Africans Not in the Majority of Migrants Trying to Reach Europe
Kigali — Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, on Tuesday sought to dispel the common misconception that most migrants trying to reach Europe after crossing the murky waters of the Mediterranean Sea were African. In his speech to the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council, Mr. Lopes […]
Africans for Africa: Where are the Philanthropist?
According the 2016 Africa Wealth report, there are 165,000 high net worth individuals (HNWIs) living in Africa with a combined wealth holdings of US $860 Billion. This reflects that the number of HNWIs on the African continent has grown by over 150% within the last decade and more than doubled the global rate. It might […]
Dubai on Empty
The only way to make sense of Dubai is to never forget that it isn’t real. It’s a fable, a fairy tale, like The Arabian Nights. More correctly, it’s a cautionary tale. Dubai is the story of the three wishes, where, as every kid knows, with the third wish you demand three more wishes. And […]
South Sudan Stares Down the Barrel of Another Civil War
Ahead of South Sudan’s Independence Day, its fifth, the government announced that it would not be spending any money on celebrations. “We decided not to celebrate the July 9 Independence Day, because we don’t want to spend that much. We need to spend the little that we have on other issues,” said a minister. But […]
President Kagame And Zuma Receive Continental Gender Award
Women deserve to live and work side by side with men instead of being left behind while they crucially support men in everything on a daily basis, President Paul Kagame has said. The Head of State delivered the message yesterday in Kigali while receiving the Gender Champion Award, which was bestowed to him by African […]
Lighting Up and Powering Africa – AfDB Boosts Eskom’s Capacity With a Usd 1.34 Billion Jumbo Loan
Within the context of the New Deal on Energy for Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and South Africa’s power utility (Eskom) on Wednesday, July 7, 2016 in Johannesburg, signed loan facilities for a USD 1.34 billion towards Eskom’s capital expenditure program. Eskom’s 2016-2020 capital expenditure program includes investments in new generation, plant refurbishment, transmission […]
Liberia’s President Affirms Support for VP’s Candidacy
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reaffirmed her commitment to the presidential ambitions of Vice President Boakai, adding that she will do all she can to ensure that he is elected come 2017. President Sirleaf told the 425 delegates, who have hailed from every part of the country, at the Unity Party’s national convention in Gbarnga, […]
Global Academic Collaboration – a New Form of Colonisation?
Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continent’s ancient institutions have long disappeared. The type of higher education that’s delivered in Africa today, from curriculum to degree structure and the languages of instruction, is rooted in colonialism. This has led many to question whether African universities are still […]
Why Elections May Be the Only Answer for South Sudan
The peace agreement won’t be implemented under the current leadership. And the escalating fighting in Juba highlights the danger of continued inaction. Five years ago today, over 100,000 South Sudanese from all walks of life gathered at Dr John Garang’s Mausoleum in Juba, the nation’s capital, to celebrate the independence of their country from Sudan. […]
Women Plan Africa’s Tomorrow At Paris Unesco Meet
Business-friendly feminism was the dominant doctrine at the African Women Leaders conference at the UN’s cultural arm, Unesco, in Paris this week. Arguing that women’s vision can help shape the future – Africa’s in particular – a panel of successful women shared their experiences in the fields of politics, business and fashion, to teach others […]
Give Nigeria a Chance, Buhari Tells Niger Delta Militants
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday told Niger Delta Militants to give Nigeria a chance, reiterating in clear terms that the unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable. He also told those who had looted the country’s treasury to return the stolen money in their possession if they wanted to have peace. President Buhari made these comments when the […]
Health officials race to prevent Congo yellow fever disaster
It is the stuff of a disaster movie: an outbreak of yellow fever in Congo’s capital city, full of unvaccinated people mostly huddled together in slums with too few drains and the kind of sticky, fetid climate that mosquitoes love. Kinshasa’s 12 million people – twice as many as there are doses of yellow fever […]
Mandela’s family angered by South Africa opposition using late leader’s voice
The family of the late Nelson Mandela is furious that a recording of the revered South African leader’s voice is being used by the main opposition party for campaigning in local government elections due to be held next month. In a campaign ad, which the Democratic Alliance (DA) posted on YouTube at the weekend, a […]
The Revolution Will Be Hashtagged in Zimbabwe
With traditional avenues of criticism being closed off, Zimbabweans have taken to protesting online. But don’t mistake this for slacktivism. In a moment of deep frustration this April, Evan Mawarire, a pastor based in Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare, set his camera to record. Draped in the Zimbabwean flag, the emotional 39-year-old looked into the lens […]
Can the IMF Really Drag Zimbabwe Out of Its Crisis?
Zimbabwe’s coffers are empty. Salaries for the army and air force have been delayed for several weeks; and other civil servants will only receive their pay cheques by the middle of July. For the government and 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe, this latest cash crunch couldn’t have come at a worse time, as a fierce succession […]