All for One
A combination of government edicts, broken promises and climate change has driven Malian villagers away from their collective livelihoods and traditions to bring prosperity for the few, not for the …
Read MoreAfrica
Africa’s web of creditors complicates coronavirus debt relief
Africa is crying out for debt relief to weather a perfect storm of coronavirus, plummeting oil and commodity prices, mounting budget deficits and weaker currencies. But delivering the relief that …
Read More
Youth is not enough
This issue Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji was going to talk to The Mint about the economic success of the Ethiopian development model. However given current events, he was keen to talk …
Read More
How COVID-19 is affecting informal workers in Kenya
The informal sector thrives in Kenyan rural and urban centres. According to 2015 estimates there were 11.8 million people employed in the informal economy, against 2.4 million working in the …
Read More
African countries aren’t borrowing too much: they’re paying too much for debt
There is renewed concern about the sustainability of rising debt levels in many African countries. Much of this debt is being incurred through foreign currency denominated Eurobonds issued on international …
Read More
The community initiative creating sustainable employment, food security and energy out of waste
n the town of Kitale in Kenya, residents set up a successful project which tackles many of the community’s problems with one ingenious solution: waste management. For more than a …
Read More
Mozambique sues in UK to cancel debt in secret loan case
Case brought by the government of Mozambique also seeks damages from Credit Suisse and shipbuilding company Privinvest Credit Suisse given deadline of 21 January to file and serve their defence …
Read More
A World Away
Economics training in Africa has long been funded by the World Bank so it keeps to the narrow track of mainstream economics – as do the economic policies in Africa. …
Read More