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AFDB - Investing Big in the 'High 5s'

Consider this - between 2012-14, about four million Africans benefitted from new or improved access to water and sanitation, 11 million Africans were provided with new electricity connections, about ten million Africans reaped benefits from improvements in agriculture, and about 49 million and 19 million Africans benefitted from better health services and improved transportation respectively.

Malawi - On the Verge of Education Amelioration

Interview with H.E Mr. Fabiano Emmanuel, Minister of Education, Science & Technology, Malawi.

My Perspective on Indo-Africa Move

A centuries-old link defines the relationship between India and Africa as the continent always attaches great significance to the contribution of India during its fight against colonialism, apartheid and imperialism.

From Subsistence to Sustenance

Farmers look to cash crops to build long-term resilience to climate change in Ethiopia.

India Africa Moving Closer at a Handshake Distance

There is no doubt that the Indo-African bond has continued to blossom over the years.

Africa Gears Up Energy Revolution

“We can no longer tinker about the edges. We can no longer continue feeding our addiction to fossil fuels as if there were no tomorrow. For there will be no tomorrow. As a matter of urgency we must begin a global transition to a new safe energy economy. This requires fundamentally rethinking our economicsystems, to put them on a sustainable and more equitable footing. ”Desmond Tutu, Human Rights activist and Nobel Prize winner.

Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra

The Connection With the Indian Diaspora.

Towards a Lasting Bond - a Grand Event of India-africa Trade and Cutural Association

IATCA felicitated H.E. Mr. Alem Tsehaye Woldemariam, Ambassador of the Republic of Eritrea as The Dean of African Missions in India.

Djibouti And India Celebration Of The Close Connection

Historical links, cultural kinships and people-to-people contacts between India and Djibouti has existed long before India’s independence in 1947 and Djibouti’s independence in 1977. H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti accompanied by the H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Republic of Djibouti visited India in October, 2015 to attend IAFS-III at New Delhi.

Renewable Energy

A Sunshine.

Vibrant Kenya And Vibrant Gujarat

It is not often that one sees leaders of two world’s fastest growing economies reciprocating each other’s gestures at apex political and business summits. And when it happens, it signals the blooming of a strengthened bilateral relationship. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to India, to participate in the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Summit’ in January 2017, as a special guest, came within six months of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kenya.

African Healthcare Industry On Surge

The healthcare is one of the fastest growing and developing industries in the world.

Logistics And Transportation, The Backbone Of Economy

Africa, the continent enriched with hopes and lucrative business opportunities, provides some low-hanging fruit in terms of investment opportunities.

Brics Summit 2016 Moving Towards Multilateral Expansion

BUILDING RESPONSIVE, INCLUSIVE & COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS— that is how they constructed it! The acronym BRICS was coined in 2001, by then-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jim O'Neill, exhibiting the world’s most recent industrialized countries to become the greatest group of economies of all time. The idea was further pushed when the leaders of Russia, India and China gathered in 2006 for the execution. Then it finally became a reality in June 2009, when the leaders of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China in Ekaterinburg.

Save the African Glory, the Mountain Gorillas

Regarded as the second largest continent of the world, Africa boasts of a rich diversity of wildlife and landscapes. Its endless landscape provides homage to large predators roaming around the grasslands where herds of grazing herbivores have also found their habitat. Known as the originator of human life, Africa is home to many of the world's best treasured and most enthralling animals, as well as to some of its most endangered species like Mountain Gorillas (gorilla beringei beringei)

Akon Lighting Africa

Energy is a key input in the economic growth of the nation, in other words we could say there is relatively a close link between the availability of energy and future growth and prosperity of a nation.

Automobile Industry; The Growth Engine

Africa is now home to more than one billion people and nearly 40 percent of its population lives in urban areas and cities.

Transform Africa Summit 2017 Africa's Time Is Now

“As technology drives mobility and connectivity in urbanized societies, African cities continuously seek to establish new infrastructure and city systems that will enable transition, and position them as global leaders and next generation cities,”  – Dr. Hamadoun Touré - Executive Director, Smart Africa.

Fostering Engineering And Workforce Development

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)Agency, a technical agency of the African Union, which is the unification of the 55 countries of the African continent, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organisation dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 11th, 2017, the first of its type for IEEE within Africa. 

Assistance Beyond Lines Of Credit

An interview with Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Bluocean For IT Solutions

Right from waking up in the morning to retiring at night, we are surrounded by devices within our arm’s reach that are connected with the Internet. Everyone, everywhere is talking about going “digital”. And, if you are a business leader or aspiring to be one, you must feel the pressure to keep pace with the ever-evolving digital technology.

Digital Pros and Cons Think, Build, Sell and Shine

Africa, after suffering a huge set back in technological advancement, has bounced back and is recording the fastest rate of adoption for relevant technology.

A Better Change For Ghana

You’ve been running after something with all your heart and soul. You’ve spent years in the pursuit of achieving success with all the zeal and hard work, but after losing multiple times you feel to quit. The moment you look back at the time which you’ve spent in chasing your goal it would seem to be the sheer wastage of time. Just imagine a man, in the same situation with the vision that “if I quit now, then all the time, which I’ve endeavored in this case would go down the drain. Instead, I would not quit and keep on trying so that I could win and make this chase a fruitful one”. The man with this vision could achieve almost anything, and it has been proved to be true by Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo from National Patriotic Party (NPP), in the recent elections for the post of President in Ghana. Every champion was once a contender that never gave up.

Public-Private-institute Partnership For Jobs-Led Growth In Africa

According to African Economic Outlook, Africa has emerged as one of the fastest growing regions in the world, but the phenomenon of jobless growth combined with the world’s youngest population threatens progress of African countries. In order to overcome this challenge, it is essential that Africa invests in technical and engineering education that makes its youth employable and productive.

Meditation A Boon To Boost Fertility

“Hope is like air if not built on a fertile ground. A ground that requires attention and nurturing. You cannot stop working on that ground even if the hope is sprouting higher into the sky.”