All articles in 'Development'


Africa's Five 'High 5s'

Together we will Light up and Power Africa, Feed Africa, Industrialize Africa, Integrate Africa and...

1st February 2016
Sustainable Energy Future

We need more energy. We need to reduce emissions. And we need to make sure the required investments...

28th April 2016
Eurobond or Eurobomb?

Starting in 2007, a number of African countries have been issuing sovereign bonds in the internation...

15th April 2016
Denaturalizing Poverty and Debureaucratizing Hung...

We are bombarded by so many images that we see pain, but do not touch it; we hear weeping, but do no...

27th June 2016
‘Diversification’: The Much Abused Word in Zam...

Given the number of times the word ‘diversification’ has been used in 52 years, everybody knows what...

9th May 2016
The Five Levels of Corruption

God, through wisdom, had defined the five levels of human depravity. Apparently, it is these set of...

11th July 2016
Building Stronger Economies and Communities in Afr...

Across the world an increasing number of businesses are looking beyond short-term economic growth an...

27th June 2016
Big Business: The Human Rights Protection Vacuum

The perils of corporate power is best portrayed in so colorful and dramatic terms in what the renown...

8th August 2016
Role of Media in Africa

Who shapes the narrative of stories on Africa? Is our media Pan African in how it covers African sto...

17th July 2016
Media and the Creation of Realities in Africa and...

One of the factors that make powerful countries powerful is their determination and ability to contr...

22nd August 2016
Congo's Underdeveloped Agriculture Sector

Although the government signed the Maputo Declaration in 2003, it has devoted only between one and t...

8th August 2016
Nigeria: Change Begins With Me Campaign

We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that h...

15th September 2016
Mixed Optimism in Latest SSA Consumer Confidence R...

The latest Nielsen Africa Prospects Indicator report shows that Kenya has some of the most positive...

4th September 2016
SDGs: The Missing Bottlenecks

Two crucial bottlenecks are missing in the SDGs: ideological disorientation and market integration

23rd September 2016
ACP-EU: Challenges and Opportunities

2020 will be a significant year for ACP-EU relations, as it will be the year in which th...

18th December 2012
Key Action Points to Industrialize Africa

We must reform our political economy to unleash the pent-up ingenuity and productivity of the Africa...

9th November 2015
Chicken Tax and Ideological Bankruptcy

Our county officers may want to take a page from the French History about Marie Antoinette’s naivety...

3rd February 2014
What Aileth Africa's Development?

Africa is in the throes of yet another socio-economic and political awakening similar to the one exp...

9th November 2015
Nigerian Petroleum Industry Perambulation (PIP)

The current Petroleum Industry Bill cannot reform the Nigerian oil and gas sector.

19th November 2010
Development: Strategies for Africa

Development that lacks a human face is as bad as democracy that disregards the minority.

29th November 2010
Giving Uganda a 'Cutting Edge' in EAC

Uganda is a potential strategic trade hub for the East African Community (EAC) and Intergovernmental...

20th December 2010
Capacity Building: Key to Africa's Growth

The centre of gravity of the global economy has shifted. Africa’s moment of opportunity is recognize...

15th February 2011
Millions Go Hungry as Obesity Rages

The prevailing paradigm within which issues of food security are discussed in relation to Africa is...

19th November 2010
Africa’s Independence: An Unfinished Business ?

Is Africa's renaissance bearing fruit?This year, 17 African countries are celebrating th...

15th November 2010
Cameroon Grapples with Global Competitiveness

Cameroon’s private sector feels that it is being constantly lashed with disincentives

29th November 2010
Voi Highway Blockade demonstrated Government Absen...

The new constitutional dispensation finally offers hope of delivering government to the people throu...

16th November 2010
Women Group Spearheads Poverty Battle

We work hard, respect teamwork, focus on our future and that of our families and collaboration with...

22nd December 2010
Democracy Drives Oil Debates in Ghana

From the on-going oil debates, Ghanaians are drawing hard lessons from the international system.

7th December 2010
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Human Face of...

Critics argue that CSR is another strategy for companies to win over more customers and make more mo...

21st March 2011
Nigeria EITI: After Validation, What Next?

There is an urgent need to review and amend the NEITI Act to tighten loose ends.

10th January 2011
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African Perceptions of the Eur...