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The new scramble for Africa
Keywords: Africa, China Africa Relations,
In 2018 China, India, and America are Africa's largest trading partners. India is building 18 new embassies in African countries. Greater openness to trade and investment is leading to GDP growth in Africa, 40% higher than in 2000, which is still low by comparison with Asian countries. The Economist says African countries can benefit by drawing investment from all sides and all countries, so that Africa benefits the most. Chinese investment, and Indian investment can happen side by side with investment from America, Britain and France.
Africa's growing middle class and consumer market
05/02/2011
A billion plus people in Africa rivals the market in India and China. The middle class in Africa in 2011 is estimated at about 316 million people. This provides market opportunities for many consumer products companies.
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Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
Businesses Seek Out New African Frontiers
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2015
A New Class of Consumers Grows in Africa
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
Manufactured Goods Lead Surge in Indian Exports
New York Times 07/25/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2012
Microsoft and Huawei to Unite to Sell Windows Smartphones in Africa
New York Times 02/04/2013
Efforts to build African industry behind high tariff walls and import restrictions
05/08/2013
Efforts by Nigeria's cement industry to expand in Senegal and other parts of Africa by pursuing policies that limit imports. Cement in Nigeria costs about $200 a metric ton much higher than in other countries.
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Tycoon Tests Africa's Business Limits
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2013
Africa's Richest Man Bets Big on Oil Refinery
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2013
The Economist 03/09/2019
The G-20 Summit meeting in Hamburg and Germany's Compact with Africa
07/07/2017
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Opinion: Merkel must fight to keep Africa a priority at the G-20 summit | Africa | DW | 07.07.2017
DW.COM 07/07/2017
Opinion: G20 — go back to the roots | DW | 30.11.2018
DW.COM 11/30/2018
The Economist 03/09/2019
Automobile market in Nigeria and other African countries
01/18/2011
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Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
In Nigeria, Used Cars Are a Road to Status
Wall Street Journal 01/18/2011
In Nigeria, Rising Dreams of Web Commerce
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2012
The Economist 03/09/2019
Visions for a new Africa, and genuine engagement by the U.S. for real results.
07/11/2009
Visions of Africa. Geuine engagement by Africans and Americans for improving the lives of farmers, people in the cities, supportingpeaceful developemnt and building good governance systems and strong institutions.
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Obama Visits Prison Where Mandela Was Jailed
New York Times 06/30/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Africa Trip Highlights Obama's Challenges
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2009
Obama's Trip to Ghana Inspires Envy in Nigeria
Washington Post 07/12/2009
Obama Delivers Call for Change to a Rapt Africa
New York Times 07/12/2009
Obama in Africa: Welcome Back, Son. Now Don’t Forget Us.
New York Times 07/12/2009
Japan's investment in African development 2012-2015
05/19/2013
The J-SUMIT Conference in Tokyo in May 2013 which leads to $2 billion in committments for Japanese investment in African countries. African countries welcome the investment after a decade of surging Chinese investment in Africa.
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Japan Pledges $2 Billion for African Projects
Wall Street Journal 05/19/2013
Foreign Investment in Africa Seen at Record $80 Billion in 2014, Report Shows
Wall Street Journal 05/20/2014
Opinion: 'Marshall Plan with Africa' creates enormous expectations | Germany | DW.COM | 18.01.2017
DW.COM 01/18/2017
Young, Urban and Poor: Africans Fight Back
WSJ 02/05/2019
The Economist 03/09/2019
Growth in Africa's smartphone market
02/04/2013
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Microsoft and Huawei to Unite to Sell Windows Smartphones in Africa
New York Times 02/04/2013
The Economist 03/09/2019
A new vision for the World Bank in 2013-
04/18/2013
A new vision for the World Bank focusses on the work in India and sub-Shaharan Africa where many of the world's poor live. The focus now shifts to countries where people are entering the middle class but still live only one mishap from falling back. This includes many developing countries such as Mexico and Brazil which are making progress but have large areas where people are struggling to enter the middle class.
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World Bank, in a changed economy, pushes focus to building a middle class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/2013
World Bank Plans $1 Billion for Congo
Wall Street Journal 05/23/2013
âAn Uncertain Glory,â by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
New York Times 09/06/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Opinion | Mission Impossible: World Bank
WSJ 02/06/2019
The Economist 03/09/2019
South Africa's textile industry
08/09/2011
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South Africa Textile Firms in Tatters
Wall Street Journal 08/09/2011
The Economist 03/09/2019
China's loans and economic assistance to Ghana and other African countries
09/24/2010
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China Extends Africa Push With Loans, Deal in Ghana
Wall Street Journal 09/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2015
African Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China
New York Times 01/25/2016
The Economist 03/09/2019
Business and markets in Africa
04/09/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
In African Stock Markets, Fear and Hope
New York Times 04/09/2011
A New Class of Consumers Grows in Africa
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2012
The Economist 03/09/2019
Mobile Telecommmuication companies in African countries
04/09/2011
Grouped Articles
Mobile telecoms in Africa: Digital revolution
Economist 04/09/2011
Microsoft and Huawei to Unite to Sell Windows Smartphones in Africa
New York Times 02/04/2013
The Economist 03/09/2019
China's investment in Zambia, Kenya, Senegal and other African countries
06/27/2012
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2015
African Economies, and Hopes for New Era, Are Shaken by China
New York Times 01/25/2016
New York Times 06/27/2012
Narrow Victory Seen in Kenya Presidential Race
Wall Street Journal 03/09/2013
Young, Urban and Poor: Africans Fight Back
WSJ 02/05/2019
The Economist 03/09/2019
Electricity and power grid in African countries in 2015
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Weak Power Grids in Africa Stunt Economies and Fire Up Tempers
New York Times 07/02/2015
Zambia Copper Producer Halts Production Over Power Shortages
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2015
The Economist 03/09/2019
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