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VENTURES AFRICA – A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment Report has shown that foreign direct investment inflows to sub-Saharan Africa has increased to $36.9 billion from $29.5 billion in 2010.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Central Bank begins issuing bank notes of 20,000, 10,000, 5,000 and 1000 francs – but not all small businesses think they will work.
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In thinking about Africa’s development, two things come to mind. One is a statistic that never ceases to amaze me. It is the fact that approximately 70% of Africa is under the age of 30. Further, about one-fifth of Africans are between 15-24 years of age. This is staggering to me – basically everyone is young! Of course, the reasons for this population imbalance are manifold, but atop that list is the high birthrate. In Mali, the fertility rate is 6.3 children per woman. Given these facts, youth empowerment shouldn’t just be a political buzzword. It should be a real priority in the development agenda.
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VENTURES AFRICA – Kenya’s real estate market has witnessed significant growth in the last five years outperforming other sectors like the capital markets and tourism in the midst of economic downturn and post poll violence.
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Young Ghanaian athletes are hoping they will receive recognition and support from their countrymen.
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Despite the challenges, tourists have been voting with their feet. Africa as a whole was the only region in the world whose tourism grew continuously at a double rate of growth over the last 10 years. The continent’s 50 million tourists are predicted to almost triple to 140 million by 2030. No sub-Saharan African country – where growth has been the most intense – wants to be left out of this influx of foreign cash.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The arrival of global advertising agencies has raised the stakes in east Africa’s $1 billion market, with new players hoping to wrestle a piece of the action from the Kenyan company Scangroup, the regional leader.
French-based Havas Media International and South African media group Carat, a unit of Aegis Media, are also angling for a piece of the action in a sector fuelled by a fast-growing middle class in Kenya, east Africa’s largest economy.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – The arrival of global advertising agencies has raised the stakes in east Africa’s $1 billion market, with new players hoping to wrestle a piece of the action from the Kenyan company Scangroup, the regional leader.
French-based Havas Media International and South African media group Carat, a unit of Aegis Media, are also angling for a piece of the action in a sector fuelled by a fast-growing middle class in Kenya, east Africa’s largest economy.
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A recent report released by Swedish Web monitoring firm, Pingdom, has revealed that Africa accounts for only 2,670 (0.27 percent) of the top one million website globally.
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A recent report released by Swedish Web monitoring firm, Pingdom, has revealed that Africa accounts for only 2,670 (0.27 percent) of the top one million website globally.
See on www.ventures-africa.com
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