Economy
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From Tragedy to Resilience: Women Farmers in Ghana Turn to Agroecology to Confront Climate Change
In Ghana’s transitional ecological belt, where once-dense forests are steadily giving way to savannah, climate change is no longer a distant concern but an ... -
Nigeria’s Fiscal Origins and the Politics of Taxation Today
In his post-amalgamation report to the Colonial Office, Lord Lugard proclaimed triumphantly the “astonishing results” of the administrative merger of the Northern and Southern ... -
Ghana’s Cocoa Crisis Is Not a Price Story: It Is a Governance Failure
In February 2026, Ghana did something it had not done in living memory. It cut the guaranteed farm-gate cocoa price by 28.6 percent in ... -
Sudan’s War Was Not a Breakdown. It Was the System Working.
In April 2023, the immediate trigger for Sudan’s war was not an ideology, not an election, and not a border dispute. It was an ... -
A New Era of Austerity? On Listening to African Scholars
African Affairs, the journal of the Royal African Society that sponsors this blog, has recently published an article on the legacy of the Covid-19 ... -
Africa and Europe’s green opportunity
African leaders must seize this moment to ensure its renewable energy potential and resources foster local industry, fairness, and green jobs. The re-election of ... -
Why 2025 could be a turning point in Africa’s debt emergency
A clear plan that would move power over debt from colonial institutions to a more representative body is on the table. The African Union ... -
How Cairo’s “Garbage City” became the envy of the world
Recycling Cairo’s trash for free while providing employment to tens of thousands, the Zabbaleen have much to teach other cash-strapped cities. In the scorching ... -
Africa cannot wait on climate finance. We need a global shipping levy now
If done justly and equitably, a shipping levy – to be finalised in April – could provide a lifeline for urgent climate action. 2025 ...
