Birth control or better development policies?
It seems that time has come to debate the demography of Africa. Reports, experts and politicians have been expressing themselves for some weeks on the subject, sensitive in most developing countries,...
View ArticleFaced with the galloping demographics, what public policies?
I am following up with my latest thoughts on the demographic transition that our continent is experiencing. We have posed the problem in its major trends in our last post, but it is also appropriate, I...
View ArticleSouth Africa, Nigeria: turning growth into wealth for all
For the past few days, economists and analysts have been cautiously pleased that two economic locomotives in Africa are returning to positive growth rates. Nigeria and South Africa, which have competed...
View ArticleProtecting wild fauna is a sovereignty challenge
Africa often makes headlines in the international media for poaching, which I deplore and strongly condemn. By 2015, a Minnesota dentist had provoked an international outcry by shooting down the famous...
View ArticleTourism is a key-sector for inclusive growth in Africa
One of the consequences of globalization is that “the world has become flat” if I were to appropriate the expression of the American columnist Thomas Friedman. Indeed, the development of transport, in...
View ArticleHuman capital: Africa still has a lot of progress to make
The World Economic Forum recently published a report on an often difficult to measure reality: the economic value of human capital. The report, titled Global Human Capital Report 2017, measures the...
View ArticleMalnutrition is not just hunger, it is also a mortgage on the future of our...
There is sometimes pleasing news about the progress of our continent. Recently, for example, a report of the Malabo-Montpellier Panel was published as part of the Forum for the Green Revolution in...
View ArticleGrowth Without Industrialization?
I share with you a very good article by Dani Rodrik, an economist whom I appreciate very much. This paper also illustrates how reality sometimes goes faster than economists can predict. We must...
View ArticleAfrica Week: Integrated, prosperous, people-centred and peaceful Africa
New York, 16 October 2017 – “The international world must change the way it looks at Africa. Africa is a place of opportunity,” said Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations during...
View ArticleBuilding public health delivery systems that support Africa’s industrialization
New York, 17 October 2017 – “It is a fact that Africa is the second most populous continent in the world, with the population projected to grow by 25% by 2050 and 40% by end of the century. Yet the...
View ArticleFinancing Africa’s infrastructure and agricultural development: Inclusive...
New York, 17 October 2017 – The case for financing infrastructure and agricultural development was made at the United Nations headquarters during Africa Week. Chair of the Africa Group, Mr Mohamed...
View ArticleThe potential and risks of the digital economy in Africa
In its latest report on the information economy entitled “Digitization, trade and development” [i], the UNCTAD highlights the growing impact of digital technology on African economies. While Africa...
View ArticleBanking on African Infrastructure
Africa faces a yawning gap between its infrastructure needs and its ability to attract the foreign investment required to finance projects. The continent’s leaders must recommit to creating a more...
View ArticleClimate smart agriculture in the context of COP 23
While COP 23 is currently being held in Bonn, I thought it was interesting to present an update on one of our programs to support the fight against global warming, and aims to increase resilience to...
View ArticleAfrica: Rural Employment, Innovative Financing and Agricultural Development...
Following our session “High level on Technical, Vocational and Education Training and Skills for African Youth” I am sharing with you a very relevant article from Fati N’zi Hassane, the Head of...
View ArticleWomen and Youth economic empowerment at core of NEPAD Agency discussions in...
Abidjan, November 27, 2017 – The NEPAD Agency in partnership with the Spanish Agency for International Development and Cooperation today hosted a high-level session, on “Technical, Vocational and...
View ArticleScaling up Climate Smart Agriculture for inclusive development
Johannesburg, November 28, 2017 – Every day that passes, we are learning and getting more convinced on the inevitability of ensuring our agricultural systems are climate smart. Climate-smart...
View ArticleResetting the Africa-Europe Relationship
Africa faces a broad range of development challenges, and overcoming them will require huge sums of foreign aid and investment. But as Africa develops, its people will also need partners who recognize...
View ArticleAfrican countries are building a giant free-trade area
They have long traded with the world, now they want to trade with each other. “AFRICA must unite,” wrote Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, in 1963, lamenting that African countries sold raw...
View Article2017 PIDA Week convened in Namibia
The 2017 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week was held from 10 to 14 December in Swakopmund, Namibia under the theme “Enhancing Trade and Economic Transformation through...
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