By George Boateng and Beatrice Oforiwaa Dankyi Today is the day that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was due to come into existence. Once it is fully implemented, the AfCFTA agreement will be…
By ARKEBE OQUBAY The response to Africa’s COVID-19 plight must be swift and at scale rather than too little, too late. In a world short...
By Yohannis Mulu Tessema and John Kojo Osei COVID-19, if not contained, can have long-lasting effects on all sectors of the African economy in...
“We went through, just in the last 20 years, this big debt forgiveness for a lot of African countries……now all of a sudden are...
With the global spread of the COVID-19, and gradual lock downs in cities and countries across Africa, I have new fears – that starvation...
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...
Reviewed by Arkebe Oqubay A trilogy on Asia’s transformation Deepak Nayyar — economist, thinker, leading scholar — has written yet another splendid book. Resurgent...
By Arkebe Oqubay Ethiopia’s remarkable record of economic growth and home-grown development path has inspired the whole continent of Africa. In reviewing the decade,...
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 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...
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...
By Arkebe Oqubay I was recently in Anantarivo, Madagascar for the 11th Private Sector Forum organised by the African Union Commission and its partners,...
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 Adiel N. Mbabu The story of smallholder farmers in Africa, as in other developing countries in the last century, has been that of...
By Rob Floyd Often policymakers are torn between taking bold decisions that can lead to transformative change or taking less risky ones that may...
By Rob Floyd On September 12 in Abidjan, ACET convened African governments, international organizations, the private sector and development finance institutions (DFIs) to discuss...