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Resilience and growth

Resilience and growth

A tough external outlook has forced African leaders to look for homegrown solutions to growth

A UN-chartered ship taking grain from Ukraine to Ethiopia, August 2022. (AFP/Oleksandr Gimanov)

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prosperity pathways

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Why Africa should look to Africa in its quest for resilience Covid-19, inflation, and the impact of the war in Ukraine have been a triple shock to jilt African policymakers into new ways of thinking.

© Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia (Vicki Couchman for The Africa Report)

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Snake wrangler

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Zambia’s Hichilema: ‘Debt is the python around our necks’ Almost two years after Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide victory in a hard-fought election, he has come through on one of his key ...

William Ruto has won the presidency, but has not stopped hitting the road.

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grand bargain

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Ruto wants ‘fair conversation’ over climate finance for Africa Kenya is proving to be a strong African voice for the US-backed coalition against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has devoted resources to regional s...

© REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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Dollar Grip

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African payments system can lower risk of sovereign-debt crises, Afreximbank chief says Wider adoption of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) can help prevent future sovereign-debt crises, Benedict Oramah, president of t...

W Africa The port of Lomé (Togo), managed by MSC and Bolloré, is thriving as a regional hub ©àprésent

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Wheels of Trade

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SME financing will drive AfCFTA, says UBA’s Muyiwa Akinyemi UBA’s Muyiwa Akinyemi urges for a deliberate, concerted effort to boost SME access to financing across Africa.

© VW T6 microbuses are pictured on a production line at a Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle plant in Hanover, Germany, June 16, 2022. REUTERS

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STABILITY AND VISION

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Can AfCFTA boost Africa’s auto industry? The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat is finalising the rules of origin package for the auto industry to be reviewed at the Cou...

© Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Angolan president Joao Lourenco at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China 9 October 2018. Angola is the Africa’s biggest borrower from China. Daisuke Suzuki/Pool via Reuters

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Hostages to Fortune

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Africa’s indebted sovereigns seek escape route from China-West tensions Geopolitical tensions between China and the West create the danger that indebted African governments will be the victims of power struggles beyond the...

© Grains of rice and beans are seen on display for sale at a traditional market in Bariga district, in Lagos, Nigeria January 15, 2021. Picture taken January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

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Backward Integration

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Nigeria: Higher domestic rice production can help mitigate food inflation, TGI says Nigeria’s Tropical General Investments (TGI) plans to increase its rice production capacity as domestic demand keeps increasing, executive director Fa...

A signage shows the branch of Commercial bank of Ethiopia along Bole Road in Addis Ababa © Sign for a branch of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia along Bole Road in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

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Skills Revolution

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Ethiopian banks need corporate-governance overhaul to make stock market work: Pragma More than half a century without an official capital market has left Ethiopia short of the range of expertise needed to make a success of current plan...

Bottles of Tusker Malt beer at the East African Breweries Limited factory in Nairobi. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)

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thirst quenching

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East African Breweries averts forex losses in volatile Kenyan market By renegotiating contracts, the drinks company reduced its exposure to forex pressure, while local sourcing has kept it resilient.

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