Rethinking Maritime Trade in Africa
Maritime Trade in Africa Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. According to the Shippers’ Authority, 80 percent of global trade by volume and over 70 percent of global trade by value are carried by... Read More →
Legal Framework Reform in Setting up Africa’s Mining Industry for Exponential Growth
The Africa’s Mining Industry Africa houses a wealth of hugely valuable and extractable natural resources, making its mining industry one of the most important in the world. According to Statista, the continent is a major producer of many key mineral... Read More →
PIA to Unlock Investments in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector
In a bid to bring to a close a 20-year effort to reform Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was enacted with the aim of creating an environment more conducive for growth of the sector, and... Read More →
Clean Energy Transition: Major Challenge Faced in Africa
Clean Energy Transition in Africa: Major Challenges Faced Over the years, research findings have shown that greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification are the four key climate change indicators. This further reflects that human activities... Read More →
Facts about AfDB’s African Economic Outlook 2022
The theme of the African Economic Outlook 2022 is Supporting Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition in Africa. It highlights Africa’s economic performance and future prospects, climate change as a growing threat to lives and livelihoods in Africa, and... Read More →
Striking Increase in Food Insecurity in Africa: Experts Opinion on Way-forward
Food Insecurity in Africa Food Insecurity in Africa is off track. The situation keeps aggravating as soaring food prices, inflation, conflict and climate change are plunging parts of the continent into a severe and enduring food crisis, magnifying hunger and... Read More →
Tech investment: Cutting the Impact of Shipping on Climate Change in Africa
Impact of Shipping on Climate Change in Africa Climate change currently represents a major challenge in the world today, as it threatens the lives and livelihoods of over 100 million in extreme poverty. It poses risks to national economies, financial... Read More →
The IEA’s Africa Energy Outlook 2022
The Africa Energy Outlook 2022 is a new special report from the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook series. It explores pathways for Africa’s energy system to evolve toward achieving all African development goals, including universal access to modern and... Read More →
Key Climate Change Solutions
Climate change currently represents a major challenge in the world today, as it threatens the lives and livelihoods of over 100 million in extreme poverty. It poses risks to national economies, financial markets, infrastructure investments, water and food systems, public... Read More →
Governments, MDBs in the light of the New Trends in Private Investment in Infrastructure
Private Investment in Infrastructure Infrastructure plays a vital role in driving economic growth in both developed and emerging markets. According to the UNDRR, day-to-day life depends on infrastructure and its services, this includes supply-chains, electricity, water and sanitation, and information... Read More →