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Read past issues here:
- Africa Current Issues - Special Economic Zones(SEZ): Will they unlock the AfCFTA potential? Rainer Michael Preiss. April 2021
- Africa Current Issues - Africa Private Equity: Impact of Covid-19 on Fundraising, valuations and exits. Rainer Michael Preiss. February 2021
- Africa Current Issues - Made in Africa: Can Africa become a global production hub? Ronak Gopaldas. January 2021.
- Africa Current Issues - Could better storage infrastructure transform Africa’s agriculture? Francis Mulangu. January 2021.
- Africa Current Issues - AfCFTA: A strategic framework for business. Rafiq Raji. December 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Africa’s Blue Economy: Unlocking a new wave of prosperity? Ronak Gopaldas. December 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - E-commerce: Avenues for opportunities in Africa. Asmita Parshotam. November 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Independent Power Producers: A solution for Africa? Rainer Michael Preiss. November 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Africa’s Supermarket Revolution — Coming to a premature end or undergoing consolidation? Francis Mulangu. October 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Africa’s tourism industry: Survival of the fittest. Ronak Gopaldas. October 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Shifting Global Demographics: An African Opportunity? Rafiq Raji. September 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Urban Food Systems: Making African cities more resilient to food insecurity during a global health crisis. Mina Baliamoune. September 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Industrial Policy for Upgrading Africa’s Growing Horticultural Industry. Francis Mulangu. August 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Remittances in Africa: A Port in the Storm? Ronak Gopaldas. August 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Developing a Medical Sector in Africa: Taking Africa into the 21st Century. Asmita Parshotam. July 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Will Africa’s SMEs Deliver its Post-COVID-19 Recovery? Rainer Michael Preiss. July 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Are African Numbers still Poor? Rafiq Raji. July 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Does Africa's Growing Informal Sector Threaten Economic Growth and Doing Business? Francis Mulangu. June 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Impact of the Forthcoming European Recession on African Exports. Rainer Michael Preiss. June 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - China’s Post-Corona Future in Africa. Ronak Gopaldas. May 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 for Africa’s Women Traders: What more can we do? Asmita Parshotam. May 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa: An Analytical Assessment of Kenya & Nigeria. Rafiq Raji. May 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Is Africa’s Growing Public Debt Really Crowding out Private Investment? Francis Mulangu. April 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - COVID-19 in Africa: Outcomes and Scenarios. Ronak Gopaldas. April 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Oil Wars: Africa Caught in the Crossfire. Ronak Gopaldas. April 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Online Disinformation and the African Firm. Rafiq Raji. March 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Cannabis in Africa: Higher Growth Path or Pipe Dream? Ronak Gopaldas. March 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - China’s Investments in Africa – The Changing Landscape. Mina Baliamoune. March 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Index Insurance for Agriculture in Africa: Emergent Direction or Dead End? Francis Mulangu. February 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - The CFA Franc: A Currency by Any Other Name? Ronak Gopaldas. February 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Morocco’s Shifting Identity – Africa’s New Kid on the Block is Making Waves. Ronak Gopaldas. January 2020.
- Africa Current Issues - Can South Africa / Nigeria Relations be Recalibrated? Ronak Gopaldas. December 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - Africa’s Chronic Power Problems: West Africa Power Pool could be a Game-changer. Francis Mulangu. December 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - The Curious Case of Africa’s Indian Ocean Islands. Ronak Gopaldas. November 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - Cocoa-processing Revolution, or Unintended Consequences? - A Tale of a Cocoa Cartel. Francis Mulangu. October 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - Following the Money: Identifying the Evolving Nature of FDI Trends in Africa. Ronak Gopaldas. September 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - Climate Change and Conflict in West Africa. Rafiq Raji. August 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - After the CFTA: Could African States Seize the Opportunities of the Singapore Convention on Mediation? Bernadette Iyodu and Joel Ng. August 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - The Gulf’s Growing Role in Africa. Ronak Gopaldas. July 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - The Future of the Internet, Mobile Phones and Jobs in Africa. Rafiq Raji. July 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - Africa's New Electoral Playbook. Ronak Gopaldas. July 2019.
- Africa Current Issues - African SEZs & GVCs in the Age of Automation. Rafiq Raji. June 2019.