Intra-Africa air travel can be complicated. There are few intra-Africa flights, and if combined with delays it may be more efficient to travel via Europe or the Middle East when heading from one African city to another. Would you like an interesting anecdote? Check out the earlier article “Intra-Africa business travel”. But the situation is […]
A Continental Free Trade Area
African nations are planning to set up a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by the end of 2017. This would create a single continental market for goods and services, and free movement of business persons and investments, accelerating the establishment of a continental customs union. Leaders at the African Union Summit agreed to this plan during […]
Regional transport infrastructure improvements
Integration may bring important benefits to Africa. It will foster higher growth and development (see Intra-African trade and transportation, Agenda 2063 (II): Connecting Africa through high-speed trains, Regional integration in Africa). Needless to say, regional transport infrastructure improvements play a key role in this. Africa’s infrastructure deficits, that include transportation and energy access, have been […]
Agenda 2063 (VI): Lighting Africa with Hydroelectric Power
Flying over Africa during the day is just spectacular. If you fly from East to North Africa, watching the Nile River is absolutely impressive (6,853 Km. long!). Unfortunately, I haven’t had an opportunity to see the Congo River. I hope to see this one at a close distance and not from the sky: its flow of 42,000m3/s is second only […]
Agenda 2063 (V): A Peaceful Africa
Last week’s post referred to the WEF meeting that took place two weeks ago in Kigali, Rwanda. One of the blog followers made the following comment: “No economic development will be possible in Africa as long as peace is absent from the process.” I couldn’t agree any more. The comment is in line with my […]
