. According to the IMF's 2019 World Economic Outlook report, six of the world's fastest-growing economies are in Africa. Over the next three decades, Africa's population is expected to double to 2.4 billion. By 2050, about one in four people in the world will be African and the continent's economy could be worth $29 trillion, [...]
. The USA is the world's top economy and largest market, and it does a lot of business with the rest of the world. In 2018 alone, the US spent more than $2.6 trillion on imports from over 200 countries. America buys everything big and small – from machines and mineral oils, to food products [...]
. Until he was 14, Henri Nyakarundi didn't know he was a refugee. His family had fled to Burundi following the growing tensions in Rwanda that eventually led to the ugly 1994 genocide. From an early age, Henri had always fantasized about living in the United States and chasing the American Dream. For him, the [...]
It feels odd to talk about business opportunities in Africa in 2019. It feels odd to talk about business opportunities in Africa in 2019. Over the last couple of years, Africa has been at the center of the global migration debate, particularly in Europe and North America. Thousands of Africans have been fleeing the continent. [...]
There is an abundance of amazing business opportunities in Africa. And the success stories you're about to read prove just how much these opportunities are worth. According to the IMF's World Economic Outlook report, six of the ten fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa. And by 2050, the continent's economy could quadruple its [...]
Right now, we live in uncertain times. While the world is making dramatic and exciting progress in science and technology, our civilization still faces significant and disturbing threats to its future. And there are several nagging questions: What will be the eventual outcome of the increasing gap between the rich and poor across the [...]
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Sponsored post African economies are well positioned to benefit from rapidly accelerating technological change if they can harness the current open landscape for innovation. East Africa is already a global leader in mobile payments, while mobile money accounts in sub-Saharan Africa are on an upward charge. Apart from being able to leapfrog the limitations and [...]
Sponsored post Gender equality is a fundamental human right but remains a distant dream for many women worldwide. The United Nations’ HeforShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of gender equality. Its goal is to achieve equality by encouraging both genders to partake as agents of change and take action against negative stereotypes and behaviors, faced [...]
I tend to think tribalism is much worse than racism. It's the single biggest weakness we, as Africans, are yet to fix. It's the reason Africa does not run on meritocracy, and has to endure incompetent leadership. And it's the big reason the continent cannot yet unite against anything -- corruption, poverty, deprivation, etc. [...]
