Africa’s green revolution initiative has faltered: Why other ways must be found
More recent UN figures show that the number of severely hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole has grown 50% since the alliance’s founding in 2006.
The fight against economic fraud: how African countries are tackling the challenge
Currently, anti-fraud measures seem largely an affair between state and corporates (including business associations), and consumers.
Independence is at the heart of the African Development Bank’s ability to be effective
By Kalu Ojah, Professor of Finance & Deputy Head of School, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand. Independence is a cardinal pillar for organisations that are set up to…
The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Independence is at the heart of the AfDB’s ability to be effective
As Africa’s only premier development bank, AfDB was the first and only African development organisation to offer any meaningful support to regional member countries’ effort at managing the devastating consequences of Covid-19.
IMF headquarters building in Washington, US
South Africans should accept that the IMF is neither their worst enemy nor their saviour
South Africans should not view the IMF either as the protagonist in its nightmares, or as its saviour. Instead the country should treat it as it would any other financial institution.
business man
Coronavirus: Three ways the crisis may permanently change our lives
Coronavirus may well be such an external shock, fundamentally reshaping some areas of how we life our live. Rather than simply bouncing back and reverting to the pre-coronavirus state, some changes may be permanent.