Dec 29th 2006 - News

Education blossoms in sub-Saharan Africa

International Herald Tribune

Dec 1st 2006 - Editorial

Business and Aids

Financial Times

Nov 21st 2006 - News

African infrastructure 2006

The Financial Times

Nov 24st 2006 - News

Free trade agreements: the latest between the USA and South Africa,

Business Report

Essential readings

Global Economic Prospects 2007: Managing the Next Wave of Globalization, The World Bank

"The number of people living on less than $1 a day could be cut in half, from 1.1 billion now to 550 million in 2030. However, some regions, notably Africa, are at risk of being left behind."

Essential readings

The White Man's Burden, by William Easterly

"Easterly... brazenly contends that the West has failed, and continues to fail, to enact its ill-formed, utopian aid plans because, ... it assumes it knows what is best for everyone. Existing aid strategies, Easterly argues, provide neither accountability nor feedback. Without accountability for failures, ... broken economic systems are never fixed."

Essential readings

Africa Open for Business, by Carol Pineau "The award-winning documentary shown on BBC and PBS, shows an Africa rarely seen in the media or taught in schools -- an Africa that works! "

Oct 26th 2006 - News

Africa and China, sweet or sour story?

The Economist print edition

Africa On the Rebound, Says World Bank

AllAfrica Archive

Sep 7th 2006 - News

Business in Africa. The flicker of a brighter future.

The Economist print edition