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Blog Post
March 07, 2024
An extraordinary cascade of crises threatens Africa’s growth and economic stability. The incomplete economic recovery from the global pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, food and fuel inflation, rising debt distress, and Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza have all aggravated geopolitical and geo-econo...
Dec
5
2023
VIRTUAL
8:30—10:00 AM ET / 1:30-3:00 PM GMT
November 21, 2023
This conversation will address important questions about the topic of a common African market: How is the digital and innovation-driven economy being prioritized by the AfCFTA? What should it look like in the Common African Market? What is the role of trade facilitation and supply chains in trade an...
Oct
26
2023
VIRTUAL
8:30—10:00 AM ET/ 1:30-3:00 PM BST
October 12, 2023
Is it time to start work on the Common African Market? If so, who are the key stakeholders for the Common African Market, and what are their roles? The emergence of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be transformative. What does that mean for the African Growth and Opportunity Act...
Blog Post
March 18, 2022
The effects of the conflict in Ukraine are reverberating across the world. In Northeast Africa, its ripples endanger the peaceful governance of food and water. Diminished wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine will make Egypt still more conscious of the threat posed to its agriculture by Ethiopia’s G...
Blog Post
October 07, 2021
After a lengthy review of the Trump administration’s trade policy toward China, the Biden administration unveiled its approach on October 4th. It is the conclusion of the Biden administration that structural inequities in trade relations remain, and that China is not compliant with Phase I of the ag...
Blog Post
September 09, 2021
This episode of Lagos to Mombasa asks: could ag policy be a means to post-COVID-19 recovery in Africa? Linda Manda of Standard Bank Group and Gillian Pais of McKinsey & Company join Gyude to discuss the true potential of the agriculture sector, not just in addressing Africa’s own food security n...
Dec
1
2020
9:00—10:15 AM ET
November 16, 2020
The rapid spread of mobile phones in developing countries, coupled with recent advances in our ability to analyze big data through tools such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, has generated considerable excitement about the potential of information and communications technology (ICT) ...