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By Hippolyte Fofack - Aug 11,2024
CAMBRIDGE — In 1971, US treasury secretary John Connally famously told his counterparts in the G10 that “the dollar is our currency, but it’s your problem”.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Nov 06,2023
CAIRO — Since the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum in July, Niger, a landlocked West African state, has fallen into dire straits.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Aug 20,2023
CAIRO — Nearly 22 years after Jim O’Neill, then an economist at Goldman Sachs, coined the BRIC acronym to capture the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India and China, the group, called the BRICS since the addition of South Africa, contributes more to global GDP (in purchasi
By Hippolyte Fofack - Aug 09,2023
CAIRO — When former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was asked about the risks of “brain drain”, the large-scale and sustained migration of well-trained citizens from lower-income to higher-income countries offering better opportunities, he allegedly responded, “Better a brain
By Hippolyte Fofack - Jul 26,2023
CAIRO — In early March, French President Emmanuel Macron visited four African states, Gabon, Angola, Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the resource-rich Gulf of Guinea.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Apr 15,2023
CAIRO — The sharp, almost synchronised, pivot by most of the world’s major central banks in raising interest rates has highlighted the growth-inflation trade-off that most countries now face.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Feb 05,2023
CAIRO — Despite containing 60 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent estimates, food imports are the biggest budget item for many countries across the continent.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Dec 14,2022
CAIRO — Despite containing 60 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent estimates, food imports are the biggest budget item for many countries across the continent.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Nov 20,2022
CAIRO  —  This month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt looks set to be a defining moment in what will surely be a pivotal decade for climate action.
By Hippolyte Fofack - Sep 07,2022
CAIRO  —  Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence for emerging and developing economies.

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