The US$91 billion that moves quietly across continents each year dwarfs the headlines given to IMF programs and World Bank loans - and it comes with...
Africa's industrial ambitions will remain illusory until energy is treated not as infrastructure, but as the foundation of sovereign economic strategy.
By Ziad Hamoui Ghana’s president is right to call current trade arrangements neo-colonial. But diagnosis without execution changes nothing. Ghana produces the cocoa. Switzerland pockets US$130...
By Dishant Shah The unit economics of manufacturing reveal that low wages mean little without productivity to match. The conventional wisdom about African manufacturing rests on...
By Gregory September In two decades, China constructed more than 50,000 kilometers (31,069 miles) of high-speed rail – a network that now dwarfs the combined systems...
By Dishant Shah Ethiopia’s manufacturing surge reveals what economists often miss: successful industrialization isn’t about speed – it’s about sequence. A headline slipped through global business...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly The narrative of African poverty has become the world’s most persistent fiction. It is time to dismantle it entirely. Africa is not...
By Dishant Shah At first glance, the map appears to be nothing more than a transport plan: rail lines threading through the continent, ports dotting the...
By Danilo Desiderio The global energy conversation is undergoing a profound transformation. As the World Economic Forum recently highlighted, advanced economies are increasingly prioritizing energy security...
By Balbir Singh At global forums – from Davos to Addis Ababa – policymakers and development advisors repeat a familiar mantra: Africa must industrialize and boost...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson Despite home to nearly 18 percent of the world’s population and some of its fastest-growing economies, Africa is projected to contribute less than...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi Despite a steady drumbeat of optimism about foreign investment flooding into the continent, African markets remain among the least progressive in the...
By David Coleman Africa stands at a historic inflection point. Home to the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population, the continent is on the cusp of what...
By David Coleman Every year, members of the African diaspora send nearly US$100 billion in remittances back home – more than all foreign direct investment combined....
By Mark-Anthony Johnson Since its launch in May 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has provided sub-Saharan African countries with preferential access to the...
By Dishant Shah In Lagos, traffic often grinds to a halt outside the sleek glass façade of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) – a fitting metaphor...
By Dishant Shah As the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) moves from vision to reality, a pivotal question echoes across boardrooms, policy think tanks, and...
By Martin Mpukani In January 2024, First Quantum Minerals sealed a landmark US$1 billion gold streaming agreement with Royal Gold, Inc., injecting fresh capital into Zambia’s...
By Dishant Shah Imagine 19 out of every 100 people on Earth contributing just 2 cents of every dollar generated globally. That’s the reality for Africa...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Across boardrooms and policy forums, the phrase “Made in Africa” is gaining momentum – a rallying cry for a continent ready to assert...
By Danilo Desiderio Africa’s economic destiny is inextricably linked to its ability to build a thriving ecosystem of large, globally competitive enterprises. Yet, despite a vibrant...
By NJ Ayuk For many in the developed world, electricity is an unquestioned part of daily life. They rarely consider what it means to live without...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Resource nationalism is often misunderstood as resource nationalization – but the two are not synonymous. I explored this distinction in detail a...
By Danilo Desiderio A groundbreaking study from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, titled “Diversifying European Supply Chains: Can Africa Play a Role?“, argues that...
