Structural transformation of African economies would best be achieved on the development of home-grown policies and strategies that spur growth of production in various sectors.
A Minister and Special Advisor to the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, believes encouraging more foreign direct investments into the country will impact on the local economy, as capacity of skilled locals will be enhanced.
German investors interested in exploring opportunities in Ghana will be able to put questions to Ghanaian policy makers at the Germany Ghana Investors Forum taking place today. The forum is […]
Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector will receive a financial boost of $500 million, from the country’s largest commercial bank, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE).
A regional value chain approach, one stop border posts and harmonized trade guidelines were export policies key to spurring industrialisation, participants at the recently concluded second African Transformation Forum (ATF2018) […]
As the Chinese government continues to encourage investors to venture overseas, African nations are wooing entrepreneurs to set up manufacturing bases in their countries. The World Bank estimates that China […]
In the first Who Said What statement posted here, renowned economist and Nobel laureate, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, challenges the notion that Africa’s development can follow Asia’s growth model of manufacturing export-led growth.
Will there ever be the ‘African Tigers’? A question begging answers. A look at the manufacturing sector’s total contribution to African economies is telling.
First the bad news. After fifteen years in the global economic growth fast lane, sub-Saharan Africa is reeling from the effects of falling commodity prices, depressed Chinese demand, and deteriorating financial conditions. The IMF has revised growth forecasts down to...
From agrarian base to an industrial base to a service-led economy. This is the standard economic transition that the now advanced societies went through. However, a new trend is emerging in Africa today.
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Trade and industrialization in Africa: two peas in a pod?
Will there ever be the ‘African Tigers’? A question begging answers. A look at the manufacturing sector’s total contribution to African economies is telling.
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