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Post-Covid Recovery: 4 Techniques African Businesses Can Employ To Grow

By Alkali Amana Considering the effect of Covid -19 on the Sub-Saharan region, in October 2020, Albert Zeufack, the World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, declared that the continent’s road.

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Can West Africa Lead the Way in Creating a More Sustainable Textiles Industry?

With textiles and fashion expected to constitute an important post-Covid-19 growth driver for West Africa, stakeholders and key players in the industry are exploring ways to implement sustainable practices and.

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Improved Agricultural Productivity as A Panacea for Ending Food Insecurity and Huger in Africa

By Walcott Aganu With food insecurity on the rise in Africa, smallholder farmers are turning to new technologies to improve food production and marketability. The global population is predicted to.

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PRO-COVID: How to Create Financial Access for Youth Led SMEs in Africa

By Alkali Amana With data from the African Development Bank (AfDB) revealing that the estimated number of youths between the age of 15 – 35 on the continent lies at.

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International Forum On Public Finance & Taxation for Development in Africa, Kigali-2021

(On the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM) About The Event THEME: Financing for Development in Challenging Times As global leaders converge in Kigali, Rwanda, for the 26th Commonwealth.

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IMF ups Nigerian growth statistics

In February, the National Bureau of Statistics announced that Nigeria successfully exited recession at the end of 2020, going against global trends.

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AfCFTA and The Opportunities It Presents to Africa’s Teeming Youths

By Alkali Amana Africa as a continent is adjudged to have the youngest population in the world, and according to Simona Varella on Statista.com, the 21 countries with the lowest.

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Liberia’s Pro-Poor Agenda – A Model for people-centered Economic Programme in Africa

By Alkali Amana In his 4th State of the Nation address in January 2021, President George Weah reiterated his commitment to addressing and lifting Liberia’s economy by proposing several economic.

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Piloting Liberia’s Positive Economic Development Trajectory

Local politics have seemingly subsumed the Liberian government’s effort to do more with less. In this exclusive interview with African Leadership Magazine UK, Liberia Minister of Finance and Development Planning,.

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An Inspiration from Ivory Coast

On the 31st of July 2018 the 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) took place in.

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