OPINION/EDITORIAL

Foreign Investment Has A Vital Role to Play in Africa’s Economic Growth: We Must Do What We Can to Encourage It

That is why the African Energy Chamber works so hard to empower investment activity November 3, 2020/AEC By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, not all of the economic news in Africa has been negative. We continue to see promising developments. Look at Uganda’s […]

The Crisis is Not Over, Keep Spending (Wisely)

November 2, 2020/IMFBlog By Oya Celasun, Lone Christiansen, and Margaux MacDonald The pandemic-induced economic crisis is set to leave deep scars. Human capital erosion from prolonged high unemployment and school closures, value destruction from bankruptcies, and constraints on future fiscal policy from elevated public debt top the list. Groups that […]