By Emily Bowers
June 14 (Bloomberg) — Ghana’s annual inflation rate rose to 16.9 percent in May, the highest since at least July 2005, as food and transport costs increased, the county’s statistics office said.

By Emily Bowers
June 14 (Bloomberg) — Ghana’s annual inflation rate rose to 16.9 percent in May, the highest since at least July 2005, as food and transport costs increased, the county’s statistics office said.
THIS is a vexing time for those looking to invest in Africa. There are prophets of doom, who predict that population growth and climate change will condemn Africa’s cities and dry countryside to crisis and collapse. But there are also optimists, such as Michael Joseph, the head of Safaricom, a Kenyan mobile-phone operator. His is [...]