“I want to hold the G8 countries to their promise. When you sign a contract, you absolutely must stick to it.” - Angelique Kidjo.
The Group of Eight (G8) aid to Africa will fall $40 billion short of the Gleneagles pledge under current plans, according to a report last month by an Africa Progress Panel, which [...]

Featuring an interview with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, this film illustrates how ICT serves as a cross-cutting enabler in helping Rwanda to achieve the 6 Pillars of its Vision 2020, and how the World Bank’s eRwanda project is contributing to the process.

The proliferation of mobile services worldwide has created a unique opportunity to provide social and financial services over the mobile network. Wizzit is one such ‘virtual bank’ in South Africa that is challenging the branch legacy that is associated with traditional banks, in order to bank the un-banked. Per-Anders Pettersson, Getty Images

With 110,000 paid employees and a $482 million annual budget, BRAC is the largest antipoverty group in the world. Using an incentive-based entrepreneurship program aimed at the poor, the NGO has helped pull Bangladesh out of the ashes. Now big nonprofits are throwing money at BRAC and pushing it in Africa’s direction, but can it do same in Africa?

In his office in Lagos, Alain Salleras, a Frenchman of about 50 for whom biofuels are something of a crusade, is working away at his pet project — producing ethanol from sweet sorghum in Nigeria.
Salleras, executive director of Global Biofuels Ltd, which has partnered with India’s Praj Industries and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) [...]

Ernest Madu, a Nigerian physician based in Jamaica is the founder of Heart Institute of the Caribbean; he offers advanced medical treatment at a fraction of what it costs American hospitals. As you watch Dr Madu’s presentation (via TED Global conference), imagine the health and business implications of his knowledge and experience in sub-Saharan Africa.

Despite vast natural resources, Africa is a poor continent - in economic terms and availability of infrastructure. The American news portal VOA’s development experts examine Africa’s infrastructural problems and proffer solution.
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Expert Says Investing in Africa’s Infrastructure Now is the Key to Economic Growth
Achieving [...]