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By Navin Ravindran Culture refers to the accepted norms and values and rational behavior of groups. It’s “How we do things!” Countries, as well as people...
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By Densua Mumford and Joel Ng Hot on the heels of China’s US$1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Conference earlier in May, Indian Prime Minister...
By DeLisle Worrell It goes without saying that the best advice for success in any endeavor comes from those that have achieved success in a similar...
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By Mark Anderson and Nicholas Norbrook Ethiopia is looking to sell electricity to fund its own ambitious infrastructure projects. Fortunately, its neighbors are queuing up to...
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By David Levin A reversal of the “Africa Rising” Narative Sorry, but somebody had to say it already. “Africa Rising” was a good thing while it...
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By Henning Melber The middle classes in the Global South gained growing attention since the turn of the century, mainly through their rapid ascendancy in the...
By Clifford Mayaka Africa’s success story over-hyped? Many would argue that Africa’s success story is over-hyped given that it is virtually impossible to delink the continent’s...
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By Jeff Wanjohi American technology magnate Bill Gates once said: “The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” In Kenya, that...
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By Ed Kostenski An intriguing time to be an investor We have heard it all before: “Africa in Free-Fall” or “Failure to Launch.” Indeed over the...
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The Habari Network Editorial Board Toronto/Washington/Addis Ababa: Over the next 5-year period, there’s a chance that a road will run from Boma, in central South Sudan,...
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By Zandre Campos African entrepreneurialism has reached historic peaks in recent years and the entrepreneurial spirit in Africa is booming. Young entrepreneurs are feeling more positive...
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By Katie Collins Ten years ago, a gutsy Kenyan company launched a mobile money initiative that would change the lives of millions. Its name is M-Pesa,...
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By Busani Bafana Africa Rising narrative only getting better Thanks to growing investor interest, increasing respect for democratic reforms, and its vast food production potential, the...
By António Guterres All of humanity will benefit by listening, learning and working with the people of the continent. Far too often, the world views Africa...
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By Grant T. Harris Investment attitudes toward sub-Saharan Africa tend to swing wildly between overly optimistic, excessively negative, and everywhere in between – often based on...
By David Levin Do not repeal AGOA Dear President Trump, I realize it has been quite a while since we last spoke but I really need...
By Mariéme Jamme Change is coming into the African Union Change is coming into the African Union and Africans should demand the very best person to...
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By Abu-Bakarr Jalloh Last weekend I had a transit flight through Abu Dhabi. During my 10 hour stopover in the capital of the United Arab Emirates,...
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By Sarah Logan A recently published study on the long-run effects of mobile money on economic outcomes in Kenya provides some valuable insights that will benefit...
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By Ban Ki-moon Last week, I addressed the United Nations General Assembly to outline a new approach to tackle cholera in Haiti – a disease that...
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By Erastus Mwencha Growth rate has more than doubled This is an exciting time for Africa. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Africa’s growth rate has...
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By Nkululeko Khumalo and Heinrich Krogman Boom to bust In the final quarter of 2016 South Africa participated in 2 critical global economic governance summits as...
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By Dennis Matanda | Editor – The Habari Network Unthinkable? At some point last night, and well into this morning, it finally dawned on me that...
By Brett Parker Africa is a continent dragging itself up by its code strings to become a global player – but she needs more software developers....
By James Clingman Don’t shop where you can’t work The advent of initiatives throughout the United States to “Buy Black” and “Bank Black” can be traced...
By David S. Levin You get what you pay for South Africa’s university system is on fire. Literally. Student protests and riots are raging everywhere. Campus...
By Akinwumi Adesina Africa is not falling apart. African economies are resilient. African economies have shown impressive growth rates over the past 10 years, averaging over...
By David Hoile South Africa’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is a sign that the institution is dysfunctional. South Africa last week announced that it...
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By Michael A. Grant Black banks have served the community As president of the National Bankers Association, whose members include many of the Black-owned banks that...
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By David S. Levin What is Africa’s position in an increasingly multi-polar world? We are at the dawning of a new era and it is flickering...
By James E. Knight As the Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice vs the London-Privy Council debate gets stronger, I cannot help but experience a...
By Renaud Piarroux The United Nations and it’s Haiti Cholera Mess In late 2010, the Haitian government asked me to investigate a cholera outbreak that struck...
By Linda Nordling Two decades after genocide, Rwanda is working to harness science and technology to rebuild its economy. First-time visitors to Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, usually...
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By Ateh Jewel South African school girls stand up to racist hair standards The politics of hair rages on and this time the battlefield is Pretoria...
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By Jarret Carter Sr. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States should be sending out experts, editorials and creating impact on these critical...
By David S. Levin When doing business in Africa, do as the Africans do. I have worked with African companies for over a decade and a...
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By Paul Clarke Elections in Africa usher in positive changes In 2015 several key elections took place across Africa that provided hope that politics on the...
By Andrew M. Mwenda How racial subjugation and violence is the grease that drives the wheel of the USA: Slavery in the United States may have...
By David S. Levin Micro-Commentary on all things Africa. A New York investor’s view of Africa and other emerging economies. Partner at Nexus Capital Markets, a...
By Dennis Matanda, Robbinsville, New Jersey — I was pretty amused that in the wake of recent police shootings, some Caribbean countries took the unprecedented step...
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By Chauncey K. Robinson Black lives measured in dollar signs The week of July 4 will likely be looked upon as one of the most racially...
By Sir Ronald Sanders Jamaica’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission has been established and has had its first meeting, even if its purpose and the prism...
By Ndubuisi Ekekwe Last month, I visited my village of Ovim in Southeastern Nigeria. I met a painter who also manufactures the paint he uses for...
By David Dollar Since 2000, China has emerged as Africa’s largest trading partner and a major source of investment finance as well. Large numbers of Chinese...
By Astrit Sulstarova, James Zhan, and Mathabo le Roux Global foreign direct investment (FDI) in recent years has been anemic. In 4 of the 7 years...
By Frederick Kuo Throughout the last 5 centuries, Africa has existed in the Western imagination between 2 polarized extremes. One is the Africa that exists as...
By E. Faye Williams Our country is currently convulsing over issues of diversity and race. Police departments from Baltimore to Minneapolis view diversity hiring as the...
By David Jessop Yesterday, the British people voted to remove themselves from the European Union (EU). The decision has major consequences for the Caribbean. After a...
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By Yossi Hasson When you think of tech startup hubs, you likely think of Silicon Valley, Seattle or New York. But there is another, perhaps unexpected,...
By Calestous Juma African leaders would like to escape the colonial trap of being viewed simply as raw material exporters. But their efforts to add value...
By Stephen Lande and Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | May 18, 2016 United States Trade Representative Ambassador Froman should be lauded for his recent suggestion at...
By Liesl Louw-Vaudran and Yann Bedzigui With less than 3 months to go before the mid-July summit of the African Union (AU) in Kigali, Rwanda, candidates...
By Kelsey Lilley and Stephanie Sparrow Barack Obama’s historic election as President of the United States in 2008 was the first time an American of African...
By Charles Pittaway There are approximately 447.9 million mobile payment users worldwide, a remarkable evolution from coins being introduced in 700 BC, notes in the 10th...
By David Muhammad Over the last week, there have been many disturbing statements coming out of Trinidad & Tobago regarding our Caribbean Jamaican family. Things have...
By Donald Kaberuka The apparent end to the commodity super-cycle has sent shock-waves through the global economy. It has sparked turbulence in world stock markets, put...
By Jovenel Moïse As the leading candidate for the second round of presidential elections in Haiti, my promise for a modern Haiti is simple: I propose...
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By Valentine Rugwabiza Africa, it is often said, is a continent that leapfrogs various intermediary stages of technology. From fixed to mobile telephony, Africa leapfrogged the...
By Ngozi Okonja-Iweala The rise of Africa is in danger of faltering. After years during which the continent’s economy grew at an average annual rate of...
By Simplice A. Asongu When it comes to relations with China – and development strategies more generally – there are two opposing camps in Africa. But...
By Andrew Sweeney Global trading blocs are now becoming more common in an increasingly inter-connected world, and Africa, which already has several trading blocs, has just...
By Jonathan Dove Some of the assumptions about China’s presence in Africa appear unfounded. China’s overseas investment has long worried Western observers. From the constant updates...
By Daniella Bien-Aime Haiti is at a turning point right now. For the first time in Haiti’s history, there are tools that we can use to...
By Marvin Peart A color-free Academy Awards is indeed a strange anomaly, in an America more enriched every day by its people of color. But the...
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By Lear Matthews An integral part of the diaspora experience is the sending of cash and goods, and the transmission of services, from immigrants to their...
By Steven W. Thrasher Since it’s original sin of slavery, America has been obsessed with the fear of black men. Rather than atone for its own...
By Maha Rafi Atal Last week, the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Nairobi, Kenya for its regular ministerial conference. The meeting produced several breakthroughs, including...
By Jeffrey L. Boney U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...
By Alan Hirsch The fallout from President Jacob Zuma’s decision to dismiss South Africa’s respected Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene was felt immediately in the foreign...
By Song Guoyou As more and more Chinese enterprises expand into Africa, there has been increasing interest in China’s economic activities in the continent. As well...
By Jenerali Ulimwengu The recent tug of war between the Nigerian government and Africa’s biggest telecommunications company – MTN, comes as an instructive development for the...
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar America has always had a complicated relationship with our athletes. When it comes to Game Day, athletes are warriors whose acrobatic actions on...
By Ryan Opsal The border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela has been ongoing for around two centuries, and Venezuela still claims large, resource rich swathes of...
Eritrea – a small east African country implemented its self-reliance initiative – it did something that at the time, was virtually unheard of in sub-Saharan Africa....
By Dan Aceda “If Nigeria moves, then Africa moves. If not, then we must wait.” I do not remember where I first came across the quote...
By Walter Baets If you ask people what they consider the world’s most prestigious business degree, most are likely to answer, “An MBA.” Indeed, the Master...
By Alex Perry Africa is standing up. After centuries of poverty, the world’s largest continent is developing fast. Economic growth in Africa will be around 5...
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By Stefan M. Selig In July this year, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa and shared an important message at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi,...
By Ronald Sanders The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticized almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important...
By Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo U.S. President Obama has left the continent. During his historic and inspiring visit to Kenya and Ethiopia, he announced several new initiatives...
By Opeyemi Agbaje In 2010 as I traveled across 10 African countries in west, east, central and southern Africa on some strategy and consulting projects, I...
By Valerie Montgomery Rice As president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine, I am proud of Davon Thomas, M.D., for many reasons. Davon Thomas recently...
By Jon Queally On the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, proponents of the landmark legislation are saying the law not only deserves to be...
By Robert Stitt African Americans comprise 13.7 percent of the United States’ population, making them the second largest racial minority group behind the Hispanic/Latino population. Of...
By Frank Sieren U.S. President Barack Obama cannot do much more in Africa. Asia, especially China, is so far ahead that the United States won’t be...
By Stephen Lande & Dennis Matanda Manchester Trade Limited, Inc On June 25, 2015, after what were years of advocacy, the House of Representatives and Senate...
By Jake Bright As entrepreneurship takes off in countries like Kenya and Ethiopia, the U.S. President Barack Obama will be looking for more ways to boost...
By Allan Olingo China’s push for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to endorse its currency, the yuan (or the reminbi -RMB), as a global reserve currency...
By Chen Weihua U.S. President Barack Obama will take off later this week on a trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, his first trip to the 2...
By Thebe Mabanga The 7th Summit of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) member states – the five major emerging national economies –...
By Ghada Hammouda While advanced economies are facing the problem of an aging population, one of Africa’s most attractive assets both domestically and internationally is that...
By Raymond Joseph Officials in the Dominican Republic, are poised to deport thousands of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent to Haiti in an ethnic-cleansing...
By Calestous Juma and Francis Mangeni A major trade deal signed in June 2015 is about to remake Africa. Dubbed the Tripartite Free Trade Area, the...
Hundreds of thousands of people die each day. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 56 million people died worldwide in 2012. Most people died...
By Michal Ortner Undergraduate and graduate degrees are widely available in partial or completely online classes that are offered by for-profit institutions of higher learning. In...
In reality, things are not really as complex as people think they are. Many people think that any partnership between the West and much of Africa...
By the time my suitcase made it down the carousel at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos, my white shirt was no longer as crisp as it...
By David Shipley Good ideas sometimes die not from opposition but from mere neglect. Case in point: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). This is...
By Molla Mitiku Ayenew Some three decades ago Ethiopia was in a dire situation. Millions of Ethiopians were affected by a devastating drought that displaced thousands...
By Efam Dovi After passing the “Right of Abode” law, which grants African Americans an indefinite “right to stay,” Ghana became the first African country to...
By Garikai Chengu Black people in America live in a police-state-within-a-state. The African American police state exercises its authority over the black minority through an oppressive...
Being back in Africa these past two weeks, I did a few things I am not accustomed to doing: I spoke to young people; I hit...
It rained for much of Sunday, April 26, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. And for some reason – like happens on a rainy day – lethargy set...
Watching American politics today can be a little frustrating for those in the know, and extremely confusing for the neophytes. The vast majority of this world’s...
By Razia Khan The All Progressives Congress (APC), led by former military leader General Muhammadu Buhari, has won Nigeria’s presidential election, unseating the People’s Democratic Party...
Every smartphone video, every outraged community, and every sadly trending hashtag tells an individual story – an incident that should not have happened, a sign that...
By Obinna Chima The incoming administration must ensure that its economic policies are geared towards elevating the living conditions of Nigerians as well sustaining the country’s...
Like everyone in the know will tell you, passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) appears to be imminent – and we, probably, have...
By Brian L. Pauling I am saddened and frustrated every time I hear about the academic achievement gulf that exists between Black students and their White...
In these difficult times, one can easily feel helpless. Japan just refused to grant some desperate Syrians asylum. Somalia is still in dire straits. Drowning on...
Due to the tired and well-worn Western narrative of Africa – that of a continent continuously engulfed in war, poverty and disease – armed conflicts are...
By Dennis Matanda Robbinsville, NJ | 8:58 p.m. | March 14, 2015 Over the past three weeks, our readers from across the Atlantic; in Europe, in...
By Erastus Mwencha A few days ago, in meetings with both members of the United States Congress and the Obama Administration, each of the officials reaffirmed...
Watching Binyamin Netanyahu address a joint session of the United States Congress, I could not help but feel sorry for those in attendance. Not only were...
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I wish, at the very outset, to express appreciation to the African Union Commission for, firstly, inviting me to this meeting of the High Level African...
By Emmanuel Musaazi When I caught a glimpse of Uganda’s Draft AGOA National Response Strategy, my patriotic heart soared. I was, especially, proud that Uganda has...
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This past January, with the 15-year old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) program set to expire in September, the African Union dispatched a high-powered delegation...
Liberata Mulamula says that for a market access program like African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to benefit a country like Tanzania, it must, first and...
“This trade and investment deal or partnership between these United States and an African country like Malawi where I am from really comes down to women...
By Murithi Mutiga So what that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is the new African Union (AU) chairman? How many people know whom he replaced in that...
By Nnanna Ochereome It is strange that a section of the political class in Nigeria cannot find in their ranks a suitably qualified, intelligent and competent...
By Wang Xiangjiang In recent years, the West has conjured up fantastic theories like “neocolonialism”, “China is exploiting Africa’s resources,” etc., effectively throwing mud at China...
Almost a week after Barack Obama’s 6th State of the Union address to a seated bicameral United States Congress; after much hoopla has been made of...
As you may have heard, Target, a behemoth of an American retailer, failed quite miserably in Canada. The Walmart-like retailer did not collapse under its own...
In the Apartheid era, Americans – black and white – lobbied the U.S Congress and the White House for sanctions against South Africa. That movement, no...
Witney Schneidman The Priority The legacy of the Obama administration in Africa is very much a work in progress. Several initiatives address genuine opportunities and concerns,...
By Emmanuel Musaazi The recent unlawful killings of unarmed black men by white police officers and their subsequent acquittal by a grand jury has brought issues...
I live in a mostly white neighborhood. The other minorities will, except for the occasional black family, be Asian. Because I rarely leave the house when...
It is much too easy to find fault in how sub Saharan Africa has managed its relationship with the United States. There’s no doubt that the...
It is amazing how little the beneficiaries of America’s largest program for Africa know about the opportunity it presents. Go to any meeting on the African...
Editor’s Note: Dr. Schneidman’s article was published both on the Brookings Institution website and also at www.agoa.info. But what should be most instructive is how the...
By Stephen Lande and Loulou Geboers After more than 50 years of doing trade policy, my thoughts are now crystallized around the ideal partnership between the...
Editor’s Note: Mr. Ngwenya is especially instructive on what can be achieved in both the short and long run when it comes to regional integration. COMESA’s...
By Eyob Tekalign Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation. Yes, the truth is that most countries have not been able to take advantage of AGOA; not...