South Africa’s classical music ambassador made his mark in Verdi’s territory
Mabel Kester, based in Italy, chronicles the life and times of her late husband, Joseph Gabriels, the classical tenor who…
How to make our Sub Saharan Africa region more resilient to withstand future shocks
By Kristalina Georgieva and Abebe Aemro Selassie outline Perhaps first among the many lessons of 2020 is that the notion…
President of the African Development Bank Group re-elected for another term
By Mandla Zibi Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is a distinguished development economist and agricultural development expert with 25 years of international…
A festival of mining ideas
By Mandla Zibi Following discussions with their South African partners and key mining stakeholders, organisers of the acclaimed Investing in…
Assessing the potential benefits and costs of the AfCFTA
By Francois Fouche Income, Welfare and Trade Effects The welfare effects of preferential trade arrangements are theoretically ambiguous (Krugman 1991;…
The African Renaissance
In this series, Verbatim, we feature a speech, titled “The African Renaissance”, delivered by former President of the Republic of…
The potential effect of the continental trade agreement on fiscal revenues
The potential effect of the continental trade agreement on fiscal revenues Francois Fouche another instalment on the series of AfCFTA-related…
Giving black businesses access to markets: The Brownsense group
By Keitumetse Diseko BrownSense was founded by Mzuzukile Soni in January 2016 as a secret Facebook group with the aim…
Oliver “OR” Tambo: Thinking beyond the challenges of the moment
WELILE NHLAPO pays tribute to a humble giant of the South African revolution during his birthday, 27 October. This year Oliver…
African princess to occupy the highest position in global trade matters
Jambo Africa Online’s Deputy Editor, Dithako Nakedi. Interviews the soon-to-be African princess of global trade. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was not satisfied with…