Start-ups do not need bank finance, but a culture in which entrepreneurship can grow

Strong African economic performance risks being undermined by social disparities

At the World Economic Forum on Africa, Pascal Lamy, director general of the WTO, argued trade openness fosters development

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, is investing $15m into the SGI Ethiopia Growth and Transformation Fund

Angolan investments are at risk following the coup in Guinea-Bissau, while the military takeover in Mali brings its own economic consequences

Like it or not, quick service restaurants are shaping up to be one of the key beneficiaries of the continent’s consumer boom

Business sentiment is bullish, but there remains a gulf between an improving reputation and concrete investment flows

As Egypt heads towards its first presidential election in more than thirty years, tension is rising ahead of polls that look set to reshape the strategically important country's future