Yemi Kale
Africa cannot control global geopolitics, let alone prevent external shocks. But it can manage its exposure, especially by building an integrated continental market, investing in higher-value-added production, and pushing for reform of the global credit-rating agencies.
ABUJA—As geopolitical tensions reshape the world economy, Africa faces a choice: it can allow itself to be carried along by events into an uncertain future, or it can use the ongoing shifts in the international order as an opening to position itself as a more influential global player.