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Powering Africa: Q&A with Andrew M. Herscowitz

Andrew M Herscowitz Power Africa
August 06, 2014
A little over a year after President Obama announced the initiative to help “plug Africa into the grid of the global economy” by doubling the number of people on the continent with access to electricity, Power Africa is already a high-voltage operation.
 
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Bobby J. Pittman: Investing Without Borders in Africa

Bobby J Pittman Kupanda Capital
August 06, 2014
In Nemba, on the border between Rwanda and Burundi, is a one-stop border post backed by both governments and funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
 

From a historical perspective, this border is relatively new. It was put in by Europeans and divides two major urban areas, Kigali and Bujumbura, which are only about 100 miles apart.
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Edward Gresser: AGOA 2.0 and the Next U.S.-Africa Partnership

Edward Gresser Progressiveeconomy
August 05, 2014
This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit — the largest-ever meeting of American and African leaders — brings no fewer than 50 national leaders to Washington. Perhaps a couple of them will take time for injera, tibs and coffee at one of DC’s 67 Ethiopian restaurants. If they do, they will get a glimpse of the next U.S.-Africa partnership: one, which uses the Internet and mobile technology to create a large new web of small-business ties between the United States and Africa.
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John Dineen: A Healthier Africa is Emerging

John Dineen GE
August 05, 2014
Delivering high-quality healthcare in Africa is one of the most pressing challenges facing the continent today. Across many parts of Africa, access to appropriate healthcare facilities (hospitals and clinics) and qualified healthcare expertise (doctors, nurses and skilled healthcare workers) is limited.
 

The numbers are sobering: While only 15 percent of the world’s population lives in Africa, a quarter of the world’s disease burden — a metric used to assess the impact of diseases — rests on the shoulders of the continent.
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Marco Annunziata and Todd Johnson: Betting on Africa’s Future

Marco Annunziata GE
Todd Johnson GE
August 04, 2014
Africa is at a crossroad. Over the past decade and a half, the continent has emerged as the most promising growth region, exceeding world growth by an average of 2 percentage points per year.
 
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Jeffrey R. Immelt: Africa Is Ascending

Jeffrey R Immelt GE
August 04, 2014
The African growth story is real. Over the past decade and a half, Africa has emerged as the most promising growth region, exceeding world growth by an average of 2 percentage points a year. Growth prospects for the continent remain strong. According to the International Monetary Fund, growth in Africa will accelerate to 5.5 percent in 2014 from 4.9 percent in 2013. Continued — and lasting — growth depends on sustained investment and strategic development.
 
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Don Gips: A Long-Overdue Partnership With Africa

Don Gips Albright Stonebridge Group
August 01, 2014
A decade ago, American companies were wary to enter African markets, pointing to stagnated or falling growth, insecurity and complex political and commercial environments.
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Jay Ireland: Accelerating Africa’s Growth

Jay Ireland GE
August 01, 2014
As Sub-Saharan Africa leaders convene in Washington, D.C. for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit next week, one common theme that will be magnified is the huge potential for Africa’s growth over the next decade.
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3D-Printed Exoskeleton Giving People with Disabilities Another Chance

July 31, 2014
When Amanda Boxtel, executive director of the Bridging Bionics Foundation, crushed her vertebrae in a skiing accident 22 years ago, she had to get used to life permanently confined in a wheelchair.
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Don’t Chase Unicorns

Greg Satell
July 30, 2014
The unicorn is perhaps unique among myths in that the creature doesn’t appear in the mythology of any culture. The ancient Greeks, for all of their centaurs, hydras and medusas, never had any stories of unicorns, they simply believed that some existed somewhere.
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