Top 10 Most Attractive Investment Destinations In Africa

Africa’s feverish increase has decelerated in recent years and a lot of nations have buckled under the pressure of falling resource prices, security disruptions, fiscal imprudence and adverse weather conditions.

Africa's Relationship With China Is Ancient History

In 2002 South Africa's Parliament unveiled a digital reproduction of a map - of China, the Middle East and Africa - that some speculated could be the initial map of the African continent. The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu - the Comprehensive Map of the Great Ming Empire - was drawn up around 1389 during the Ming Dynasty, according to historian Hyunhee Park.

Côte d'Ivoire Global leader in cocoa production

Côte d'Ivoire

Global leader in cocoa production

Climate change laws around the world

There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Classroom at the rural primary school Ecole Keur Madaro near Thies, Senegal.

Over the last 15 years, West African governments and the international community have been successful at expanding access to primary schooling and from presently on, a ground-breaking regional learning assessment has revealed that the quality of education has remained elusive. The majority of children surveyed were not acquiring the basic literacy and math skills that are crucial for building human capital in the region.

Côte d’Ivoire Year in Review 2015

On the back of October’s presidential elections, Côte d’Ivoire has racked up an extra year of strong economic increase, while a raft of infrastructure and price-added agriculture projects looks set to help the country maintain its position as one of West Africa’s brightest stars in 2016.

At an estimated 8.4%, Côte d’Ivoire’s GDP increase was one of the highest in the region in 2015, with the same increase rate estimate for the coming year, according to the IMF.

President Alassane Ouattara is steadily putting the Ivoirian crisis behind and laying the groundwork for a brighter future

Rallying the tourism sector in Côte d'Ivoire

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The government in Cote d'Ivoire is stepping up efforts to attract foreign visitors and investors, with the tourism sector’s contribution to GDP expected to rise this year.

Revenue from tourism and travel is forecast to increase by nearly 9% to CFA345.8bn (€530m) in 2014,  nudging its contribution to GDP slightly higher to about 2.5%, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Revenues will rise over the next decade to reach CFA563bn (€855.8m) in 2024, based on constant prices.

Côte d’Ivoire welcomes 4G network

The recent arrival in Côte d’Ivoire of a fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G LTE) network emphasises the strength of the country’s economic recovery from the 2011 crisis. The new high-speed network as well presents a competitive opportunity for the existing mobile operators, for whom – as in so a lot of emerging markets in Africa – data revenue has become an increasingly significant driver of increase.

Cote d'Ivoire: Counting Beans

Côte d'Ivoire's government is focusing on small business to diversify the economy

Once the economic powerhouse of Francophone west Africa, Côte d'Ivoire has suffered decades of crisis. Presently the world's biggest cocoa producer is turning the tide on additional than 30 years of economic hardship caused by conflict, draining structural adjustments, the devaluation of the regional currency and the tumbling cocoa price.

From independence in 1960 to the 1980s, Côte d'Ivoire's economy flourished from its fertile farmlands, which produced cocoa, coffee and palm oil.

General Manager of Orange-CI Telecom speaks

CI Telecom, a subsidiary of Orange, is the market leader in the rapidly growing telecoms sector in Cote d'Ivoire.  General Manager of Orange-CI Telecom speaks about the telecoms sector in his country, his company's leading position within it and its innovative Orange Money service.

Africa: Making Things Happen at the Bank - 'Not a Talk Shop' - Akin Adesina

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is focusing on five areas to achieve the African and world goals for a prosperous continent since becoming president of the African Development Bank - Africa's major public financial institution in September 2015. He was a keynote speaker at this month's Corporate Council on Africa's U.S.- Africa Business Summit in Washington D.C. and moderated a lively panel with five African government ministers. He as well received the Gene White Lifetime Succcess Award from the World Child Nutrition Foundation. This week, he was named the 2017 recipient of the World Food Prize, a prestigious honor that includes a $250,000 award. In an interview in Washington, DC, Adesina discussed the Development Bank's ambitious schedule and his vision for attracting the increase capital Africa needs. Posting questions for AllAfrica was Noluthando Crockett-Ntonga.

Georges Philippe Ezaley, Mayor of Grand-Bassam, on the citys significance and potential

Which sectors offer the majority potential for economic increase in Grand-Bassam?

GEORGES PHILIPPE EZALEY: As the major tourist destination in Côte d’ Ivoire for both the local and international community, Grand-Bassam offers an array of tourism attractions.