[wanabidii] Surprising, but true: Japan invests three times more project money in Africa than China (M&G Africa)

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25 Mar 2015

Surprising, but true: Japan invests three times more project money in Africa than China   For Japan Morocco is big, while China spent more than 50% of the $12 billion it invested in Africa over the last 10 years in South Africa.

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'The Kigali consensus': Lee Kuan Yew hero to African leaders, but it's tricky to pull off a Singapore miracle   The Singapore model has served as a governance standard for a number of African countries, with the "development first, democracy later" approach.

Senegal former president's high-flying son Karim gets 6 years for graft, knocked out of 2016 race   File photo shows Karim Wade, son of Senegal's former President Abdoulaye Wade, arriving at a court in Dakar on July 31, 2014

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