How to fix Africa, a view from a developmental economist | Refilwe Damane

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 8 a.m.

In this 9 min podcast episode clip of I bumped into, Refilwe Demane speaks on an impossible question of how to fix Africa. He highlights points such as 

  • Open borders. Facilitate more trade. 
  • But we need to build more infrastructure to facilitate this trade. But where does this money come from? 

We all love the narrative of solving Africa, we say it in our speeches, it is our passions, but Africa is big continent with many cultures. Why not take the approach of solving the national narrative.

Context differs. Why are we clamped together, where as other places are seen individually. 

Find out more in the podcast episode clip. Full episode also available we dive deeper into Africa and its challenges?