By Apollo Buregyeya Uganda and much of sub-Saharan Africa face a skills crisis that is widely misdiagnosed. Conventional wisdom blames the education system – underfunded schools,...
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 Ronald Sanders When migration routes close, nations confront an uncomfortable truth: their real immigration policy isn’t written in visa regulations – it’s embedded in how...
By Daki Nkanyane Work is never just work. It is how people locate themselves in the world. It is how dignity is expressed, how contribution is...
By Dishant Shah In 1950, fewer than 15 percent of Africans lived in cities. Today, that figure exceeds 40 percent. By 2050, more than 1.4 billion...
By Michele Moscaritoli For decades, Africa occupied a singular role in the global imagination: the perpetual recipient. Aid packages, charitable donations, development programs – always framed...
By Gregory September China has crossed a historic threshold: a US$1 trillion trade surplus. Even as exports to the United States decline sharply, the world’s second-largest...
By Dishant Shah Every few years, Africa receives a new catchphrase. “Africa Rising.” “The Next China.” “The World’s Future Growth Engine.” These slogans circulate through investment...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Africa stands at the precipice of an industrial renaissance. Across the continent, nations are awakening to a powerful truth: true economic sovereignty...
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 Gregory Simpkins Over decades of working on African issues – analyzing governments and economies and working with businesspeople wanting to enter African markets – it...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The map above highlights the top ten mineral-producing or extracting countries in Africa for 2022. With the surge in commodity prices, several...
The Orange Group opened its third small and medium enterprises (SME) incubator in the West African country, Niger. Orange Niger and its local partners have setup...
The recently elected Keith Mitchell administration has outlined plans for the construction of a new economy that will spur economic growth and development in Grenada. The...
African-American unemployment remains high at 13.8 percent despite U.S. employers increasing hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the overall unemployment rate down to 7.7...
