Immigrants add value to host economies

The recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa came at a time when there is a push to establish free continental trade area with majority of African countries being a signatory to the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).

As per the World Bank, African population is rapidly expanding, and by 2060 the region will hold an estimated 2.8 billion people. This is by no means a small market given the push to bolster intra-African trade as a way of promoting growth of African economies based on their unique production capabilities based on absolute and comparative advantage paradigms.