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African countries need to shift from exporting commodities to tapping domestic demand
Recent internal instability and external shocks have created a vicious cycle of economic and financial distress in Africa, raising questions about the continent's ability to shape its own destiny
February 21, 2024
Infrastructure
Politics & Policy
Africa’s free-trade area: removing tariffs not enough to unlock growth
Tariffs – which are already low – are not the main impediment to continental trade, faster industrialisation, and structural transformation in Africa
April 23, 2021
Politics & Policy
Uganda-Rwanda crisis: Tough choice for Museveni on Rwandan dissidents
Rwanda's Paul Kagame wants President Museveni to kick out Rwanda National Congress dissidents, or – in Kagame’s view – ‘terrorists’. Whether Museveni will do that is the question
February 27, 2020
Opinion
Politics & Policy
African Free Trade Area ratification good step forward but more work needed
The African Continental Free Trade Area was ratified on May 30 but its practical implications are not immediate and significant work is required for it to deliver tangible results.
June 6, 2019
Politics & Policy
5 things about the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
Forty-four member states of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement which aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of people and capital, paving way for the establishment of a customs union
March 22, 2018