Byline: Hippolyte Fofack

Hippolyte Fofack, a former chief economist and director of research at the African Export-Import Bank, is a former World Bank

CAMBRIDGE – Ethiopia has long suffered from recurrent large-scale famines, most notably in the early 1980s, when at least one million

Hippolyte Fofack is Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).   CAIRO – The

By Hippolyte Fofack CAIRO – Despite containing 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for

By Hippolyte Fofack Hippolyte Fofack is Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).

By Hippolyte Fofack   Hippolyte Fofack is Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank

By Hippolyte Fofack CAIRO – Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence

By Hippolyte Fofack   Hippolyte Fofack is Chief Economist and Director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank

By Hippolyte Fofack   CAIRO – In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Africa’s first recession in 25 years. The sharp tightening of