The development and consolidation of mutually beneficial ties with African nations and their integration associations is now one of Russia’s foreign policy priorities. President Vladimir Putin The Russia–Africa Summit and Economic Forum took place on 23–24 October in Sochi. The event’s motto was “For Peace, Security and Development”....
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Corporate Africa investigates food and security projects planned by agencies covering common agricultural policy for the CEMAC and ECCAS regions of West and Central Africa. The projects are seeking to build sustainable farming systems, developing people, communities, economies and the environment. What follows is an interview with the agencies...
Independent evaluation shows that IFAD support to Burkina Faso has increased agricultural productivity and incomes of households: By Cristina Spagnolo Development projects financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have contributed to increased agricultural productivity and food security levels in Burkina Faso, according...
By Richard Li, a Singapore-based partner with Steel Advisory Partners, a management consulting firm that serves clients across industries. According to the African Development Bank, the continent has been growing at a fast pace, averaging 4.88% from 2005 till 2015. Moreover, both the International Monetary Fund and World Bank predict that in the...
[media-credit id=1 align=”alignnone” width=”530″][/media-credit] Nowadays the most important challenge for African companies is to gradually break the chain of economical dependency upon European nations: This is made possible by the attraction in the African territory of investments by African industrial services, and commercial...