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Investment

Angola Plans $445M investment in Logistics Hubs

The Angolan government plans to invest over US$445.5 million (392.3 million euros) to build 21 logistics centres, by 2038, in order to minimise the challenges of goods transport, which is still heavily dependent on road ...

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Economy Investment

African countries need to salvage the opportunities created the current US-China tensions

The unfolding US-China power rivalry bears a striking resemblance to the tensions between the US and the Soviet bloc during the Cold War years. Back then, African countries were positioned like pawns on a grand chessboar...

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Investment

China’s investments in Africa: a fresh lens offers more balanced insights

The rise of China in Africa has triggered an ongoing debate about whether Chinese capital is a barrier that entraps African governments in practices that hinder poverty reduction. The most recent contribution to these de...

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Economy

Kenya’s mega-railway project leaves society more unequal.

In 2014, Kenya started to construct a new railway to connect the Mombasa Port with the interior and on to landlocked Uganda and Rwanda. Today the Standard Gauge Railway stops abruptly at Naivasha, 120km northwest of Nair...