The Wealth Africa Refuses to Trade
Liberty Sparks Kenya’s Musila Muoki has argued in a new piece that African governments are stifling economic growth by maintainingContinue Reading
Tag: Free Trade
The Costs of Nigeria’s Import Bans
Ominira Initiative Free Trade Fellow Victor Ejechi has written in The Cable criticising Nigeria’s embrace of costly import bans. HeContinue Reading
AfCFTA and Zambia’s Opportunity to Build, Trade, and Lead
Africa stands at a pivotal economic crossroads. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), The world ‘largest free trade agreement by numberContinue Reading
IATP Attends Africa Liberty Forum
Last week, we were delighted to attend Atlas Network’s Africa Liberty Forum in Accra, Ghana. Events that bring so muchContinue Reading
Nigerian Trade ‘At a Defining Moment’
Trade in Nigeria is at a defining moment. Our markets are busy, our entrepreneurs are resilient. Yet beneath this activityContinue Reading
East and West African Trade Blocs Show What Success and Failure Looks Like for AfCFTA
The contrast between the Kenya–Tanzania and Mali–Burkina Faso borders demonstrates that AfCFTA is neither self-executing nor immune to political shocks.
What Zambia’s Soweto Market Shows About Trade and Trust
Every morning before sunrise, the tin roofs of Soweto Market rattle awake with activity. The scent of dried fish, theContinue Reading
The Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on the DRC
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country rich in soil and subsoil resources, renowned for its natural wealth butContinue Reading
A Case Against Wealth Taxes
And Suggestions for Alternatives During 2024’s G20 in Brazil, the host nation led an effort to impose a global wealthContinue Reading
How New US Tariffs Could Reshape Zambia’s Exports
The United States implemented a new system of reciprocal tariffs on August 1, 2025. While Zambian exports to the UnitedContinue Reading