Will remittances to Africa fall more than projected by the World Bank?
While global remittances, according to the World Bank, are projected to decline by 20% in 2020 from a record level of US$ 550 billion...
Japan’s African Safari
March 1-15, 2018
New patterns of economic partnerships with Africa are evolving. Japan’s quiet and systematic pitching towards the continent is significant. Japan’s...
Can Africa gain from its demographic dividend?
March 16-31, 2019
All optimism on the “Africa Rising” narrative fades away with one fundamental question- Is the continent generating enough jobs to...
AfCFTA: A game-changer or a cliffhanger?
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is finally going to be launched on 1st January 2021, which will be a major milestone in...
ACFTA completes a year
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the ambitious trade pact to create a single market for free movement of goods and people and bolster the economic...
What is really on the African horizon in 2022?
Like the rest of the world, the African continent also went through pandemic economic turbulence during the last two years. When the pandemic hit...
A choice between guns and butter
A perpetual dilemma faced by many African governments is what should be the economic priority; guns or butter? In other words, defense allocation or...
Will Africa get what it demands on the debt front?
The high decibel demand of the developing world, particularly from the
African continent, for an equitable flow of resources for their
development works from developed countries...
Is Democracy in Africa regressing due to the Pandemic?
The pandemic seems to have destabilised not only the economic foundations but also the political landscape of many African countries. The erosion in the...
Can Africans build Africa?
Feb 1-15
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sounded apocalyptical, when he
recently stated at a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that
African development aspirations can be...
