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Economic development is not easy; the formula for success cannot be bought off the shelf. If it were, more countries would be developed. There are lessons to be learnt, though, from countries that have succeeded and those that have failed. Mills Soko reviews a recent book, The Asian Aspiration – Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia, in which the authors chronicle Asia’s success stories and draw lessons that African political leaders should
take to heart. The book also diagnoses what afflicts African countries and provides possible solutions.
Ghana was one of the first African countries to enforce tough restrictions in an effort to suppress the spread of COVID-19. It was part of a multi-pronged strategy that received widespread acclaim for its effectiveness and pragmatism. But praise has turned to opprobrium as the pandemic has spread to give Ghana one of the highest case counts in Africa. Nana Kofi Quakyi explains what accounts for the turnaround.
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East Asian countries have looked up to Japan as a model of success.
Mills Soko, University of the Witwatersrand
With the right leadership, mindset and policies African countries can achieve, even exceed, the growth and development successes of Asian counterparts.
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Workers assemble personal protective equipment for frontline health staff at a factory in Accra commissioned by the government.
Photo by Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images
Nana Kofi Quakyi, New York University
The government touted a response based on science and data but a surge is showing otherwise
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Health + Medicine
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Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town
Staging this conference in all time zones with fair distribution of prime-time events was no small feat. But the exchange of ideas, experiences and solutions remained a strong priority.
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Duncan Matthews, Queen Mary University of London
Instead of a global response to the pandemic, we're seeing an outbreak of vaccine nationalism.
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Politics + Society
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Balki Begumhan Bayhan, Coventry University
A proposed new law could increase state control over social media, amid an effort to curb criticism of the Erdoğan government.
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Emilian Kavalski, University of Nottingham
After a decade of cooperation, central and eastern Europe increasingly sees China as a threat.
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En Français
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Antoine Arjakovsky, Collège des Bernardins
La transformation de la basilique-musée en mosquée risque de provoquer de nouveaux affrontements politico-religieux.
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Jean-François Etard, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Abdoulaye Touré, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry (UGANC); Cheikh Tidiane Ndour, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar; Leon Tshilolo, Université de Lubumbashi; Philippe Katchunga Bianga, Université Officielle de Bukavu; Samba Sow, University of Maryland; Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Plafonnement des capacités diagnostiques, faible proportion de tests, saturation des services extra-hospitaliers… Autant de raisons limitant la représentativité des chiffres officiels pour l’Afrique.
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