By Stephen Hayes

Why aren’t American businesses doing better in Africa?
I was recently asked by a news researcher to provide names of companies who have lost bids for African business to Chinese competition. The underlying concern …

Reviewed by Nahal Toosi

After 2 1/2 years in Haiti, Jonathan Katz was preparing to leave the impoverished but intriguing nation in January 2010. His next reporting assignment: Afghanistan. Then a massive earthquake that sounded like …

By Dennis Matanda
Image/Sonido – Silencio
By Dennis Matanda
In their infinite wisdom, the Yoruba say that one who lives on the riverbank should not use their spit to wash their hands. And even if they are crippled …

African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian
By Fred Ojambo
Africa’s middle class is growing at a faster rate than that of its population.
Experts have attributed the growth of the middle class to increased …

The following is a compilation of individuals who we feel have made tremendous contributions to world, and have impacted the lives of people globally descent during the course of 2012.
These individuals are titans and have …

By Stephen Lande + Dennis Matanda

In September 2012, just as the 3rd Country Fabric was about to expire, the non controversial African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) provision was, in a surprise turn of events, …

Africa is growing rapidly, yet the continent, which is faced with an energy deficit, is keen on finding new sources.
Speakers at a recent meeting dubbed “Stakeholder Involvement and Public Communication for New and Expanding Nuclear …

Author’s Note | November 23, 2012:
An 800 word editorial for The Habari Network morphed into longer commentary following comments from economic policy and trade doyens. To Tony Carroll and Stephen Lande of Manchester Trade; to …

At 10:03 p.m. on Tuesday night, we might actually start the process of closing our books. While people may be a little more effusive, we are more sanguine. We have seen the polls and believe …

My Ballot Paper for November 6, 2012
On a cold evening here in Princeton, New Jersey – an evening where many people in America’s North East are cold, homeless, hungry and absolutely despondent as a result …