Africa

17 November 2020 - Dr Cheikh Tidiane Dieye
LDCs face a variety of challenges. Apart from a few rare and often unstable and reversible economic successes, LDCs, and especially those in Africa, which represent over 80% of the group's members, have not properly benefitted from the expansion of the global economy and international trade seen in recent decades. Some have even become relatively deindustrialized, despite increased access to imported intermediate products, particularly those destined for the manufacturing sector. LDCs continue to integrate into global value chains mainly by exporting unprocessed products and intermediate products that are raw material‑intensive. However, this route is too long and too complex, and, to make matters worse, is controlled from end to end by multinational firms that are reluctant to consider a change of course.
16 July 2020 - Sophia Gnych
OECD’s Seed Schemes are working to protect food systems globally, with important benefits for least developed countries
6 July 2020 - Michelle Kovacevic
Government and private sector worked together to create jobs in new ‘industry’
2 July 2020 - Candice White
New tool offers actions to tackle the barriers to trade that women face
23 June 2020 - Anna Spenceley
COVID-19 has led to a steep decline in business for operators in protected areas, coupled with a substantial drop in future booking requests.
16 June 2020 - Michelle Kovacevic
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRPRI) Senior Research Fellow discusses the challenges and opportunities for food security in least developed countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
14 May 2020
Tewodros Yilma of Alpha Trading in Ethiopia discusses his business processing and exporting agricultural products, the role of trade fairs and his plans for the future.
14 May 2020 - Deanna Ramsay
Finding new buyers and tapping new markets, harnessing agriculture’s potential
Examining the potential impact of tourism disruption in LDCs; developing policy recommendations to limit the damage, initiate recovery and build resilience
29 April 2020 - Dale Honeck Kim Kampel
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s travel impacts, West Africa’s objectives remain valid
27 April 2020 - Axel Addy
Trade ministers are playing an essential role in the pandemic response
22 April 2020 - Kai Hughes
Information access via tech could increase yields and incomes for cotton farmers in Africa
20 April 2020 - Michelle Kovacevic
Taking traditional African prints and making them modern, a female entrepreneur is aiming to go global – armed with the right business tools
14 April 2020 - Paolo Omar Cerutti
Following research into the mukula value chain, recommendations to preserve livelihoods and landscapes
9 April 2020 - Trudi Hartzenberg
Poverty, inequality and exclusion are key factors contributing to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on all African countries.
Investment mobilization and technology transfers could increase incomes, and enable value addition