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How can we trust South Africa’s development to the free market? While we can point to examples from elsewhere and from the history of free markets reducing unemployment and increasing prosperity, many South Africans are not yet convinced by this …
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Nigeria has successfully introduced new banknotes on about 10 occasions since independence in 1960. So why has the latest attempt been so controversial and traumatic? And what measures need to be taken to avoid a future debacle?
Nigeria’s central bank …
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During President Biden’s closing remarks at the U.S.-Africa summit held in December, he stated that “Africa has the potential to feed its people and help feed the world.” Although framed with a positive spin, the inference of Biden’s statement refers …
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Zimbabwe has the largest lithium reserves in Africa and fourth worldwide with some lithium mining projects in the exploration phase forecasted to kick-start production this year. The Bikita Lithium mine is one of the biggest in Zimbabwe with a reserve …
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Last month, African leaders made their way to Washington, D.C., for the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit since 2014. The three-day event came at a crucial time for the United States as American foreign policy experts have grown increasingly nervous about …
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Elections are getting closer in Nigeria, and almost every candidate has declared a “war on poverty.” Since the country is home to the largest number of poor people in sub-Saharan Africa, lifting Nigerians out of poverty has become a crucial …
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Tobacco consumption has been a contentious issue for decades, given that the substance is one of the major causes of terminal ailments. This was why the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) labeled tobacco use as …
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African leaders are increasingly aspiring to “modernise” their cities. That is to make them “globally competitive” and “smart”. The hope is to strategically position cities in Africa to drive the continent’s much-needed socio-economic transformation.
But these aspirations tend to marginalise …
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Although poverty has been reduced considerably in industrialized societies, it continues to attack developing countries. Approximately, 689 million people, or about 9.2 percent of the world, live in dire poverty, and most of them are in developing countries. However, …
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Ghana is again seeking assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to enable the country to meet its payments to the rest of the world and restore the health of government finances. It is the second time in the past …
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