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No. 152: 3AMReads: Upside in African Financial Services | Lonmin Moves Ops to Marikana | China Pledges $100B

May 15, 2017

Africa, Geopolitics, Notes

$100B, Africa, China, energy, financial services, infrastructure, Kenya, marikana, marikana massacre, Mining, South Africa, Technology, Trade

Investor Highlights African Financial Services Opportunity Despite Headwinds Kurt Davis surveys the financial services industry across Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cote d’Ivoire as ones where investors will find an upside though the current state of the industry isn’t the prettiest to look at. His projection of Cote d’Ivoire becoming the centerpiece…
No. 31: Here’s My Issue with the IMF/World Bank Africa Rising Seminar

Apr 8, 2014

Africa, Economics

Africans, agriculture, Development, Economics, GDP, growth, IMF, Inclusive Growth, Mining, Panelists, Technology, World Bank

When I first saw, the agenda for the Africa Rising seminar at this year’s IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, I posted a tweet: There's a peculiarity in the agenda for IMF/World Bank Spring Meeting seminar on "Africa Rising." What is it? http://t.co/wiuvyow1We — KWAME (@KwameSomPimpong) April 7, 2014 Probably not the wisest thing to not provide any…