The system’s promoters must figure out how to compensate the African countries that run trade surpluses.
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Regularising freer movement of people across African borders is one of the continent’s great developmental challenges.
It’s likely that free movement will advance first among groupings within regional communities.
Africa should push for extension of AGOA rather than bilateral trade deals with the US.
Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
Colombia is an important South American regional hub and potentially important trade partner for Africa.
Harnessing the combined effect of trade and urbanisation could significantly boost the economies of African countries.
Companies are moving their production back to developed countries. This is jeopardising the decades-long progress in global poverty reduction.
President Samia Hassan has set Tanzania on a change of course – time will tell if the pattern holds and addresses the country’s challenges.
Leaders in Africa need to develop practical ways to achieve their aspirations.
Relying on donor funding means that the funder ultimately determines the health priorities. This is one reason why many programmes in Africa focus on a single disease such as HIV.
While South Africa should pay careful attention to all its existing trade and economic relations, particular attention should go to its intra-African economic relations.
African policymakers should strenuously safeguard their right to choose from the widest possible range of technology options that suit their countries’ development needs.
Border closure is an implicit admission of the ineptitude and incompetence of Nigeria’s customs and immigration officers
South Africa and Nigeria need to lead policy debates on long term measures to address migration in Africa.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
The free movement of people between African countries could facilitate economic development.
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement promises to redefine relations among African states and beyond.
Continental free trade area’s potential impact includes boosting intra-Africa trade, manufacturing exports, job creation and poverty alleviation.
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Global Health Infection and Immunity. and co-Director of the Global Health Academy, The University of Edinburgh
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Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University's Center for African Studies, David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Global Economy and Development and Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Stanford University
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