Africa

A better investment framework for Africa

Second-year civil engineering student and first-time voter Nkululeko Simelane poses for a picture at Wits University in Johannesburg, April 22, 2014. Nkululeko said "For me voting for the first time... I don't want to lie I don't have the energy. The only thing that is pushing me to vote is that it is for the first time I don't want to miss it". Around 20 million South Africans - or some 40 percent of the population - are so-called "Born Frees," the term bestowed on the first generation to grow up with no memory of apartheid. April 27 this year marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa's first multi-racial elections, which ended three centuries of white domination and 46 years of formalised oppression of the black majority under the apartheid system. Picture taken April 22, 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 12 OF 12 FOR PACKAGE 'SOUTH AFRICA - BORN FREE'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'BORN FREES' - RTR3MAB1

The CWA offers African countries the opportunity to improve conditions for private investment. Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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