October 31, 2013
Africa: AEC 2013 - Interview with Charles Leyeka Lufumpa, Director, Statistics Department, AfDB
Africa's transformational agenda will also build on progress made in terms of statistics. How would you assess statistics within the context of the continent's regional… Read more »
Africa: Fast-Tracking African Regional Integration Agenda Key to Economic Transformation
Africa's quest for deeper integration has to be backed by active support of national governments and strengthening of national administrative capacity to achieve structural… Read more »
Africa: Leaders Vow to Make Africa a Region of Competitiveness and Increased Well-Being
The eighth annual African Economic Conference concluded today, calling on development and business leaders to turn Africa into a hub of business and development excellence. Read more »
October 30, 2013
Africa: Industrialization a Precondition for Africa's Economic Transformation
Africa will have to step up investment in industrialization and trade facilitation to ensure that the current growth momentum is more resilient to external shocks and translates… Read more »
Africa: Financial Deepening Dynamics and Implications for Financial Policy Coordination in a Monetary Union
To what extent can financial deepening dynamics have implications for financial policy coordination? The case of the West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) was one of the… Read more »
Africa: Trade Barriers Are Inimical to Economic Transformation and Regional Integration
Africa's political leaders have taken bold steps to strengthen and promote production and competitiveness that would normally accelerate the momentum for regional integration. Read more »
Africa: Private Sector Can Give a Good Push to Regional Integration, but Legal and Political Will Is Lacking
Reflecting on how the private sector can contribute to enhancing regional integration, panelists attending a session on Wednesday October 29 at the eighth African Economic… Read more »
Africa: Trade Liberalization Has Not Resulted in Export Growth - Panel
There is no significant relationship between trade liberalization and export growth reveals a study on the impact of trade liberalization on export growth and import growth across… Read more »
Africa: Financial Integration in Africa - How to Avoid Others' Mistakes
"Africa has much to learn from Europe about how not to go about financial integration. The experience of the European crisis and the euro is a good lesson to us in Africa about the… Read more »
Africa: Monetary Lessons From Africa's Biggest Economy
The 2013 African Economic Conference (AEC) was the most opportune place to launch "Monetary Policy and the Economy in South Africa", a new book by Prof. Mthuli Ncube,… Read more »
Africa: Interview With Moono Mupotola, Division Manager, Regional Integration and Trade At AfDB
There is a lot to tell about the African Development Bank's (AfDB) role in Africa's regional integration. Moono Mupotola, who, for the past four years, has pulled out all stops to… Read more »
Africa: Regional Integration, the Solution for Boosting Industrial Production in Africa
Regional integration remains one of the solutions for boosting production by the manufacturing industry in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Gap, Non-Tariff Barriers Impediments to Regional Trade in Africa
A group of researchers on Tuesday, October 29 at the ongoing Africa Economic Conference in Johannesburg reaffirmed the need to step up investment in physical infrastructure and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Trading Less and Less With Africa, Research Finds
Africa has the lowest internal trade volume compared to other trading blocs in Europe, Asia and Latin America according to findings of four different research studies. Read more »
Senegal: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 33.5 Million to Promote Youth and Women Employment
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group) on Wednesday, 23 October 2013 in Tunis, approved a loan amounting to US$ 33.5 for Senegal to help the country… Read more »
October 29, 2013
Africa: Monetary Integration Must Go Hand-in-Hand With Economic Integration in Central Africa, Says Economist
Monetary integration alone is not enough: it needs to be accompanied by economic integration, the Cameroonian economist Simon Yannick Fouda Ekobena declared on Monday, October 28… Read more »
Africa: One Africa, One Money?
"Is one Africa, one money possible?" asked Victor Murinde, Director of the African Development Institute at the African Development Bank (AfDB). This was the question on the minds… Read more »
Africa: The Human Face of Regional Integration in Africa
Regional integration is crucial for Africa's development. It is essential to building economies of scale and creating a competitive continental economy. It promises to open up new… Read more »
Africa: Cornerstones for Africa's Integration
A group of researchers at the eighth African Economic Conference currently taking place in South Africa's main economic city, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, October 29, stressed the… Read more »
Africa: Interview With Stephen Karangizi, Director and CEO of the African Legal Support Facility
Stephen Karangizi's passion and commitment in ensuring continental integration is unquestionable, having contributed to this cause as a lawyer within COMESA's activities for 15… Read more »
Kenya: An Inclusive Business Workshop to Take Place in Nairobi on 29-30 October 2013
A workshop on "Private Investment and Job Creation" will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on 29-30 October 2013. Read more »
Africa: Political Will, Democracy - Imperatives for Regional Integration in Africa
Panelists on Tuesday, October 29 at the ongoing Africa Economic Conference in Johannesburg have underscored strong political will and democracy as imperatives for successfully… Read more »
Africa: AEC 2013 - Interview With Janvier Litse, Director, Nepad Regional Integration and Trade, AfDB
Janvier Litse is a veteran of the African Development Bank, having climbed through the ranks and having served in various senior management operational positions, including Acting… Read more »
North Africa: AEC 2013 - Interview with Reda El Merini, Director of Economic Affairs, General Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union
Reda El Merini participated in a think-tank networking session at the African Economic Conference in Johannesburg on Sunday, October 27 and shared his perspectives on what he… Read more »
October 28, 2013
Africa: The Africa Information Highway Initiative - How Information Facilitates GDP Growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is a major developmental partner in Africa that uses information to quantify annual progress and target its policies. Its Africa Information… Read more »
