Economic diplomacy for prosperity through intra-African trade
Olukayode Oyeleye
July 15, 2019
NOW THAT THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a reality, countries within the continent need to get to work in dead
Outbursts of people’s power in Africa
Olukayode OyeleyeJuly 8, 2019
PEOPLE’S POWER is increasingly gaining pre-eminence in Africa, judging from recent events. Whether it is called Africa’s resurgence or
Africa’s place in the world’s future green economy
Olukayode OyeleyeJuly 3, 2019
EQUATIONS, permutations, extrapolations and scenarios about environmental stewardship in the context of energy and dependent
AFRICA in the crossfire of US-China trade spat (3)
Olukayode OyeleyeJune 24, 2019
IMPRESSIONS ABOUT aid dependence have to be erased when discussing about the Africa of the future. What defined the continent’s past
AFRICA in the crossfire of US-China trade spat (2)
Olukayode OyeleyeJune 17, 2019
AS THE WORLD becomes ever more interconnected in so many different ways, the consequences have started to emerge, more especially in
AFRICA in the crossfire of US-China trade spat (1)
Olukayode OyeleyeJune 10, 2019
As the squabbles between the United States and China on reciprocal trade come near a crescendo, and certain decisions signal the
Africa’s free trade and global value chain
Olukayode OyeleyeJune 3, 2019
THE WORLD’S LARGEST free trade area is now in Africa. This, presumably, is based on the fulfilment of African Union’s time table
Long shadows of Europe and Africa’s economic development
Olukayode OyeleyeMay 27, 2019
Efforts to join back together what was put asunder 135 years ago in the widely acclaimed Berlin Conference have recently got a boost.
Land, food and energy security: What future for Africa? (2)
Olukayode OyeleyeMay 23, 2019
THAT Africa is rich in mineral resources is a settled matter. What is not settled is how the continent can tap into these resources in
Land, food and energy security: What future for Africa?
Olukayode OyeleyeMay 13, 2019
AGLOBAL CONSENSUS about the strategic importance of Africa to the future of the world seems to be crystalising. From “The hopeless