By John Asafu-Adjaye Many people will agree with the proposition that prosperity is much more than material wealth. Prosperity also encompasses safety and security, wellbeing, freedom of association and movement, and opportunity. The concept of Economic Openness, broadly defined as an open and competitive economy, is…
By Rob Floyd All eyes were on Madrid for COP25, but the global community was largely dysfunctional, divided and distracted. Big polluters spent more...
By Sammy Adjei A new report on economic openness in Ghana by the Legatum Institute, was launched at an event with the African Center...
By George Boateng Agriculture remains the backbone of most African economies, contributing 24 percent of gross domestic product in Tanzania, and about 30 percent in Burkina Faso. It also...
An extract from 2017 African Transformation Report Climate change will bring opportunities and challenges to African agriculture through its effects on precipitation and average...
By George Boateng & Beatrice Oforiwaa Dankyi The operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement was launched in July 2019 amidst excitement...
A new report on economic openness in Ghana by the Legatum Institute, to be launched at an event with the African Center for Economic...
This article was first published in March 2019 By Chris Gordon A long-standing mystery of modern times is why the great Mayan cities in...
This article was first published in May 2019 Africa, in particular, sub-Saharan Africa, is considered to be the area most vulnerable to climate change...
By John Asafu-Adjaye African economies have grown rapidly over the past two decades. Growth between 2009 and 2017 averaged 3.8 percent per year, compared to...
By Arkebe Oqubay I was recently in Anantarivo, Madagascar for the 11th Private Sector Forum organised by the African Union Commission and its partners,...
Accra, Nov. 20 – Private sector representatives and other participants at an ACET-hosted Compact with Africa (CwA) workshop held in Johannesburg, South Africa, have identified...
By Daniel Pelz: At a meeting in Berlin, African leaders will discuss the state of the ‘Compact with Africa’ project with German Chancellor Angela...
By Rob Floyd A number of recent events and reports paint a troubling picture for the World’s developing countries. In many cases there is...
By GNA Structural transformation of African economies would best be achieved on the development of home-grown policies and strategies that spur growth of production...
A Minister and Special Advisor to the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, believes encouraging more foreign direct investments into the country will impact...