By Dr Edward K. Brown Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries across the world have invested around US$12 trillion in response measures to save lives and support critical economic structures. As the pandemic…
By: K.Y. Amoako As Africa entered a new decade, there was sustained, if not vibrant, optimism for the future. Many of the continent’s economies...
Europe is Africa’s principal trading partner and primary investor, and the European Union remains Africa’s largest donor. Cultural exchanges and tourism have been important...
By Mr. George Boateng and Ms. Beatrice Oforiwaa Dankyi The landmark African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, which will be fully operational in 2020, has the potential...
By Fatima Denton There are some hopeful signs that Africa is addressing the issue of climate action with greater commitment in support of the Paris...
By Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere Any private sector investments in Africa’s food sector must take account of Africa’s smallholder farmers if the investments are to survive, particularly...
By Linus Mofor Africa suffers from poor quality and expensive infrastructure services compared to other parts of the world. It is estimated that this constrains productivity...
By Chris Gordon A long-standing mystery of modern times is why the great Mayan cities in Central America disappeared after having survived for over a...
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 Eveline Herfkens Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)’s overall share of world trade remains a miniscule 2.2 per cent. This marginalization is a crucial factor in...
By George Boateng Ghana’s 2016 presidential election is scheduled for December 7, 2016. Many see this election as unique in Ghana’s recent history and...
By Joe Amoako-Tuffour In this article, ACET’s Director of Research, Joe Amoako-Tuffour, shares insights on Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area. He argues that in building...
Should countries invest resource revenues abroad when demands for public infrastructure are pressing at home? In this article published in the Journal of African Economies,...
By George Boateng The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a non-reciprocal trade agreement between the United States and selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, was...
By George Boateng On June 24th, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU). While much of the aftermath...
ACET Senior Economist Yaw Ansu recently had a piece in NABC Magazine, a publication of the Netherlands-African Business Council. In the story, Ansu goes...