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Manuel Tacanho

Manuel Tacanho is founder and president of the Afrindependent Institute. He also is founder of Afridom, a sound money based digital banking startup for Europe and Africa and is an advocate of free markets and sound money for Africa’s economic development. Tweets@ManuelTacanho

 

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The Nilar: A Pan-African Gold Currency

Economic PolicyMoney and BanksStrategy

Blog09/13/2022

While African nations often are famous for corruption, poverty, and inflation, there is a way to bring dramatic changes to African economies: a gold-based currency.

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The Mali Empire: An African Story of Gold and Greatness

Free MarketsWorld History

09/06/2022Mises Media
The Mali Empire flourished as a trading center and gold-producing region from the late Middle Ages into the mid-seventeenth century.
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The Mali Empire: An African Story of Gold and Greatness

Free MarketsWorld History

Blog08/27/2022

The Mali Empire flourished as a trading center and gold-producing region from the late Middle Ages into the mid-seventeenth century.

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Money Is Not Wealth, nor Is Wealth Natural Resources

Economic FreedomInflationKeynesMonetary PolicySocialism

08/25/2022Mises Media
Development economists often confuse natural resources with wealth and then are puzzled when countries rich in resources experience widespread poverty. Free markets lead to creation of wealth, period.
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