By Mary Alorh The global fight against poverty and energy challenges heavily depends on progress within Africa. Currently, approximately 600 million people in Africa lack access...
By Gregory Simpkins The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has long enjoyed bipartisan support, but partisan squabbles appear to have doomed its long-term extension during the...
The energetic African youth population continues to be the greatest contributor to its global presence. The entertainment space is dominated by young, talented artists who continue...
By Paul Nantulya Africa-China relations in 2025 kicked off with a trip to the continent by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi from January 5-11. Since 1991,...
By Danilo Desiderio Compared to other continents, Africa has a very limited and underdeveloped railway network. A paper published from Tralac in September 2023 noted that the majority...
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
By Danilo Desiderio The Abuja Treaty (1991) for the establishment of the African Economic Community recognized cooperation among African customs administrations as a cornerstone for the...
By Ryan Elcock During a recent conversation with my long-time colleague Len Carby, we discussed my article, “A Strategic Roadmap for the Caribbean: Maximizing Opportunities in...
Guyana Chronicle | President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that Guyana is ahead of its regional goal to reduce the food import bill by 25% by...
By Gregory Simpkins In the latest episode of Real Talk Habari, the directors of The Habari Network—Oscar Sekyewa, Ryan Elcock, Emmanuel Musaazi, and Gregory Simpkins—dive deep...
By Edson Mpyisi Kenya stands at a pivotal moment where its youthful population can become either its greatest asset or a significant challenge. With over 75%...
By Danilo Desiderio A recurring theme in discussions on the high cost of transport in Africa, particularly within economic literature, is the lack of infrastructure and the...
By Mary Alorh The governments of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) have implemented progressive policies to strengthen governance and enhance the quality of life for...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Over the past thirty years, Africa has made remarkable strides in various areas of development and nation-building. The skylines of capital cities...
By Danilo Desiderio Public infrastructure deficits across Africa are widely documented in economic studies and policy discussions. The African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook 2018 estimated...
By Emmanuel Musaazi Historically, technological developments span the globe. Every region and people of the world have contributed to technological development at some time in history,...
By Gregory Simpkins As I have written about previously, as many as four billion people globally experience water shortages for at least one month a year,...
By Gregory Simpkins Summertime is a prime season for tourism, and there are Americans who will want to visit Africa, this year again, or for the...
Caribbean News Global | African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$ 30 Million financing facility to Joyau Des Caraibes Limited (JDC); the Caribbean subsidiary of...
Kenyan Wall Street | Kenya’s economy is expected to remain resilient in 2024 after a 5.6 percent expansion last year from a revised growth of 4.9...
Addis Standard | Ethiopia’s economy is on track for robust 7.9% growth in the current fiscal year, according to Minister of Planning and Development Fitsum Assefa....
By Bob Kikuyu The positioning of the African Union (AU) Summit at the front of the calendar year serves well as a platform to sound the...
By Paul Frimpong Modernization is a universal cause that affects all of humanity. There is no single paradigm or solution to modernization. The nature and rate...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Admittedly, democracy as practiced in Africa is largely an adopted concept, and in some instances, an “imposition” from colonialism. At the dawn...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
By Paul Frimpong Over the last decades, China has been at the forefront of championing multiple global initiatives, including the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global...
By Gregory Simpkins Investors, especially American investors, are overly cautious in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. They require extra assurance of the viability...
By Gregory Simpkins God has blessed Africa with abundant human and natural resources. Human resources often leave their home countries for more promising opportunities elsewhere, but...
African Business| Whenever I meet clients and investors, the one discussion I always end up having, regardless of market conditions, is on currency markets. There are...
Brookings | The narrative around a successful African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)—its potential to increase intra-African trade by 15 to 25 percent, or $50 billion to $70 billion—is...
By Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | As the past one hundred years have illustrated, when the United States puts its collective muscle to good use, socio-economic growth...
African Markets | The Kenyan shilling has for the first time crossed the Sh119 mark against the dollar, triggering costly imports and higher international debt repayments ahead of Tuesday’s general...
By Leah Lynch Yesterday the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) released their eagerly awaited International Development Strategy. It has been an agonizing wait; the...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law an oil overhaul bill that has been in the works for nearly two decades, a presidential spokesman said on...
Builders of a $7-billion waterfront development in Angola’s capital, Luanda, hope to attract an international hotelier to boost the project’s profile, Bloomberg reports. Baia de Luanda SA is...
Several agriculture projects in Tanzania have been awarded grants worth almost 650,000 US dollars by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT). “The AFT has granted two...
Gauteng Premier, David Makhura believes that the province’s rapid urbanization needs to be understood before any issues can be dealt with. With 97 percent of its...
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has indicated that it will be prioritiszing investments in West Africa going forward. PIC CEO, Elias Masilela stated, “We have broken...
The Ethiopian government has welcomed the positive credit ratings the country got last week saying it will help it access international finance. Credit ratings agency Fitch...
Rwanda has committed itself to driving policies and reforms that will attract investment and promote growth in the country. According to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, “It’s...
Africa needs to improve its regional and national deficits before it can increase investment from outside the continent. David Humphrey, head of power and infrastructure at...
Creating jobs in the manufacturing sector may be the way to alleviate unemployment in Africa. “In order to create jobs we need to open up the...
Ethiopia has received a $380 million World Bank loan to help improve the capacity of its urban councils through expansion of infrastructure and services. The board...
While African governments and development partners are investing more in roads and rails infrastructure much more needs to be done for any meaningful socioeconomic impact to...
Construction companies in sub-Saharan Africa are moving beyond mainstay mining work as rising wealth and urbanization spark demand for shopping centers and better roads, the chief...
Carlo Lekea, a nattily dressed 22-year-old resident of Kinshasa, has just created the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) first mobile phone application. The app is a...
The Republic of Sierra Leone has conducted talks with Mubadala Development Company on investing in the country’s mining sector. “Mubadala is a potential strategic mining partner...
South Africa is Africa’s only nuclear power, and the first nation to have voluntarily relinquished its nuclear weapons. The government then committed to being fully transparent...
High quality software development is possible on the African continent but it needs to be encouraged and promoted. “The key thing to remember is, especially here...
As the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence, the country’s struggle, led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and supported by the working masses, inspired countries across...
