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...
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Government leaders often ask me how they can achieve development goals, such as expanding energy access, while tackling climate change. Some say, “Shouldn’t...
By Njenga Hakeenah Intra-African trade is expected to grow by 52 percent by 2022 once the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) comes into force in...
By Elizabeth Morgan Recently, there has been much concern that the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are unable to achieve cohesion in foreign policy...
By Arley Gill The deepening crisis in Venezuela is of grave concern for us in the Caribbean. After witnessing social and political unrest in other parts...
By Rita Babihuga-Nsanze Tech and intra-regional trade could drive the next sub-Saharan Africa growth cycle. Over the past 3 decades, sub-Saharan Africa has seen a major...
By Olansis M. Wolde Since the beginning of the Digital Revolution, people have been wondering about digitization of the workplace and how it relates to production...
By Merdies Hayes The Black Power movement of the late 1960s helped to redefine African American identity and establish a new racial consciousness. As influential as...
By Eromo Egbejule From new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to expanding export markets, there is a great deal to play for. And it is not...
By François Botha The African continent has certainly faced its fair share of challenges in recent decades. But with the trend for emerging economies helping to...
By Christian Busch and Uzoma Dozie Rapid change requires constant adaptation in the face of emerging challenges and customer needs. This can often best be achieved...
By Chika Ofili I get very excited during Women’s History Month because it allows me to reflect on the power of African women – especially in...
By Thabo Makoko A quiet financial revolution is gathering pace across Africa – and it all stems from the rise of smart mobile technology. While the...
By Thuo Njoroge Daniel In the recent past, African economies made the decision to establish a Continental Free trade Area (CFTA) to bring together 54 countries...
By Paul Nantulya China’s Belt and Road Initiative forges intertwining economic, political, and security ties between Africa and China, advancing Beijing’s geopolitical interests. One Belt One...
By Ronald Sanders P.J. Patterson, the former prime minister of Jamaica, recently observed to an attentive audience in Washington, DC, that “We of the Caribbean should...
By Adam Grunewald The potential for gig platforms to provide a source of consistent work and centralized governance and support is even more exciting in Africa...
By John Mair It is in South America yet they speak English. Culturally and in cricket terms they are West Indian. Guyana was the setting for...
By Michelle D. Gavin It is past time to stop being surprised by Africa’s relevance. This week’s Economist’s cover story, “The New Scramble for Africa”...
By Thomas C. Mountain On February 28, 2019 the last financial wire transactions between the small socialist country of Eritrea and all the western countries were...
By Hannah Giorgis Media coverage of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 framed a horrifying accident in appallingly familiar ways. On Sunday morning March...
By Payce Madden On January 11, the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings released Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2019, focusing on 6 key...
By Basil Springer “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!” – Psalm 133:1 In the last Barbados general...
By Leila Demarest A close race was predicted between Muhammadu Buhari and his main rival Atiku Abubakar. In the end the incumbent won the Nigerian presidential...
Jamaica Observer | Small states, as Jamaica has proven over the years, can have an impact well beyond their economic and population size on much more...
By Greg Raleigh As we reflect on the celebrations of the just ended Black History Month, I am often asked if the Rev. Martin Luther King...
By Landry Signé Tourism is one of the primary drivers of economic growth and job creation in emerging economies throughout the world. Africa’s unique history and...
By Ashley Smith The streets of Haiti may be quiet for now, but, the desire to hold Haiti’s rulers accountable is felt intensely by millions of...
By Joseph W. Alliance The streets of Port-au-Prince and other major Haitian cities have, for more than a week now, been filled with people protesting violently...
By Ivory A. Toldson Evidence suggests white teachers are more negative with – and have lower expectations for – black students. As a counseling professor who...
By Ronald Sanders This commentary, is about troubling developments in Haiti and the constraints upon the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that prohibit them from playing a...
By Shimelis Dessu The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will offer great benefits to all 11 countries and their citizens. Any ongoing tension between Ethiopia, Sudan and...
By Glen Mourning Wakanda Forever! If that phrase rings a bell, you are probably among the millions of Americans who have seen the Marvel superhero movie...
By Perseus Mlambo For evidence that Africa’s aged rulers are increasingly out of touch with the continent’s booming youth population, look no further than the digital...
By Nigel Clarke Reform of monetary policy and iron fiscal discipline have been the keys to recovery. Jamaica, a small island-nation better known for its white...
By Spencer Overton Students across the United States are putting final touches on their applications for some of our country’s most prestigious public institutions. Higher education...
By Jean-Christophe Servant Bagamoyo, a small fishing port about 72 kilometers (45 miles) north of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, may become Africa’s biggest container port in...
By Stephanie Jay One of the unanswered questions in the current euphoric discourse about Ethiopia’s democratic transformation is who gave Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the mandate...
By Simon Flowers Venezuela’s slide from top of the heap to a virtual bit player in the oil market is a slow-motion car crash. Production sank...
By Olusegun Obasanjo, John Dramani Mahama, Ernest Bai Koroma and Saulos Chilima This year and next, Nigeria, Senegal, and Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) will hold general...
By Dwaun J. Warmack Invest in education to reduce poverty, crime and violence. Harris-Stowe State University is on an amazing trajectory right now. We are the...
By Max Siollun Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress and his main opposition rival, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, have...
By Peter Fabricius The African Union must guard against perceptions that AfCFTA is a political project with little concrete value for investors. If traders and...
By Derrick Johnson Words and images have power. They shape our reality and African Americans have been paying the price for 400 years. Words and images...
By Ronald Sanders The heads of government of the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), who met by video conference on January 24 to consider...
By Eliot Pence For ‘Prosper Africa’ to work, it needs to unleash the power of U.S. investors. Nearly 2 months after it was announced, the...
By Yohannes Gedamu Last year was an historical one for Ethiopian politics. Most Ethiopians now feel hopeful about the prospect of peace and democratic progress. This...
By Hippolyte Fofack The process of value addition along African commodities is likely to be enhanced under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, which offers tremendous...
By Douglas Yates Paradoxes and dilemmas of Françafrique Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has generated controversy in France by suggesting the country is...
By Chiamaka Ihekwoaba Sub-Saharan Africa has been discovered, once again, to have the weakest average performance on the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). No fewer...
By Gebisa Ejeta After rapid economic growth averaging 10 percent every year between 2004 and 2014, Ethiopia has emerged as an engine of development in Africa....
By Michael Khorommbi The Trump administration’s Africa strategy – which is not about fostering the socio-economic development of Africa, but to play Cold War politics...
By Jamala Rogers It is that time of year where one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech will permeate the air. “I Have a...
By Njoki Ngumi Trademarking “Hakuna Matata” gives Disney the right to emblazon it on anything from fridge magnets to sweatshirts. Disney is far from the...
By Nicholas Norbrook You won’t have missed the nationalist mood engulfing big economies around the world: the United States, Britain, Brazil, France and Germany are all...
By Alex Vines Last year the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and the European Union unveiled their new strategies for Africa and China, Germany...
The new administration of President Lourenço is setting the records straight and opening up a new era Over the past 2 decades, Angola has transformed from...
By Mehari Taddele Maru Contrary to what the West believes, Africans do not see themselves as victims of Chinese economic exploitation. As things stand, China...
By Carl Manlan If every African with the means contributed a dollar a month for a year to pool their own resources, the continent could move...
By Elizabeth Morgan The use of adjectives such as “tumultuous” and “tempestuous” are not uncommon in describing events in the political and economic history of Guyana...
Addis Ababa – As 2018 comes to an end, and 2019 begins, there are many stories that touched our hearts as the year progressed, among them...
By Grant T. Harris The wrong way to counter China The United States should be motivated to engage African states for the same reason China...
By Steven Kuo Instead of development assistance, Chinese firms have brought employment, training, new technology and financing. China is Africa’s number one trade partner, number...
By Daniel F. Runde, Christopher Metzger and MacKenzie Hammond This is not your grandparents’ Africa. It is richer, freer, lucrative, and more capable than ever before....
By John J Stremlau US President Donald Trump has finally approved a “New Africa Strategy”. His national security adviser, John Bolton, described the contents on 13...
By Anca-Elena Ursu As time passes, it becomes increasingly clear that the current US administration has no coherent vision for Africa, and that US prestige...
By Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux Africa shows every sign of being the world’s next big growth market. It is home to more...
By Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman The inaugural Africa Investment Forum took place from November 7 to 9 in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the goal of...
By Michael T. Pugh There are currently about 5,500 commercial banks and savings institutions in the United States, down from roughly 8,300 a decade ago. Over...
By Linda M. Richter A country’s wealth goes hand in hand with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the market value of goods and services...
By Ronald Sanders Haiti continues to be an unsettled country politically. Demonstrations against successive governments have become almost normal, and so too, tragically, are the deaths...
By Chrispin Mwakideu If what is happening in Florida’s mid-term elections had happened in Africa, the condemnation would have been swift. It is time to reverse...
By Ronald Sanders The referenda, held individually in Antigua & Barbuda and Grenada on replacing the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the Caribbean...
By Adam Valavanis On November 5, the New York Times ran on the first page of its business section a long piece on the emergence of...
By Derrick Johnson This was a remarkable wave of grassroots activism that swept across the country – with women and people of color leading the way....
By Tibor P. Nagy Jr. As you read this, I am on my first trip to the continent of Africa as Assistant Secretary of State for...
Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over from Hailemariam Desalegn in April 2018, Ethiopia has experienced a rapid pace of political reforms. So far, save for...
By Kemi Arosanyin December 11-17, 2018 at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo, all 55 African countries will converge for the first edition of the...
By Shannon Ebrahim It was the United States’ backing for Africa’s grand thieves that entrenched the cancer of corruption on the continent. Without America’s guns...
By Carlos Lopes If the European Union is to seize the economic opportunities that Africa offers, it will need to work with the continent’s leaders...
By Mukhisa Kituyi We are living in a world of fast-paced digital transformation. The unprecedented speed and scale of change brought about by digital technology offer...
By Landry Signé How to unlock the manufacturing and industrialization potential in Africa? The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the 3rd Industrial Development Decade for...
By Moustapha Cisse If AI is to improve lives and reduce inequalities, we must build expertise beyond the present-day centers of innovation. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
By Sarah Colenbrander and Ian Palmer National governments have a key role to play in establishing enabling legislation and building the capacity of municipal authorities...
By Tracey Webster If Africa is to realize its full potential and transcend the socio-economic and political challenges that continue to hinder the rapid transformation...
By Yu-Shan Wu, Chris Alden, and Cobus van Staden The power imbalance between China and African countries has led to the relationship being criticised as neocolonial....
By David Comissiong A national referendum on the issue of whether a Caribbean nation should disengage from the British Privy Council and accede to the Caribbean...
By Craig Cotton HBCUs are diverse in enrollment, faculty and staff, academic programs, location, and the resources available to their students and the respective communities they...
By Noah Smith Africa’s fast population growth offers some great investment opportunities, but the West is missing out. During the past decade, China has been investing...
By Claire Felter Ethiopia’s new leader, Abiy Ahmed, is seeking aggressive reforms to put an end to discord and build on the country’s progress in...
By Chauncey K. Robinson There is an alarming – and long-lived – trend in schools across the United States when it comes to discipline. From preschool...
By Marcia Kaplan Africa has been a laggard in eCommerce for many reasons, including lack of internet access, poverty, a high rate of illiteracy, and logistical...
By Delisle Worrell Last November last year I published a diagnosis and prescription for the economy in the article: ‘The Barbados Economy: The Road to...
By Akinwale Akinyoade Nigeria – Africa’s largest economy turns 58. Nigeria is great nation with great people from diverse cultures. As we celebrate the country’s 58th...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. No one questions the fact that for the past 6 decades, African Americans have overwhelmingly supported and voted for Democratic Party...
By Ahmed Charai The International Criminal Court is a failed experiment. While the court has received more than 10,000 written complaints referring to 139 countries,...
By Roberto Savio There are many factors behind the crisis of the United Nations but the progressive withdrawal of the United States from multilateralism is its...
By Jacqueline Hubbard After the Civil War, black Americans hungered for education – to read and to write – and understood its importance in American society....
By Michael Woldemariam Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, has pursued an aggressive, reformist agenda. It wants to rewrite Ethiopia’s old, authoritarian social contract and unite the...
By Francois Gamet Africa and China are now inextricably tied and both need each other. At the moment, China’s policy banks, state-owned enterprises and private firms...
By Anzetse Were The Chinese have come to the continent with a clean slate without a history of exploitation. The combination of slavery, colonialism, the post-independent...
By Andrew Lumsden The United States must exist in the brave new world it helped create Last month, Ronald Sanders, Antigua & Barbuda’s ambassador to the...
The Belt and Road Initiative consists of 2 complementary, concurrent plans. One is an overland route connecting Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to China....
By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi What are the Chinese up to in Africa? I have lost count of the number of times I have heard this question being...
By Ifeanyi Nsofor An Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again straining Africa’s medical resources. Prospects for progress...
By Honoré Banda Repercussions over controversial ports deals in the Gulf of Aden put Djibouti and Somalia at the heart of a big-stakes game. While landlocked...