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Africa borrows on the open market

5 June 2015 par Sanou Mbaye

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. … [Read more...] about Africa borrows on the open market

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Liberating Africans from the CFA “franc” trap

8 August 2014 par Sanou Mbaye

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 … [Read more...] about Liberating Africans from the CFA “franc” trap

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Africa’s French Roadblock

23 May 2013 par Sanou Mbaye

In recent years, China and Africa have formed one of the modern era’s most successful economic and trade partnerships. China benefits from Africa’s oil, minerals, and markets, while Africa benefits from increased trade and investment in infrastructure, health, education, small-scale businesses, and low and medium technologies. Some Western observers – and some Africans – … [Read more...] about Africa’s French Roadblock

Africa : Economic growth and sustainability

18 May 2011 par Sanou Mbaye

Humboldt University Economic Forum Berlin, 11 May 2011 I. INTRODUCTION After four decades of sluggish economic activities, improved macroeconomic conditions, better business climate, political and currency stability, and a burgeoning middle class have triggered economic growth in many African countries. Telecom, banking, and retail are flourishing. Construction is … [Read more...] about Africa : Economic growth and sustainability

Africa’s Winds of Change Return

27 April 2011 par Sanou Mbaye

DAKAR – How did Ivory Coast come to this? After gaining independence from France in 1960 with Felix Houphouet-Boigny as President, the country became the world’s largest exporter of cocoa beans and a significant exporter of coffee and palm oil. Throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, sizeable export earnings, combined with easy access to credit, fueled an economic surge dubbed the … [Read more...] about Africa’s Winds of Change Return

QUESTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION

30 March 2011 par Sanou Mbaye

China’s burgeoning relationship with Africa is being decried in some quarters, including western observers – and some Africans, too – as a new form of colonialism. Such criticism is largely misplaced. First, after having preached the globalisation tenet of economic liberalisation and free competition, the West cannot really grumble about being outbid by China in the race for … [Read more...] about QUESTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION

Regulating China-Africa cooperation imbalances

18 March 2011 par Sanou Mbaye

Oxford University China-Africa Network The Oxford University China-Africa Network (OUCAN) with the support of the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) present The Conference on "Chinese Investment and African Agency" hosted by the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford 11-12 March 2011 Regulating China-Africa cooperation … [Read more...] about Regulating China-Africa cooperation imbalances

CHINA – AFRICA : Matching China’s activities with Africa’s needs

22 April 2008 par Sanou Mbaye

The Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) Regional Office for East & Horn of Africa, Nairobi, and Fahamu Kenya brought together Chinese experts on Africa and representatives of African civil society organizations, providing a platform to exchange views and perceptions, and discuss areas of concerns to both sides, based on various country and thematic case studies. I. CHINA’S … [Read more...] about CHINA – AFRICA : Matching China’s activities with Africa’s needs

Africa’s Integration Imperative

17 November 2007 par Sanou Mbaye

Karl Marx predicted that states would wither away in anticipation of an idyllic communist society capable of auto-regulating economic imbalances and empowering the masses. So he would have been flabbergasted to see his prophecy realized, not by communism, but by the globalization of Anglo-American economic liberalism. Opening up markets to the free flow of capital, not the … [Read more...] about Africa’s Integration Imperative

Toward an African energy doctrine

12 April 2007 par Sanou Mbaye

For Karl Marx, there was an historic necessity for States to wither away in anticipation of an idyllic communist society capable of auto-regulating economic imbalances and empowering the masses. The towering revolutionary author of Das Kapital would have been flabbergasted to see his prophecy realised, not under the flagship of communism, but that of the globalisation of the … [Read more...] about Toward an African energy doctrine

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CHINA’S GROWN ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA WITH SANOU MBAYE

19 November 2010

Africa Business News, Fri, 19 Nov 2010 A new book published this week examines China's grown engagement in Africa from the perspective of both African and Chinese civil society. ABN’s London … [Read more...] about CHINA’S GROWN ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA WITH SANOU MBAYE

Africa’s Linguistic Divide: French vs. English

5 June 2010

Another of our Wednesday rendezvous with Africa... We will be looking at how former British colonies have fared in comparison to their francophone counterparts. Part of our tribute to 50 years of … [Read more...] about Africa’s Linguistic Divide: French vs. English

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Economy

Decolonizing the Franc Zone

21 April 2012

  DAKAR – France is wrestling with a burden of debts and public deficits that led Standard & Poor’s recently to downgrade its credit rating. Even as the risk of recession looms, the … [Read more...] about Decolonizing the Franc Zone

Senegal’s Day Of Reckoning : It’s The Economy Stupid !

10 February 2012

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 … [Read more...] about Senegal’s Day Of Reckoning : It’s The Economy Stupid !

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Conferences

CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION – THE STAKES

2 November 2010

China-Africa Civil Society Dialogue : Development Challenges in Africa and the Chinese Development Experience Beijing, P.R. China, October 18th -19th , 2010 For most of the past five decades African … [Read more...] about CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION – THE STAKES

West African expectations of Europe

26 January 2006

Institute for peace support and conflict management (IFK) Africa-Workshop January 26th to 27th, 2006: Sorting Out the Mess: Wars, Conflicts and Conflict Management in West Africa To … [Read more...] about West African expectations of Europe

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Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa

18 November 2010

This 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 … [Read more...] about Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa

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