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Paper Tiger: Why West Africa's Duty-Free Pledge Keeps Failing Its Traders
Forty-five years after its creation, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme has registered 50,000 products for duty-free access, yet intra-regional trade barely clears 12 per cent. A hard look at the levies, legal obligations and political will standing between aspiration and market reality.
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Leadership and flooding: When systems fail, citizens pay
With the rainy season once again exposing the vulnerability of our towns and cities, flooding has returned as a painful reminder that many of our development challenges are less about nature and more about leadership.
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Africa's billionaire problem is not uniquely African
Ghanaians do not need to look far to appreciate the Aliko Dangote business model. Since 2011, Dangote Cement has operated in Ghana, importing bulk cement and bagging it at its terminal in Tema for sale into the domestic market.
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Optcoin’s disaster is the loudest warning yet
The cryptocurrency and forex trading platform Optcoin disappeared in December 2025 to the shock of many Kenyans. The website was down and customer accounts frozen.
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