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What is standing in the way of Africa’s industrialisation
Industrialisation has been a campaign promise across the continent, with its acknowledged ability to bring prosperity, new jobs and better incomes for all. Yet, the continent is less industrialised today than it was four decades ago.
By Africa Renewal 9 years ago
What is standing in the way of Africa’s industrialisation
Inside Japan’s plan for Africa ahead of TICAD
Japan’s interventions in Africa have mostly been under the radar, attracting little fanfare. Yet, it was the continent’s largest Asian economic partner until 2000, when China took the lead. In 1993, Japan pioneered Asian countries’ efforts to engage directly with African leaders by launching the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), with the United Nations Development Program and the UN’s Office of the Special Advisor on Africa.
By Africa Renewal 9 years ago
Inside Japan’s plan for Africa ahead of TICAD
Countries most affected by Ebola lobby for funding for infrastructure
Only weeks after Liberia was declared Ebola free, two more deaths were confirmed in the same village in the country, disrupting the celebratory mood that had followed the May 9 announcement.
By Africa Renewal 10 years ago
Countries most affected by Ebola lobby for funding for infrastructure
When the library burns: Remembering Kenya's fallen cultural giants
Opinion
By Anjellah N. Owino
4 hrs ago
Why the built environment is slow to absorb job seekers
Business
By Graham Kajilwa
4 hrs ago
How Wamatangi and Ng'ang'a are heating up Kiambu politics
Central
By Irene Githinji and Gitau Wanyoike
4 hrs ago