Economy

A few weeks before its next session, the Economic Commission for Africa is setting out the contours of its upcoming discussions. The health crisis has revealed the need to unify the digital strategy, for growth that is mindful of climate constraints. The 53rd session...

The African Development Bank and the World Adaptation Center are joining forces to mobilize an additional $25 billion to accelerate Africa's adaptation to climate change. The AfDB (African Development Bank) will implement its Acceleration Program for Adaptation in Africa (AAAP) intended to mobilize 25...

Our continent is facing many public health problems. Along with emerging threats like Covid-19 and persistent scourges like malaria, we need to remain vigilant in the face of a lesser-known challenge - the fight against neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. What are NTDs? A...

The OPEC Fund provides a $50 million loan to Africa Finance Corporation to support African infrastructure projects. The aim is to relieve the states engaged in emergency spending in the face of the health crisis. The OPEC Fund for International Development and Africa Finance...

The Moroccan circle Policy Center for the New South publishes its 2020 Africa Economic Report. The opportunity, at the end of this special year, to identify weaknesses and potential strengths for the post-Covid-19 period. An exhaustive photograph of the situation in Africa at the...

The agreement between the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, aimed at facilitating the creation of the eco to replace the CFA franc, will soon be ratified by Côte d'Ivoire. The fact remains that the project schedule remains very imprecise. Alassane...

Senegal's annual economic chart, along with provisional figures for 2020, confirms how much services drive Senegal's growth. The finance sector, in particular, supported lower-than-expected activity in 2019. The Senegalese Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) has adjusted its estimates of the country's activity for...

The golden rule in Morocco that ordinary revenues do not finance the debt will not be respected in 2021, nor in 2020. Its return is possible in 2022-2023, judge analysts from Attijari Global Research . For the first time since 2013, Morocco's amending finance...

According to Afrobarometer, Africans, especially those in the Sahel, maintain a good perception of China's actions on the continent. Nevertheless, concerns are emerging about indebtedness and the lack of autonomy that it implies. Four years after its first report, the Afrobarometer is releasing the...

The continent is endowing itself with a precious tool for understanding and dealing with migratory phenomena. Based in Rabat, Morocco, the African Migration Observatory will be tasked with studying migration and assisting policy makers. At the initiative of the African Union and the King...