Investment in Africa Action Plan At this year’s Africa Property Dialogue held in Ghana, the AfCFTA secretary-general shared Africa’s economic renaissance under the framework with an expected 4% growth in 2024. This underlines a crucial starting point towards the realization …
Pomp and Empty Stadia Africa’s most prestigious sports competition, the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), currently in its 34th edition kicked off in Code d’Ivoire amid concerns around half-filled stadiums, a phenomenon that keeps on recurring. While the tournament is …
The East African Community Secretary General reaffirmed the regional bloc’s commitment to fostering integration and collaboration in his New Year address citing the implementation of the EAC Customs Union and Common Market Protocols to increase intra-trade. This comes at a …
Inexcusable Blunders Kenya’s call for increased compulsory consumption of local music and entertainment content is perhaps the most conspicuous divergence the country has had in prioritizing the economics of quality products and services. Despite her efforts to embrace capitalism and …
A Year of Gainful Milestones The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement saw significant gains in 2023 creating significant hope around the operationalization of the framework and making of inroads towards the realization of a single continental market. As …
Guaranteeing Cross-Border Movement The African private sector continues to make true its promise of owning and driving Africa’s continental free trade, particularly under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement which seeks to create a single African market of …
Vetting and Verifying Somalia Credentials At the Africa Investment Forum Held in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 9, East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Dr. Peter Mathuki disclosed that Somalia was on the verge of being admitted into the community within …
Awakening the Competition Authority Recently, I expressed my fears over a long history of mistrust that has slowed the regional integration and formation of a single market for the East African Region. Perhaps the answer lies in the youngest of …
Building Trust for a Stronger East African Community The East African Community has long been impacted by mistrust between sister countries slowing regional integration and the creation of a single market with a fully realized movement of people in the …
African Union 2063 Aspirations Talking to an international conference, Kenya’s president indicated that the country would end visa requirements to all African visitors by the end of the year citing such restrictions as a case of Africa working against herself. …