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GHANA ’ S POLITICAL FOES BET ON AGRICULTURE
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42 STANDARD BANK CIB CHIEF TAKES ON THE UNIVERSAL MODEL
The CEO of corporate and investment banking at Standard Bank Group talks about its transformation into an Africafocused universal bank
GHANA ECONOMIC FORUM 2016
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GHANA ’ S POLITICAL FOES BET ON AGRICULTURE
21 percent of the Ghanaian population has moved out of agriculture to other more productive economic sectors
UPFRONT
06 Agriculture , walk the talk 08 Briefing
OPINION
14 South Africa ’ s economy will be stuck unless there ’ s new political alignment
16 Converting tweets into feet : can Zimbabwe ’ s social media activism oust Robert Mugabe ? 18 Free movement in Africa is desirable , but how to realize it ? 20 Africa Still Rising
FEATURES
22 South Africa trade minister seeks a more integrated Africa 25 Côte d ’ Ivoire : Tech hub on the rise 28 Kenya crushing its banks 30 Banks grapple while nimble players eat their lunch 32 When mobile money operators become banks 40 Tanzania , Nigeria and the EU : Free trade discord 48 Mugabe and his finance ministers – A history of slapdowns and denial
50 Beyond the bad news : Mozambique maintains investment
pull 53 Ghana ' s Jobless Generation 65 Tech titans unfazed by Africa ’ s commodity slump
6 Business Times Africa | 2016