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German politicians start to discover Africa
The good news is: Germany starts to consider Africa as the G20 Africa Summit in Berlin proves. The bad news: German investors are still too slow and too ...
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The Risks of Protectionism for Africa
The world is suffering from rising trade barriers. Leading entrepreneurs call for free trade at the G20 summit. Instead of old dogmas we need a balanced trade policy. ...
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Concerns about Ethiopia’s economic future
The economic outlook for Ethiopia is worsening. The foreign investment the country attracted in the past created high GDP growth but too little export business. Ethiopia is one ...
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Africa’s most promising equity markets
Morocco was the favourite in 2016 – and could defend its pole position in 2017. How to play African equities this year. With a performance of more than ...
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How equity investors can invest in Africa
The year 2016 has been rough up to now for equity investors in Africa. Most markets suffer losses. But the situation is far from being hopeless. Leading market ...
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African Tourists – A Growing Business
Safaris or Sahara tours are popular among Western tourists. Africans not only start to discover their continent too, they also travel abroad. Dubai is an African hot spot. ...
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Africa needs power – electrical power
Access to electricity is the big challenge the Africa has to face in the coming years. In spite of the huge demand many investment projects will fail. Investors ...
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Why the plunge of oil prices is good news for Africa
Many observers are concerned about the negative consequences that oil exporting countries such as Nigeria, Sudan or Angola suffer due to falling oil prices. But in our view ...
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Why subsistence farming cannot feed Africa
Many international agricultural experts rely on smallholders. But they will not be able to increase sufficiently their productivity. Africa needs integrative farming. This week we have participated ...
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Can farmers in Africa feed 2.5 billion people?
In 35 years African population will more than double up to 2.5 billion people. We are convinced that the continent will be able to face this challenge. Good ...
Read more on the African growth story
Read more on the African growth story in my book
“Afrika ist das neue Asien”
published in German by September 2014 with
the publishing house Hoffmann & Campe in Hamburg.
