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South Africa: Tourism underperforming due to crime
South Africa is hoping to bring in 21 million tourists a year by 2023, with Cape Town a focal point, however, crime and governance failures could prevent tourists from exploring beyond the Western Cape.
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Arise IIP set to invest up to $300m in Ghana’s economic zones, says GFZA boss
Arise IIP, a private pan-African industrial ecosystem developer and operator, is poised to sign a deal to invest around $300m in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Ghana’s Western Region, says Michael Oquaye Jr, CEO of Ghana…
Binance in Africa, the dashed hopes of a crypto giant
Just over a year ago, Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) confided his continental ambitions to us. According to him, Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange platform he founded in 2017, was expected to have “multiple locations in all…
Will Ajay Banga be an ambassador for the Global South?
In recent years, the World Bank has been the subject of harsh and frequent criticism, accused of being unable to keep pace with financing needs, its cumbersome bureaucracy and the administrative bottlenecks that hamper its…
What is federalism? Why Ethiopia uses this system of government and why it’s not perfect
Federalism is a system of government where power is shared between a central authority and smaller regional governments.
Many countries adopt federalism to manage ethnic diversity within their borders and help promote unity. There…
UK’s failed asylum deportation plan puts Rwanda’s human rights and refugee struggles in…
The UK Supreme Court ruled on 15 November 2023 that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. The plan would have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers sent from the UK to Rwanda, which would then process and host such refugees…
Southern African troops versus M23 rebels in the DRC: 4 risks this poses
The security situation in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to deteriorate. The region comprises North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces. It’s about seven times the size of neighbouring Rwanda.…
Somalia: Imminent East Africa Community admission draws mixed reactions
It is widely expected that the EAC Ordinary Heads of State Summit on 23-24 November will endorse the country’s accession, but this has drawn mixed reactions from a cross section of people in Somalia and the region.…
Ghana: Can VP Bawumia be his own man?
From the pristine boardroom of the Bank of Ghana, political novice Mahamudu Bawumia was thrown into the rough political arena as Akufo-Addo’s running mate in 2008 and has since distinguished himself as a force to reckon with.…
Tata minibuses – the keys to success in Dakar
These white communal minibuses with their blue lines have become a fixture of the Dakar landscape – gradually replacing the fleet of battered blue and yellow “fast buses” that have been a familiar sight on the city’s roads…