Refusal of reparations denies 'the criminal nature of colonial crimes'.
An inconvenient truth often ignored or denied is that Chinese economic activities on the African continent are not worse than (and often not even as bad...
By Dennis Matanda/Nairobi/Toronto/New York I write this in the aftermath/afterglow of watching Senator Kamala Harris debate Vice President Mike Pence. Although I was not with them,...
By Dr. Francis Mangeni/Lusaka – Zambia While evident that the raison d’etre of Government – if it is acting as ideally as a government – is...
Building food security through agricultural industries needs an integrated and inclusive strategy.
By Mario Egie and Aly Madhavji The ease and convenience of services backed with the emerging techs can dramatically improve the financial landscape in Africa. Africa...
U.S. diplomacy has failed. African diplomacy can’t afford to. The dam dispute is an African issue and so requires an African solution.
CARICOM countries are still quite dependent on revenue from import duties.
New director-general could also address colonial patterns that hold back the continent - extractive patterns of trade with ones that provide more jobs and income at...
Several referenda have failed in other Caribbean countries to alter the constitution to allow the Privy Council to be replaced by the Caribbean Court of Justice.
How to maximize the economic opportunity of sub-Saharan Africa.
Jamaicans renewed their longstanding demand to select their own head of state
Africa must be an alternative source for the much-needed goods in the booming service sector in China.
By Jenna Delport and Pedro Guerreiro The 21st century is widely touted as the ‘African Century’, a period promising unprecedented economic and technological growth for the...
There can be no alternative to a prosperous, inclusive, and integrated Africa.
Currently, researchers are working to determine how many medically relevant strains of SARS-Cov-2 are circulating and what the consequences are for treatment and vaccine development.
Governments in Africa must refocus the mindset of the people to understand that we have the market and the natural resources which if exploited successfully easily...
Power and the presidency in Africa.
Priority recommendations - to overcome the challenges faced by Caribbean countries during COVID-19.
Africa offers Black business owners more affordable and diverse business opportunities, and a young entrepreneurial population who would make great business partners.
The formidable challenges that black women must overcome to achieve positions of prominence are like the fire that tempers steel.
Black Americans are protesting because they are tired, because they are worn out, because they are exhausted by violence against themselves and their communities.
Can mentoring decrease the challenges facing young African scientists in their research careers?
Ghana has generated $1.9 billion so far from the Year of Return.
Most African states will have high public debt as they use all available lines of credit to secure resources to fight the pandemic.
African nations may not duplicate the Asian development path, but they can learn from their peers’ experiences, avoid their mistakes and replicate their successes.
African citizenship can provide sanctuary for diasporic Africans from racist persecution.
Tanzania’s case shows that no country is pre-ordained to remain underdeveloped.
CARICOM has proved to be politically resilient with all parties recognizing that there are more benefits in retaining the organization than abandoning it.
By reducing enrollment and disrupting instruction, the COVID-19 pandemic is generating financial distress for all colleges and universities.
Regional responses to the pandemic are essential, and although regions acted quickly, results have been mixed.
In post-pandemic Africa, small businesses could be key to recovery.
If American consumers directed just a small portion of the US$13 trillion they spend each quarter to black businesses, that surge in revenues might help build...
The short-term shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout will have a significant impact across Africa. But the continent has a newfound resilience and...
African governments need to prepare proactively to safeguard the lives of their people - aid or no aid.
International solidarity with the African American civil rights struggle comes not from some kind of projection or spontaneous sentiment; it was seeded by centuries of black...
Resurgence of police brutality has started the rise of a standard within the Black community that may pose a strong counter to the racially charged ideologies...
Africa finds itself with fewer COVID-19 cases than other heavily populated regions.
African Americans suffer the consequences of an economic, political, and social system that glorifies and privileges whiteness and uses violence to limit the freedoms, rights, and...
Across Africa, goods once made at home are now being bought and sold. Rural Africans spend only 40 percent of their work hours on their farms,...
When America goes through a trauma as it has since the killing by the police of George Floyd, the impact is felt worldwide. Floyd’s death has...
More than ever before, African leaders should rethink their economic positioning and strengthen their odds.
African governments’ COVID-19 strategies must reflect the local context, the evolving nature of the pandemic, binding resource constraints, and weak international collaboration.
After Ghana discovered oil and gas in 2007, the government and civil society aspired to avoid the “resource curse".
Our relationship with America has been unhealthy from the beginning. We are loved by America when we are entertaining or laboring to build wealth for people...
Africa can mount a stronger COVID-19 response strategy by using regional trade blocs to coordinate, consolidate, and connect resources across the continent.
Examples of innovation aren’t getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US
The group is still doing important work, but after Donald Trump became president liberal America stopped paying attention.
These organizations galvanize the collective power of black people, enact legislation to promote equity, and implement policies that address disparities. These organizations force change.
Limiting cash is then a primary focus of the long-term COVID-19 response by African governments.
By Wale Akinyemi The world counted losses from the worst pandemic to hit the earth in modern times. People reminisced about the companies that used to...
Three ways COVID-19 could actually spark a better future for Africa.
Africans should re-purpose their relationship with China to fuel the African renaissance.
By Josephine Moulds Africa’s swift action to contain COVID-19 has been effective in suppressing transmission so far. There is broad support for stay-at-home orders, but this...
How racial health disparities will play out in COVID-19 Pandemic.
East African nations can teach Americans how to fight a pandemic.
COVID-19 is a grave concern for Caribbean governments and citizens, with rightful cause.
Here’s why protectionism is weakening Africa’s response to COVID-19.
China's Coronavirus aid to Africa will build political support.
Barbados now has an opportunity to acquire test kits, personal protective gear and medical supplies and equipment, to cope with possible surge in COVID-19 cases.
By Linus Unah While government resources are under strain, the private sector in many African countries has stepped up to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria’s...
Africa and other regions of the Global South have already demonstrated that they are far from passive centres for medical experimentation. Rather, they are the sites...
How black colleges fostered generations of leadership and activism.
Africa is neither a laboratory nor the continent of disease.
By Ronald Sanders The image and standing of Guyana are being tarnished throughout the world. Yet, a small window of opportunity remains open for the country...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) grinds the world economy to a halt
By Chris B. Bennett Two weeks ago, talked to many African American business owners about the effect that COVID-19 has had on their business, and there...
Situation is worse for those Caribbean countries that also rely on cruise ships as part of the overall contribution of tourism to the economy.
With governments in Europe and the US fighting desperate national battles of their own against COVID-19, the continent may seem a remote concern. But if there...
In the absence of the virus being identified, many are concerned that COVID-19 will spread rapidly throughout Africa’s densely packed cities.
At the time of writing, the Caribbean region has 34 cases.
By Charles Onyango-Obbo As most people continue to run scare over what the World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared to be a Coronavirus pandemic, there...
AfCFTA has charted a transformative course for African trade - it is up to African states, businesses and banks to navigate the way ahead
In a shift in fortunes, African countries – whose citizens often have to prove their health status to even get a visa to travel to Europe...
There is a road to prosperity ahead for Barbados, but major obstacles remain in the path.
Uganda's economic growth no longer high enough to create more and better jobs for its population.
By Ronald Sanders On February 20, the UN Security Council received a grim report of deteriorating human rights and collapsing rule of law in Haiti. The...
In Africa, Pompeo found a continent too pre-occupied with its own agenda to pay attention to his message.
It is also hypocritical for countries and people who enjoy the security, greater life expectancy, comforts and economic opportunities associated with plentiful, reliable energy to say,...
By Hilda Imali Ngusale The thought of death stings deep in the hearts and minds of loved ones but it does different things to those seeking...
By Jonathan Donner • The ‘skills gap’ in Africa represents a threat to the continent’s digitization. • Online marketplaces are increasingly investing in training that goes...
The long-standing dispute between Guyana and Venezuela is set to be taken to court.
By Misheck Mutize There is renewed concern about the sustainability of rising debt levels in many African countries. Much of this debt is being incurred through...
By Delisle Worrell Wind and solar power offer an exciting prospect of rapid growth and energy independence to a sunny island-nation like Barbados, set out in...
By Heather Greenwood Davis and Starlight Williams Last summer in Ghana, Tiffany Heard followed her guide to his hometown of Kumasi. There, in a courtyard in...
By Alexander C. R. Hammond We should be thankful that the once-dubbed “hopeless continent” is hopeless no more. Following the dawn of a new decade, a...
By Brian Stout The European Union does not treat the African Union as an equal partner. Unless the AU resets relations, it’s in for decades more...
By Hanan Morsy The continent’s governments are falling short. Here’s how they can do better This year, Africa will account for almost all of the US$21...
By Jaymes Pyne and Eric Grodsky When seeking graduate and professional degrees, African Americans take on over 50 percent more debt than white students. On the...
By Henry Wilkins African Union (AU) leaders are expected to renew calls for greater involvement in efforts to resolve Libya’s long-running conflict at a summit held...
Ghana's 'Year of Return' a resounding success
By Ronald Sanders Caribbean countries are being warned by the United States government and US writers that they should limit their dealings with China. In the...
Despite decades of concerted effort, no comprehensive deal between all 11 countries that share the Nile river basin has ever been reached.
Germany committed genocide in Namibia
South Africa looking to nationalize health care by 2026
A boycott of fossil fuel in Africa would be misguided. Here's why
Successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement set to have a profound impact on the continent’s energy sector.
When Ghana gained independence, Freddye Henderson facilitated African American tourism to the new nation.
The transformative potential of 4IR in Africa is substantial
By Joshua Alexander Baker I have always viewed education as a vehicle for progress and mobility. I understood that the best opportunity for both socioeconomic advancement...
By Landry Signé By now, many observers are familiar with the broad outlines of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) economic story: a relatively small country rising...
By Meghan McCormick Africa is the world’s most entrepreneurial continent. According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), more than 1 in 5 working-age Africans are starting...
By John Reosti A recent bank failure and a new legislative effort are drawing attention to the struggles of black-owned banks. City National Bank of New...
By Andre Perry It is past time America paid its debt to Historically Black Colleges and Universities – HBCUs. It is hard to place a dollar...
By Jurica Dujmovic Among the world’s 30 fastest-growing cities, 21 are in Africa You’ve heard of fast advancements in Asia’s economy. Now get ready for Africa....
By Ronald Sanders The untidy and muddled way in which Canadian banks are withdrawing from the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean is a direct result of...
By William Minter With a thriving off-grid solar market and hundreds of millions of people waiting for electricity, the continent offers huge potential for renewables. Just...
By Dave Roos 2019 marks 400 years since the first African slaves arrived in America, but the trauma of slavery did not end 154 years ago...
By Cheryl Thompson When Harriet, the biopic about Harriet Tubman, debuted earlier this month, reviews were mostly favorable and it did better than expected at the...
By France François For months, Haitians have been protesting en masse against corruption, inflation and the scarcity of basic goods. While the massive demonstrations, which are...
By Ron Sanders Haiti is in turmoil again. This time the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cannot be criticized for inaction, but questions must be...
By Tariye Isoun Gbadegesin African countries cannot abandon “brown” industries – those that depend on oil, gas, and minerals – and create a green economy overnight....
By Panos Mourdoukoutas China is a big winner in Africa these days. When it comes to infrastructure investments, that is, which are beginning to change the...
By Luis Felipe López-Calva The UN Climate Action Summit 2019, which took place in the days leading up to the 74th UN General Assembly, delivered new...
By Cécile Accilien and Randal Maurice Jelks When Haiti makes the headlines of The New York Times, it is always in “crisis.” The recent story written...
The deal should energize a continent of 1.2 billion people and US$3 trillion output. At a time when much of the world seems to be cooling...
By Mohamed A. El-Erian Resilience, optionality and agility are hallmarks of success in an uncertain world. Bloomberg | By winning the Rugby World Cup final against...
By Toby Shapshak Even though Africa’s tech hubs have grown to a new record of 643 across the continent, some 25 percent of them only provide...
By Cyril Ramaphosa Last week, I led a government delegation to the first Russia-Africa Summit, convened in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. For 2...
By Jevans Nyabiage Sino-African two-way trade hit US$204 billion in 2018, but is it economics or politics that is driving development on the giant continent?...
By Asmita Parshotam While the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement can act as a powerful tool for progress, it cannot work in isolation. It also...
By Meera Jagannathan Some 132,000 African American jobs projected to be displaced due to automation by the year 2030. The future of work looks even bleaker...
By Oscar Van Heerden China has been South Africa’s largest trading partner for 10 consecutive years while South Africa has now been China’s largest trading partner...
By Sudhesh Giriyan Africa has one of the world’s most mobile populations, and African nations account for a large and growing slice of the global remittance...
By Karsonya Wise Whitehead It was 25 years ago this week that I stood outside of the Elmina Castle in Ghana with a small group of...
By Ndubuisi Ekekwe China designed and executed a policy that shrank the industrialization process in a mere 25 years – something that many economies took at...
By Mark Kapchanga Instead of Western powers always complaining about China’s presence in Africa, they should transform and improve their strategies for the continent. The old...
By Ronald Sanders The question then arises as to where would climate refugees from an entire country go, who would accept them, for how long would...
By Youyou Zhou Direct airline flights between Africa and China have jumped over 600 percent in the past decade. Planes today are not only full of...
By Christian Weller Four hundred years ago, America’s first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. Centuries later, black Americans have managed to accumulate some wealth, but it...
By Eromo Egbejule People across the African diaspora are flocking to Ghana. The country’s tourism authority expects 500,000 visitors this year, up from 350,000 in 2018....
By Errin Haines For all the strategic calculations, sophisticated voter targeting and relentless talk about electability in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Democratic presidential nomination will...
By Gregory N. Price In 2010, 2 economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, suffer a “wage penalty” – that is,...
By Dion Shango Africa needs to expand its pool of highly skilled employees through the development of cognitive STEM-based skills as well as non-cognitive soft skills...
By Ishaan Tharoor There was a strange atmosphere at the edge of Africa. Cloudless skies and balmy spring breezes greeted the delegations of regional and business...
By Alexandre Raffoul and Vijay Raju Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country and its fastest growing economy today. With a population of over 100 million and...
By Kevin Crowley Guyana is investigating oil leases at a rocky political moment. Bloomberg | Guyana is about to become the world’s newest petrostate – and...
By Derrick Johnson History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived...
By Bea L. Hines On Monday, American women celebrated 99 years of women’s voting rights as part of Women’s Equality Day. On August 18, 1920, the...
By David Pilling Despite massive problems, vast continent is faring better than many people imagine. Journalists, as Hans Rosling, the late Swedish health expert and...
By Thomas Fazi The CFA franc is a monetary union that subjugates African states to French economic interests. What sets France apart from all the other...
By Jevans Nyabiage – From Ethiopia to Namibia, countries on the continent hope to expand their focus from natural resources in a drive to narrow...
By Femi Amao The African Union (AU) came into existence after a restructuring of its predecessor – the Organization of African Unity (OAU). It was created...
By Craig Arnold Africa is one of the most exciting and potentially dynamic markets in the world, increasingly capturing the attention of the world’s largest businesses....
By Starla Muhammad There are approximately 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the United States. The number of Black or African American-owned firms grew 34.5 percent between...
By Tyrone Freeman When African American businessman Robert F. Smith declared during a Morehouse College commencement speech that he would pay off the student loan debt...
By Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann “We may call ourselves African Americans but we are truly disconnected from Africa. I say WE because I’m not excluded! I...
By Socrates Mbamalu Ghana’s example of opening its borders to African Americans and embracing all Black people is the progressive ingredient African countries need to adopt....
By Eromo Egbejule Muhammadu Buhari and Cyril Ramaphosa, the leaders of Africa’s two biggest economies, are set to meet and break bread in Pretoria in October....
By Andy Johnson When he visited this country for the Emancipation celebrations under the aegis of the Emancipation Support Committee sometime in 2005, former Nigerian president...
A recent surge of activity across Africa has shown that investment in the continent can be a profitable, if perhaps risky, pursuit. By Macky O’Sullivan This...
Reuters | Many African Americans have difficulty accumulating savings in part because they lack access to mainstream financial services like banking, a new study on the...
By Danielle McLean A fight against racist laws intended to prevent black people from being seated in the state legislature and from holding statewide office. Mississippi’s...
By Clifford Rosenthal Over the course of the last 20 years, the ranks of banks and credit unions in the United States have declined by about...
By Rainer Zitelmann The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of...
By Noah Smith Solar and mobile technology offer ways to work around the continent’s shaky infrastructure. Backyard industrialization has been tried; it was a miserable failure....
By Daniel Yang When the United Nations General Assembly met in 2007 to vote on North Korea’s human rights record, only 10 of the 56 African...
By Judd Devermont and Todd Moss The West seems unaware that Africa’s future is urban. U.S. policies are badly misaligned with Africa’s future. Washington must shed...
By John Campbell Last month, more people in Africa accessed the internet than did in Latin America, North America, or the Middle East. There were 525...
By Eric Mboma China’s role in Congo’s economic and infrastructural development shows the nature and reach of its global aspirations, whereas America’s focus on political institutions...
By Susan Neiman Born as a white girl in the segregated South, I have spent most of my adulthood as a Jewish woman in Berlin. This...
By Sampson Kofi Adotey Africa’s contribution to global scientific knowledge stands at 1.1 percent. Currently, the ratio between scientist and inhabitants stands at 79 scientists per...
By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann In a 2016 poll, 58 percent of African Americans said they believed that the United States should pay financial reparations to African...
By Noah Smith There is a big difference between military conquest and development with overseas capital and know-how. A number of African countries appear to be...
By Selin Ozyurtand Charlotte Beck In the past few years, the unprecedented growth of mobile financial services in sub-Saharan Africa has defied all expectations. While Kenya...
By Mike Jones Reparation is making amends for a wrong one has done by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. It...
By Rann Miller Former US President Barack Obama caused a stir on Twitter recently after he retweeted an article written by charter school advocate Nick Hanauer,...
By Ray Chickrie For decades Caribbean leaders have talked about an air-link between the Caribbean and Accra, Ghana, but now the idea is picking up pace...
By Efem Nkam Ubi China’s Belt and Road Initiative will provide African countries with great opportunities to build their infrastructure as well as develop industrial capacity....
The operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and its implications for the Horn of Africa, particularly in terms of industrialization, economic diversification and...
By Timmy Broderick In the intersection of national debates about reparations and college debt lie the HBCUs – historically black colleges and universities. As these institutions...
By Dambisa Moyo Constructive engagement requires that the West treat Africa as a full-fledged, grown-up region of the world. Like any adult, Africa has both liabilities...
By Derrick Johnson On June 19, 1865, Texan slaves found out they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, two and a half years after it was...
By Janice Phillips The recent, premature death of director John Singleton is a tragic case in point The recent death of John Singleton, the first and...
By Olga Morawczynski and David Porteous By introducing portable benefits for gig workers, African governments and digital platforms can help to power the continent’s future growth....
By Frank Mattheis and Ueli Staeger At a time when the global trade regime is under attack, the African Union is celebrating the establishment of the...
By Connie Hassett-Walker Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes in recent years helped give rise to the...
By Moeletsi Mbeki How much do African leaders, elites and the general public want to see change? What is the thinking of political leaders and are...
By Njenga Hakeenah By 2035, Africa which has one of the youngest populations in the world will have the largest workforce in the world. As such,...
By Aubrey Hruby The gig economy, a new concept in developed markets, has been the norm in developing economies for decades. For more than 30...
By Yousif Mansour Ahmed Abdalla AlZarouni It has been a long fight for justice. Back in July 2008, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
By Oscar Blayton On October 9, 1779, more than 500 Haitian soldiers – referred to as “Les Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue” – fought alongside French troops to...
By George Alleyne Freedom of movement for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) citizens within the 15-country grouping does not mean that police in a jurisdiction cannot detain any...
By C.W. Dawson Jr. Commencement speaker Robert F. Smith announced to the 2019 graduating class of Morehouse College that he would create a grant to pay...
By Tim Kelly One of the key features of the African digital renaissance is that it is increasingly home grown. In other sectors of the African...
By John Campbell The African National Congress, which has governed since the end of apartheid, won again in May’s national election. But a growing opposition will...
By Jamie Macleod and David Luke Continental free trade agreement gaining momentum Addis Ababa, The African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) is among the most momentous...
By Axel van Trotsenburg After decades of high debt and low growth, Jamaica has changed its growth trajectory, with positive economic growth for 16 consecutive quarters....
By Chido Mutangadura After struggling to achieve results, the African Union is taking a different approach to post-conflict reconstruction in The Gambia. Despite having policy on...
By Ramesh Lutchmedial Regional insularity is a major obstacle to the formation of any single Caribbean airline. It is time for regional governments to wake up,...
By Ronald Sanders It’s no secret that the countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) are divided over the response to the situation in...
By Gerald Chirinda The Africa Continental Free Trade Area will boost African entrepreneurship The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is set to launch on 30th...
By Jostein Løhr Hauge and Vincent Hardy Labor challenges and the industrialization of Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector. Ethiopia is going through an economic transformation. Having been the...
By Yu-Shan Wu So it’s not surprising that this has become an ever-expanding topic for both the media and researchers. But the accuracy of work being...
By Stacy M. Brown As Joe Biden enters the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 presidential election, it wouldn’t be surprising if the former vice president...
By Joseph W. Alliance Over the last 2 years in office, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s administration has gone through several prime ministers. On March 21, the...
By Morris Kiruga The leaders of Ethiopia and Kenya are seeking to deepen cooperation with China at the second Belt and Road Summit in Beijing, while...
By Joe R. Feagin For the first time, most major Democratic presidential contenders are talking about whether the U.S. government should consider paying reparations to the...
By Acha Leke and Tawanda Sibanda; Digital technologies allow forward-looking businesses to recast Africa’s challenges as an opportunity to innovate and address massive unmet demand. The...
By J.L. Carter, Sr. Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have quietly changed admissions policies to better reflect diversity in gender identification and sexual classification...