A post-Covid-19 tourism blueprint for Africa
For several African economies, tourism is their lifeline. The success of the sector in job generation and also its growing contribution to the GDP...
International community dismayed at the sudden oust of Somalia’s Prime Minister.
· The manner in which the Prime Minister Hassan Khaire, a former oil executive and humanitarian worker, was...
Donald Trump’s biggest foray into African affairs has not turned out well
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· US President Donald Trump was gung-ho about settling the long-standing dispute among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the
Renaissance...
Implications of Tanzania’s entry into middle-income status.
· Tanzania is among seven countries that moved up in economic status to that of a lower-middle-income economy.
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The merger of DFID with Foreign and commonwealth office to hit a pause button...
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What is worrying is the fate of the UK’s development finance agency CDC, which is part of DfID and one of...
African intra-trade still negligible to drive integration of markets
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· Pandemic, many feel, have exposed the fragile infrastructure of the African continent, be it...
Nigeria’s Ex-Minister Emerges Front Runner in WTO Leadership Race
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· Nigeria nominates former Minister of Finance and former Managing Director (Operations) of the World Bank,...
Challenges galore for the new Burundi President
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Amid the global pandemic of COVID19, Burundi’s elections went largely unnoticed. The civil war ended in 2005 and the country held its...
Covid-19: What it foretells for Africa
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Covid-19 might not have affected Africa in an intense manner as it had
impacted other continents. Still a lot of grey areas have...
Ethiopian airlines – the silver lining in the dark cloud?
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With the spread of the pandemic, thousands of airlines across the world have been grounded plunging the Aviation sector into a severe recession....