November 25, 2013
Africa: Structural Adjustment Policies and Africa
Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, disputes the claim that structural adjustment programmes are responsible for Africa's success story. Read more »
November 18, 2013
Somalia: The Forgotten Factor in the Fall and Fall of Piracy
Private security and improved naval tactics have been central to the fall in Somali piracy, but so have changed onshore conditions and the lure of oil. Read more »
November 14, 2013
Sudan: The Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Online and diaspora activists should be recognised as the important early stages of a revolutionary movement, not a distraction. Read more »
November 13, 2013
Africa: Forced Labour Is About Politics and Economics As Much As Crime
The battle against exploitative labour should be part of a moral and political struggle over the kind of society we want to live in. Read more »
November 12, 2013
East Africa: Kenya Bids to Be Next Resource Hub
Kenyans are abuzz with hope that its newly-discovered resources will enrich the country, but is Kenya prepared to make the most of its natural wealth? Read more »
November 08, 2013
South Africa: Swimming With Sharks - South Africans' Trillion Rand Debt Problem
In one of the world's most unequal societies, thousands find themselves in swirling debt traps with no clear route out. Read more »
November 01, 2013
Angola: Luanda Buys Hand-Me-Down Arms From Russia
Despite being sold outdated and sometimes substandard equipment, arms deals remain central to Russian-African relations. Read more »
October 25, 2013
Western Sahara: Occupied and Exploited - Taking Western Sahara's Resources
International action is needed if Sahrawis are to benefit from their own minerals, oil and fishing resources. Read more »
October 24, 2013
Africa: Hairy Haggling - When Chinese and African Traders Go Off On Different Strands
Never have I been confronted with so much hair. Walking into the International Beauty Market in downtown Guangzhou, one is immediately surrounded by locks from, supposedly, India,… Read more »
October 22, 2013
Africa: Africans in Guangzhou -Economic Nomads in a City of Flows
Guangzhou is a city constantly moving and adapting, orchestrated by flows of cash and people, many from Africa. No label sticks. 'Chocolate City' does not exist. Read more »
October 21, 2013
Kenya: The Youth Bringing Quality Products to Nairobi's Slums
With a winning smile, a spring in their step and some borrowed high-quality wares, young Nairobi slum-dwellers are helping themselves by helping others. Read more »
October 17, 2013
Zambia: Copper Storm Brews in North-West
Accusations of corruption, illegality and exploitation are flying in a dispute over development between mining company FQM, NGOs and local communities, while the government watches… Read more »
October 10, 2013
Senegal: Wolof 2.0 - Spoken Languages in a Digital Age
In Senegal, French was traditionally the language of writing, Wolof the language of speaking. But, helped by mobile phones and the web, that is fast changing. Read more »
October 07, 2013
Nigeria: From Fuel Subsidy to Subsidy Reinvestment Programme
Nigeria's Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme looks to have become yet another source of mismanagement and inefficiency. Read more »
October 04, 2013
Sudan: The Nation's Faltering Regime
With an economy in tatters and public discontent rising, desperate times for al-Bashir call for desperate measures. But what will they be? Read more »
October 03, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: How China Learnt Corruption From the West
To single out Chinese companies for entering into shady business in the DRC is to miss a fundamental point: Western firms have been at it for centuries, and still are. Read more »
October 02, 2013
Egypt: Can Gulf Money Save Egypt's Economy?
In recent months, Egypt has received nearly $20 billion in loans and grants from its Gulf allies. But the price of political stability is a lot higher. Read more »
September 26, 2013
Zambia: Sata Rule Sees Boom But Also Political Repression
As the Patriotic Front celebrates two years in power, Sata's story of economic growth is undermined by one of political repression. Read more »
Africa: The Economic Potential of Artisanal Mining
The sad, unintended consequence of publications like these is that they will skew the debate on small-scale gold mining away from the real issue: legalisation. Read more »
September 24, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: Activists Call for Change to Oil Bill
Oil legislation proposed in Democratic Republic of Congo could facilitate future corruption and lead to environmental damage in one of Africa's most diverse and fragile national… Read more »
September 16, 2013
Zambia: Can Zambia Manage More Borrowing?
Just six years after debt relief, Zambia is approaching international capital markets, with government promising more such borrowing in the future. Read more »
September 13, 2013
Kenya: Predicting Africa's Next Oil Insurgency
The recent discovery of oil deposits in Kenya's Turkana County could increase insecurity in the region. Read more »
Tanzania: Children and the Toxic Lure of Gold
Tanzania needs to act on child labour in the hazardous gold mining industry, fast. Read more »
September 11, 2013
Ghana: Ghana and Burma - The First Lion and the Last Tiger
Ghana and Burma's shared endeavours for independence were partly forged in the forgotten battles of the south-east Asian campaign during WWII. Read more »
September 10, 2013
Egypt: Can Islamic Bonds Save the Economy?
Egypt is trying to attract foreign investors through Islamic bonds. But while others are cautiously optimistic, some are highly sceptical of the measure. Read more »