POLICY BRIEFS

POLICY BRIEFS

Dr. Zainab Monisola Olaitan
Indigenous Knowledge-based entrepreneurship and the informal economy in Africa: Rethinking the grammar of economic policy

Indigenous Knowledge-based entrepreneurship and the informal economy in Africa: Rethinking the grammar of economic policy Zainab Monisola Olaitan, PhD The grammar of communicating economic policy in Africa matters both for content, design and impact. Since colonial times, the grammar of economic policy at the national level has been constructed around epistemic views from elsewhere. Yet, this grammar has either been misapplied or used to subjugate dominant economic orientation and practices on the continent. A critical part of this is the

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New Book Release: Africa-EU Relations and the African Continental Free Trade Area

Redefining the dynamics of power and economic partnership in a complex global order Redefining the Dynamics of Power and Economic Partnership in a Complex Global Order Book | © 2024 Overview Editors: Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba Analyses the economic partnership between Africa and the EU via the African Continental Free Trade Area Examines the establishment and implementation of the AfCFTA Looks at how traditional dynamics of power continue to influence economic cooperation About this book This book examines

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The African Continental Free Trade Area can transform the economy of Africa

The African Continental Free Trade Area can transform the economy of Africa The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a major step towards an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful continent built on diversified, industrialised and developed economies. A key goal of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the AfCFTA promotes intra-African trade and will create domestic markets for value-added products and services, writes Samuel Oloruntoba. Africa’s economy lacks diversity. The continent’s share of global merchandise exports has remained virtually unchanged, it

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