The fundamental role of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in overcoming the peculiar challenges faced by Africa’s Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was highlighted in Harare at a high-level event jointly organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the...
AfriCatalyst, a leading pan-African development consultancy firm based in Dakar, Senegal, in partnership with The Center for Global Development (CGD), a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, DC, is organizing a hybrid event to discuss and share expertise on the role of SDRs in spurring Africa’s economic recovery. Happening...
The travel and tourism industry was one of the sectors most hard hit by COVID-19 and it’s recovery has been slow paced as the countries reopened their borders and governments lifted the travel restrictions. Between January and July this year the number of international travelers reached 57% of the...
South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum, Hon. Puot Kang Chol, and Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima have rejected accusations that the decision to cut production by OPEC+ was politically motivated, but rather, based on technical factors. The two were speaking during...
Not so long ago, different countries in Africa were well known for their vast food diversity but that has changed over the years. Back then, I remember in my 6th grade we used to study about, Zambia being among the largest producer of maize in the continent. However as of...
