Africa

Africa, Kenya

June 18, 2025

Arrest Global Shocks & Leadership Failures to Secure Kenya’s Achievement of SDGs by 2030

VUCA Environment Since 1990: The United Nations used 1990 as the baseline year for calculating achievement of Millenium Development Goals (15 years between 2000 and 2015). The frequency and magnitude of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain,...

Africa

June 18, 2025

Why African Government Ratings Need Improvement

Sovereign Ratings, Probability of Default and Time to Default: Investopedia defines sovereign credit rating as, ‘independent evaluation of a country’s creditworthiness which help investors assess risks associated with investing in its debt’. Standardized rating scales...

Africa, Economy

June 7, 2025

Dilemma of Looming US Stagflation: Opportunities and Risks for Africa

1970s US Stagflation: Investopedia defines stagflation as ‘the combination of slow economic growth, high unemployment, and a high rate of inflation.’ US government military spending in the Vietnam War pushed inflation to rise from...

Africa, Economy

June 7, 2025

How Africa Can Use Credit Bureaus to Get Out of Debt Hole

Information Asymmetries: Investopedia defines Information Asymmetry as a situation where, ‘one party has more or better information than the other.’ Affected economic transactions include buyer vs seller, loan borrower vs bank, insurance client vs insurer,...

Africa, Economy

June 7, 2025

How to Maximize Diaspora Remittances to Develop Africa

Drivers of Diaspora Migration: The Cambridge dictionary defines diaspora as, ‘a group of people who spread from one original country to another country, or the act of spreading in this way’. Knomad estimates migrants...

Africa, Economy

June 7, 2025

Fix Africa’s Macro Economic Instability with Independent and Credible Central Banks

Elements of Macro Economic Instability. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) characterizes macro-economic instability with absence of balance, disequilibrium, or inability to be financed sustainably for key economic relationships like aggregate demand and supply, balance...

Africa, Youth

June 7, 2025

Is Africa’s Youth Bulge a Demographic Dividend or Curse?

The UN DESA shows Africa’s population will grow by 154 percent from 1.49 billion in January 2024 (equivalent to 18.3 percent of world population) to 3.8 billion in January of the year 2100 (equivalent...