Publisher’s Comment: Women hold “the knife by the blade”
“Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!” Chapter 7 of my latest book, “De/constructing brand Africa: A Practitioner’s Perspective”, is dedicated to mainstreaming issues pertaining…
Mapping African businesses, demystifying the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
By Susanna Pak and Grace Grace Khoza The AfCFTA Secretariat and International Trade Centre (ITC), on the sidelines of Africa…
New African Industrialisation Index
By Francois Fouche The results of this first edition of the African Industrialization Index (AII) released by the African Development…
Ontlotlile Seemela: Francophone Africa – The dynamic overlooked African economic jewel
Africa is a unique continent that is abundantly endowed with a lot of natural resources which include cobalt, diamonds, platinum…
On Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, Lionesses of Africa’s Business Confidence Report celebrates African women entrepreneurs’ optimism about business
By Amba Mpoke-Bigg and Melanie Hawken Women entrepreneurs in Africa are expressing widespread optimism and continuing resilience despite the prevailing…
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa secures $64 million in new funding from Norway and GEAPP
*** African Development Bank President Adesina (left) with GEAPP’s Africa Executive Director, Joseph Nganga, following the grant announcement *** By…
New report by African Development Bank, partners finds that 37 African countries have industrialized in last decade
By Olufemi Terry Thirty-seven of 52 African countries have become more industrialized over the past eleven years, according to a…
Africa Development Bank and African Union Commission sign $9.73 million grant agreement to drive digital market development in Africa
*** caption: l-r : Abdul Kamara, AfDB Deputy Director-General, East Africa Region , AUC Commissioner Dr. Albert Muchanga*** By Amba…
Francois Fouche: Trade News-in-Brief – “Higher Prices Lower Growth” plus other stories
Higher Prices Lower Growth Russia’s war against Ukraine has provoked a massive energy price shock not seen since the 1970s,…
Hadebe Hadebe: A mindshift – The battle between education and knowledge in determining societal outcomes
The fascinating debate at the moment concerns how the current Eskom board is not suited to deal to deal with…