The club of former African heads of state, known as the Boston University African Presidential Center, is growing. full story ![]()
By Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers. Consumer demand is a motor of Africa's economic and investment surge, and analysts see middle class buyers with swelling disposable...
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By Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers. Consumer demand is a motor of Africa's economic and investment surge, and analysts see middle class buyers with swelling disposable...
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Catholic worshippers and clergy in in Africa, where the church is rapidly growing, greeted the news Monday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending retirement with surprise, respect, and
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Catholic worshippers and clergy in Africa, where the church is rapidly growing, greeted the news Monday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending retirement with surprise, respect, and a question: Coul…
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Catholic worshippers and clergy in Africa, where the church is rapidly growing, greeted the news Monday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending retirement with surprise, respect, and a question: Could the next pontiff be from their continent?
miamiherald.com (3 months and 12 days ago)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After years of headlines about Africa's poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool of consumers for market-hungry retailers.
reuters.com (14 days ago)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Catholic worshippers and clergy in Africa, where the church is rapidly growing, greeted the news Monday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending retirement with surprise, respect, and a question: Could the next pontiff be from their continent?
boston.com (3 months and 12 days ago)
Catholic worshippers and clergy in Africa, where the church is rapidly growing, greeted the news Monday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending retirement with surprise, respect, and a question: Could the next pontiff be from their continent? Some 176 million people in Africa are Catholic — roughly a third of all Christians across the continent — according to a December 2011 study...
foxnews.com (3 months and 12 days ago)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa is rising not only on the growth charts of economists.
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Ahead of the new Chinese president's first visit to Africa on 24 March, BBC Monitoring's Mathias Muindi explores China's growing media presence in the continent.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 4 days ago)
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