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Opinion

Monday, 3 February 2020

Africa in 2020

Tough continental deals make 2020 a year for the optimists

It should be a vintage year for the resolutely hopeful. Two gargantuan ambitions are hitting deadlines in 2020. And already, sceptics are sharpening ... their pencils, checking the spelling of ‘quixotic’.

Friday, 31 January 2020

science of progress

Ghana’s 2020 elections and the era of data-driven performance

Ghanaians will be going to the polls in December 2020, in what will be a true test of the country’s competitive elections in the fourth Republic, ... since 1992, besides the elections of 2000.

burden shared

A world free of Neglected Tropical Diseases would be music to my ears

Thursday 30 January saw the launch of a new initiative to raise awareness about the fight against neglected tropical diseases. ...

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

pas de deux

Rwanda: Kagame plays franco-anglo balancing act

At the UK-Africa Investment Summit, Rwanda’s president announced his plans to exempt from visa requirements foreign nationals from member states ... of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and the African Union.

Promises, promises

Gambia’s President Barrow chooses mandate over constituents

Gambia's President Adama Barrow was sworn in as head of state on 19 January 2017, for a five-year term, but he has since reneged on his promise ... to resign after three years. Was this mandate all for nothing?

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Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Personal politics

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara, Gbagbo, Bédié and Soro, or the never-ending war of egos

Should we worry about Côte d’Ivoire? With just a few months to go before a critical presidential election, old, loathsome political machinations ... are resurfacing.

Monday, 27 January 2020

lights, camera, jobs

Three ways investors can grow Africa’s creative industries

Don't forget the creative industries in the race to unlock the growth and jobs Africa needs. ...

Thursday, 23 January 2020

Shifting focus

The chimaera of the DRC’s Balkanisation

The old Balkanisation refrain has been revived since the election of Félix Tshisekedi, brandished by a Congolese opposition that has no interest ... in peace in the DRC and which wishes to stir up hatred against Rwandans and Rwandan-speaking Congolese. A pure and simple sham.

currency complaint

The Eco and the CFA franc: four weddings and a funeral

Economist Kako Nubukpo believes that “when someone pretends to die, we have to pretend to bury them” and envisions four possible scenarios ... of how the Eco’s replacement of the CFA franc could play out.

Article 2/6 of "The perilous journey to a West African single currency"

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Diplomatic chess

Africa and the Middle East: Proxy wars or economic partnerships

Libya has two governments, two legislatures, two central banks, and several militias battling for control of the country. ...

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