Africa: Interview With Eunice Egbuna, Director, Financial Integration, West African Monetary Institute

The Director of Financial Integration at the West African Monetary Institute, Eunice Egbuna, a Nigerian national, discusses the importance of girls' education in Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Africa Attempts to Assess the Impact of Capital Flight

The time has come for African governments to assess the financial repercussions of capital flight on the continent. This was the view, on Thursday evening, of Ameth Saloum Ndiaye,… Read more »

Africa: Invest in Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth

Education is the surest bet to get all segments of society involved in and benefiting from economic growth and transformation. Read more »

Africa: Africa - Shared Benefits Require Bold Economic Reforms

Participants at the closing session of the seventh African Economic Conference, on November 2, 2012 in Kigali, Rwanda, urged African leaders to put in place bold economic reforms,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Study Examines the Role of Wind Energy in Africa's Economic Growth

The installation of wind power stations represents "an original approach" for African countries seeking to ensure sustainable economic growth. This was the message behind a study… Read more »

Africa: African Farmers Should Reap Benefits of Land Acquisition

African governments should use the proceeds from land leased to foreign investors to subsidize the cost to local farmers of modernizing their farming methods, or to build… Read more »

Africa: Stronger Institutions Needed to Eliminate Exclusion

Leaders who pursue exclusionary policies have themselves to blame for their countries' stagnation and may, after all, be stoking fires that eventually consume them, economists… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference 2012 Ends in Kigali - Where Do We Go From Here?

"Africa can have a brighter future, and has the potential to become the next emerging market by the end of this decade... Also, the continent's long-term growth prospects are… Read more »

Africa: Household Enterprises Are Key to Inclusive Growth

Economists studying the role of household enterprises in economic growth are advising governments to discontinue ignoring the sector in their development strategies. Read more »

Africa: Fragility Needs More Financial Resources

Fragile countries require more financial support to stand a chance of improving their fortunes, Shantayanan Devarajan, the World Bank's Chief Economist for the Africa Region, said… Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Invest More in Research for Structural Transformation in Agriculture

African leaders in the ongoing African Economic Conference are requested to invest selectively in policies that interest citizens in order to improve agriculture productivity.… Read more »

Africa: Expanding Trade for Inclusive Growth - African Continent's Future Prosperity Will Be Built On Trade

Key challenges and opportunities for effective expansion of trade for inclusive development were discussed in depth in a plenary session of the seventh African Economic Conference… Read more »

Africa: Transparency and Accountability Key for Successful Public Finance Management in Africa

The African Economic Conference continued, Wednesday, October 31 in Kigali, Rwanda, with debates on public finance, led by high-profile speakers, conversant with public finance. Read more »

Africa: PARSAR Aims to Strengthen Food Security and Cut Poverty

The agricultural and rural sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has significant growth margins and occupies a prominent place in the economy. However, the dilapidation… Read more »

Africa: Good Contracts and Clear Politics Needed to Benefit From Natural Resources

Countries have the sovereign responsibility and their citizens expect them to use their natural resources responsibly, Roger Nord, the Deputy Director, IMF Africa Department, said… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Must Exploit Domestic Resources to Mobilize Development

Experts participating in the ongoing African Economic Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, have discussed ways to exploit domestic resources ahead of global uncertainty and a decline in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and World Bank Conduct Workshop On Export Dynamics in IGAD Region

The African Development Institute (EADI), in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Economist, the Sudan Field Office (SDFO) and the World Bank are organizing a training… Read more »

Africa: Strengthened Partnerships With African Think Tanks Will Enhance Bank's Position

"Partnering with think tanks needs to be part and parcel of the Bank's effort to become a strong knowledge broker." - Hau Sing Tse, Executive Director of the African Development… Read more »

Africa: Prof. Mthuli Ncube On the Reemerging Pattern of Coups D'états in the Continent

The sudden overthrow of a democratically elected government in Mali in the spring of 2012 by a small group of military insurgents is symptomatic of the reemerging pattern of coups… Read more »

Africa: Former African Heads of State Obasanjo and Branco On Inclusive Leadership

Inclusive development must include equity, equality, transparency, popular participation in politics and the economy, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said on October… Read more »

Africa: Investment in Quality Education Would Break the Poverty Chain

Africa must invest in quality education in order to stop children from inheriting poverty from generation to generation, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka told… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference Has Contributed to Bringing a Smile to the Faces of Africans

"Parliamentarians, civil society organizations and journalists are the key players who can contribute to good governance... These groups can play a significant part in combatting… Read more »

Africa: Rwandan President Tasks Economic Experts With 'Learning Lessons From the Past'

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, October 30, urged a group of senior African economic experts, researchers and policy-makers gathered in Kigali to think outside the box… Read more »

Africa: Africa Development Institute Kicks Off African Economic Conference

The African Development Institute (EADI) kicked off the African Economic Conference on October 29 in Kigali, Rwanda, with a curtain-raiser event, namely a workshop to enhance… Read more »

Africa: Eighth African Development Forum Wraps Up

The eighth African Development Forum (AFD VIII) wound up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday with the adoption of a Consensus Statement suggesting better ways in which African… Read more »