By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Government leaders often ask me how they can achieve development goals, such as expanding energy access, while tackling climate change. Some say, “Shouldn’t...
By Njenga Hakeenah Intra-African trade is expected to grow by 52 percent by 2022 once the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) comes into force in...
By Elizabeth Morgan Recently, there has been much concern that the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are unable to achieve cohesion in foreign policy...
By Arley Gill The deepening crisis in Venezuela is of grave concern for us in the Caribbean. After witnessing social and political unrest in other parts...
By Rita Babihuga-Nsanze Tech and intra-regional trade could drive the next sub-Saharan Africa growth cycle. Over the past 3 decades, sub-Saharan Africa has seen a major...
By Olansis M. Wolde Since the beginning of the Digital Revolution, people have been wondering about digitization of the workplace and how it relates to production...
By Merdies Hayes The Black Power movement of the late 1960s helped to redefine African American identity and establish a new racial consciousness. As influential as...
By Eromo Egbejule From new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to expanding export markets, there is a great deal to play for. And it is not...
By François Botha The African continent has certainly faced its fair share of challenges in recent decades. But with the trend for emerging economies helping to...
By Christian Busch and Uzoma Dozie Rapid change requires constant adaptation in the face of emerging challenges and customer needs. This can often best be achieved...
By Chika Ofili I get very excited during Women’s History Month because it allows me to reflect on the power of African women – especially in...
By Thabo Makoko A quiet financial revolution is gathering pace across Africa – and it all stems from the rise of smart mobile technology. While the...
By Thuo Njoroge Daniel In the recent past, African economies made the decision to establish a Continental Free trade Area (CFTA) to bring together 54 countries...
By Paul Nantulya China’s Belt and Road Initiative forges intertwining economic, political, and security ties between Africa and China, advancing Beijing’s geopolitical interests. One Belt One...
By Ronald Sanders P.J. Patterson, the former prime minister of Jamaica, recently observed to an attentive audience in Washington, DC, that “We of the Caribbean should...
By Adam Grunewald The potential for gig platforms to provide a source of consistent work and centralized governance and support is even more exciting in Africa...
By John Mair It is in South America yet they speak English. Culturally and in cricket terms they are West Indian. Guyana was the setting for...
By Michelle D. Gavin It is past time to stop being surprised by Africa’s relevance. This week’s Economist’s cover story, “The New Scramble for Africa”...
By Thomas C. Mountain On February 28, 2019 the last financial wire transactions between the small socialist country of Eritrea and all the western countries were...
By Hannah Giorgis Media coverage of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 framed a horrifying accident in appallingly familiar ways. On Sunday morning March...
By Payce Madden On January 11, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings released Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2019, focusing on 6 key...
By Basil Springer “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!” – Psalm 133:1 In the last Barbados general...
By Leila Demarest A close race was predicted between Muhammadu Buhari and his main rival Atiku Abubakar. In the end the incumbent won the Nigerian presidential...
Jamaica Observer | Small states, as Jamaica has proven over the years, can have an impact well beyond their economic and population size on much more...
By Greg Raleigh As we reflect on the celebrations of the just ended Black History Month, I am often asked if the Rev. Martin Luther King...
By Landry Signé Tourism is one of the primary drivers of economic growth and job creation in emerging economies throughout the world. Africa’s unique history and...
By Ashley Smith The streets of Haiti may be quiet for now, but, the desire to hold Haiti’s rulers accountable is felt intensely by millions of...
By Joseph W. Alliance The streets of Port-au-Prince and other major Haitian cities have, for more than a week now, been filled with people protesting violently...
By Ivory A. Toldson Evidence suggests white teachers are more negative with – and have lower expectations for – black students. As a counseling professor who...
By Ronald Sanders This commentary, is about troubling developments in Haiti and the constraints upon the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that prohibit them from playing a...
By Shimelis Dessu The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will offer great benefits to all 11 countries and their citizens. Any ongoing tension between Ethiopia, Sudan and...
By Glen Mourning Wakanda Forever! If that phrase rings a bell, you are probably among the millions of Americans who have seen the Marvel superhero movie...
By Perseus Mlambo For evidence that Africa’s aged rulers are increasingly out of touch with the continent’s booming youth population, look no further than the digital...
By Nigel Clarke Reform of monetary policy and iron fiscal discipline have been the keys to recovery. Jamaica, a small island-nation better known for its white...
By Spencer Overton Students across the United States are putting final touches on their applications for some of our country’s most prestigious public institutions. Higher education...
By Jean-Christophe Servant Bagamoyo, a small fishing port about 72 kilometers (45 miles) north of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, may become Africa’s biggest container port in...
By Stephanie Jay One of the unanswered questions in the current euphoric discourse about Ethiopia’s democratic transformation is who gave Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the mandate...
By Simon Flowers Venezuela’s slide from top of the heap to a virtual bit player in the oil market is a slow-motion car crash. Production sank...
By Olusegun Obasanjo, John Dramani Mahama, Ernest Bai Koroma and Saulos Chilima This year and next, Nigeria, Senegal, and Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) will hold general...
By Dwaun J. Warmack Invest in education to reduce poverty, crime and violence. Harris-Stowe State University is on an amazing trajectory right now. We are the...
By Max Siollun Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress and his main opposition rival, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, have...
By Peter Fabricius The African Union must guard against perceptions that AfCFTA is a political project with little concrete value for investors. If traders and...
By Derrick Johnson Words and images have power. They shape our reality and African Americans have been paying the price for 400 years. Words and images...
By Ronald Sanders The heads of government of the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), who met by video conference on January 24 to consider...
By Eliot Pence For ‘Prosper Africa’ to work, it needs to unleash the power of U.S. investors. Nearly 2 months after it was announced, the...
By Yohannes Gedamu Last year was an historical one for Ethiopian politics. Most Ethiopians now feel hopeful about the prospect of peace and democratic progress. This...
By Hippolyte Fofack The process of value addition along African commodities is likely to be enhanced under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, which offers tremendous...
By Douglas Yates Paradoxes and dilemmas of Françafrique Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has generated controversy in France by suggesting the country is...
By Chiamaka Ihekwoaba Sub-Saharan Africa has been discovered, once again, to have the weakest average performance on the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). No fewer...
By Gebisa Ejeta After rapid economic growth averaging 10 percent every year between 2004 and 2014, Ethiopia has emerged as an engine of development in Africa....
By Michael Khorommbi The Trump administration’s Africa strategy – which is not about fostering the socio-economic development of Africa, but to play Cold War politics...
By Jamala Rogers It is that time of year where one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech will permeate the air. “I Have a...
By Njoki Ngumi Trademarking “Hakuna Matata” gives Disney the right to emblazon it on anything from fridge magnets to sweatshirts. Disney is far from the...
By Nicholas Norbrook You won’t have missed the nationalist mood engulfing big economies around the world: the United States, Britain, Brazil, France and Germany are all...
By Alex Vines Last year the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and the European Union unveiled their new strategies for Africa and China, Germany...
The new administration of President Lourenço is setting the records straight and opening up a new era Over the past 2 decades, Angola has transformed from...
By Mehari Taddele Maru Contrary to what the West believes, Africans do not see themselves as victims of Chinese economic exploitation. As things stand, China...
By Carl Manlan If every African with the means contributed a dollar a month for a year to pool their own resources, the continent could move...
By Elizabeth Morgan The use of adjectives such as “tumultuous” and “tempestuous” are not uncommon in describing events in the political and economic history of Guyana...
Addis Ababa – As 2018 comes to an end, and 2019 begins, there are many stories that touched our hearts as the year progressed, among them...
By Grant T. Harris The wrong way to counter China The United States should be motivated to engage African states for the same reason China...
By Steven Kuo Instead of development assistance, Chinese firms have brought employment, training, new technology and financing. China is Africa’s number one trade partner, number...
By Daniel F. Runde, Christopher Metzger and MacKenzie Hammond This is not your grandparents’ Africa. It is richer, freer, lucrative, and more capable than ever before....
By John J Stremlau US President Donald Trump has finally approved a “New Africa Strategy”. His national security adviser, John Bolton, described the contents on 13...
By Anca-Elena Ursu As time passes, it becomes increasingly clear that the current US administration has no coherent vision for Africa, and that US prestige...
By Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux Africa shows every sign of being the world’s next big growth market. It is home to more...
By Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman The inaugural Africa Investment Forum took place from November 7 to 9 in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the goal of...
By Michael T. Pugh There are currently about 5,500 commercial banks and savings institutions in the United States, down from roughly 8,300 a decade ago. Over...
By Linda M. Richter A country’s wealth goes hand in hand with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the market value of goods and services...
By Ronald Sanders Haiti continues to be an unsettled country politically. Demonstrations against successive governments have become almost normal, and so too, tragically, are the deaths...
By Chrispin Mwakideu If what is happening in Florida’s mid-term elections had happened in Africa, the condemnation would have been swift. It is time to reverse...
By Ronald Sanders The referenda, held individually in Antigua & Barbuda and Grenada on replacing the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean...
By Adam Valavanis On November 5, the New York Times ran on the first page of its business section a long piece on the emergence of...
By Derrick Johnson This was a remarkable wave of grassroots activism that swept across the country – with women and people of color leading the way....
By Tibor P. Nagy Jr. As you read this, I am on my first trip to the continent of Africa as Assistant Secretary of State for...
Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over from Hailemariam Desalegn in April 2018, Ethiopia has experienced a rapid pace of political reforms. So far, save for...
By Kemi Arosanyin December 11-17, 2018 at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo, all 55 African countries will converge for the first edition of the...
By Shannon Ebrahim It was the United States’ backing for Africa’s grand thieves that entrenched the cancer of corruption on the continent. Without America’s guns...
By Carlos Lopes If the European Union is to seize the economic opportunities that Africa offers, it will need to work with the continent’s leaders...
By Mukhisa Kituyi We are living in a world of fast-paced digital transformation. The unprecedented speed and scale of change brought about by digital technology offer...
By Landry Signé How to unlock the manufacturing and industrialization potential in Africa? The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the 3rd Industrial Development Decade for...
By Moustapha Cisse If AI is to improve lives and reduce inequalities, we must build expertise beyond the present-day centers of innovation. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
By Sarah Colenbrander and Ian Palmer National governments have a key role to play in establishing enabling legislation and building the capacity of municipal authorities...
By Tracey Webster If Africa is to realize its full potential and transcend the socio-economic and political challenges that continue to hinder the rapid transformation...
By Yu-Shan Wu, Chris Alden, and Cobus van Staden The power imbalance between China and African countries has led to the relationship being criticised as neocolonial....
By David Comissiong A national referendum on the issue of whether a Caribbean nation should disengage from the British Privy Council and accede to the Caribbean...
By Craig Cotton HBCUs are diverse in enrollment, faculty and staff, academic programs, location, and the resources available to their students and the respective communities they...
By Noah Smith Africa’s fast population growth offers some great investment opportunities, but the West is missing out. During the past decade, China has been investing...
By Claire Felter Ethiopia’s new leader, Abiy Ahmed, is seeking aggressive reforms to put an end to discord and build on the country’s progress in...
By Chauncey K. Robinson There is an alarming – and long-lived – trend in schools across the United States when it comes to discipline. From preschool...
By Marcia Kaplan Africa has been a laggard in eCommerce for many reasons, including lack of internet access, poverty, a high rate of illiteracy, and logistical...
By Delisle Worrell Last November last year I published a diagnosis and prescription for the economy in the article: ‘The Barbados Economy: The Road to...
By Akinwale Akinyoade Nigeria – Africa’s largest economy turns 58. Nigeria is great nation with great people from diverse cultures. As we celebrate the country’s 58th...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. No one questions the fact that for the past 6 decades, African Americans have overwhelmingly supported and voted for Democratic Party...
By Ahmed Charai The International Criminal Court is a failed experiment. While the court has received more than 10,000 written complaints referring to 139 countries,...
By Roberto Savio There are many factors behind the crisis of the United Nations but the progressive withdrawal of the United States from multilateralism is its...
By Jacqueline Hubbard After the Civil War, black Americans hungered for education – to read and to write – and understood its importance in American society....
By Michael Woldemariam Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, has pursued an aggressive, reformist agenda. It wants to rewrite Ethiopia’s old, authoritarian social contract and unite the...
By Francois Gamet Africa and China are now inextricably tied and both need each other. At the moment, China’s policy banks, state-owned enterprises and private firms...
By Anzetse Were The Chinese have come to the continent with a clean slate without a history of exploitation. The combination of slavery, colonialism, the post-independent...
By Andrew Lumsden The United States must exist in the brave new world it helped create Last month, Ronald Sanders, Antigua & Barbuda’s ambassador to the...
The Belt and Road Initiative consists of 2 complementary, concurrent plans. One is an overland route connecting Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to China....
By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi What are the Chinese up to in Africa? I have lost count of the number of times I have heard this question being...
By Ifeanyi Nsofor An Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again straining Africa’s medical resources. Prospects for progress...
By Honoré Banda Repercussions over controversial ports deals in the Gulf of Aden put Djibouti and Somalia at the heart of a big-stakes game. While landlocked...
By Elizabeth Morgan From 1979, during his presidential election campaign, Ronald Reagan advocated the establishment of a North American free trade area and called for the...
By DeLisle Worrell The Mia Mottley administration could add a significant stimulus to economic growth and job creation by leasing the Bridgetown Port and the Grantley...
South Africa plans to undo the wrongs of apartheid by returning land seized from native blacks Land is much more than a resource. It also has...
By Mustafa Rashed If you are responsible for revenue and sustainability of your business or organization, I have a simple question for you. When is the...
By Ronald Sanders The financial services sector of Caribbean jurisdictions, and other parts of the developing world, have been under continuous assault by the European Union...
By Olabisi D. Akinkugbe Much has been made of the embarrassing withdrawal by Nigeria from signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) earlier this year...
By Peter Fabricius The rest of the continent is looking to South Africa to push for shared value from BRICS. Once the pomp and ceremony and...
By Victor Kgomoeswana Once upon a time, a wily Manchester-born, Sheffield and Surrey-educated economist named Jim O’Neill, started a WhatsApp group. Having made a name for...
By Deborah Bräutigam Why is Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting 3 small African countries on his first state trip of 2018? This week Xi will be...
By Marie Clarke and Yolette Etienne The recent IMF-sparked fuel price crisis is just the latest example of wealthy nations and institutions pushing policies that worsen...
By Witney Schneidman and Joel Wiegert Given recent developments in the global economy, especially Brexit and the Trump administration’s “America First” policy, it is worth assessing...
By Magan Magan In celebration of the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, writer and poet Magan Magan explains how we can draw inspiration from the South...
By Edwin Macharia What if Zambians could be compensated not just for the extraction of their copper but also for the use and reuse of it...
By Elizabeth Bintliff and Carl Manlan Entrepreneurship By 2030, the largest workforce in the world will be African. This generation is arguably the last to have...
By Ronald Sanders Haiti’s current fiscal problems that led to 4 days of protests setting back the country’s already fragile economic and political stability, have implications...
By Allison Fedirka When we think of countries competing for power and influence in the Horn of Africa, a short list of candidates comes to mind:...
By Edward Seaga West Indies Federation The relationship of Jamaica with its Caribbean neighbors in a regional organization was first publicly discussed at a conference in...
Since leaving office in 2015, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has proved a dogged critic of Africa’s status quo, advocating for climate change action, scientific...
By Nyshka Chandran The world’s second-largest economy has long described China-Africa cooperation as a “win-win” arrangement — one that provides China with natural resources and African...
By Clare Akamanzi The marketing deal between Rwanda and Arsenal has generated a lot of attention since it was announced last month, most of it positive....
By Thomas Collins Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, recently revealed that Africa’s annual infrastructure gap now stands at as much as US$170 billion....
By Ronald Sanders I wish I could say that “all eyes are on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meeting to be held from 4...
By Lee Wengraf Trade and Investment Since the start of the new millennium, sub-Saharan African economies have undergone a dramatic boom. This surge has been marked...
By Akinwumi Adesina Although Africa has recorded strong economic growth in recent years, and will continue to do so this year, its gains will remain fleeting...
A comprehensive analysis of population movement within Africa demonstrates it could have unexpected economic benefits and support development on the continent. African migration could boost growth...
By David Thomas Six long years after the African Union’s decision to establish an African free trade area, policymakers met in Kigali this March to put...
By Pierre Guislain Is East Asian miracle relevant for Africa? Despite a decade’s worth of headline-grabbing economic growth, Africa’s experience with industrialization remains disappointing. Sixty-two percent...
By Mimi Kalinda ‘The scales of international trading need to be balanced with the world’s poorest nations, especially Africa, to achieve fairness.’ As we celebrate Africa...
By Hendrik du Toit I remember a time, over 20 years ago now, when virtually no professionally-managed capital moved across borders in Africa. When aid and...
By David Malingha Doya While the United States and China are trying to outdo each other with import tariffs and the U.K. wants to break away...
By Ewnetu Haile Ethiopia has had of 10 percent economic growth over the past 12 years. The sustained rapid economic growth complemented by strong performance in...
By Shakir Akorede The world’s largest free-trade area Africa is charting a new path towards a single continental market – and it is going to be...
By Barclay Ballard The African Development Bank will use this year’s Africa Investment Forum to bridge an infrastructure funding gap of US$130 – US170 billion a...
By Teri Williams As graduation season approaches, most black parents have high anxiety about how our children can possibly achieve the American dream given economic inequality...
By Kealeboga J Maphunye Some African countries have recorded democratic victories in the past 12 months. Ethiopia has a new leader whose ascent holds great promise...
By Pippa Morgan China is here to stay, and Western and African countries alike should make the most of it. Ethiopia is one of the world’s...
By Deborah Bräutigam Fact vs fiction – China is often lambasted as a nefarious actor in its African dealings, but the evidence tells a more complicated...
By Shigoli Shitero The creation of a continental free trade area across the African continent poses unique conflict of interest challenges for the signatories. In March,...
By Rossini Zumwalt Today, Africa’s population is estimated at 1.2 billion people [15 percent of the world’s total]. By 2050, the population of 26 out of...
By David Comissiong We know that we cannot speak for all of our fellow citizens, but we would like to publicly declare that one of the...
African leaders have just signed a framework establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade...
By Joe Parkin Daniels Few countries have as complicated a relationship with international aid organizations as Haiti, a nation wracked by structural and environmental crises. Hundreds...
By Francis Mangeni With the launch of the African Union’s long-awaited Continental Free Trade Area this month, African leaders have an opportunity to set their countries...
By John J Stremlau To reassure and reiterate America’s commitments to a positive Africa agenda of cooperation U.S. President Donald Trump sent his Secretary of State,...
By Ed Cropley “It would be better for Africa if the Trump administration just ignored us because of the chaos and dysfunction within the administration. It...
By John J Stremlau US President Donald Trump promised in late January that his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would make an “extended” visit to Africa...
By Akinwumi A. Adesina Over the past few years, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its position as Africa’s premier development finance institution, generating significant...
By Jovenel Moïse Cover-up: Problem bigger than Oxfam The abuse took place on Haitian soil, involved Haitian citizens, and it was Haitian law that was broken....
By Mac Margolis Guyana with a population of less than 750,000 people and a per capita income of US$4,300, is the smallest nation in the Caribbean...
By JL Carter Sr. Marvel’s latest superhero juggernaut ‘Black Panther’ has had a historic opening weekend, with some experts predicting US$300 million in global box office...
By Afsan Chowdhury It is carried out by people suffering from a savior complex who believe that only the Western man can save the black and...
By Abishur Prakash Nigeria has launched 5 satellites since 2003 and is planning to launch Africa’s first nano-satellite. Economic, Social and Military Capabilities In 2013, during...
By Jennifer Semakula Musisi Now is the opportunity to get urbanization right and make it a force for productivity and change. No country in the world...
By Obinwanne Okeke For much of 2017, 2 of Africa’s biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, have struggled. Nigeria is only just stuttering out of a...
By Patrick Smith, Nicholas Norbrook and Crystal Orderson Across the globe and on the African continent, business tycoons are trying their hand at government. The following...
Research from the Inter-American Development Bank has shown that the small developing economies of the Caribbean were the most adversely affected by the global financial crisis...
By Li Yong In recent decades, some developing countries – mainly in Asia – have managed to industrialize. For African countries to achieve sustainable development, they,...
By Célestin Monga The world’s advanced economies are not paying sufficient attention to this dynamic, emerging continent, which means they are missing out on the many...
By Ronald Sanders The new United States Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer, made his first appearance at a Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
By David Levin Detrimental Impact of Trump’s Presidency Last January, I wrote an article about what I thought Donald Trump’s policies toward Africa might look like...
By Fred Swaniker Last week I found myself back in Silicon Valley at Stanford University where I did my MBA. I was privileged to attend a...
By Rodney Muhumuza For years African leaders have toyed with the idea of free movement by citizens across the continent, even raising the possibility of a...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), last week, on November 20th, joined other organizations to commemorate Africa industrialization day. The objective was to raise awareness on...
By Dale Mathias While the rhetoric of the Trump administration’s America First Policy has been squarely aimed at Mexico and China, the implications of this policy...
By Calestous Juma and Francis Mangeni African countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area (CFTA) between 55 countries by early...
By Yash Tandon The beginning of a 3rd revolutionary epoch? China is fast growing as a leading global power, as the Euro-American-Japanese empire is on the...
By Ronald Sanders Caribbean small states should be readying themselves for a major joint push to make the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties...
By Adebayo Alonge While American politicians quarrel over the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the United States – one of the few industrialized countries without universal health...
By Clement J. Rohee The 9th summit of BRICS member states was recently held in Xiamen, China. The 5 members of BRICS namely Brazil, Russia, India,...
Yesterday – October 15, 2017, the United Nations (U.N.) withdrew its peacekeeping troops from Haiti, ending its 13-year mission there. One might expect mixed feelings about...
By Aliko Dangote Malnutrition undermining progress Perhaps the most critical business lesson I have learnt is that a country’s most valuable resource isn’t the oil it...
By Jean-Claude Bastos De Morais China’s economic success has been the envy of the world in recent decades. Its gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an...
By Bitange Ndemo Last week, a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump to African leaders revealed once more the intentions of some Western “investors” in Africa....
By Ailsa Wingfield The term “untapped potential” is often bandied about when it comes to Africa, but when we drill down to the reality, the numbers...
By Dennis Matanda Editor-in-Chief | The Habari Network New York | While Barack Obama and some of his predecessors contributed to what one ought to expect...
By Dennis Matanda, Editor-in-Chief | The Habari Network While its almost faux pas to suggest that African countries must look abroad for short-term solutions to their...
By Arthur Friedman If the U.S. and China have their way, Africa could soon begin to reach its potential as the next great frontier for apparel...
(Jamaica Observer) The devastation by Hurricane Irma of Barbuda, the sister island of Antigua, and the potential to rebuild it into a modern tourist city, proves...
By Andrew M. Mwenda How the U.S. president has exposed the hypocrisy of his nation’s media and academia Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump did what...
By Asmita Parshotam The Continental Free Trade Agreement has the potential to boost intra-African trade by 52 percent between 2010 and 2022, while trade in industrial...
Africa is simply tired of being in the dark. It is time to take decisive action and turn around this narrative: to light up and power...
By Connie Smith Why not Barbados? On a small island-nation of 430 square kilometers (166 square miles) and a quarter of million people – give or...
By David Levin Sorry, But I Have No Opinion About That… There are approximately 4.5 billion people worldwide between the ages of 15 and 64 years...
By Olusegun Obasanjo Every year, thousands of young Africans join an exodus from their families’ small, often struggling farms in the countryside. Their dream – sometimes...
By Christina Lewis Halpern My dad, Reginald F. Lewis, was an impressive man. He taught me how to ride a bike, and despite his more-than-full-time job,...
By Melanius Alphonse The Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Allen Chastanet’s tourism-led strategy has come to the fore once again, as the economic centrality for the...
By William F. Pickard Black people must pivot from consumption to creators and owners Technology is a thriving industry with infinite opportunities that will continue to...
By Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong It has been nearly 2 decades since the idea of a single currency for West Africa was first mooted. Yet the sub-region...
By Valerie Jarrett It is unacceptable that 23.5 million black women are robbed of an equal opportunity for prosperity, and are plagued by systemic injustice. I...
By Linh Tran Huy After over 15 years of rapidly expanding economic and political exchanges, China-Africa relations are changing. During the 6th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation...
By David Jessop Is CARICOM coming apart? There is a pervasive view within and beyond the Caribbean that the regional integration process is foundering and that...
By David Levin Changing rabbits into doves I have always loved a really good magic trick. The kind that makes you think to yourself, “there’s no...
By Abiy Hailu Special economic zones are an effective instrument to promote industrialization and structural transformation. They have already brought about significance economic success stories particularly...
By Mukhisa Kituyi “Small is beautiful, small is powerful”. This is the creed embedded in the foundation of a global e-commerce giant, Alibaba. But the creed...
By David Luke In a tumultuous year for the global trading landscape, negotiations for a huge Africa-wide free trade area are progressing rapidly. Across the...