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Browsing Tag Africa
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Economics
Africa’s free trade agreement does not necessarily benefit all
The decision to create of a free trade zone for Africa was a historical one. But this agreement was an easy task compared to the challenge that lies ...
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Economics
The African growth story lacks of growth
Fund raisers like to describe Africa as a tremendous growth story. The figures however do not justify an overwhelming Afro-optimism. The truth is more complicated. The headlines of ...
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Economics
Europe needs a European Export Credit Agency
China is taking over the building of the African infrastructure. Its main advantage is financing. Europe has urgently to create unified financial programmes for Africa. For months, we ...
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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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English
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
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 ...
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.
