Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism
Take a moment and imagine your daily life without roads. Everything needed to survive and thrive — food, shelter, employment, medical care, education — would suddenly be difficult or impossible …
Building sustainable roads in emerging economies Read More
Lagos, Nigeria – When Yusuf Mogaji joined Nigeria’s federal civil service as a non-teaching staff member at the University of Ilorin in 2015, he had dreams of building his own house. …
Nigerian workers’ wages diminish as inflation rises and gov’t revenue dips Read More
Somalia has recently seen the worst flooding it’s had in a century. Dozens of people have been killed, and 1.6 million people have been affected. Moreover, the flooding has cut off communities …
Somalia’s devastating floods have now caused food prices to rocket – leaving countless people in peril Read More
Small business owner Sozwani Joko felt he wasn’t getting the one vital resource he needed to run his community internet cafe: a strong internet connection. His services – video conferencing, …
South Africans are breaking the law to get Elon Musk’s Starlink internet Read More
VC funding in the African startup ecosystem has steadily declined in 2023, causing experts to worry about the future of the once fast-growing sector. With fewer investors willing to bet …
Investors are unsettled as funding is drying up for Africa’s startup ecosystem Read More
In July, when Nigerian agritech startup Winich Farms shared its quarterly financial report with stakeholders, it reported all the figures twice. One version used the old official currency rate of …
Nigeria’s currency devaluation is a disaster for startups Read More
When Edmund Ekott, a Nigerian front-end developer, decided to relocate to Germany in 2022, he had to deal with an exasperating immigration process. He went through a prolonged back-and-forth with …
New visa programs spark brain drain fears across Africa Read More
Tom Neumark shares the value of giving where terms and conditions don’t apply. Having recently gone blind, Beatrice was not able to see her grandson’s diarrhoea on the packed-dirt floor …
Helping hand outs Read More
Lebohang Liepollo Pheko is a South African activist academic who was one of the non-Europeans invited to speak at the recent Beyond Growth conference in the European Parliament. This conference …
Beyond the pale? Read More
Lagos, Nigeria – Last Friday Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu suspended the country’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele. On Saturday, Nigeria’s secret police confirmed the erstwhile top banker has been arrested …
How Emefiele, Nigeria’s powerful central bank chief lost his seat Read More