Strategies for Africa." He spoke in an email exchange with AllAfrica's Cindy Shiner about climate change and Africa.
Africa: Pressure Forces IMF to Review Lending Terms
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ditching its prescriptive fund disbursement method for a quicker, country-specific process.
Africa: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus.
Africa: South Africa and Nigeria to Issue Bonds
South Africa and Nigeria intend to issue sovereign bonds worth $2.5 billion (Sh188 billion), indicating their confidence in the global financial markets that may be emulated by other prospective issuers, including Kenya.
Africa: Piracy Costs Shipping Firms Over U.S.$100 Million Annually - Report
Piracy off the coast of Somalia is costing the international shipping industry at least $100 million a year, a new report states.
Africa: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment
Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will destabilise developing countries' health systems, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving universal access to HIV treatment.
Africa: Fears Over Planned Cut in Research Funding
The future of studies on forests across Africa hangs in the balance following the planned withdrawal of financial support to the African Forest Research Network, a continental body that funds forestry research, by its main donor.
Africa: A New Shield for Central Banks
Radical reforms will be undertaken this year in banks across Africa, following wide-ranging proposals by central bank governors from the continent.
Africa: North Korea Arms to Africa - Unusual Only Because Illegal
The recently reported seizure of a North Korean arms shipment supposedly intended for Congo-Brazzaville highlights the continuing flow of weapons into African conflict zones from multiple sources.
Africa: Development Bank Plans to Boost Farming
The African Development Bank has approved its 2010-2014 agricultural sector strategy. The strategy seeks to position the bank to contribute more effectively to agriculture.
Africa: Expert Panel Releases Comprehensive New Research Agenda to Improve HIV Responses for Women and Children
On International Women's Day, IAS-Convened Panel Seeks Significant New Focus on Women and Children,Who Make up the Majority of People Living with HIV Worldwide
Africa: Supermodel Iman Shares Her Story of Fleeing War and Finding Global Fame
In celebration of International Women's Day today, the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress presents an interview with supermodel and businesswoman Iman, conducted by Co-founder John Prendergast.
Africa: Africa's Economic Transformation - the Road Ahead
Address by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the Kenya International Conference Center, as prepared for delivery
