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Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

African central banks have the ability to help protect their countries from the global shock to prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ... Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in the US, tells The Africa Report.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

As multiple crises gnaw away at global unity, the director-general of the World Trade Organisation talks to The Africa Report about geopolitics, ... vaccine equality and the future of free trade on the continent and beyond.

CAPITAL REFUELLING

Airlines: South Africa’s Comair to unveil funding plan by end of March – CEO Orsmond

Comair, which is a British Airways franchisee in Southern Africa and the owner of low-cost airline Kulula, will go to market with its latest ... fund-raising plan at the end of March, CEO Glenn Orsmond tells The Africa Report.

Department of peacemaking

US/Africa: Secretary of state Blinken woos Algeria and Morocco for help with Russia

US Secretary of state Antony Blinken is overseeing a sensitive mediation in North Africa this week as President Joe Biden's administration looks ... to enrol bitter rivals Morocco and Algeria in its Russia policy.

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Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

CAPITAL REFUELLING

Airlines: South Africa’s Comair to unveil funding plan by end of March – CEO Orsmond

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

free radical

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

CAPITAL REFUELLING

Airlines: South Africa’s Comair to unveil funding plan by end of March – CEO Orsmond

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Dealing with the end

Nigerian writer Elnathan John: Look death in the eye

You had only known Graham for a short while, only a couple of months since you first met him at the home of a mutual acquaintance, the oldest ... person in the room with a beautiful salt and pepper beard. He spoke the least, but when he did, everyone paused to listen to his low baritone as carefully considered words tumbled slowly out of his lips. You always wanted to make older male friends, and you reached out after, encouraged by a mutual friend, to see him again.

Searching for alternatives

AfDB proposes $1bn plan to move away from Russian wheat

This $1bn financial package would help avert food shortages in Africa by enabling the agricultural sector’s development, according to the AfDB. ...

Diplomatic mission

Côte d’Ivoire prime minister Patrick Achi presses for investment, security aid in US visit

Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire Patrick Achi visited Washington this week to press for US investment and security assistance as the West African ... country moves forward with its plan for inclusive growth driven by the private sector.

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Looming election

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba sets his sights on 2023

The approach was nothing new. However, a firm decision had been made. On 12 March at 10:30 am, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba made his ... way to the podium in Libreville’s Botanical Garden. He was greeted by a huge crowd, something that had not been seen since before Covid. Nearly 8,000 people waved Gabonese flags and chanted “Ali, Ali, Ali!” The atmosphere was electric.

shot in the arm

IMF MD Georgieva: ‘We must build African economies with a strong immune system’

The EU-AU summit took place in Brussels on 17 and 18 February. As such, the IMF's managing director Kristalina Georgieva explains the role that ... the institution intends to play in helping African economies recover. This is the first part of an exclusive interview with us.

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African-made vaccines

BioNTech to produce vaccines in Africa

The German laboratory BioNTech has announced that mobile production units for its Covid-19 vaccine will be shipped to Africa. In the long term, ... this solution would also enable the continent to better fight malaria and tuberculosis.

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