BY ROBERT ROTBERG Africa’s prosperity increasingly depends on China. Given recent signs of a slowdown in the world’s largest economy, Africa’s short- and long-term outlooks seem precarious. The latest sign arrived … Read More
BY ALAN GREEN with DR. PHIL AZE In a new report released on Friday in Accra, Ghana, the World Bank paints a somewhat less gloomy picture of poverty in Africa, … Read More
BY KALU OJAH Africa’s only regional bank, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has come a long way since its near collapse in 1995. It now reflects its mandate to fight poverty …
BY ALAN GREEN “There will be no more government, no more democracy. Instead, there will be anarchy and simply every man for himself,” veteran African economist Yacouba Fassassi warns, if … Read More
BY IAN SCOONES Some have asked what can Africa learn from Greece. I argue that Greece (and others) can learn a lot from the African experience. Debt is on the …
BY LEONCE NDIKUMANA One of the challenges facing African countries is that the global environment is rather unfriendly. This hampers their efforts to gainfully tap into global markets. Additionally, African …
BY ALAN GREEN China has stunned the world with its phenomenal double-digit economic growth rate over the past several decades. While the Asian giant is still showing signs of impressive … Read More
BY KALU OJAH Africa’s only regional bank, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has come a long way since its near collapse in 1995. It now reflects its mandate to fight poverty …
Peter Sesay Africa is home to six of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but recent economic slowdown in China and possible hike in U.S. interest rates may soon … Read More
By Dede Yi-fee It will go down in history as a first in U.S.-Africa relations. As he promised during his state visit to three African countries (Senegal, South Africa …
