Is African unity ideology making economic sense?

Akinwumi Adesina, the new president of African Development Bank, said there is a need to integrate the continent and grow together. AFP PHOTO

Last week Kenya hosted the Eastern Africa Region Pan African Congress and later this week will host the Nepad APRM Summit rooted in the notion of continental unity and co-operation.

This is therefore a good time to take stock of how economically viable Pan Africanism, loosely defined as the ideology of African unity, is for the country and continent.

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