A TEAM of researchers from the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) at University College London (UCL), alongside community ...

There is no doubt that Zambia’s current size of the informal sector carries significant economic costs, and this article will outline those costs to encourage authorities to prioritize solving this ...

This policy brief summarises what we know about simplified taxes in Africa, who pays them, and why they matter, while highlighting gaps in existing knowledge.

Recently in Accra, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, spoke of how African countries can "unlock" their potential by exploiting what he called "a game-changing opportunity for AfriAPDcan ...

Gross Domestic Product measures the quantum of economic activities in a country, in monetary terms, over some time, usually ...

The report, entitled Economic Implications of Data Regulation: Balancing Openness and Trust (1.54 MB) , notes how data flows have become the lifeblood of social and economic interactions. At the same ...

Street traders play an important role in tourism in South Africa. They provide affordable goods to tourists while generating ...

The South African government declared a national disaster towards the end of 2024 in response to an outbreak of food-borne ...

Majority of residents can no longer afford three meals per day in Nairobi while others have stopped cooking altogether,says ...

Africa's pursuit of economic and governance renewal necessitates a critical re-evaluation of its continental institutional architecture, encompassing both ...

In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the shimmering waters of Lake Kivu meet rolling green ...