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Investment in Africa is investment in the world

by Samaila Zubairu | Jun 30, 2021 | Face to Face, zLead Article, zNewsletter

Samaila Zubairu, president and CEO, Africa Finance Corporation, outlines Africa’s infrastructure needs and opportunities the continent has to achieve for economic success and independence. What is required for Africa to meet its industrial and economic...

The pest that demonstrates Africa’s need for GM crops

by Tirzah Duren | Mar 15, 2021 | The Guest Essay

This article was originally published in March 2018. Fall armyworm infestations in large portions of southern and sub-Saharan Africa are threatening the food supply of over 200 million people. While indigenous to North and south America, in January 2016, the species...

Land, territory and confrontation: the murder of Tristan Voorspuy

by Martin Hole | Jan 12, 2021 | The Farmer

This article was originally published on 25 May 2017. Property rights lie at the heart of civilisation – not just in terms of commerce, but in the ability to safeguard long term interests and express natural territorial needs. Whether it is a farm such as ours...

Frontier Notes – March 2018

by Nana Adu Ampofo | Mar 1, 2018 | Investor's Notebook

Nominally at least, both Ghana and Nigeria are in the midst of an economic uptick. The latter is forecast to grow at 2% per annum this year as against 0.6% in 2017 and -1.6% the year before (its first recession in a quarter century). Ghana meanwhile is set to exceed...

Frontier notes

by Nana Adu Ampofo | Dec 13, 2017 | Investor's Notebook

12 December marks Kenya’s 54th year of independence. It is also the day on which opposition leader Raila Odinga intends to hold his own inauguration as the ‘People’s President’, rival to re-elected President Uhuru Kenyatta. Without naming Odinga directly, Kenya’s...