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African countries need to find an alternative that acknowledges that sustainable development and economic growth are interdependent.
There are several risks in choosing the nuclear path – the biggest being financial.
With the right leadership, mindset and policies African countries can achieve, even exceed, the growth and development successes of Asian counterparts.
In coming years, Uganda’s GDP growth is set to accelerate as recent and ongoing public investments begin to yield returns.
Evidence shows that in economies like that of Ghana, small firms do fine, but it’s the large firms that seem to suffer constraints on their growth in numbers.
Considering all the positive signs Ethiopia might very well be on its way to become Africa’s industrial powerhouse.
Climate change stands to hit Africa the hardest. That’s why green industrialisation is critical to help keep the continent’s greenhouse gas emissions low.
It is time to jettison the vague notion of African time. And for Africa to clean up its act.
Some economists have touted the rising middle class as a panacea for Africa’s challenges. But a more realistic diagnosis of what makes up a middle class is needed.
Top contributors
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Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
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Enseignant chercheur, Université de Rouen Normandie
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Assistant Professor in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Researcher, International Growth Centre
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Affiliate Professor of Strategy, INSEAD
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics and Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand