Category: Africa
Cocoa’s Future in Africa and its Weak Enabling Environment
By: Dwight Links A recent webinar that explored the prospects and untapped potential of the cocoa value chain in Africa singled out enabling infrastructure as the single most common hurdle faced by the sector’s progress. The discussion was organised…
Human Mobility Remains a Challenge for African Integration
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala A key development, currently underway, within SADC’s business and professional services sector is the operationalisation of Article 7 of the Protocol, which provides for Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs), as noted by the Trade Law Center in…
SADC Tired of Exporting Raw Minerals
By: David Shoombe The Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state have collectively consented that the continued dependence on external developers and partners and the export of raw materials slow down regional economic integration and rob SADC…
Almost 4,000 Ebola Cases Recorded in Central Africa
By: Dwight Links The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says that the current status of the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is at 4,000 confirmed cases, with 1,800 deaths. Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General for Africa…
SA Anti-immigrant Protests Test Namibia-SA Economic Linkages
By: David Shoombe The relationship between Namibia and South Africa, shaped by a shared history and deep economic interdependence, continues to strengthen and influence the economic affairs of both states and the livelihoods of their citizens, particularly in…
One in Four People in the Future will be African
By: Dwight Links Minister for Gender Equality and Child Welfare Emma Kantema stated that one in four people around the world will be African by 2050. Kantema revealed this at the launch of the Labour Migration…
Raw Minerals Exploitation Fuels Conflicts – UN
By: David Shoombe The United Nations Security Council Meeting on Natural Resources Governance has taken a stand in stopping the exploration of raw materials and promoting local beneficiation. UN Chief António Guterres has stated that the growing…
Angola’s Kwanza Now a Settlement Currency in SADC…Botswana Pula is next
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Angolan kwanza has become the second settlement currency to be introduced in the SADC real-time gross settlement (SADC-RTGS) system, which has settled transactions exclusively in South African rand since its inception in 2013. The South African…
Can Namibia Truly Industrialise Under SACU?
By: Gabriel Nghituwamata Haulyamayi The 9th SACU Summit in Cape Town offered ambitious rhetoric about regional industrialisation, but for Namibia, the gap between promise and reality has never been wider. When President Cyril Ramaphosa declared at the…
Resources Matter, so Does Deployment Knowhow – ECA
By: Helmut Mahogo General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Claver Gatete, called for domestic resource mobilisation as the foundation of Africa’s economic transformation. Gatete said this as he addressed the 49th Ordinary Session of the…