Nigeria: Accelerated infrastructure investments needed to drive the next wave of economic growth Published by Oludayo Abass on 5 June 2017 Nigeria is currently experiencing the effects of its overdependence on oil and underinvestment in infrastructure.
It’s time to lift the ideological haze in debates about Africa’s middle class Published by Henning Melber on 25 April 2017 The middle class concept in Africa has remained vague and limited to number crunching.
Ethiopia can convert its youth bulge from a problem into an opportunity Published by Sosina Bezu on 24 April 2017 Ethiopia’s demographic profile mirrors China’s in the 1980s and of East Asian countries in the 1950s.
Africa’s jobless youth cast a shadow over economic growth Published by Kingsley Ighobor on 14 March 2017 In most African countries, youth unemployment ‘occurs at a rate more than twice that for adults’.
Study provides fresh insights into the benefits of mobile money in Kenya Published by Sarah Logan on 6 January 2017 Access to mobile money has reduced poverty in Kenya, particularly among female-headed households.
Shaking up finance and banking in Africa Published by Caroline Kende-Robb on 6 April 2016 The lack of access to formal financial services is a major obstacle to the advent of transformative growth on the continent.
On the road to middle class: A look back and a look ahead for Ghana Published by Vasco Molini and Pierella Paci on 25 January 2016 Sustained and inclusive growth in the last twenty years has allowed Ghana to more than halve its poverty rate.
Africa is rising! But are people better off? Published by Kathleen Beegle and Luc Christiaensen on 21 December 2015 Nagging questions remain about the extent to which Africa’s people’s lives have improved.
Stereotyping Africa: From impoverishment to ‘Africa Rising’ Published by Suzanne Franks on 6 November 2015 It is great news that we have moved well beyond the single story of the starving African but we do not want to fall into a binary trap and adopt another unfortunate stereotype in its place.
Why Africa’s economic growth is not reducing poverty Published by Jaco Maritz on 2 June 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa’s strong economic growth over the past decade has failed to adequately address poverty.
London: The playground of rich Nigerians Published by Jaco Maritz on 2 December 2013 An article in British magazine Tatler describes the lavish lifestyles of wealthy Nigerians living in London.
Survey finds Africa’s growing economies fail to trickle down Published by Thuso Khumalo on 3 October 2013 Despite growth across the continent, the majority of Africans still live below the bread line.
Despite investor interest, 70% of Nigerians still live below poverty line Published by Staff Writer on 18 January 2011 Despite significant investor interest in Nigeria, around 70% of the country’s 150 million people still live below the poverty line.
