Insights

Perspectives. Analysis. Reflections.

Here Navalior shares its thinking on the economic, technological and social transformations shaping African and international markets.

Development

Economic sovereignty is also built through private economic activity

State financing and large public projects are not the only levers of African economic sovereignty. Private economic activity is another.

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Economy

The CFA franc: a currency in need of reform?

A shared currency across fourteen West and Central African countries, the CFA franc remains at the centre of a debate that goes beyond monetary policy alone.

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Regional integration

ECOWAS's limits: free trade and economic integration

Thirty years after its first free-movement protocols, ECOWAS still struggles to turn its ambitions into real economic integration.

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Institutions

The African Union: financing and independence

The African Union still relies heavily on external financing to operate, a challenge it has been trying to address for several years.

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Education

School and training: a priority for an emerging Africa

With the youngest population in the world, the African continent makes education and training a central development challenge.

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Technology

Artificial intelligence: a catch-up opportunity or a new challenge for Africa?

AI could let Africa skip certain stages of development, or instead widen a new technological gap.

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Geopolitics

The Alliance of Sahel States: a model to replicate?

Born from the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from ECOWAS, the AES divides opinion as much as it raises questions about the future of African regional alliances.

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Economy

The impact of political crises on African economies

Coups, unrest and institutional instability weigh directly on investment and growth in the economies concerned.

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Institutions

Is the democratic model designed for Africa's multicultural states?

Inherited from colonial-era borders, many African nations bring together great ethnic and linguistic diversity, raising the question of how democratic institutions should be adapted.

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Media

African audiovisual production: in free fall?

Between financing challenges and competition from international platforms, African audiovisual production faces headwinds, though the picture is not uniformly bleak.

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