TURNING POINT | Africa must stop exporting wealth and importing value – Windhoek Observer

‘Import substitution crucial for job creation’ – DailyNews

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo ZIMBABWE must curb its multi-billion-dollar import dependency to stop exporting vital job opportunities and drive domestic industrialisation, a cabinet... To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice! Subscriptions

TURNING POINT | Africa must stop exporting wealth and importing value – Windhoek Observer

Africa’s industrialisation debate is often presented as an economic question. I believe it is much more than that. It is a question of dignity, economic sovereignty and whether we are prepared to build economies that create value for Africans rather than merely supplying the raw materials on which somebody else’s prosperity is built. The Africa Industrialization Index, covering the period 2010 to 2017, offers a sobering snapshot of the continent…