Translation Africa Blog - Economy
Will African Economic Success Lead to Language Extinction?
19/09/2014Alarming news from the BBC! No matter how great economic success might sound, new research has found it severely influences the languages spoken in a country. According to an article written by Rebecca Morelle, new research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B revealed that in the most developed regions of the world,…
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Africa carries Global Growth and shows Record Figures
07/05/2014The 2013 edition of the annual African Economic Outlook report (PEA) endeavours to work out the growth predictions for the continent. The Ivory Coast is in 4th position, closely followed by Democratic Republic of the Congo in 5th position. It is in West Africa that the growth will be fastest during the 2013-2014 period, predicts…
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Top 10 African Countries For Business
16/04/2014Recently, the World bank issued a new report on which they investigated how easy it is for companies to do business in a multitude of countries across the globe. Of course, the African continent was researched as well: read on to discover which African country is best for businesses! Annually, the World Bank publishes a…
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Is Africa’s Creative Sector Key to a Thriving African Economy?
10/03/2014Patrick Kabanda believes that strengthening the creative sector might be the best way to build a solid African economy. According to Kabanda on the World Policy blog, creative jobs do not have a very high status in Uganda. When he was younger, he wanted to become a musician, but his mother always said this job…
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4/10 Emerging Economies are in Africa says Management Today
28/02/2014The team at Management Today have cast their votes for the top 10 emerging economies for 2014 – 4 of the 10 are in Africa! So who have they picked and why? Outside of Africa the economies they say we should keep an eye on include Iraq, Macau, Mongolia, Panama, Serbia and Timor-Leste. Within Africa…
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