By Elizabeth Morgan From 1979, during his presidential election campaign, Ronald Reagan advocated the establishment of a North American free trade area and called for the...
By DeLisle Worrell The Mia Mottley administration could add a significant stimulus to economic growth and job creation by leasing the Bridgetown Port and the Grantley...
South Africa plans to undo the wrongs of apartheid by returning land seized from native blacks Land is much more than a resource. It also has...
By Mustafa Rashed If you are responsible for revenue and sustainability of your business or organization, I have a simple question for you. When is the...
By Ronald Sanders The financial services sector of Caribbean jurisdictions, and other parts of the developing world, have been under continuous assault by the European Union...
By Olabisi D. Akinkugbe Much has been made of the embarrassing withdrawal by Nigeria from signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) earlier this year...
By Peter Fabricius The rest of the continent is looking to South Africa to push for shared value from BRICS. Once the pomp and ceremony and...
By Victor Kgomoeswana Once upon a time, a wily Manchester-born, Sheffield and Surrey-educated economist named Jim O’Neill, started a WhatsApp group. Having made a name for...
By Deborah Bräutigam Why is Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting 3 small African countries on his first state trip of 2018? This week Xi will be...
By Marie Clarke and Yolette Etienne The recent IMF-sparked fuel price crisis is just the latest example of wealthy nations and institutions pushing policies that worsen...
By Witney Schneidman and Joel Wiegert Given recent developments in the global economy, especially Brexit and the Trump administration’s “America First” policy, it is worth assessing...
By Magan Magan In celebration of the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, writer and poet Magan Magan explains how we can draw inspiration from the South...
By Edwin Macharia What if Zambians could be compensated not just for the extraction of their copper but also for the use and reuse of it...
By Elizabeth Bintliff and Carl Manlan Entrepreneurship By 2030, the largest workforce in the world will be African. This generation is arguably the last to have...
By Ronald Sanders Haiti’s current fiscal problems that led to 4 days of protests setting back the country’s already fragile economic and political stability, have implications...
By Allison Fedirka When we think of countries competing for power and influence in the Horn of Africa, a short list of candidates comes to mind:...
By Edward Seaga West Indies Federation The relationship of Jamaica with its Caribbean neighbors in a regional organization was first publicly discussed at a conference in...
Since leaving office in 2015, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has proved a dogged critic of Africa’s status quo, advocating for climate change action, scientific...
By Nyshka Chandran The world’s second-largest economy has long described China-Africa cooperation as a “win-win” arrangement — one that provides China with natural resources and African...
By Clare Akamanzi The marketing deal between Rwanda and Arsenal has generated a lot of attention since it was announced last month, most of it positive....
By Thomas Collins Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, recently revealed that Africa’s annual infrastructure gap now stands at as much as US$170 billion....
By Ronald Sanders I wish I could say that “all eyes are on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meeting to be held from 4...
By Lee Wengraf Trade and Investment Since the start of the new millennium, sub-Saharan African economies have undergone a dramatic boom. This surge has been marked...
By Akinwumi Adesina Although Africa has recorded strong economic growth in recent years, and will continue to do so this year, its gains will remain fleeting...
A comprehensive analysis of population movement within Africa demonstrates it could have unexpected economic benefits and support development on the continent. African migration could boost growth...
By David Thomas Six long years after the African Union’s decision to establish an African free trade area, policymakers met in Kigali this March to put...
By Pierre Guislain Is East Asian miracle relevant for Africa? Despite a decade’s worth of headline-grabbing economic growth, Africa’s experience with industrialization remains disappointing. Sixty-two percent...
By Mimi Kalinda ‘The scales of international trading need to be balanced with the world’s poorest nations, especially Africa, to achieve fairness.’ As we celebrate Africa...
By Hendrik du Toit I remember a time, over 20 years ago now, when virtually no professionally-managed capital moved across borders in Africa. When aid and...
By David Malingha Doya While the United States and China are trying to outdo each other with import tariffs and the U.K. wants to break away...
By Ewnetu Haile Ethiopia has had of 10 percent economic growth over the past 12 years. The sustained rapid economic growth complemented by strong performance in...
By Shakir Akorede The world’s largest free-trade area Africa is charting a new path towards a single continental market – and it is going to be...
By Barclay Ballard The African Development Bank will use this year’s Africa Investment Forum to bridge an infrastructure funding gap of US$130 – US170 billion a...
By Teri Williams As graduation season approaches, most black parents have high anxiety about how our children can possibly achieve the American dream given economic inequality...
By Kealeboga J Maphunye Some African countries have recorded democratic victories in the past 12 months. Ethiopia has a new leader whose ascent holds great promise...
By Pippa Morgan China is here to stay, and Western and African countries alike should make the most of it. Ethiopia is one of the world’s...
By Deborah Bräutigam Fact vs fiction – China is often lambasted as a nefarious actor in its African dealings, but the evidence tells a more complicated...
By Shigoli Shitero The creation of a continental free trade area across the African continent poses unique conflict of interest challenges for the signatories. In March,...
By Rossini Zumwalt Today, Africa’s population is estimated at 1.2 billion people [15 percent of the world’s total]. By 2050, the population of 26 out of...
By David Comissiong We know that we cannot speak for all of our fellow citizens, but we would like to publicly declare that one of the...
African leaders have just signed a framework establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade...
By Joe Parkin Daniels Few countries have as complicated a relationship with international aid organizations as Haiti, a nation wracked by structural and environmental crises. Hundreds...
By Francis Mangeni With the launch of the African Union’s long-awaited Continental Free Trade Area this month, African leaders have an opportunity to set their countries...
By John J Stremlau To reassure and reiterate America’s commitments to a positive Africa agenda of cooperation U.S. President Donald Trump sent his Secretary of State,...
By Ed Cropley “It would be better for Africa if the Trump administration just ignored us because of the chaos and dysfunction within the administration. It...
By John J Stremlau US President Donald Trump promised in late January that his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would make an “extended” visit to Africa...
By Akinwumi A. Adesina Over the past few years, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its position as Africa’s premier development finance institution, generating significant...
By Jovenel Moïse Cover-up: Problem bigger than Oxfam The abuse took place on Haitian soil, involved Haitian citizens, and it was Haitian law that was broken....
By Mac Margolis Guyana with a population of less than 750,000 people and a per capita income of US$4,300, is the smallest nation in the Caribbean...
By JL Carter Sr. Marvel’s latest superhero juggernaut ‘Black Panther’ has had a historic opening weekend, with some experts predicting US$300 million in global box office...
By Afsan Chowdhury It is carried out by people suffering from a savior complex who believe that only the Western man can save the black and...
By Abishur Prakash Nigeria has launched 5 satellites since 2003 and is planning to launch Africa’s first nano-satellite. Economic, Social and Military Capabilities In 2013, during...
By Jennifer Semakula Musisi Now is the opportunity to get urbanization right and make it a force for productivity and change. No country in the world...
By Obinwanne Okeke For much of 2017, 2 of Africa’s biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, have struggled. Nigeria is only just stuttering out of a...
By Patrick Smith, Nicholas Norbrook and Crystal Orderson Across the globe and on the African continent, business tycoons are trying their hand at government. The following...
Research from the Inter-American Development Bank has shown that the small developing economies of the Caribbean were the most adversely affected by the global financial crisis...
By Li Yong In recent decades, some developing countries – mainly in Asia – have managed to industrialize. For African countries to achieve sustainable development, they,...
By Célestin Monga The world’s advanced economies are not paying sufficient attention to this dynamic, emerging continent, which means they are missing out on the many...
By Ronald Sanders The new United States Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer, made his first appearance at a Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
By David Levin Detrimental Impact of Trump’s Presidency Last January, I wrote an article about what I thought Donald Trump’s policies toward Africa might look like...
By Fred Swaniker Last week I found myself back in Silicon Valley at Stanford University where I did my MBA. I was privileged to attend a...
By Rodney Muhumuza For years African leaders have toyed with the idea of free movement by citizens across the continent, even raising the possibility of a...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), last week, on November 20th, joined other organizations to commemorate Africa industrialization day. The objective was to raise awareness on...
By Dale Mathias While the rhetoric of the Trump administration’s America First Policy has been squarely aimed at Mexico and China, the implications of this policy...
By Calestous Juma and Francis Mangeni African countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area (CFTA) between 55 countries by early...
By Yash Tandon The beginning of a 3rd revolutionary epoch? China is fast growing as a leading global power, as the Euro-American-Japanese empire is on the...
By Ronald Sanders Caribbean small states should be readying themselves for a major joint push to make the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties...
By Adebayo Alonge While American politicians quarrel over the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the United States – one of the few industrialized countries without universal health...
By Clement J. Rohee The 9th summit of BRICS member states was recently held in Xiamen, China. The 5 members of BRICS namely Brazil, Russia, India,...
Yesterday – October 15, 2017, the United Nations (U.N.) withdrew its peacekeeping troops from Haiti, ending its 13-year mission there. One might expect mixed feelings about...
By Aliko Dangote Malnutrition undermining progress Perhaps the most critical business lesson I have learnt is that a country’s most valuable resource isn’t the oil it...
By Jean-Claude Bastos De Morais China’s economic success has been the envy of the world in recent decades. Its gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an...
By Bitange Ndemo Last week, a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump to African leaders revealed once more the intentions of some Western “investors” in Africa....
By Ailsa Wingfield The term “untapped potential” is often bandied about when it comes to Africa, but when we drill down to the reality, the numbers...
By Dennis Matanda Editor-in-Chief | The Habari Network New York | While Barack Obama and some of his predecessors contributed to what one ought to expect...
By Dennis Matanda, Editor-in-Chief | The Habari Network While its almost faux pas to suggest that African countries must look abroad for short-term solutions to their...
By Arthur Friedman If the U.S. and China have their way, Africa could soon begin to reach its potential as the next great frontier for apparel...
(Jamaica Observer) The devastation by Hurricane Irma of Barbuda, the sister island of Antigua, and the potential to rebuild it into a modern tourist city, proves...
By Andrew M. Mwenda How the U.S. president has exposed the hypocrisy of his nation’s media and academia Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump did what...
By Asmita Parshotam The Continental Free Trade Agreement has the potential to boost intra-African trade by 52 percent between 2010 and 2022, while trade in industrial...
Africa is simply tired of being in the dark. It is time to take decisive action and turn around this narrative: to light up and power...
By Connie Smith Why not Barbados? On a small island-nation of 430 square kilometers (166 square miles) and a quarter of million people – give or...
By David Levin Sorry, But I Have No Opinion About That… There are approximately 4.5 billion people worldwide between the ages of 15 and 64 years...
By Olusegun Obasanjo Every year, thousands of young Africans join an exodus from their families’ small, often struggling farms in the countryside. Their dream – sometimes...
By Christina Lewis Halpern My dad, Reginald F. Lewis, was an impressive man. He taught me how to ride a bike, and despite his more-than-full-time job,...
By Melanius Alphonse The Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Allen Chastanet’s tourism-led strategy has come to the fore once again, as the economic centrality for the...
By William F. Pickard Black people must pivot from consumption to creators and owners Technology is a thriving industry with infinite opportunities that will continue to...
By Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong It has been nearly 2 decades since the idea of a single currency for West Africa was first mooted. Yet the sub-region...
By Valerie Jarrett It is unacceptable that 23.5 million black women are robbed of an equal opportunity for prosperity, and are plagued by systemic injustice. I...
By Linh Tran Huy After over 15 years of rapidly expanding economic and political exchanges, China-Africa relations are changing. During the 6th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation...
By David Jessop Is CARICOM coming apart? There is a pervasive view within and beyond the Caribbean that the regional integration process is foundering and that...
By David Levin Changing rabbits into doves I have always loved a really good magic trick. The kind that makes you think to yourself, “there’s no...
By Abiy Hailu Special economic zones are an effective instrument to promote industrialization and structural transformation. They have already brought about significance economic success stories particularly...
By Mukhisa Kituyi “Small is beautiful, small is powerful”. This is the creed embedded in the foundation of a global e-commerce giant, Alibaba. But the creed...
By David Luke In a tumultuous year for the global trading landscape, negotiations for a huge Africa-wide free trade area are progressing rapidly. Across the...
By Hannah Ryder A few months ago, a New York Times magazine cover was emblazoned with the question “Is China the World’s New Colonial Power?” The...
By David Levin I would rather watch baseball I love baseball. I’ve been watching since 1964, when I was 7-years-old. It’s in my blood as it...
By Lowell B. Denny, III When I predicted that a young Black Illinois Democrat named Barack Obama would never be nominated or elected president, I based...
By Yemi Osinbajo This year’s G20, led by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, should be commended for prioritizing African development. The G20 Africa Partnership conference last week...
By Brett Parker When asked why I am so optimistic about Africa my answer is simple: look at how far we have come and look at...
By Akinwumi Adesina Water is essential for life, and yet it is scarce in many parts of the world. Owing to the effects of climate change,...
By Ulrich Spiesshofer With the emergence of new technologies enabling the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions, Africa has a historic opportunity to tackle challenges such as...
By Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchú Tum and Betty Williams Seven years after its soldiers sparked the world’s worst cholera epidemic in...
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...
By Natalie Mao Africa is the world’s 2nd largest and 2nd most populous continent with 54 different countries, consisting of a large diversity of ethnicities, cultures...
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...
By Rajiv Bhatia Sustained India-Japan cooperation in Africa can match China’s substantial outreach India-Africa engagement is getting stronger with the active involvement of political and business...
By Aubrey Hruby The much-discussed relationship between Africa and China has evolved greatly over the past few years, but common perceptions have not kept pace with...
By Philippe Isler International investment remains a critical, and often underappreciated, part of the global economy. Nearly two million jobs were created directly by foreign direct...
By Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya has been pivotal in global relations for a thousand years. In 1963 – 2 years after I was born – Kenya gained...
By Bonginkosi Dhlamini Nollywood – an industry projects Nigeria’s soft power and growing influence The phenomenon of Nigeria’s prolific film industry – Nollywood – has attracted...
By Alma Adams Summer internships are one important way that students can explore passions they want to pursue as a profession. They are exposed to a...
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...
By Peter Boos The continued success of the Barbados economy in the international business arena will depend on the country’s ability to be competitive rather than...
By George Ogola The news media is usually one of first casualties of bungled or contested elections. From the recent U.S. elections, the UK’s Brexit vote...
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...
By Ibrahim Sagna Africans across the continent suffer regular power outages that can last for hours – and in some instances days. When the lights go...
By Pius Adesanmi Africa and similes are now back in big business. Our friends in America’s punditry are all rushing to Africa for explanations of...
By Carlos Lopes Africa has demographics, renewable energy sources and technology on its side. Conventional wisdom tells us that the Chinese are buying up Africa faster...
By Romola Adeola The African Union (AU) is in the process of developing policy designed to hold companies to account by setting down guidelines on how...
By Winnie Byanyima Durban is a city of 2 halves. The slums and street hawkers contrast sharply with the upmarket houses and shopping malls of the...
By Alicia Nicholls The results of the 1st round of voting in the 2-round French presidential elections are in! Pro-European Union businessman Emmanuel Macron and far-right...
By Johnny C. Taylor Jr My job is to promote the interests of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). So naturally I was concerned when...
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...
By Dady Chery The worst crime of the United Nations (UN) Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH, extended on April 13, 2017 and renamed MINUJUSTH) has been to...
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...
By David Levin GOP should not get comfortable It is certainly a brave new world we are living in these days. Back in 2016, Donald Trump...
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...
By Ruth Olurounbi “Africapitalism is the nexus between the ability of the private sector to create value and the government’s creation of a business-friendly environment.” –...
By Richard Sezibera This century is Africa’s to own, or to lose. Economic transformation is occurring across Africa: from Mauritius to Ethiopia and Ghana; across east...
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,...
By Kofi Annan In Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), children carry backpacks to school with built-in solar panels. When they get home, they plug the panels into...
By Brendan Mullen and Rushil Vallabh Private equity has not been the catalyst for growth in Africa that everyone had hoped. There have been success stories...
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...
By Francois Steenkamp and Christopher Rooney Share of industrialization, manufacturing has stagnated Over the past decade and a half, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced rapid economic growth...
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,...
By Abbey Makoe The bulk of the African Union (AU) member-states have recently indicated their intention to withdraw from The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). The...
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...
By Rick Rowden In order for Africa to fulfil her economic potential, she needs to industrialize – a point that nearly everyone agrees with. Yet despite...
By Li Yong Africa must industrialize to fulfill its economic potential In today’s interdependent global economy, Africa remains a weak link. If the world is to...
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...
By Prince Paa-Kwesi Heto Editor’s Note: This article was posted precisely 4 hours and 17 minutes after Donald Trump was sworn in as 45th President of the...
By E. Faye Williams Where has the time gone? Eight years have gone by much too soon. As the days pass, the more I find myself...
By Stephen Lande Washington, DC | When Stephen Hayes called to say that the Board had finally found a replacement for him as chief executive at...
THE OBAMA EFFECT By Dennis Matanda, Emmanuel Musaazi and Ryan Elcock Toronto/Washington/Princeton | Because of his outsider status – with a brand of antiestablishment politics, and...
By David Himbara Since independence half a century ago, African leaders have periodically launched continent-wide initiatives aimed at reducing and eventually ending the continent’s dependency on...
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,...
By Alan Hirsch As we know, growth accelerations are pretty commonplace among developing countries. Economist Ricardo Haussman and his colleagues identified 83 growth accelerations of 8...
By David S. Levin Where does Africa lie on the list of foreign policy challenges awaiting Trump? On November 8th 2016, to everyone’s surprise, American voters...
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...
By Amina Mohamed Impressive growth Africa needs to accelerate the pace of industrialization to encourage broad-based growth. Africa’s growth has been impressive over the past 15...
By Aubrey Hruby The United States under President Donald Trump will still have an Africa policy. This goes against the popular view that an inward-looking Trump...
By Amina Mohamed Small and medium enterprises are at the heart of Africa’s growth Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are at the heart of Africa’s...
By Neil Ford Manufacturing wages are rising quickly in China, so production capacity is beginning to be outsourced to other countries, mainly in Southeast Asia. There...
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...
By Amina Mohamed The Africa we want Africa is the cradle of humanity and home to the youngest population in the world. We have an historic...
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...
By David Levin America elected Donald Trump the 45th President of the United States Welcome to 2016 in the Divided States of America. Who would have...
By Robert L. Johnson How should Black American voters respond to the tectonic political rift and the stress of a permanently divided Nation that the election...
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...
By Mima Nedelcovych The election of Donald J. Trump to the U.S. Presidency and Africa Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as U.S president in...
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...
By Dennis Matanda, Ryan Elcock & Emmanuel Musaazi | The Habari Network Attempting to box Donald J. Trump appropriately is an arduous task. The larger-than-life man...
By David S. Levin Everybody wants to be President I went to one of those Halloween stores in my neighborhood the other day that sells all...
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...
By Paul Kagame During the past week at the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly, the focus has been on implementation of 2 major new agreements on...
By Muhammadu Buhari An economic slow-down does not dent the “Africa Rising” narrative Until a few years ago, Africa Rising was a dominant theme in conversations...
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...
By Anis Haffar The problems associated with youth unemployment across Africa are so alarming, that for our graduates to be processed out of tertiary institutions, year...
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...
By Calestous Juma Africa’s economies are likely to experience more growth if significant investment is made in tech, research and development – a shift away from...
By Samuel Nwanze The time to invest in Africa is now Never have the stars been more aligned for African businesses as they are now. Rising...
By Nnamdi Oranye Innovation in Africa is taking place at a higher rate than is often reported. Earlier last month, I read an article by David...
By Andray Domise Simone Manuel overcame a fraught history between Black people and water – a history that ripples across nations When the starting signal went...
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...
By Dennis Matanda, Ryan Elcock & Emmanuel Musaazi | The Habari Network In Part 1 of this series, we started on an alarmist note; we introduced...
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...
By Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya and Cyril Prinsloo Africa’s infrastructure financing deficit, estimated to be US$100 billion a year, remains persistently large. The resulting lack of investment...
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...