While companies around the world are more downbeat about the economic future, optimism has increased in Africa, according to the results of a new survey

African Heads of State have endorsed the launch of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a multi-billion dollar initiative that will run through to 2040

The surging information and telecommunication sector will spur Kenya’s economic growth this year, according the World Bank

Leaders of North African countries involved in the Arab Spring have sought to reassure the world's elite in Davos that the rise of political Islam is not a threat to democracy