Government deficit spending creates widespread economic distortions. It is the central policy that distorts, destabilizes, and impoverishes economies globally, particularly in Africa and other ...

Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...

One could be brave enough, and say that the South African economy is out of the woods. In the 3rd quarter of 2025, the ...

Maturin Tchoumi, Pharma International Area Head for Africa at Roche, argues that investing in health innovation is crucial ...

Africa’s quest to trade with itself has never been more urgent. With the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) gaining momentum, governments are ...

South African inflation slowed for the first time in three months in November, bolstering expectations that the central bank ...

Spearheaded by Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, in partnership with the African Development Bank, the Africa NextGen Economist Prize aims to unearth a new generation of intellectuals capable of ...

Olajide challenged African governments to move beyond declarations to concrete action—streamlined regulations, transparent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I shed light on hidden credit intent. When governments borrow from the capital markets, the credit rating agencies Standard & Poor ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said many African leaders lack the basic understanding of economics required to effectively govern their countries. Obasanjo added that such ignorance ...

Morocco’s Tanger Med, Africa’s largest and most developed industrial port complex, has been for years playing the “role of the locomotive” for the development of African special economic zones (SEZs), ...