WEF--implications of the global economic crisis for Africa: with government and business leaders arriving in Cape Town for this month's World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF-Africa) summit, Omar Ben Yedder provides a preview of what will be one of Africa's most crucial meetings of recent times.

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WEF--implications of the global economic crisis for Africa: with government and business leaders arriving in Cape Town for this month's World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF-Africa) summit, Omar Ben Yedder provides a preview of what will be one of Africa's most crucial meetings of recent times.

Last year, the talk at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Africa meeting was of a continent becoming an interesting and exciting investment destination. Oil prices were hitting record highs, commodity prices were booming and stock markets were peaking. There was a renewed optimism even if certain challenges still remained, such as the food crisis and a return to higher inflation in oil importing countries.

This year the m...

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