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On July 12, 2023, the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, announced plans to declare a sit-at-home in Lagos State. The sit-at-home was in demand of Nnamdi Kanu’s release. Kanu is a British-Nigerian political activist …
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Africa celebrated the official launch of the world’s largest customs union – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – a little over a year ago, ushering in a new era of pan-African trade.
But this is just a step
Statistics South Africa has published the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QFLS) for Q3 2021, showing how continued lockdown restrictions, load shedding, and the July riots impacted jobs in the country.
The results show that the number of employed persons decreased …
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Much has been written about the potential economic benefits of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). However, few people have asked: how will the new trade deal help African states develop a resilient agriculture sector?
Food is crucial …
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In a recent interview covered in BusinessLive on the 14th of November, Finance minister Enoch Gondongwana noted:
With debt service costs topping R300bn next year as bondholders price in the risk of SA’s borrowing, he said there could never be …
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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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The emergence of COVID-19 in the world has no doubt disrupted the economy of most countries. The factor credited for this disruption is none other than the brutal approach the governments adopted when they thought of combating the pandemic. Lockdowns …
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The devastating effects of South Africa’s draconian lockdown are playing out in front of our eyes. Implemented on 27 March 2020, the lockdown has piled on the misery for an economy that was already taking its last breaths. The myriad …
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Not long after Nigeria’s National Assembly agreed to an upward review of the minimum wage from ₦18,000 ($50) to ₦30,000 ($83), the federal government considered increasing value-added tax (VAT), which it believes will create more revenue to fund …
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Food insecurity is one of the most persistent challenges facing humanity. Interventions that seek to address it tend to focus on rural food insecurity and increasing food production. However, with the rapid rate of urbanisation in the Global South, urban …
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