In August 2012 Chinese President Hu Jintao opened the fifth China-Africa Cooperation Forum with the announcement that China will offer an additional US$20bn in loans to Africa over the next three years. This is double the amount that was offered at the 2009 forum.In the past 10 years, Africa has see ...

Sub-Saharan Africa includes some of the world’s fastest growing economies, and telecoms operators are building networks to cater for rising demand for internet accessSix of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies between 2000 and 2010 were in sub-Saharan Africa — in sharp co ...