Conventionally, investors around the world are primarily motivated by investment returns and have little interest in how those returns were generated. In recent times, however, there has been a seismic shift in this attitude - with organisations and individuals increasingly recognising the interdependencies between social, environmental and economic issues....
It is a known fact that Africa’s industrialisation is a long journey. There is a huge execution gap between the design thinking behind the entire ecosystem and implementation of same. It’s a very challenging continent with many hurdles. The Pan African Industrial Policy constructs across the regional blocs have...
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Investors are finally waking up to the potential of Africa’s competitive advantages. This is one of the most unexplored markets for investment. It is a huge opportunity for those who want to be involved in early-stage investments, and for those who want to invest in sectors that have been...
Ghanaian-born African Human Development Expert Dr. Ishmael Nii Amanor Dodoo has said that anyone who has the desire to play any leadership role in the transformation of Africa must first transform themselves.
“Growing up in Africa and working across the continent throughout my career, I have come to the conclusion...
Growth across sub-Saharan Africa remains sluggish - dragged down by uncertainty in the global economy, the underperformance of the continent’s largest economies, high inflation and a sharp deceleration of investment growth, a World Bank report said on Wednesday.
In the face of dampened growth prospects and rising debt levels, African...
There are a lot of debates about how governments can support the private sector and, in turn, help their economy. There's another school of thought that public interest in a free market is actually detrimental to the economy. Special economic zones (SEZs) and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Africa have...
Leading discussions at the United Nations Security Council on challenges posed by increasing terrorism cum extremism and mechanism to eradicate the scourge across Africa, Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi unreservedly shared his country's unique experiences, progressive approach and success story with the gathering in New York.
President Filipe Nyusi, who...
For decades, Africa has been trapped in a cycle of debt dependency, relying on external actors for debt cancellation, debt swaps, debt exchange, debt forgiveness et al through bailout programs. In this article we argue that developing world class Industrial Ecosystems offer a more nuanced and effective approach to...
On March 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the International Parliamentary Conference Russia – Africa in a Multipolar World, held in Moscow under the auspices of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly. "This conference is undoubtedly important in the context of the continued development of Russia's...