Xavier Rolet Photo: Charles Shearn
“Africa always knew its potential, but now, for the first time, I think Africa has confidence in itself because it has seen the beginning of a much faster and independent path towards growth”
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The Bric countries have redefined affordable drugs, making access to medicines possible for millions in low income regions. Yet changing priorities for major generic drug producers, such as India, could reshape the African pharmaceutical landscape
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Patrons drink beer at a Maputo nightspot in Mozambique Photo: Corbis
Surging demand is fast turning Africa into a major growth region for the world’s biggest brewing companies
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Buoyed by strong growth in Africa’s tourism sector, a number of the world’s largest hotel chains are investing heavily in expanding their geographical footprints on the continent
- Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d’Ivoire
“The institutional framework for democracy is not complete until we have parliamentary elections. We hope all parties, including the former president’s party, will participate”
- Climate Deal: The right way?
As UN climate talks enter a 17th round in Durban, sceptics ask whether a global deal is the best approach
- Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development
“Our partners in developing countries appreciate we are living up to our promises on fast-start climate financing. There is no doubt we are delivering on the amount and the quality of investment”
- African Growth: A cautionary note
Africa’s economic performance in recent years has attracted much attention, suggesting the continent has overcome the “lost decades” of the 1980s and 1990s, which bred far-reaching Afro-pessimism. This recent optimism is an effort to re-brand a continent.
- Reassessing political risk
In the wake of the Arab Spring, the time has come to reassess political risk in sub-Saharan Africa
- UK Development Policy in an age of austerity
In a 2011 article titled “The Lion Kings?” The Economist noted with surprise that more than half of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies in the past decade were in Africa
- Frank Braeken, Executive Vice President, Africa, Unilever
“What we need to do is much more listening to what the African consumer needs”
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