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CHINA – AFRICA : Matching China’s activities with Africa’s needs

22 April 2008 par Sanou Mbaye

The Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) Regional Office for East & Horn of Africa, Nairobi, and Fahamu Kenya brought together Chinese experts on Africa and representatives of African civil society organizations, providing a platform to exchange views and perceptions, and discuss areas of concerns to both sides, based on various country and thematic case studies. I. CHINA’S … [Read more...] about CHINA – AFRICA : Matching China’s activities with Africa’s needs

China’s Grand Africa Strategy

7 October 2006 par Sanou Mbaye

Ever since the Berlin conference of 1883, which Belgium’s King Leopold II called “the sharing of Africa’s cake,” the West has assumed exclusive rights over sub-Saharan Africa. But, while centuries of struggle to end colonial rule and apartheid have not changed this much, now Western influence is being challenged by China, which likewise covets Africa’s rich reserves of minerals … [Read more...] about China’s Grand Africa Strategy

China explosive drive into sub-Saharan Africa

20 September 2006 par Sanou Mbaye

Ever since the Berlin conference in 1883 in what Leopold II, the king of Belgium, had dubbed “the sharing of Africa’s cake”, Western countries tend to have assumed exclusive rights over the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Centuries of struggle for political and economic freedom to free themselves from colonial rule, remove apartheid and win their independence did not change … [Read more...] about China explosive drive into sub-Saharan Africa

West African expectations of Europe

26 January 2006 par Sanou Mbaye

Institute for peace support and conflict management (IFK) Africa-Workshop January 26th to 27th, 2006: Sorting Out the Mess: Wars, Conflicts and Conflict Management in West Africa To assess the expectations West Africa can look forward to from Europe, there is, first, the need to understand the root causes of the problems that have beset the populations and the … [Read more...] about West African expectations of Europe

Starving for Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa

12 November 2004 par Sanou Mbaye

Sub-Saharan Africa's appalling poverty and living conditions have been exposed repeatedly through television and the Internet. But these agonizing pictures represent only the symptoms of an underlying - and largely unreported - malady: capital flight. Capital flight stems from myriad causes: debt servicing, the awarding to foreign firms of almost all contracts financed by … [Read more...] about Starving for Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa

The African Union : A need to go back to the drawing board

9 July 2003 par Sanou Mbaye

Background The yearning for regional cooperation and economic integration in Africa was born in the United States within the pan-African movement in the 19th Century and has been kept alive ever since among the masses, the elite and the members of the Diaspora. This hope is so compelling that all African leaders have felt obliged to put it heartedly or opportunistically on … [Read more...] about The African Union : A need to go back to the drawing board

How best can the EU support the new AU Key Questions for Contact Person

30 April 2003 par Sanou Mbaye

Background The yearning for regional cooperation and economic integration in Africa was born in the United States within the pan-African movement in the 19th Century and has been kept alive ever since among the masses, the elite and the members of the Diaspora. This hope is so compelling that all African leaders have felt obliged to put it heartedly or lukewarmly on their … [Read more...] about How best can the EU support the new AU Key Questions for Contact Person

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CHINA’S GROWN ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA WITH SANOU MBAYE

19 November 2010

Africa Business News, Fri, 19 Nov 2010 A new book published this week examines China's grown engagement in Africa from the perspective of both African and Chinese civil society. ABN’s London … [Read more...] about CHINA’S GROWN ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA WITH SANOU MBAYE

Africa’s Linguistic Divide: French vs. English

5 June 2010

Another of our Wednesday rendezvous with Africa... We will be looking at how former British colonies have fared in comparison to their francophone counterparts. Part of our tribute to 50 years of … [Read more...] about Africa’s Linguistic Divide: French vs. English

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Economy

Africa borrows on the open market

5 June 2015

The decades when the continent couldn’t raise major funds on ordinary commercial markets are over, but there are still worries about over-indebtedness. by Sanou Mbaye The nations of sub-Saharan … [Read more...] about Africa borrows on the open market

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Liberating Africans from the CFA “franc” trap

8 August 2014

Nowadays, African countries are wooed because they are perceived as the spearheads of the world economy. The Economist, the English weekly newspaper, predicts that in the next five years, seven out of … [Read more...] about Liberating Africans from the CFA “franc” trap

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Conferences

Africa : Economic growth and sustainability

18 May 2011

Humboldt University Economic Forum Berlin, 11 May 2011 I. INTRODUCTION After four decades of sluggish economic activities, improved macroeconomic conditions, better business climate, political … [Read more...] about Africa : Economic growth and sustainability

Regulating China-Africa cooperation imbalances

18 March 2011

Oxford University China-Africa Network The Oxford University China-Africa Network (OUCAN) with the support of the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) present The Conference on "Chinese … [Read more...] about Regulating China-Africa cooperation imbalances

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Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa

18 November 2010

This new book in the Pambazuka Press 'China and Africa' series explores China's deepening engagement in Africa from the rarely heeded perspectives of African and Chinese civil society … [Read more...] about Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa

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