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Seeking the ‘shoots’ of economic recovery

15 Jul 2009

Coffee pickers in Kenya: Across Africa, many workers are losing their jobs as economies slow downPhotograph: Reuters / Stephen Jeffe

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Mining to profit Africa’s people

15 Apr 2009

Large mining operations in Africa have generated big profits for foreign companies, with little...

World downturn squeezing Africa

15 Apr 2009

An African stock exchange: Although the initial impact on Africa of the global financial crisis...

Laying Africa’s roads to prosperity

15 Jan 2009

Building a highway in South Africa: The lack of more modern roads, power networks and other...

Out of crisis, opportunity?

15 Jan 2009

A trading house in Johannesburg, South Africa: As the only African “emerging market” at the Group...

Banking on African women

15 Jan 2009

A fabric seller in Angola: Women own nearly half of all enterprises in Africa,but have the hardest...

Africa’s partners must ‘walk the talk’

15 Oct 2008

President Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania), chair of African Union.Photograph: UN Photo / Erin Siegal

Powering up Africa’s economies

15 Oct 2008

A poor neighbourhood in Cape Town, South Africa, in the shadow of a high-tension power line:...

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A harvest of hope for African farmers

15 Oct 2008

Thanks to low-priced fertilizer and other farming inputs provided by the government,Malawi’s...

Spurring business to invest in Africa’s future

15 Apr 2008

Loading cocoa at Côte d’Ivoire’s port of Abidjan: Members of the country’s NEPAD Business Group...

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Bringing water to Africa’s poor

15 Oct 2007

Fetching water from a river in Madagascar: Most Africans still do not have access to clean...