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IRENA Facilitates Investment and Renewable Projects on Ground in Africa
Boosting renewable energy projects on the
ground requires scaling up investment. IRENA’s state-of-the-art analysis of
enabling policy frameworks and finance mechanisms channel public and private
investment in...
Africa-Europe Alliance: Two new financial guarantees under the EU External Investment Plan
Today in the margins of the 2019 Africa
Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, the European Commission signed
two guarantee agreements with two Member States' development...
Africa’s energy future matters for the world
Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global
energy trends over the next two decades as it undergoes the largest process of
urbanisation the...
Agribusiness: Africa’s New Investment Frontier
Authors: Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya*
In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any
African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave...
Moscow’s Institute for African Studies Marks its 60th Year
The Institute for African Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences was
founded 60 years ago, precisely in 1959. Since then it has undergone various
changes...
Russia –Africa Economic Forum: The Renewed Commitment on Russia-Africa Relations
The inaugural Russia-Africa
Summit which was hosted in the black sea city of Sochi just ended a summit
which was full of huge deals and commitments...
Russia’s return to Africa: A blessing for China or not?
Authors: Yang Yi-zhong and Paul Wang (Wang Li)
On
October 23-24, beautiful Sochi, a summer resort in Russia, hosted the inaugural
Russia-Africa summit with more than...
Russia’s Ambitious Plan for Africa
Russia and
African states have traditionally enjoyed friendly, time-tested relations, and
a significant role was in the liberation of the continent, supporting the
struggle of its peoples...
Two Sub-Saharan African Countries among Most Improved in Ease of Doing Business
Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa continued to improve their business
climates, with the region’s largest economy, Nigeria, earning a place among the
year’s top global improvers alongside...
The Sochi Summit and the Pride of Africa
After nearly three decades of extremely low
political, economic and cultural engagement, Russia is indeed returning to
Africa. For obvious reasons, Russia's relations with Africa turned...