By Curtis Akunfu Right now in Ghana, farmers are sitting on surplus while households struggle to eat. Rice, maize, and soybeans are piling up in warehouses...
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 Ronald Sanders Sovereignty is supposedly the cornerstone of international order: the formal declaration that every state has the right to govern itself, protect its territory,...
By John Dale Aliko Dangote is Africa’s largest real estate player. Yet no one calls him a real estate mogul. Why? Because he doesn’t flip plots...
By Ajay Wasserman Africa is home to 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land – yet it spends more than US$60 billion annually importing food....
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Africa spends over US$35 billion annually importing food – much of it crops that could thrive on its own soil. This staggering...
By Ziad Hamoui In a landmark move for regional integration, the African Union Commission (AUC), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, and the...
By Ryan Elcock The Caribbean has long grappled with the dual challenge of high dependence on imported food and limited agricultural self-sufficiency. This predicament is particularly...
