Madagascar doit se transformer, vite ! Le 26 juin dernier la fête nationale nous rappelait que le pays a déjà 57 ans, mon âge. Ce point de ralliement m’a interpellé pendant ma récente visite à la Grand Île. Un des pays avec la plus grande biodiversité et une culture extraordinaire, Madagascar avait tout pour réussir après l’indépendance. […]
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The news emerging from Hamburg were dominated by the narrative of the emerging 19 +1 on issues such as climate change or trade protectionism. Yvanka Trump replacing her father in the US seat was a particularly juicy bit, with few realizing that happened when the leaders were discussing Africa. Street protests and the 9th Beethoven
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OXFORD – As Britain focuses on what its relationship with the European Union might look like once it leaves the bloc, sometime during 2019, the rest of the world is already girding for the post-Brexit era. For many African countries in particular, preparing for the inevitable divorce is not only prudent; it may be a matter
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The G20 was established in the aftermath of the 2008-9 financial crisis, as a more robust response to address the challenges of economic global governance. Those challenges having not diminished since it is understandable the group kept its intentions alive and introduced more structure to what was, at the beginning, a rather undefined setting. The
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Conventional wisdom tells us that the Chinese are buying up Africa faster than any other investors. It tells us that African banking lags in terms of innovation and reliability and that no African country is at the forefront of global innovation. But conventional wisdom is often wrong and it is important to recognise that we
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Africa boasts of an abundance of natural resources, in particular aquatic and marine resources, with a potential that has not yet been fully tapped in the context of economic growth and sustainable development. The African Great Lakes constitute the largest proportion of surface freshwater in the world (27%). This becomes therefore a globally important strategic
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L’Afrique regorge de ressources naturelles, en particulier de ressources aquatiques et maritimes, dont tout le potentiel n’a pas encore été exploité aux fins de la croissance économique et du développement durable. Les Grands lacs africains renferment la plus forte proportion d’eau douce de surface du monde (27 %), ce qui leur donne une grande importance
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