Despite sceptics who believed Ethiopia lacked the comparative advantage to adopt the latest aviation technologies, Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) has in the past seven decades narrowed the gap between itself and leading global players in the aviation industry by upgrading its technological,...

The daily one-hour commute between the densely populated Senegalese capital and the new suburb of Diamniadio, will soon be cut in half when the new Regional Express Train (TER) comes into service. At an official ceremony for the handover of the first coaches for the railway on Monday, Senegalese...

Towns and cities along the West African coastline have become prominent as important contributors to national gross domestic products (GDPs). The latter is derived from coastal activities such as oil and gas, shipping, fishing, tourism and commerce. The attractiveness of the coastline is resulting...

Troisième producteur africain de coton avec une production de 600 000 tonnes lors de la campagne 2017-2018, le Bénin est toutefois confronté à un enclavement de ses zones cotonnières. Ce jeudi 13 décembre 2018, le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de...

La Banque africaine de développement continue de soutenir le programme routier international de la Route transsaharienne (RTS) qui, d’Alger à Lagos, se situe au cœur d’enjeux économiques, sociaux, politiques et sécuritaires à l’échelle de 16 pays ouest-africains. Mardi 11 décembre 2018,...

Africa is the continent with the most rapidly growing urban population, at an estimated annual rate of 3%. The surge in population is paired with rapid urbanisation and increased transportation. Consequently, emissions from transportation are growing significantly all across Africa, further driven...

La Banque africaine de développement annonce la publication « L’état des villes africaines 2018, la géographie de l’investissement africain », un grand rapport produit par ONU Habitat en collaboration avec la Banque et le département britannique du développement (DfID). L’...

FDI is an agent of global economic integration (Mah, 2003) and many developing economies have adopted FDI liberalisation policies to help facilitate its benefits. However, despite increasing investments in developing economies, poverty and income inequality persist and remain a major challenge. The...

The aim of the present study is to document the interdependence between Johannesburg and foreign-owned companies over time with a view to understanding the present-day context of foreign companies’ presence and impact on the city. The study methodology has been multipronged, relying on existing...