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In coming years, Uganda’s GDP growth is set to accelerate as recent and ongoing public investments begin to yield returns.
Evidence shows that in economies like that of Ghana, small firms do fine, but it’s the large firms that seem to suffer constraints on their growth in numbers.
Considering all the positive signs Ethiopia might very well be on its way to become Africa’s industrial powerhouse.
Climate change stands to hit Africa the hardest. That’s why green industrialisation is critical to help keep the continent’s greenhouse gas emissions low.
It is time to jettison the vague notion of African time. And for Africa to clean up its act.
Some economists have touted the rising middle class as a panacea for Africa’s challenges. But a more realistic diagnosis of what makes up a middle class is needed.
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
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Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of Flexible Engagements, International Growth Centre
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Enseignant chercheur, Université de Rouen Normandie
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Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva, University of Cambridge
