India and Africa: a crucial relationship
Last July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an official visit to our continent, meeting with Heads of States in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. Notably, his arrival in Mozambique marked...
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Africa’s future depends on its scientists. Time to stop the brain drain
Article written by: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim President of the Republic of Mauritius, Office of the President of Mauritius, Thomas Kariuki Director, African Academy of Sciences, Ibrahim Mayaki CEO, New...
View ArticleNEPAD Annual Report
The NEPAD Annual Report 2016 is now available here. This Report highlights some of the work we did during the past year and our projects for the years to come. I invite you to take a look at it. Your...
View ArticleWhy it is important to ensure access to water and sanitation for all?
Today, the figures are still horrific: 663 million people do not have reasonable access to safe drinking water and nearly 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services (toilets or...
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Investing in regional solutions to national problems
Today’s international climate is, in large part, marked by the inward orientation of some of the world’ biggest economies as they raise political and economic walls. As we seek to find African...
View ArticleThe coproduction of public policy, a route for innovation in Africa
Public-private partnerships are key to the sustained development of Africa. But here is another partnership framework, deserving of our full attention and investment, one that will improve good...
View ArticleUnleashing the potential of the private sector – whereby the informal economy...
In every African neighbourhood, in every family almost, there is an entrepreneur with a side business who seeks funding from a tontine. Africa has more than 50 million micro small and medium businesses...
View ArticleTechnological leapfrogging: the other side of the coin
The technological leap has been one of the big themes of the African economic history for the past 10 years. Today, it represents a huge transformative potential insofar as infrastructure development...
View ArticleRuralisation of the towns and urbanisation of the country: leveraging on the...
The African model of urbanisation is an idiosyncratic model of development. Africa’s urban population is expected to grow at an annual rate of 3.09 between now and 2030, the highest in the world. At...
View ArticleThe farmer, an entrepreneur like any other
African agriculture is no longer a traditional way of life, it is a business. And like any other, it will grow, through investment and access to markets. The African farmer, like any other...
View ArticleAfrica Common Passport as a Catalyst to Boost Intra-Africa Travel and Trade
During the Twenty Seventh (27th) Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which took place in July 2016, in Rwanda, the Chadian President, H.E. Idriss Deby,...
View ArticleWorld Water Day : 22 March 2017
The critical importance of water in daily living cannot be overemphasised. World Water Day, an international day that celebrates freshwater, was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on...
View ArticleThe African youth should be invited to co-create its future
Increasingly the youth, who constitute an overwhelming majority of the population of African countries, feel disenfranchised from their political representatives and other figures of authority. This is...
View ArticleInternational Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda 7 April 2017
In making strides towards the goal of transforming our continent into “The Africa We Want” – a peaceful, strong and united Africa, reflection on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda reminds us that we cannot...
View ArticleThe spectre of recolonisation
Among the many challenges facing Africa, there is one that cuts across them all and with painful echoes of our recent history, the possible recolonization of the continent. There has been a disturbing...
View ArticleThe Inaugural African Economic Platform will strengthen common policies
A new structure to strengthen the South-South economic and political axis was launched in Mauritius last month. The inaugural African Economic Platform (AEP), an Agenda 2063 programme, was attended by...
View ArticleHow African trade and migration are shaping globalization
Globalization is not simply a process that started in the last two decades or even the last two centuries. It has a history that stretches thousands of years and Africa has been at the heart of...
View ArticleThe future of investment in Africa
The Annual AVCA Conference, held between the 3rd and the 7th of April in Abidjan, provided the private equity and venture capital industry with an important platform to discuss the most pertinent...
View ArticleAfrican states and climate disruptions
Every region in the world is affected by climate change but Africa is still the most exposed continent. According to the 2015 climate change vulnerability index, seven of the ten countries that are...
View ArticleAFR100.org: Celebrating commitments to restore more than 75 million hectares...
Johannesburg, May 18 – The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) launched a new web platform today – AFR100.org – to celebrate and advance the efforts of 22 African countries that...
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