Most of sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are ill prepared for the rapid and dramatic population increase that will occur by 2035 For decades to come, sub-Saharan Africa’s economic and social future will be shaped by one of...
governance
Nigeria requires coherent economic governance to leverage trade potential
Policy recommendations Nigeria needs to frame stronger state-corporate coordination on economic policymaking, with a central harmonization role given to a coordinating minister for coherence and strategic clarity. An...
Africa must nudge China towards more sustainable energy investments
Policy recommendations The Africa-China partnership needs escalation to a new sustainability-focused phase in which China prioritises, and Africa demands, proactive management of externalities such as labour,...
CARTOON: Natural Resources
Against the odds
A small farming community is fighting an epic battle against an international mining giant Xolobeni, a community of 200 small farmers running herds of cattle and farming a patchwork of fields of crops and home gardens,...
Resource-rich countries should up their game
Resource-rich countries are losing billions in revenue through bad and inefficient tax regimes and underselling mining assets The Africa Progress Panel puts it well: if Africa is so resource-rich, why are its people...
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