Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa face a host of problems related to marketing, key among which is a lack of information about prevailing market prices. This affects farmers’ ability to decide where and when to sell, compromises farmers’ bargaining position with traders, and can even lead to sub-optimal investment and production decisions. The rapid increase in [...]
A Conversation with Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Setting up a Commodity Exchange and Doing Business in Africa April 25th, 2012 Grand Hall, NYU Global Center, 238 Thompson Street 5:30 – 7:30 PM Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin shared and discussed with the audience her experience setting up the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and the current trends in doing business [...]
NYU Africa House Director, Professor Yaw Nyarko, moderated a breakfast discussion with the authors of the book, The Fastest Billion: The Story Behind Africa’s Economic Revolution, Mr. Charles Robertson, and Mr. Michael Moran. For far too long Africa has been seen as a continent of conflict and poverty. But there is growing recognition of another Africa – [...]
On Thursday, October 25th, NYU Africa House and its partner organization, the Center for Technology and Economic Development, welcomed Mr. Ekpo Una Owo Nta for an informal discussion on his work with the Nigerian Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC). Mr. Una Owo Nta was introduced to us by Prof. Offiong Aqua [...]
Thursday, November 15th from 7 to 11pm The Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th floor of the Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South Please join NYU Africa House and The African Affairs Committee of the United Nations Association Southern New York State Division Young Professionals (“UNA-SNY Young Professionals”) for the annual Friends of Africa Benefit Gala, a celebration [...]
The Financial Times has just leaked word on a report by Nuhu Ribadu, former head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts, on the effect of corruption in the Nigerian oil industry. Ribadu, currently serving as Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force, reported that Nigeria loses $6.3 billion to oil theft each year, and lost an estimated [...]
The Financial Times has just leaked word on a report by Nuhu Ribadu, former head of Nigeria’s anti-corruption efforts, on the effect of corruption in the Nigerian oil industry. Ribadu, currently serving as Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force, reported that Nigeria loses $6.3 billion to oil theft each year, and lost an estimated $29 billion in [...]
Africa House and our partner organization, CTED, are currently working with Esoko in Ghana to design and implement a cluster RCT (randomized control trial) to evaluate the effectiveness of SMS-based market information systems. Recently, there has been a rise of Market Information Systems (MIS) in developing regions that harness new information technologies to get information [...]
On my mind today, perhaps because I am doing some proposal writing, is something that has been nagging me for years, and perhaps explains a lot of the economics I study. Is there a separate economic theory for the poor, different from the rich? Is there a separate economic theory for Africans, different from that [...]
With the objective of increasing knowledge on commodities markets and promoting cutting edge technologies for economic development, Africa House and our partner organizations, the Development Research Institute (DRI) and the Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED), have established an agreement with the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) to conduct a rigorous research agenda to evaluate [...]