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January 19, 2020
Africa’s success matters to the UK. It’s home to 8 of the 15 fastest growing economies in the world. And yet African countries receive less than 4% of foreign direct investment.
The type of quality investment that UK firms bring to #Africa is vital to drive growth, crea...
January 19, 2020
Guys, did ya’ll know that Guinea has the world's largest #bauxite reserves and is the biggest exporter of the ore? I sure didn’t.
I had to #google bauxite [c’mon now I’m not the only one] LOL!
But, without the conversation I had with Mohamed Condé, The Department for...
September 23, 2019
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are taking their son Archie on his first Royal Tour - a 10-day trip to Africa.
The Sussexes kick off their visit on September 23, and the Duke has said he is "very excited" to introduce his family to the country he loves so much.
The f...
January 15, 2019
As a follow up to my post about Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's talk, I wanted to focus on one area she touched on, i.e. the nervousness around doing business in Africa because of the perceived corruption all over the continent.
As she rightly points out, Africa is a conti...
November 15, 2018
According to the #MasterCard Index, #Africa has the world’s highest rate of women entrepreneurs at 27%. In fact, two African countries, #Uganda (34.8%) and #Botswana (34.6%), have the highest percentage of women #entrepreneurs in the world.
There is also a rise in the...
July 5, 2017
I watched a fascinating Ted Talk a couple of days ago which is a 10 year old talk from all the way back in 2007. It was absolutely brilliant and I hadn't even realised till the end how old it was! It was fascinating, and I found myself reflecting on whether the messa...
June 23, 2017
There's SO MUCH creativity in Africa and among the diasporan community that left the continent. What was termed the 'brain drain' saw many of the continent's brightest leave because of various reasons from lack of opportunity to perception of better opportunities. Th...
May 18, 2017
