With the global spread of the COVID-19, and gradual lock downs in cities and countries across Africa, I have new fears – that starvation and hunger are mounting threats for people across the continent. These…
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...
By Phoebe Bardsley Ghana’s Agbogbloshie is famous again, but this time for the right reasons. Located in Ghana’s capital, Agbogbloshie has been coined the...
By George Boateng Kofi Oteng Kufuor has written a clear, factual piece set out in history, religion and political jurisprudence on the challenges, prospects...
By Elijah Kimani The dilemma over Africa’s looming Chinese debt problem should be informed by Europe’s history of freeing up resources following WW1 and...
By Sanjeev Gupta and Mark Plant At the Center for Global Development, we recently initiated a project to develop more effective and equitable strategies...