Africa Renewal: January 2009

Cover Story

Tackling piracy off African shores

More regional cooperation needed for peace and security

Also

Africa braces for global shockwaves

Growth slows, but Africa’s economies are now more resilient

Out of crisis, opportunity?

Africa seeks a voice in global financial management

Small loans widen horizons for the poor

More money behind microfinance groups in Africa

Banking on African women

Loan guarantees and private partners improve access

Laying Africa’s roads to prosperity

The continent targets its infrastructure gap

Africa calls for a ‘new impetus’

UN General Assembly debates continent’s development needs

Trading from Cape to Cairo

Regional groups aim to expand trade within the continent
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