The First Africa CEO Forum, a high-level meeting for the African private sector, opened on Tuesday November 20, in Geneva in the presence of 560 delegates from 32 countries, including more than 300 leaders of major private African enterprises. Approximately 100 investors and financiers, among the...

Event: Africa CEO Forum I am very much aware that, as CEOs, you are extremely busy men and women, spending hours in meetings. You know what they say about meetings: “events where minutes are meticulously kept but hours lost”. Nonetheless, I hope you agree that this event is not only important,...

Africa CEO Forum: What Development Strategies Lie Ahead for African Leaders? The AFRICA CEO FORUM, the first high-level international meeting of entrepreneurs from leading African firms, brought managers, investors, financial and public decision-makers to Geneva on November 20 and 21 to promote...

African countries ought to reject the Economic Partnership Agreements that the European Union is currently trying to force on them and instead get it to sign migration agreements that have the effect of benefiting both parties equally, Shantayanan Devarajan, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for...

The 50-km Nairobi–Thika superhighway, described by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki as a source of “national pride” during its launch on November 9, covers an area that lies within the Nairobi Metropolitan and Central Province, including large sections of the City and Thika district. The...

African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka met with Uganda’s Head of State, Yoweri Museveni, on Tuesday, November 6 in Kampala. During the meeting, they discussed issues related to Africa’s development prospects, regional integration and cooperation between the AfDB and Uganda,...

The 50-km Nairobi–Thika superhighway, described by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki as a source of “national pride” during its launch on November 9, covers an area that lies within the Nairobi Metropolitan and Central Province, including large sections of the City and Thika district. The...

The Presidents of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, have launched today “the most ambitious infrastructure project in Kenya’s history”: the Nairobi–Thika superhighway. This eight-lane ultra-modern superhighway stretching from the city of Nairobi all the way...

“I can now close my business late and reach home in good time to help my kids with their homework.” – Norah, pharmacy owner People living along the Nairobi–Thika Highway are breathing a sigh of relief following the completion of the new highway’s construction. Businesses are thriving and road-...