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Elections in Mali could be a good opportunity for federalism
Malians have elected a new President this weekend. Beyond this decision, the real question will be to rebuild the national unity. It should be based on a federalist ...
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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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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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Le téléphone mobile favorise la démocratie en Afrique
Le mobile a apporté la monnaie électronique en Afrique. Mais au-delà M-Pesa, le mobile et Internet ont contribué à favoriser l’émergence de sociétés civiles sur le continent. M-Pesa ...
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Deutsche Haltung zu Afrika im Taumel der Gefühle
Über Afrika und die Ankunft vieler Flüchtlinge wird in Deutschland heftig gestritten. Dabei lassen sich die Deutschen von ihren Gefühlen und Ängsten hinreißen. Ein realistischer Blick tut not. Die aktuelle ...
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Plaidoyer pour un grand projet d’intégration
Jean-Louis Guigou, président-fondateur du think-tank IPEMED, et Pierre Beckouche, professeur d’université, plaident pour une intégration de l’Afrique, du monde méditerranéen et de l’Europe. Une proposition audacieuse, mais réaliste. ...
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Emmanuel Macron’s new Africa Policy
The French President promised a substantial change in the Africa policy of his country. The touchstone will not be politics or trade, but to integrate the economies of ...
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Does Aid boost Development on the African continent?
Europeans are proud of all the aid they pretend to bring to Africa: government aid and a lot of donations. Do they really boost development? There are some ...
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Ethiopia’s investment promoters try to make it up
An Ethiopian delegation is touring through Germany for promoting foreign investment as Ethiopia falls behind due to political unrest, a burden of external debts and a tense currency ...
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.
