27/10/2020
Image: Voter in Tanzania, 2018. Author Madjika87. Source Wikimedia Commons How are African countries dealing with elections during Covid-19? Already there have been three elections in Mali, Burundi and last week in Guinea. Tomorrow Tanzania goes to the polls for fiercely contested elections, and another eight are due before the end of the year, …
Photo Credit: Rodrigo Amorim Carmen Reinhart, the chief economist at the World Bank, feels that emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) should step up their borrowing in the battle against the Covid-19 virus. “First you worry about fighting t...
19/10/2020
The pre-colonial African economy was not poor. Not in the terms we measure it now, in GDP per capita, or in health and wealth. It was much the same as most other parts of the world before the coming of the industrial revolution: most people farmed, a few peopl...
28/9/2020
Image Credit: Yvonne, African market Negotiations over the sovereign debt of developing countries were much simpler at the time of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, launched in 1996 with the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative. G...
18/9/2020
In lieu of the publishers fair that usually takes place at the ASAUK Bienniel Conference, we welcome you to a virtual publishers exhibit. As a member, you can explore the latest titles and access exclusive discounts. Some of the publishers have created dedicat...
08/9/2020
Image Credit: African Market, Francisco Anzola In 2020 Africa faces its first recession in 25 years. Among the indicators pointing in this direction are remittances, which we touched upon last month although the early signs are better than widely feared...
19/8/2020
One of the main trends throughout Africa in 2019 was that people across African countries were starting to insist their voice be heard by their governments. In Sudan, Algeria, Uganda, Togo, Ethiopia, it was clear that “the people’s voice is growing louderâ...
18/8/2020
We are delighted to announce our new Education & Outreach project: Poetry in the Primary Classroom. This project, held in partnership with the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), aims to support teachers to enjoy and to use poetry from ...
05/8/2020
Image Credit: Monito – Money Transfer Comparison The conventional wisdom in the early days of the Covid-19 virus was that workers’ remittances would fall off sharply, bringing additional balance-of-payments and exchange-rate pressures. An early...
17/7/2020