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Land Reform in Africa: lessons from Nigeria and South Africa
- August 8, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Africa has more than 202 million hectares of uncultivated land, equivalent to almost half of the world’s usable uncultivated land. Despite this, Africa suffers from the highest poverty rate in the world with nearly 47.5% of the population living below the poverty line of US$1.25 a day (as of 2008). Poor resource management and improper -
Winds of Change in Sub Saharan Africa
- June 6, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics
Winds of change have been blowing impetuously in some Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries in the last months. Although change is always quite welcome when it comes during a gloomy period, it often goes hand-in-hand with a degree of uncertainty that requires action to be measured and possibly mitigated. The low period of discussion started in
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Inflation in the MEA region: A Fragile Ecosystem
- May 2, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Economics
Since the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, inflation has been on the watch in most economies. Its importance has been amplified as countries, investors and non-investors must understand inflation and its causes due to the fact that it can affect the price you pay of everything, from your daily cup of coffee to a share
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The Africa Continental Free Trade Area: Benefits, Costs and Implications
- April 11, 2018
- Posted by: infomineo-admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
African leaders from 44 African nations gathered at the African Union Summit from March 17th to 21st 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, and signed the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) treaty to create the world’s largest single market. The agreement will be the largest trade agreement in history since the creation of the World Trade Organization. -
The Egyptian Devaluation – One Year Later
- January 2, 2018
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category
Over one year ago, on November 3rd, 2016, the Central Bank of Egypt floated the Egyptian pound in an attempt to stabilize the economy which had been set back by a shortage of foreign currency inflows and political instability. Among the key goals behind the floatation was to meet one of the key demands of the -
Digitalization to Spur African Growth
- December 18, 2017
- Posted by: Mona Abisourour
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
Digitalization, a term commonly confused with digitization, is currently a burgeoning phenomenon and the rise of the fourth industrial revolution has a lot to do with that. According to Gartner’s IT Glossary, digitalization is the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities [1], whereas, digitization is the -
What Steps is Tunisia Taking towards Fiscal Reforms?
- July 22, 2017
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Financial Services, North Africa
The Tunisian governments’ former series of fiscal reforms have failed to meet local needs and expectations. However, the new fiscal bill passed in February 2017 sheds light to the outlook of the country’s macro economy by utilizing tax incentives to encourage investment.
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The Rise of Optimism in Africa
- January 31, 2017
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Africa, Blog Category
The Rise of Optimism in Africa For many decades, Africa has been regarded as the poorest continent in the world. Although significant challenges face the future development in Africa, a rise of optimism in several countries in the continent support the development and vision that the continent holds. A study conducted by the Pew Research