With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometers, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined. Betrayed by a Mercator map projection, the common view of the size of the continent has been diminished, pretty much the same way as other characteristics of the continent. When we […]
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Avec plus de 30 millions de kilomètres carrésde terres émergées, l’Afrique est aussi grande que l’Inde, la Chine, les États-Unis et la plus grande partie de l’Europe réunis. Faussée par la projection de Mercator, la superficie qu’on lui donne généralement est plus petite que dans la réalité, presque à l’instar d’autres attributs du continent. Lorsqu’on se
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Africa’s much trumpeted growth is real. It is a significant historical achievement to be able to almost triple GDP in one and half decade. The business of attribution is always a risky undertaking and it would be no different in this case. To say this achievement was provoked by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is
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Dubbed the new investment frontier, Africa’s attractiveness is becoming more visible to large corporations, institutions and investors. Reflecting this, foreign investment (FDI) flows have grown exponentially since the turn of the millennium. Countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco are leading the way. High growth economies such as Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and
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Surnommée la nouvelle frontière d’investissement, l’Afrique est de plus en plus attractive aux yeux des grandes entreprises, des institutions et des investisseurs. En témoignent les flux d’investissement direct étranger (IDE), qui ont progressé de manière exponentielle depuis le tournant du millénaire, avec en tête des pays comme l’Afrique du Sud, le Nigéria, le Kenya, l’Égypte
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By Carlos Lopes and Amina J. Mohammed As the race to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) draws to a close, the momentum will only intensify as the baton passes to the post-2015 development agenda, including global goals for people and planet to be adopted by world leaders in September at the Headquarters of the
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