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Tag: Africa
Africa at critical juncture: as China slows, continent needs to diversify economic partners
With Chinese lending to Africa shrinking, the continent must focus on increasing its internal trade, diversifying trade-able goods away from commodities, and developing and solidifying ... Read More
WEF report 2024: sub-Saharan Africa to see moderate growth amid economic uncertainty
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual survey of chief economists from the public and private sector is relatively upbeat about Africa, with 65% of them expecting ... Read More
Remittances from African diaspora grew in 2023, set to exceed $100bn in 2024
Global remittances from African diaspora to their home continent are set to exceed $100bn a year amid demographic trends in Europe such as an aging ... Read More
Mali: Algerian regime, leading exporter of instability & separatism in Africa
The ruling Algerian junta has sparked a diplomatic crisis with another neighboring country, proving beyond doubt to be a regional pariah and a source of ... Read More
Russia’s humanitarian Agency mulls plans to open offices in Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea
Russia’s humanitarian agency Rossotrudnichestvo, also known as "Russian House”, is planning to open offices in Burkina Faso and Guinea Equatorial amid growing presence of Moscow ... Read More
Africa faces looming ‘debt crisis’ and ‘lost decade’, warns World Bank
Developing countries are on a "path to debt crisis" and another "lost decade", World Bank warns in its latest annual publication, unless African and other ... Read More
China removes tariffs for imports from six other African countries
China’ Customs Tariff Commission announced earlier this week the removal of tariffs for taxable products from six African countries, State-run Xinhua news agency reports. The ... Read More
EU should join forces with Africa on WTO reform to counter China’s market distortions — IW report
The European Union should work together with African countries to reform the World Trade Organization's (WTO) subsidy rules as a way to tackle the global ... Read More
COP28: Global donors pledge $777m to defeat neglected tropical diseases in Africa
Global donors pledged Sunday December 3 at the 2023 Reaching the Last Mile Forum, held part of the ongoing COP28 in the UAE, a collective ... Read More
Russia plans to send 200,000 tons of wheat to Africa by year’s end
Russia is mulling plans to dispatch 200,000 tons of wheat free of charge to countries in need on the African continent by the end of ... Read More