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Structural transformation across the Nigerian economy remains very limited.
The EU’s trading partners, including South Africa, will have to adhere to new regulations tied to the blocs ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy.
Cocoa buyers and chocolate manufacturers still use various strategies to deflect when the issue of child slavery is raised
Communicating scientific findings is a potential route to reach common ground and avoid political tensions in the Nile region
Through their attempts to assist miners with their daily needs, Zambian unions enable lower wages and worse working conditions.
The important developmental role that intermediate city municipalities can play in creating employment and stimulating growth suggests they should be prioritised.
Nigeria’s post COVID-19 economic recovery plan has resulted in only marginal improvements in economic growth, manufacturing and foreign direct investment.
The view that long-serving directors are so enmeshed with the company that they lack independence is gaining traction.
There’s no convincing evidence that listing on the alternative stock exchange promotes growth and sustainability for small and medium sized firms.
Director remuneration practices and policies are coming in for much greater scrutiny.
South Africa has a huge gender gap in terms of policies and interventions that would help women entrepreneurs.
Natural resource abundance in a country should not translate into a curse.
Child labour rates, and potentially other sensitive subjects, are not being measured accurately
Efforts to combat illegal fishing and fisheries crime must recognise the relationship between the sector and maritime security.
South Africa’s youth unemployment tax incentive is effectively a subsidy to the profits of companies.
While inequality is a global problem, its growth is most pronounced and the political, social and economic challenges it poses are most complex and pronounced in the global South.
Informal employment is significant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plight of informal workers needs to be highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Smallholder rice farmers in Ghana should be supported by the government to access finance needed to adopt modern technologies for greater productivity.
Making vaccines in South Africa by building on the foundation that’s been laid is possible. But only if substantial and sustained investment in human resources and infrastructure becomes a reality.
Good governance should be seen as the first and main tool for achieving climate change mitigation as policymakers pursue sustainable solutions for the environmental crisis.
Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer.
Prior to the secession of South Sudan, the rural livelihoods of people living in the 11 states were dependent on free trade and movement across the boundaries.
Ghana is losing out the booming global cashew industry in terms
of job and revenue generations.
Can the structural barriers to low-skilled employment growth be overcome?