Olaniyi Evans’ Research Portfolio

In one year, the pandemic has halted a quarter-century of steady economic growth in Africa, disrupted value chains, and caused an unprecedented increase in inequality and poverty. As a result, the entire world is at risk, because the global economy could lose one of its future drivers of growth.

Emmanuel Macron

A New Chance for Genetically Engineered Crops

German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner has welcomed the possibility of looser restrictions on genetically engineered crops as an "overdue modernization" of EU policy. She is right – and it is not only Europe that needs to rethink its approach.

Wandile Sihlobo

Sudan Opens for Business

After decades of strife and bloodshed, Sudan has made significant gains in the two years since its revolution, adopting important economic reforms and gradually rejoining the international community. Now, the country needs investment, and it has no shortage of profitable opportunities to offer.

Volker Perthes

Reimagining Education for All in Africa

At current rates, about 20% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa will still be excluded from schooling in 2030. But, besides seeking to expand access to education, policymakers should contextualize, simplify, and democratize school curricula and teaching methods.

Connie Nshemereirwe

How Africa Should Approach Trade and Industrialization

The African Continental Free Trade Area is a positive step, but it is no panacea. If Africa is to overcome barriers to structural transformation and industrialization, a broader strategy, based on developmental regionalism, will be needed.

Nimrod Zalk

Africa’s Trade Revolution Needs Peace

Rebalancing Africa’s security and development objectives is a daunting task. But it is one that political leaders must seize with both hands in order to realize the enormous potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

Hippolyte Fofack

Investing in Kenya’s Young Micro-Entrepreneurs

A growing number of young Kenyans have established informal micro-businesses, or “hustles,” since the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Low-cost interventions that help hustles grow into full-time concerns would protect young people against the pandemic’s economic impact and help drive recovery.

Anuj Tanna

A Test for Ivory Coast’s Democracy

Public trust in politicians – essential to individual freedom and collective development – depends on free, fair, and transparent elections. Fortunately, the Ivorian government has worked hard to ensure that the parliamentary election on March 6 is a democratic success.

Alassane Ouattara

The Digital Transformation Strategy Africa Needs

Nurturing large-scale job creation in Africa will require policies that bring digital solutions to the non-digital economy. To reorient and strengthen their digitalization strategies, the continent's governments should follow four guiding principles.

Victor Harison

China’s Debt Grip on Africa

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, China has steadily increased its direct lending to developing countries – often with draconian conditions attached. Debt moratoria during the pandemic, while important, will not solve this problem.

Paola Subacchi

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