By Ziad Hamoui Multilateral Development Banks now account for more than half of Africa’s net financial flows – a 124 percent increase that is fueling one...
By Ziad Hamoui Three months of uncertainty revealed what reliance on non-reciprocal arrangements truly costs the continent. The US House of Representatives approved the African Growth...
By Michele Moscaritoli West Africa is recalibrating its economic compass – not outward toward traditional global markets, but inward, across its own borders. The shift is...
By Ziad Hamoui When more than 60 percent of cross-border trade deliberately avoids official channels, something has gone profoundly wrong with our customs systems. Ghana’s first-ever...
By Danilo Desiderio As preferential trade agreements multiply and global commerce expands, a troubling pattern has emerged: the environmental costs of liberalized trade remain largely invisible...
By Kei Rapodile The rules of global trade are being rewritten – and Africa’s exporters are scrambling to adapt. With the African Growth and Opportunity Act...
By Danilo Desiderio The global trading system is fracturing, and Africa faces a pivotal choice: become a strategic player or remain a passive bystander in a...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Africa proclaims the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as the world’s largest free-trade zone, spanning 1.4 billion people across 54 countries...
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 Dr. Princess C. Mutisya Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads. The dream of a truly integrated continent – bound by one passport, one customs regime,...
By JP Følsgaard Bak Last week, I attended what felt like the funeral of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – not in a chapel,...
By Danilo Desiderio As global trade grows increasingly fragmented, Africa stands at a crossroads. According to UNCTAD, average tariffs imposed by major economies – including the...
By Danilo Desiderio A provocative question recently posed by a Semafor Africa article – “Does Africa really exist?” – offers a striking entry point into the...
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 Dishant Shah Trade blocs often sound like the ultimate solution to regional prosperity. On paper, they promise unified markets, stronger negotiating power, streamlined supply chains,...
By Gregory Simpkins US President Donald Trump appears to be more determined than ever to pursue his international tariff policies, even through the several reversals of...
By Danilo Desiderio The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was hailed as a transformative milestone in Africa’s economic integration when it was signed in 2018....
By Godfred Zina In the shifting terrain of global trade, major powers like the United States and China are increasingly influencing the economic trajectory of Africa...
