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Browsing Tag Africa
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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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Desalegn’s resignation is a sign of Ethiopia’s desolate situation
Under prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn Ethiopia accumulated a huge external debt. Today, foreign investors should avoid Ethiopia as economic conditions have turned so bad. For German media 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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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, ...
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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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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 ...
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.
