December 2022 edition. As the African continent, we find ourselves somewhat in an economic depression. Despondently, this represents a significant setback for the continent that showed an impressive growth trajectory just a few years ago. As Frankema and van Waijenbourg indicated in a
Professor Tshilidzi Marwala is the outgoing Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. From 1 March 2023, he will be the Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General. He is on Twitter at @txm1971. He recently penned an opinion article that first appeared in Forbes Africa,
2017 journal article, “Africa Rising? From a Historical Perspective”, the African growth story in the last two decades had overthrown the ‘Afro-pessimism’ narrative that dominated the 1980s–2000s and replaced it with an Afro-euphoric outlook. However, this is no longer the case.
An African Development Bank (AfDB) report recently revealed some of the deep fissures, including the effect of climate change, which is mounting a threat to the lives and livelihoods of Africans.
Free trade is necessary to increase Africa’s economic development
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