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Abote Abotebuno Akolgo

@abotebuno.bsky.social
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Economist, Research & Program Manager, Africa - International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)

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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
When building another half-occupied high-rise is more rational than investing into the productive economy. Likely to be not just a Ghana problem. Excellent read by @abotebuno.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @africaisacountry1.bsky.social theconversation.com/ghanas-banks...
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Ghana’s banks are not lending enough to sectors where it matters most, like agriculture and manufacturing
Ghanaian bank lending to agriculture and manufacturing is in decline
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Abote Abotebuno Akolgo @abotebuno.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Thanks, @econgeo.bsky.social for your great comments on the initial draft and for highlighting this recent piece in the Forum for Social Economics.
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Abote Abotebuno Akolgo @abotebuno.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Thanks, @kaikodden.bsky.social for the wonderful comments you, together with Stefan and Franklin gave me on the initial draft.
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Really sad that Michael Burawoy has left us in these dark times. He was a very inspirational scholar. His work on the extended case study and re-visits in particular shaped our own work in significant ways. Rest in power, Professor Burawoy. #afripolsky #geosky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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When agricultural commercialization fails: ‘Re-visiting’ value-chain agriculture and its ruins in northern Ghana
Commercialization via value-chain agriculture, under which small farmers often collaborate with big companies, has become a prominent development strategy across Africa. Often framed in win-win ter...
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
"Africa in the Shadow of the Global Right". Hot off the press @pambazukanews.bsky.social #afripolsky #geosky @cgallaher.bsky.social @handle.invalid @ambermurrey.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @africaisacountry1.bsky.social@rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social pambazuka.org/taxonomy/ter...
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
New open access paper: "Making sense of funding inequalities in the venture capital space: a state of the art review paper with views from Africa! A must-read for all those interested in racialized/gendered inequalities & the VC industry, esp. in Africa. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
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Making sense of funding inequalities in the venture capital space: a state of the art review paper with views from Africa
Abstract. Between 2015 and 2022, venture capital (VC) investments in Africa have increased significantly. However, a closer look reveals that these investm
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Migrating all my open access work that have been published over the past 3 years to this space, as many new folks coming in. Today, our piece on "Labour, Efficiency, Critique: writing the plantation into the technological present-future". #geosky #geo journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Labour, Efficiency, Critique: writing the plantation into the technological present-future - Stefan Ouma, Saumya Premchander, 2022
In this commentary, we call upon critical labour scholars, including labour geographers, to feature what sociologist Palmer called the ‘thrust of efficiency’ mo...
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Join us for #VAD24 in Bayreuth. Is Black capitalism a track for the economic emancipation of the African (diaspora) masses, or is such a project a mere fallacy because capital(ism) is organically anti-Black? Transatlantic modes of epistemic engagement are encouraged. nomadit.co.uk/vad/vad2024/...
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VAD2024 Conference: Reconfigurations in Africa - and in African Studies
30 September - 02 October 2024, Bayreuth
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
In this Intervention @antipodeonline.bsky.social, Wangui Kimari reflects on Antipode’s “Decolonial Thinkers from Africa” series, including the interviews with F. Obeng-Odoom, S. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, and S. Tamale, as well as the Intervention by P. Daley. antipodeonline.org/2023/10/27/d... #geosky
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Intervention — “Decolonial Crossroads” by Wangui Kimari
Introduction In the following Intervention, Wangui Kimari reflects on Antipode’s “Decolonial Thinkers from Africa” series, including the interviews with Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsh...
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Kai Koddenbrock @kaikodden.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
New paper by wonderful scholars: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Local Currency Bond Markets in Africa: Resilience and Subordination
This article examines the development and implications of local currency bond markets (LCBMs) in African countries in the context of international financial subordination (IFS). Despite the promotion....
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
"History Repeating Itself? Ghana, Financial Dependency and the Political Economy of Africa's Debt". Excellent new open-access paper by Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo in Development and Change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12791
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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Glad the author of this excellent piece on Ghana's and indeed Africa's debt crisis has joined us here. Welcome Abote! @abotebuno.bsky.social
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