Category : ECONOMY

By Gumisai Mutum Economic diversification to guard against unfavourable commodity prices Just a few decades ago, the African island-nation of Mauritius depended overwhelmingly on growing...

                By Moffat Chazingwa, The Mine-workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has said mining companies should stop engaging labour...

  BY LILIAN MUTEGI, In the quest to deliver relevant, sustainable and scalable solution so as to promote e-learning in rural Africa through Microsoft’s Africa...

By; Skyline of Luanda, Angola: Will Africa be “the next global economies.There is a large and well-equipped children’s playground at the back. Fully air-conditioned, the...

Which African Countries are at Risk from the Current Market Turmoil? A few years ago, an analysis of the spillover effects of financial shocks on...

First, Africa is the most energy-poor continent. The energy capacity of 40 sub-Saharan African countries combined is less than the capacity for the 20 million...

                    The potential for agriculture to drive inclusive economic growth, improve food security, and create opportunities...

THREE years to the day since then-president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country, Tunisia is faring better than other countries that ousted their leaders...

Local and international regulatory activities in Africa have increased strongly of late, mainly in response to events triggered by the 2008 financial crisis. To take...

Local and international regulatory activities in Africa have increased strongly of late, mainly in response to events triggered by the 2008 financial crisis. To take...

The shine has gone off the BRICs recently. Where else is worth a punt? We pick the 10 economies you should be watching. After a...