Turkish PM: Africa needs trade more than aid

In his address to EU-Africa summit held Monday in Libya, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that African countries need trade, investment, technical and scientific cooperation more than assistance. Erdogan is the guest of honor at the summit meeting. We find this encouraging because last week we presented an article proposing a shift from the AID… Continue reading Turkish PM: Africa needs trade more than aid

South of the Sahara: Boom times, at least in parts

Pratibha Thaker: regional director, Africa, Economist Intelligence Unit Sub-Saharan Africa will be one of the fastest-growing regions of the world in 2011, thanks to surging demand both from abroad (from China and India in particular) and at home (fuelled by urbanisation and consumerism). As a result, investors will find it increasingly difficult to ignore the… Continue reading South of the Sahara: Boom times, at least in parts