How can Africa’s terms of international trade be improved and why bother?
Discussing international trade often elicits a large yawn from the bored reader, who instantly clicks away from the web page [...]
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Mismanagement and Corruption – The Mugging of Africa
The notions of “mismanagement of public resources” and “corruption” are very closely associated. The first relates to incompetence by those [...]
Venture Capital in Africa – an answer to economic growth and development?
Historically, entrepreneurs and small business owners have always made an important contribution to the economic welfare and development of nation [...]
Unite we must– the continuing imperative for African Unity
The great globalisation of the early 1960s to 2020 seems to have been slowed down, if not stopped, by the [...]
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient – for Africa, certainly
More than a year has passed since the ratification, to general acclaim, of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) [...]
An Agenda For Economic Diversification In Zambia
There is so much written in academic journals, government and agency reports, as well as newspapers, about the need to [...]
Let’s Make A Workforce Fit For Africa’s 21st Century Of Success
It is always easy for commentators to paint Africa as a continent that lurches from one crisis to another. A [...]
Africa Is In Urgent Need Of Leadership With Action
Numerous African leaders are lauded in the annals of history. Their names are recognized the world over – Nkrumah, Nyerere, [...]