By Gift Briton Experts have called for remodeling of the global financing structures including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, noting that their debt policies are unfair and disadvantageous to most African countries. According to Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), African countries pay up to eight times more for…
African economies should seize the opportunity to better integrate into technology-intensive global supply chains and boost prosperity, but this depends on their ability to harness key market and investment trends, the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday. In a new report, UNCTAD shows that Africa can become a major exporter of higher value-added goods, creating growth…
African economies should seize the opportunity to better integrate into technology-intensive global supply chains and boost prosperity, but this depends on their ability to harness key market and investment trends, the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday ___ Source here
Heads of African Investment Promotion Agencies, businessmen and women as well as academia will meet in Accra on Wednesday, January 25, to strategise on how African nations can add value to natural resources through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to boost their economies and create jobs. The discussions will be held during the First Assembly of African Investment Promotion Agencies…