The rural vs urban development bias in Africa
African countries need to break the colonial-era development pattern whereby economic growth takes place island-like, centred on urban regions, while the surrounding rural areas…
African countries need to break the colonial-era development pattern whereby economic growth takes place island-like, centred on urban regions, while the surrounding rural areas…
Year after year, African countries – with exceptions such as Mauritius, Botswana, Cape Verde and, recently, Rwanda – are among the most corrupt in…
Africa’s fast-growing youth, excluded from both politics and the economy, and in many cases without any visible opportunities, are a ticking time-bomb, which could…
France, and with it Europe, is reeling from its second deadly mass terrorist attack this year. The attack in Paris last Friday was executed…
The unequal global financial architecture which is skewed against African and developing countries in favour of developed countries is one of the biggest growth…
As China released its 13th five year plan last week, there are key ingredients of China’s model of development from which African countries can…
Genuine democracy offers greater inclusiveness and accountability in reaching developmental, growth and industrialization goals; and makes states more effective, stable and robust against internal…
Senegal is aggressively positioning itself to reach emerging market status in 20 years’ time, following a decade of low economic growth rates. Last year,…
A number of African countries have been notching up spectacular economic growth rates for the past few years. The problem is these countries are…