Africa does not need an ‘imperfect’ continental Customs Union

Tuesday, 04 February 2025 13:13

An article published on the Trade Unions and Trade in Africa website, a web platform developed by the International Trade Union Conference-Africa (ITUC-Africa) jointly with the Labour Research Service (LRS), and the Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland (SASK), analyses the prospects of the possible evolution of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) into a continental Customs Union to advance the economic integration process in Africa.

Kenya to become the fastest growing internet advertising market in the world, according to PWC

Monday, 03 February 2025 14:04

A report released on January 28, 2025 by PriceWaterHouse & Coopers (PWC) predicts that Kenya will become in the next few years the fastest growing internet advertising market in the world. More precisely, the report estimates that over the next four years, the revenues generated from the African Entertainment and Media (E&M) industry in Africa will be superior to the global average, driven by the expansion of internet access, improvement of broadband connectivity (4G and 5G) and increase in mobile subscriptions by Africans.

New brainstorming event in preparation to advance Africa’s economic integration and prosperity agenda

Tuesday, 28 January 2025 10:55

Preparations are ongoing for the launch of the 2025 edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues, scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana, from Thursday, 30 January to Saturday, 1 February 2025. Over 3,000 delegates from more than 46 countries worldwide, including several African Heads of State, are expected to converge at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to discuss how to advance Africa’s economic integration and prosperity agenda. Specific sessions will cover topics crucial for Africa’s long-term prosperity, including female entrepreneurship, housing, payments, youth empowerment, public-private partnerships, and venture capital and private equity.

Mineral resources: blessing and curse of African States

Friday, 31 January 2025 09:03

As a war in the Eastern Congo unfolds - partly motivated by hidden interests in accessing strategic mineral resources necessary for the energy transition (so called “green minerals”) - a report from the African Policy Research Institute (APRI) titled “Mapping Africa's Green Mineral Partnerships” sheds light on the existing agreements in the field of the exploitation of such minerals that are in place among African countries and foreign industrial powers including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, India, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and the European Union.

Africa has the greatest potential to ferry humanity towards the achievement of “Type I” civilization

Sunday, 26 January 2025 17:08

Africa is widely considered the cradle of humankind, as paleoanthropology and fossil evidence have proved that the continent hosted the earliest human ancestors and the first highly advanced civilizations. Less debated is instead the question of whether it can be considered as the next stage in the process of evolution of human civilization... because of its potential to harness renewable energies.

Read the post on our blog and the extended version on the Habari Network.

Africa does not need an ‘imperfect’ continental Customs Union

Kenya to become the fastest growing internet advertising market in the world, according to PWC

New brainstorming event in preparation to advance Africa’s economic integration and prosperity agenda

Mineral resources: blessing and curse of African States

Africa has the greatest potential to ferry humanity towards the achievement of “Type I” civilization

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