L'Afrique a les moyens de s'en sortir !
English (English)Articles tagged Mozambique
Africa borrows on the open market
05 June 2015
by Sanou Mbaye in Economy
The decades when the continent couldn’t raise major funds on ordinary commercial markets are over, but there are still worries about over-indebtedness.
by Sanou Mbaye
The nations of sub-Saharan Africa, in the post-independence euphoria of the 1960s, wanted to end the international division of labour under which they exported raw materials and imported manufactured goods. They diversified their More >
Liberating Africans from the CFA “franc” trap
08 August 2014
by Sanou Mbaye in Economy
Nowadays, African countries are wooed because they are perceived as the spearheads of the world economy. The Economist, the English weekly newspaper, predicts that in the next five years, seven out of ten fastest growing economies in the world will be in Africa: Ethiopia (8.1 per cent), Mozambique (7.7 per cent), Tanzania (7.2 per cent), Congo (7.0 per cent), Ghana (7.0 per cent), Zambia (6.9 More >
Senegal’s Day Of Reckoning : It’s The Economy Stupid !
010 February 2012
by Sanou Mbaye in Economy
Father and Son - Abdoulaye and Karim Wade - seeking to build a Presidential dynasty in Senegal
The Senegalese people are extremely disillusioned. In 2000, they enthusiastically went to the polls to elect Abdoulaye Wade as their president. Wade had campaigned as an agent of change, but change never came to Senegal throughout his decade in power. Now the only change he wants to make is to the More >
Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa
2This new book in the Pambazuka Press ‘China and Africa’ series explores China’s deepening engagement in Africa from the rarely heeded perspectives of African and Chinese civil society organisations.
DescriptionThe deepening engagement of China in Africa since the end of the cold war has led to debates about the evolving nature of this relationship. Yet the focus of analysis has largely been More >
The African Union : A need to go back to the drawing board
09 July 2003
by Sanou Mbaye in Economy
Background
The yearning for regional cooperation and economic integration in Africa was born in the United States within the pan-African movement in the 19th Century and has been kept alive ever since among the masses, the elite and the members of the Diaspora. This hope is so compelling that all African leaders have felt obliged to put it heartedly or opportunistically on their political More >
How best can the EU support the new AU Key Questions for Contact Person
030 April 2003
by Sanou Mbaye in Economy
Background
The yearning for regional cooperation and economic integration in Africa was born in the United States within the pan-African movement in the 19th Century and has been kept alive ever since among the masses, the elite and the members of the Diaspora. This hope is so compelling that all African leaders have felt obliged to put it heartedly or lukewarmly on their political agenda ever More >
NEPAD : the wrong plan ?
020 June 2002
by Sanou Mbaye in Economy
NEPAD, the last plan to kick-start Africa’s economic development adopted by the OAU in Lusaka (Zambia) on July, 11, 2001, is articulated around investment in the key sectors of infrastructure, agriculture, health and education. The plan is to be financed by the international community and through private capital flows, mainly from the multinationals. In choosing this way of financing their More >
