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On the 19th of June, 2023, the African School of Economics Founder and President, Prof. Leonard Wantchekon, received the Global Economy Prize 2023 alongside Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization, and Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Chief Innovation Officer of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The prestigious event was held in Kiel, […]

After the release of the film The Woman King, the history of the Kingdom of Danxome has taken center stage. The film, inspired by the all-female unit of warriors called Agoodjie in the Kingdom of Danxome, used key findings in part from the African School of Economic’s years-long seminal historical research on the Agoodjie. ASE’s