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Opinion: Ukraine conflict shows urgency of SDR reallocation for Africa
By Amadou Hott, Daouda Sembene Women street vendors at a market in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Photo by: Zohra Bensemra / Reuters In June, the Group of Seven leading industrial nations…
Read MoreAfriCatalyst and Speak Up Africa sign a Memorandum of Understanding
AfriCatalyst and Speak Up Africa are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under the terms of which they will cooperate to build, support, and strengthen…
Read MoreHow the IMF Can Support African Countries Deal with Climate Change
Evidence suggests that Africa is the most vulnerable continent to climate change. While African countries contribute relatively little to global emissions, they remain significantly vulnerable to the devastating economic effects…
Read MoreARC, WAHO and Institut Pasteur de Dakar establish an Alliance to strengthen epidemic preparedness and response
DAKAR, Senegal, July 25th, 2022 – AfriCatalyst is pleased to announce that the African Risk Capacity (ARC), the West African Health Organization (WAHO) and Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) have…
Read MoreARC, WAHO and Institut Pasteur de Dakar hold a workshop to define the work plan and governance of their Alliance
Following its establishment in July 2022, the Alliance between the African Risk Capacity (ARC), the West African Health Organization (WAHO) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) held a technical…
Read MoreAfrica’s Crisis Recovery Requires Upgrading the Global Financial Safety Net
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on African economies. Economic activity in Africa is estimated to have experienced its worst contraction on record in 2020, thereby pushing tens…
Read MoreHow to Strengthen the Role of Pan-African Institutions Within the International Financial Architecture
In a recent joint piece, African and European leaders underscored the importance of strengthening the positions and roles of pan-African institutions within a new international financial architecture, reaffirming one of…
Read MoreEconomic emergence is the new target for African countries, but how can it be achieved?
As African countries work towards the goal of achieving economic emergence, Daouda Sembene points out that the key challenge is developing a concrete action plan to shape reform. While embracing…
Read MoreDisabling the drivers of unequal growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fast growth and increasing levels of inequality have come to characterise many of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic success stories. Understanding the drivers of unequal growth will require looking beyond the narrative…
Read MoreIn the COVID-19 War, the IMF Arsenal Must Fully Benefit Low-Income Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a huge economic toll in low-income countries. The IMF has provided prompt support to help mitigate it, but it could and should do much more.…
Read MoreHow To Optimize Africa’s Economic Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
As part of their efforts to contain the economic, social, and political fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, many African countries have announced large fiscal stimulus packages. But planned fiscal responses…
Read More[Tribune] Coronavirus: faced with the crisis, the IMF could do more
Advisor to the Senegalese presidency and former administrator at the International Monetary Fund, Daouda Sembène proposes five measures to be put in place to deal with this exceptional crisis. A…
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