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Embracing aquaculture to meet Africa’s food needs

Decades after the end of colonial rule, Africa is still struggling to feed its people....
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Emerging threats to debt sustainability in Africa.

The fiscal shocks linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict have compounded Africa’s...
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Unlocking climate financing in the developing world’

Every global climate change event begins with words that rival the alphabet for its synchronicity....
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Fixing Africa’s debt challenge

Africa’s economic growth over the last decade has coincided with a rapid accumulation of external...
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Support women-led climate change enterprises, experts urge governments.

Africa should brace for climate refugees in the coming years-majority of who will be women,...
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Africa in urgent need of concessional financing, experts urge.

For Africa  to build resilience and boost economic growth amidst the ongoing triple planetary crisis,...
Graph illustrating the government debt in sub-saharan africa as a percentage of gdp, highlighting a higher debt ratio in non-resource-rich countries compared to oil-exporting countries, with a median trend line for the entire region.

2023 — Onward and Upwards for African economies

Africa’s recovery, like many countries was vastly interrupted in 2022 with the external spill overs...

How 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...

Disabling 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...

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