By Ajay Wasserman South Africa’s official unemployment rate has declined. On the surface, that is cause for cautious optimism. According to Statistics South Africa, the latest...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu For decades, Liberia stood as a beacon of stability in West Africa. Then came the late 1980s, when civil war shattered that...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson Can a West African nation plagued by poverty replicate Asia’s most audacious economic miracle? In the pantheon of ambitious national rebranding exercises, few...
By Danilo Desiderio For more than half a century, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has served as the world’s default yardstick for national progress. Yet this narrow...
By Danilo Desiderio In many African economies, a familiar proverb echoes through bustling markets and border towns: “When the lion does not hunt, the hyena will...
By Dian Baldé Africa’s push for agro-industrialization has long been framed as a race to build factories, attract investors, and export value-added goods. But too often,...
By Dishant Shah In conversations about the global economy, the spotlight rarely strays from giants like the United States, China, and Germany. These powerhouses dominate headlines,...
By Kei Rapodile South Africa stands at a crossroads in its economic development journey. The Department of Small Business Development’s recent announcement of an additional R125...
By Danilo Desiderio The Group of Twenty (G20) stands as one of the world’s most influential multilateral forums, comprising 19 leading economies – Argentina, Australia, Brazil,...
African innovation is nothing new. A quick search on the internet will reveal an entire history book of African inventions spanning centuries; from harnessing fire in...
