The economic policies that a government chooses to implement have a material, lasting impact on the quality of life of its citizens. Where it is easier to create wealth, start businesses, get a job, and invest over the long-term, there …
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It’s four years since João Lourenço was sworn in as Angola’s third president. He succeeded former president José Eduardo dos Santos, who had governed the southern African nation for 38 years.
Lourenço promised to initiate a wide range of …
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Tax revenue generation remains one of the most central activities of any nation-state. The state collects taxes and efficiently redistributes the resources as part of its allocation function. However, since independence, Ghana has struggled to collect enough taxes relative to …
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Many Nigerians were in total denial of the COVID-19 pandemic until we recorded the first case in late February 2020. The outbreak led to a massive restructuring of work and service policies in all industries, primarily when the government issued
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Nigeria’s journey to the Petroleum Industry Act started in 2000 under President Olusegun Obasanjo, who inaugurated an oil and gas sector reform implementation committee. The committee’s report formed the basis of the first Petroleum Industry Bill eight years later. It …
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On Thursday 1st of July 2021, the National Assembly finally passed into law, the long-overdue Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, after many attempts to rewrite, restructure and modify the bill to suit the various sectors involved. First proposed to the national …
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We frequently come across the term “inflation.” In March 2020, we saw governments and central planners around the world shut down the economy in response to the global pandemic. This was subsequently followed by a global recession, with 3 million …
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In the 1700s, the gold rush in southeast Brazil created a high demand for mining labour. The Minas Gerais region became one of the main destinations for African slaves. For the first half of the century, demand was met …
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We all woke up to a different world today with the shocking images of Monday’s bungled US evacuation from Kabul still overflowing our social media feeds and this nagging feeling that something big, really big happened that we still don’t
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Angola’s parliament recently approved a bill to review the country’s constitution 11 years after its promulgation.
President João Lourenço used his constitutional prerogative to initiate a review process by sending a proposal for revision to parliament in early March. His …
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