The announcement of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) was met with great optimism and hope for the continent by Africans and the rest of the world. According to the World Bank figures, AfCFTA will connect over 1.3 …
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According to the report published by the World Bank, which ranks the world’s economies Doing Business (2020) according to the ease of doing business, Cameroon ranked 167th out of 190 economies, a loss of one place compared to 2019. …
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President Ramaphosa recently announced that the Transnet National Ports Authority will become an independent subsidiary of Transnet, and will be wholly owned by it. But more still needs to be done.
Ramaphosa said that making the Authority independent “will create …
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About 85 million Nigerians do not have access to electricity from the national grid. This represents 43% of the entire population and makes Nigeria the country with the highest energy access deficit in the world. Although the situation is slightly …
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It’s the small crimes that bring you down. Al Capone went merrily on his murdering way until the FBI nailed him for tax evasion. Richard Nixon seemed immune to the consequences of lying about Vietnam, Cambodia and Chile but …
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The Nkafu Policy Institute is delighted to share with you the results of a report that critically appraises the declaration and payment of taxes in Cameroon. Indeed, since 2004 the Doing Business Index (DBI) of the World Bank has …
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As the world hopefully heads out of the COVID-19 lockdowns, trade and the shipping of more goods should continue to increase, as logistics bottlenecks start to ease and fiscal stimuli from major trading nations in the developed world continue to …
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Nigeria’s decision to suspend Twitter indefinitely could backfire for the government and cost the country economically in terms of new investments into its technology sector. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on June 4. The official press release gave only a …
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South Africa has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world. A whopping 63% of its young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years are jobless. A large proportion of these young people have never worked …
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The resource-rich continent of Africa is dubbed the largest mineral industry in the world as it accounts for most state’s foreign exchange earnings. Al-Jazeera’s mapping of natural resources in Africa showed that the continent is known for producing about twenty-five …
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