How Can the U.S. Spur Economic Growth in Africa?
Last month, African leaders made their way to Washington, D.C., for the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit since 2014. The three-dayContinue Reading
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Kenya’s New Government Must Embrace Economic Freedom
William Ruto became Kenya’s fifth president last month. At his inauguration, Ruto pledged to unify the nation and be the leader ofContinue Reading
Africa’s Three Largest Economies are Undermining the AfCFTA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could usher in a new era of prosperity for the world’s poorest andContinue Reading
The Kenya-Uganda Trade War Could Undermine East African Prosperity
Kenya and Uganda have been in a trade dispute. The latest hostilities between the two East African countries began in DecemberContinue Reading
Fraser Institute Report Shows Economic Freedom Declining in Africa
Over the last 30 years, most Sub-Saharan African economies have become steadily freer. However, a new report published last weekContinue Reading
How Freer Trade can Reduce Violence in Africa
With the media focused on new NASA photos of galaxies far away, hearings about the U.S. Capitol riot on JanuaryContinue Reading
Africa Needs Free Markets, not Wealth Transfers
Although poverty has been reduced considerably in industrialized societies, it continues to attack developing countries. Approximately, 689 million people, or aboutContinue Reading
Agricultural Subsidies in Wealthy Countries Make Africans Poorer
It’s estimated that in 2021, approximately 490 million of Africa’s almost 1.4 billion people lived on less than $1.90 per day. To getContinue Reading
PAPSS: Making African Trade and Transactions Faster and More Efficient
Introduction to PAPSS The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to revolutionise the continent’sContinue Reading
The Problem with Guilds: They’re Monopolistic and Wasteful
Economists have illuminated our understanding of guilds in medieval Europe, but we still know rather little about their functions inContinue Reading