Who Will Be Africa’s First Trillion Dollar Economy?
17/07/2015According to data released by the United States Department of Agriculture, by 2030 Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) will be over 1 trillion US dollars. This is almost three times.
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Africa’s Poor Are Disappearing But They’re Not Joining The Middle Class
17/07/2015Africa experienced a dramatic decline in poverty between 2001 and 2011. The number of people in poverty – living on two US dollars or less a day – plunged 41.
Politics & Policy
Burkina Faso’s Transitional Council Indicts Former President For High Treason
17/07/2015Burkina Faso’s transitional council has indicted former president Blaise Compaore and some senior members of his government for high treason, the governing council said in a statement on Thursday. Compaore,.
Africa
Nigeria: Terrorism, Corruption, Trades Tops Agenda As Buhari Meets Obama Next Week
17/07/2015President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for Washington D.C. on a four-day official visit during which he will hold high-level talks with President Barack Obama and other senior officials.
Development Stories
Will Africa’s biggest wind power project transform Kenya’s growth?
17/07/2015Kenya has stepped up its efforts to transform 40,000 acres of land into a wind farm, in a bid to meet growing demand for electricity. The 300 MW Lake Turkana.
Entrepreneurship
Featured
7 things you didn’t know about South Africa’s only black billionaire
16/07/2015Patrice Motsepe is a man who quite literally struck gold. In 1997, when the gold market was close to its lowest in the last three decades, he started buying gold.
Sports
Asamoah Gyan: I work hard for what I earn
16/07/2015Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has brushed aside suggestions he joined Shanghai SIPG purely for financial reasons. The 29-year-old, who previously spent four years with Al Ain in the United Arab.
Top Headlines
United Nations (UN) in deal to fight global poverty
16/07/2015Rich and poor countries have agreed to overhaul global finance for international development and unlock money to end global poverty. The United Nations announced the deal on its website following.
Entrepreneurship
Adebayo Ogunlesi, The Nigerian Man Who Bought London’s second largest international airport
16/07/2015Up until February 2010, very few people had heard about Adebayo Ogunlesi. The Nigerian-born investment banker and money manager made international headlines when he led the acquisition of London’s Gatwick.
Entrepreneurship
How Charles Ebubedike a Nigerian pharmacy student built a global company
16/07/2015Charles Ebubedike conceived the idea for a pharmaceutical company together with classmates on his pharmacy degree course. He tells Stephen Robinson how they developed the company into an international business..