Publisher's Synopsis
Ekos Akpokabayen's second book is socio-economic based, with some minor traces of socio-politics in it. It looks at the dynamics of Africa's emerging market, its growth potential and place in the global economic sphere, and the birth of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); a drive towards the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative and the AU's Agenda 2063 progression. His crucial philosophy here is a conscientious move from ideological perspective to strategic economic action plan.
Ekos tells the African story of regional and continental growth from a perspective of competitiveness, globalization, and geopolitical standpoint. Backed by facts and well researched data that have become his literary trademark, Ekos gives insightful thought-provoking narratives of the African economic landscape with policies on money management, global competitiveness, African trade prospects through AfCFTA, intraregional integration, as highlights driving the African growth agenda. He looks at challenges staunching African development initiatives, such as regional skirmishes, tariffs, customs and border irregularities as well as differing national and regional policies and politics; and proffers far-reaching solutions through his economic blueprints, strategic insights and accelerated action plans.
He equally addresses the impact COVID-19 had on the African economy with statistical facts to buttress his points. Anyone reading this book decades later will know exactly the full import of the pandemic on the African economy and how Ekos' perspective on post-COVID-19 growth agenda is a welcome and relevant light at the end of a bleak tunnel.
