Alors que le monde a les yeux rivés sur la pandémie Covid-19, ce juillet 2020 annonce le début de la fin d’une injustice séculaire sur l’utilisation des eaux du Nil.…
Month: July 2020
AfCFTA: Nigeria not ready for restrictive Rule of Origin
One of the objectives of the AfCFTA is to promote industrial development through diversification and regional value chain development, Agricultural Development,…
Africa must use AfCFTA delay to get everyone on board - Ecobank
The delay in the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) creates an opportunity to extend the market being created, Alain Nkontchou,…
The Toshka story and why the GERD needs to come online
In the past few years, Ethiopia’s energy requirements have increased immensely due to pressures in population, minimum living needs such as sanitation and lighting, and resource demands of vital projects…
Spotlight: Urgency mounts on Africa to fast-track AfCFTA to
The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could catalyze development and growth of Africa, and help the continent recover from the…
AfCFTA implementation pushed to January
Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in a cheerful mood after the launch of AfCFTA on March 21, 2018 in Kigali.
Remembering Engineer Simegnew
Engineer Simegnew Bekele Aynalem was the first Chief Project Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). From the inception of the project that he managed until his untimely death,…
The Nile Drama and the Quest for Fair Mediation
Some 85 years ago, in 1936, Emperor Haile Selassie I stood before the General Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva to make a speech that would make him an…
Starting filling the GERD this summer is in the best interest of Egypt and Sudan
Favorable hydrologic conditions, not seen in the Nile River Basin for the last two decades, in some cases a century, should encourage negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan. This…
Now is the time for Africa to implement AfCFTA, not later
African leaders have shot themselves in the foot by postponing the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) until 2021. Sub-Saharan…