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Africa Renewal - Volume 31, Issue 2, 2017
Volume 31, Issue 2, 2017
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Partnerships giving Africa a new look
Author: United NationsThe private sector in Africa is playing a crucial role in the continent’s economic development—more than it did a decade ago.
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Partnerships provide a lifeline for cash-strapped countries
Author: Kingsley IghoborSouth Africa and Nigeria may be Africa’s biggest economies, according to the International Monetary Fund, but thanks to public private partnerships (PPPs), Morocco, Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and a few other smaller countries can boast world-class infrastructure.
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Global companies give Africa a second look
Author: Zipporah MusauWhen travelling abroad for work and looking for accommodation, Joe Eyango, a Cameroonian living in the US, considers two factors: convenient transportation from the airport and around the city and reliable Internet access. He is a university professor and wants to be able to jet in, hit the ground running, make his presentation and zoom off to another destination in a day or two.
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Alternative financing strategies to boost small businesses in Africa
Author: Franck KuwonuA few years ago, more than half a century after the concept was first proposed, the government of Côte d’Ivoire completed construction of the Henri Konan Bédié Bridge, a span over the Ébrié Lagoon linking the north and south of Abidjan, the country’s main city. The project became a reality after the government received development bank and private capital financing.
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Africa on the road to industrial progress - Interview: Li Yong, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Author: Kingsley IghoborAs the director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Li Yong leads a specialised agency that promotes industrial development, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. Recently in New York, Mr. Yong took part in a special meeting on “innovation in infrastructure development and sustainable industrialization” in developing countries and countries with special needs. He spoke with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor on a range of issues pertaining to Africa’s industrialization. Here are the excerpts:
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An integrated Africa: A boon to the private sector
Author: Ihuoma AtangaCan developing nations thrive in a global economy without a global, collective mind-set? This is a question every developing economy must ponder if it plans to have its economy scaled up and stay up.
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Partnerships at work in Africa
Author: Joyce MulamaThe construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ghana to support power generation in the Kpone Power Enclave in the port city of Tema, near Accra, is reawakening hopes of an end to the energy crisis that has plagued the country in recent years.
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Private sector’s role in implementing SDGs - Interview: Lise Kingo, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact at the UN Global Compact Board Meeting in New York, USA.
Author: Lise KingoThe UN Private Sector Forum 2017, to be held in New York this September, will bring together corporate CEOs, captains of industry, heads of state and government, UN officials and civil society to explore partnerships and other ways the private sector can finance SDGs. Africa Renewal reached out to Lise Kingo, the executive director of the UN Global Compact (which is mobilizing a global movement of sustainable companies) to discuss the role of public-private partnerships in Africa.
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Africa’s app-based taxis battle Uber over local market share
Author: Eleni MourdoukoutasUntil recently, public transportation in Cairo, Freetown, Lagos, Nairobi and many other African cities was chaotic and accident prone. The mostly unreliable local taxicabs did not alleviate the situation. But Uber’s entry into the continent could be changing the narrative.
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Increased remittances will have greater impact on development - Interview: Gilbert Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development
Author: Gilbert HoungboMigrants sent around $450 billion in remittances to developing countries in 2015, 40% of which went to rural areas. On 16 June, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN agency tasked with eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries, celebrated the International Day of Family Remittances to draw attention to how the money migrants send home contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Africa Renewal’s Franck Kuwonu talked to the president of IFAD, Gilbert Houngbo, about the impact remittances are having in receiving countries.
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African airlines wait for open skies
Author: Franck KuwonuSince relocating to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) two years ago, Firmin Agossou has had a variety of options when traveling home to Benin. Employed in the eastern city of Goma, he often returns to Cotonou to spend time with his family.
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More women in politics
Author: Kwamboka OyaroOnce in a while, Africa produces talented women politicians who, despite the odds, overcome the obstacles that impede their success in the political arena.
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The new face of the Sahel
Author: Ernest HarschThe people of the Sahel are forging networks and collaborations that will help them contend with the challenges of insecurity and climate change that are besetting Africa’s most vulnerable regions.
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Elections still a weak spot in Central Africa - Interview: François Loucény Fall, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and his team briefing the Security Council
Author: François Louncény FallThe special representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), François Louncény Fall, appeared before the UN Security Council in June to brief it on the situation in the Central African region. He talked about political tension caused by February’s controversial elections, in addition to security threats by rebels and terrorist groups such as Boko Haram. Africa Renewal’s Franck Kuwonu sat down with Mr. Fall after the briefing to discuss the situation in the region.
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Private schools gain a foothold in Africa
Author: Lisa VivesCorporations and their partner foundations, supported by international organizations, financiers and bankers, as well as individual investors are transforming education across Africa—from a government responsibility and social right to a series of investment opportunities.
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Uproar over internet shutdowns
Author: Tonderayi MukeredziNina Forgwe, who lives in Bamenda, in the northwest of Cameroon, missed the deadline to submit her doctoral application in March—one of many victims of an Internet shutdown in her town and in the other Englishspeaking parts of the country.
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