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Deutsch
Wir brauchen eine europäische Afrika-Politik
Bundeskanzlerin Merkel reist nach Senegal, Ghana und Nigeria und benennt die Finanzierung als Achillesferse. Wir brauchen ein europaweites Garantiesystem – und eine europäische Afrika-Politik. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel reist ...
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Economics
From Cape Town to the North Cape: creating one economic zone
The African trade with Europe is based on the Cotonou Agreement. It will be renegotiated from end of August on. This is a good opportunity for fully integrating ...
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Companies & Markets
Europe should build industry clusters in Africa
In an interesting op ed, published in a German newspaper, the two lawyers Thomas Langohr und Alexander Letzsch are proposing to bundle the forces of European companies and ...
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English
Africa-Mediterranean-Europe needs an interregional bank
The BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa – will create a bank. Europe needs a specific bank too if it wants to develop economic relationship ...
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No doubt, the CFA franc is a success story
African artists accused the CFA franc in a rap to be an “instrument of repression”. We at Africa Partners do not share this view. It is true, the ...
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Economics
Les rapports entre le Nord et le Sud vont s’inverser
Le Nord est riche, et le Sud est pauvre ? Faux, c’est le contraire : Le Nord va souffrir du vieillissement alors que le Sud profitera de sa jeunesse. L’Europe ...
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Economics
Africa needs economically viable railway projects
Modern railways are the best way for bringing the continent together. But financing of these investments will be the bottleneck. Therefore, an economic approach is needed. Everybody knows ...
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It’s the other way round: Europe needs Africa more than Africa needs Europe
Europeans tend to believe that the neighbouring continent in their south still needs their aid and support. The opposite is true: Africa offers the solution to Europe’s structural ...
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No, Africa does not need more philanthropy
Jeffrey Sachs, the US Economist, calls for more philanthropy in Africa. He is wrong. Philanthropy perpetuates a paternalistic attitude. Only fair economic ties can create equal relationships between ...
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Europeans, you are not the only ones doing charity in Africa
Europeans tend to believe that nobody except them is doing charity in Africa. This is one of the many false perceptions Europeans have. Africans do a lot of charity, ...
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.
