What Moves First: The Goods, or the People?

By Sanyaolu Oluwatamilore Oluwabusola

On 24 September 2026, I attended a session of the African Feminist Macroeconomics Academy (AFMA), one on feminist trade and regional integration. I left the session with a question I keep returning to. It is a simple question, almost deceptively so: When we talk about African goods crossing borders freely, why do we so rarely ask whether the people behind those goods can cross just as freely?

Why Moving Across Africa Still Feels Like Climbing a Mountain

By Cynthia Umeh

“Can you imagine needing a visa just to visit your cousin in Ghana?”
“Or paying endless fees just to drive through countries where the people look exactly like you?”