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  • Understanding Cryptocurrencies

    • August 23, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Financial Services, Technology & Telecommunication
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    Over the course of history, humans have been trading goods and services using different means. All these means have something in common – the agreement of their value, and thus their use in operations. One example of an ancient form of human exchange was witnessed in Micronesia where they used an exchange method called the

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  • Rise of Female Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • January 16, 2017
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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    Although sub-Saharan Africa has not been famous for its status as a leader in female inclusion within the economic sector, African women are surprisingly beating the odds and defying the obstacles in the field of entrepreneurship in the region. High Female Entrepreneurship Rate Holding a comparison between some of the most developed economies in Africa

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  • South Africa’s Agriculture

    • May 9, 2016
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Southern Africa
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    South Africa is in the southernmost part of the African continent, bordering six (6) countries: Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe to the north, Mozambique and Swaziland to the east and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho. The country’s climatic condition is mainly semiarid; subtropical along east coast and characterized by sunny days and cold nights.[1] The World

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  • Dream and reality about mining opportunities in Africa

    • September 27, 2013
    • Posted by: Rachid MOUCHAOUCHE
    • Category: Africa, Natural Resources & Energy
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    The African continent is often considered as a place of great opportunities for mining resources. But, figures show a different reality: the African continent accounts for 5.5% of the world total production in 2011[1], behind Asia (58.2%), Northern Americas (14.5%), Europe (9.9%) and Southern Americas (7.0%) and close to Australia (4.9%). This apparent contradiction is

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  • What’s new: Top 10 African countries of the future 2013/2014

    • August 14, 2013
    • Posted by: Zakaria DIAKITE
    • Category: Africa
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    According to fDi Magazine (a division of The Financial Times), South Africa has been crowned as the African country of the future for 2013/2014, with Morocco in second position and Mauritius in third. This ranking takes into account 6 key indicators with data gathered from 55 countries: Economic potential, Labour environment, Cost-effectiveness, Infrastructure, Business friendliness

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