Airspace Africa | Ethiopian Airlines Group has successfully rebounded to pre-pandemic operational levels and is now focused on further expanding its fleet and network, according to...
AFP | The UN’s health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly 4-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a...
Bloomberg | South Africa extended for a second time special permits allowing Zimbabwean nationals to live and work in the country until the end of the...
By Gregory Simpkins Recently, I wrote about the current drive to replace the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. A reserve currency is defined as...
Bloomberg | Angola reduced its gasoline subsidy, almost doubling pump prices in a nation that has some of the world’s cheapest fuel. The decision comes the...
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei, South Sudan, (UNISFA) has received the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of...
Reuters | Bola Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria’s president on Monday, facing mounting calls to improve economic and security conditions which many complain worsened under...
Reuters | Botswana will not back down on demands for a bigger share of rough diamonds from its joint venture with De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi...
Reuters | Africa’s economic growth is set to edge upwards in 2023 and 2024 amid tighter global monetary policy and the fallout from Russia’s invasion of...
By Imali Ngusale The odyssey of broadening Kenyan tax net has led to the proposal of contentious Finance Bill that has elicit uproar and anger in...
By Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi Nigeria’s new Dangote petroleum refinery is Africa’s biggest – it will produce 650,000 barrels a day, giving it the potential to address...
By Gregory Simpkins Summer in America is prime vacation season. The United States has numerous attractive travel destinations – from Hawaii to Puerto Rico from Los...
By Chimgozirim Nwokoma Africa is expected to be the fastest-growing region for fintech between 2021 and 2030, even as revenues are projected to reach US$60 billion....
By Gregory Simpkins All too often, the international media and even those considered to be Africa experts focus on the crises that are evident in African...
Reuters | Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to retain former president, John Mahama, as its leader for the...
AFP | Ethiopia’s central bank said on Thursday it had issued a mobile money licence to Kenyan telecoms giant Safaricom, the first granted to a foreign...
Reuters | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the multi-billion dollar Dangote oil refinery in two weeks, a presidency spokesperson said, setting up the plant for...
By Yinka Adegoke Botswana’s acquisition of a 24 percent stake in a Belgian diamond company is one of the most ambitious attempts by an African country...
By Gregory Simpkins The current conflict in Sudan is the result of unintended consequences of a previous ruler’s protection scheme, a struggle for power and control...
Bloomberg | Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia plans to seek the nomination of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be its presidential candidate in next...
By Anisa Muridi Africa is now projected to become the fastest-growing region globally, outpacing Asia, according to a new report by Mo Ibrahim Foundation. It is...
By Gregory Simpkins God has blessed Africa with abundant human and natural resources. Human resources often leave their home countries for more promising opportunities elsewhere, but...
Reuters | Nigeria’s outgoing government has recommended that the new administration of president-elect Bola Tinubu give public sector workers pay rises after removing a fuel subsidy...
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has nominated a Supreme Court judge, Gertrude Torkornoo, as the country’s Chief Justice. Her nomination is subject to approval by Parliament. When...
CoinDesk | The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), plans to introduce a gold-backed digital currency as legal tender to help stabilize the local currency, the Zim...
ENA | The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat extended the African Union’s honor to Ethiopia for its conviction to the principle of finding...
By Gregory Simpkins In December 2010, an incident in Tunisia sparked a youth-led revolt that had an impact far beyond the country’s borders. The so-called Arab...
African Business | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have signed a framework agreement with the Democratic Republic...
Reuters | Zimbabwe’s economy could grow 6 percent this year, better than a previous forecast for 3.8 percent growth, thanks to a strong performance by agriculture...
By Phil Baty Ten years ago, the then-head of the University of Cape Town, Max Price, made a powerful case for Africa to compete against the...
AP | The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma was postponed again Monday as he seeks to have the lead prosecutor removed from...
By Gregory Simpkins Shifts in alliances are quickening as U.S. allies are moving toward the nations seeking to undo what they say is American hegemony over...
AFP | Kenya’s first operational satellite was launched into orbit on Saturday by a SpaceX rocket that took off from California, USA, according to images from...
By Jessica Blake Reuters | Africa is rich with women entrepreneurs. In fact, the continent has the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs in the world, with...
Bird Story Agency | Tanzania and Burundi have floated a tender for designing and constructing an electrified railway that will initially connect the two countries and...
By Chinedu Okafor Tanzania garnered US$1.2 billion in investment through projects filed with the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) from January to March, compared to US$787.4 million...
Press Release | African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the opening of the Bank’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Office to...
By Gregory Simpkins There has been increasing talk about a New World Order created by the alliance primarily of China and Russia, along with other nations...
AFP | Kenya will launch its first operational satellite next week in a landmark achievement for the country’s space programme, the government has revealed. Taifa-1, or...
By Gloria Methri Moni has launched a new range of business loans that enables market traders, spare part dealers, textile traders, and other small business owners...
Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has called for closer relationships between Africa and the Caribbean saying it would provide “a wonderful opportunity for a reverse Diaspora...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that the African aviation industry has recovered 93 percent from the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is right to...
By Gregory Simpkins If you live in a developed world country, you have the luxury of getting up each morning and having clean, abundant water to...
AFP | In a perceived challenge to De Beers’s dominance of Botswana’s diamond industry, the southern African nation’s government announced Monday it will buy a 24...
Reuters | Kenya’s government is close to approving a restructuring plan for Kenya Airways to replace one introduced by the previous administration and backed by the...
Reuters | Cheered on by her family, driver Fatumata Bah raised her arms in triumph after winning an amateur motor drag race in Dakar that saw...
Reuters | Chad has nationalized all the assets and rights including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorizations that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil,...
AFP | Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in the...
Landry Signé and Chido Munyati African logistics have struggled to cater to the continent’s growing population and dynamic private sector for far too long. New research...
By John J Stremlau China’s foreign ministry published a 4,000-word analysis entitled US Hegemony and its Perils on 20 February. It’s an indictment of alleged US...
AP | Sudan’s military leaders and pro-democracy forces vowed to begin establishing a new civilian-led transitional government on April 11, a spokesperson representing both parties said...
By Chinedu Okafor Tanzania’s pro-business stance, perpetrated by the president of the country, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is sending a positive message to investors, who are increasingly...
The Exchange Africa| The EU insists that food and fertilizer are not part of the sanctions it has imposed on Russia due to the ongoing conflict...
Freedom House, in its Freedom in the World 2023 report, states that democracy and governance declined around the world for the 17th consecutive year but that...
African Business| Whenever I meet clients and investors, the one discussion I always end up having, regardless of market conditions, is on currency markets. There are...
Energy Capital & Power| The meetings saw Mohamed bin Twar discuss investment opportunities between Qatar and Uganda with Minister Abu Bakr that will serve to encourage Qatari...
By Gregory Simpkins The aftermath of the Nigerian elections has become quite contentious, although fortunately not widely violent. There are numerous accusations of malfeasance by the...
By Chinedu Okafor The Ugandan government said on Thursday that it plans to generate at least 1000 megawatts (MW) from nuclear power by 2031 as part...
Reuters | Nigeria’s electoral commission has postponed by a week Saturday’s elections to choose new governors, saying it needed more time to reconfigure electronic machines that...
By Niamh Gaynor Economists have urged African countries to shift to low-cost manufacturing – the path that led countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea,...
Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange was invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia. The investiture was...
By Stacy M. Brown Viola Fletcher, a 108-year-old survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has become a Ghanaian citizen alongside her 101-year-old brother, Hughes Van...
By Gregory Simpkins It was predicted that Nigeria’s 2023 elections would demonstrate significant progress in political plurality in the country. It has not thus far. It...
By Chinedu Okafor According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), by 2025, e-commerce in Africa is expected to increase by According to the...
Bloomberg | South African Deputy President David Mabuza tendered his resignation to parliament ahead of Cyril Ramaphosa’s anticipated cabinet reshuffle. Mabuza sent a letter to parliament...
By Gregory Simpkins When the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in 1961, the intent was to advance the interests of developing countries and avoid Cold War...
AP | The late Burkina Faso revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was reburied Thursday, 8 years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. Sankara’s...
AFP | Nigerians voted on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race, with three frontrunners for the first time in...
Africanews | Four top Nigerian presidential candidates signed a “peace” deal on Wednesday ahead of presidential elections on Saturday. The only candidate absent from the ceremony...
Africa Press | Angola is set to invest US$89 million to build Angola’s National Cloud infrastructure, train technicians and specialists, and store and unify government services....
By Gregory Simpkins Two decades ago, The Economist magazine labeled Africa as hopeless. “At the start of the 19th century, Freetown (Sierra Leone) was remote and...
Tanzania has floated East Africa’s largest-ever domestically manufactured freshwater passenger and cargo ship, the MV Mwanza Hapa Kazi Tu, on Lake Victoria. The ship, launched at...
By Ulf Engel The African Union (AU) – made up of 55 member countries – has made significant progress with integrating the countries of the continent...
Anadolu | The African Union Commission (AUC) has announced that it will send a team of 90 observers to Nigeria for the upcoming elections slated on...
By XN Iraki In the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness, took center stage. The Kenya Kwanza team led by...
NAN | The Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, Esmond Reid, has indicated that his country was planning to source for vehicles from Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM)...
By Gregory Simpkins Over the centuries, the natural blessings of Africa seem to have been more apparent to outsiders than even the rulers of African countries....
Reuters | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed an executive order setting up a council to facilitate the transition to a new president who will...
Xinhua | Like many senior U.S. officials who have visited Africa, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen did not fail to target China and raise concerns about...
Bloomberg | Self-generation of electricity by South African businesses and households is likely to reduce rolling blackouts without compromising the state power utility’s business model, according...
Seattle entrepreneur Kingsley Ndoh is driven by the memory of his aunt, who died too young of colon cancer. A lot of things went wrong when...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than half a century now, Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States each February. This celebration can be...
Reuters | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday for the first time since they signed a peace...
Bloomberg | Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, agreed with a Chinese firm to construct a 6 million-ton cement plant to expand output and exports in his...
By Imali Ngusale The two-thirds gender principle is not progressive, by now Kenya is supposed to have legislated and mandated it. Article 3 of the Kenyan...
By Jukka Pirttilä, Mari Kangasniemi and Partners Over half of Zambia’s population lived below the national poverty line in 2015. In rural areas, where 89 percent...
Reuters | Nigeria’s central bank has launched a domestic card scheme to rival foreign cards like Mastercard and Visa, hoping to enhance its drive to make...
By Gregory Simpkins In the United States, the annual struggle over exceeding the debt limit has begun early. Republicans in the House of Representatives pledge to...
In the inaugural release of a report dubbed ‘Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook’ released on January 19, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group reported that “growth...
By Gregory Simpkins In a speech during the December 2022 US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, US President Joe Biden promised to support African development through the African Union’s...
AFP | Sierra Leone passed a law Thursday requiring public and private entities to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women, in a bid to...
Bloomberg | Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets is considering acquisitions as it looks to expand operations to 26 countries over the next 5...
By Ishioma Emi International lenders such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have issued warnings of a potential global recession. This situation...
Kenyan banks, increasingly embattled by mobile money providers, are looking to wrestle control from industry leader M-Pesa
Bloomberg | Dissident forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region begun handing over heavy weapons to the national army, providing a major boost to efforts to end the...
AFP | Uganda said on Monday it was expected to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed...
Dow Jones Newswires | Airtel Africa PLC said Monday that it has bought additional spectrum to support the growth of its 4G services and 5G roll-out...
The Government of Guyana is in discussions with Star Alliance network member and Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, to commence plying the Guyana route. This was...
By Faustine Ngila The year 2022 saw Africa climb up the global tech ladder to join the rest of the world in running an economy driven...
Bloomberg | African startups raised a record US$5.3 billion last year, though that may be the high-water mark as a deepening slump in the technology industry...
Reuters | Kenya will not default on its debt and plans to ramp up tax collection in the next two years, President William Ruto said on...
By Gregory Simpkins Now that the New Year is upon us, we in the African Diaspora need to plan for joint action to better ensure that...
By Chinedu Okafor The current Tanzanian president, since assuming power has made it her mission to enrich and empower the people of Tanzania. This is evident...
By Gregory Simpkins The Biden Administration pledged to listen at the recent US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, but said it also would demonstrate its interest in a robust...
According to the World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa as a region is expected to grow at 3.9 percent in 2023 and 4.2 percent in 2024, with a...
Bloomberg | Nigerian authorities plan to sell 5 electricity-generation companies in the first quarter to help fund next year’s budget, according to the nation’s privatization agency....
AFP | Tanzania on Tuesday signed a US$2.2 billion contract with a Chinese company to build the final section of a railway line aimed at linking...
Bloomberg | Zimbabwe has banned the export of unprocessed raw lithium with immediate effect as part of efforts to have the key raw material in electric-vehicle...
By Gregory Simpkins Being left out of industrialization for so long has been an obstacle for emerging markets in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean...
Ventures Platform, a Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its fund at US$46 million as it looks to double down on “category-leading” companies across the...
AP | US President Joe Biden told dozens of African leaders gathered in Washington that the United States is “all in on Africa’s future,” laying out...
By Imali Ngusale Accepting rhetorical statements to curb the climate crisis can no longer be accepted as a norm in the climate ecosystem. The time has...
By Gregory Simpkins For two decades, the United States has held a trio of conferences that used to be considered summits: the African Growth and Opportunity...
AP | Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals by beating Portugal 1-0 on Saturday, likely ending Cristiano Ronaldo’s chances of...
Nigeria’s former minister of finance and current Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Nigerian media mogul Mo...
Bloomberg | A court in Mozambique found the former president’s son and 10 others guilty for their role in a US$2 billion tuna-bond scandal that spawned...
Reuters | As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra’s back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked...
By Gregory Simpkins I have worked on analyzing Africa issues for more than 40 years, and during that time, I have constantly heard appeals for humanitarian...
Reuters | Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said on Friday, raising hopes that an outbreak which has...
The African fintech industry is booming. From the number of fintech to the size of funding, African fintech is the newest investment magnet. Sector studies show...
Bloomberg | Namibia’s ruling party elected Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the frontrunner to lead the party into presidential and...
Reuters | Ghana has ordered all large-scale mining companies to sell 20 percent of their entire stock of refined gold at their refineries to the Bank...
Reuters | Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation...
Barbados has secured a major “game-changer” contract with the government of Rwanda to establish a new pharmaceutical industry – the first in the Caribbean. Prime Minister...
Reuters | Ghana’s government is working on a new policy regime where gold will be used to buy oil products rather than U.S. dollar reserves, Vice-President...
Bloomberg | Nigeria has unveiled redesigned high-denomination banknotes on Wednesday as the central bank confirmed a January deadline to roll out the new bills despite calls...
AFP | Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Ghana, the world’s two biggest cocoa producers, said Monday there had been progress towards resolving a tug-of-war with chocolate...
By Gregory Simpkins When the Marvel Studios film Black Panther hit theaters in 2018, it created a couple of sensations. The first, of course, was that...
AP | Nigeria’s navy has seized a foreign ship and detained 27 foreigners who are charged with operating illegally on Nigerian waters and attempting to export...
Reuters | As sustainable fashion enthusiast Uche Aladimma sorts through discarded denim clothes in an open market in Lagos, Nigeria, a faded sky-blue jacket catches his...
AFP | President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday fired Ghana’s junior finance minister over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining. The president...
AFP | Mozambique has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the country’s restive north, President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday. Nyusi said Mozambique...
By Gregory Simpkins The announcement of a so-called “permanent” cease-fire agreement in Ethiopia’s Tigray war sparked optimism among those outside Ethiopia, as well as those clinging...
AP |The presidents of South Africa and Kenya said Wednesday they have resolved a long-standing visa dispute and Kenyans will be able to visit South Africa...
By Ovigwe Eguegu and Hannah Ryder The 27th Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27) has officially opened. 44,000 people including 90 heads of state have registered...
By Gregory Simpkins Pollution has been significantly diminished in developed countries due to the use of less polluting energy sources such as unleaded gasoline and natural...
AP | The fire burning on Mount Kilimanjaro for almost 2 weeks has been largely contained after hundreds of military personnel were deployed to help, Tanzania’s...
Reuters | The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough 2 years into a conflict that...
By Gregory Simpkins Since the days of African independence, the continent has been bedeviled by internal and external conflicts. There have been coups like the recent...
By Boutheina Guermazi, Brigit Pickel and Lacina Koné Digital technologies offer new avenues for economic growth in Africa by accelerating job creation, supporting access to public...
Bloomberg | Funding for African startups is on track to hit a record this year despite a slowdown globally, according to a recent report. Venture capital...
AP | Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will serve as a facilitator for the political transition process in Chad, Central Africa’s main regional body...
AP | Peace talks to end Ethiopia’s devastating Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman for South...
HiPipo, a Ugandan fintech firm, has been among the world’s Top 20 companies escalating innovation in the digital financial services market by the Global Business Leaders...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than a century, members of the African Diaspora in America and the Caribbean have made efforts to create linkages with our...
Press Release | African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President Akinwumi Adesina is pleased to announce the appointment of Hassatou Diop N’Sele, as Acting Vice-President for Finance...
Reuters |South Africa’s financial watchdog has classified cryptocurrency assets as financial products, a notice in the government gazette said on Wednesday, enabling them to be regulated....
Last May, the Nigerian presidency launched the Nigeria Startup Bill in collaboration with a group of Nigerian tech leaders and several government bodies to govern how...
Members of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) who recently paid a visit to Aliko Dangote’s multi-billion-dollar refinery disclosed that the refinery is...
By Gregory Simpkins It has become fashionable in the developed world community to criticize Africa for the lack of unity among its component members, as evidenced...
Bloomberg | Africa’s annual exports are expected to double to US$540 billion by 2030 from a decade earlier, chiefly on shipments from Nigeria to the Asian...
Bloomberg | Uganda plans to identify potential partners in the coming year to develop East Africa’s first nuclear power plant, which may cost as much as...
Bloomberg | Lesotho’s Revolution for Prosperity party (RFP), which won the most seats in last week’s parliamentary elections, has teamed up with two smaller rivals to...
The presidents of Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track the construction of a natural gas pipeline designed to increase trade and lower energy costs for...
Bloomberg | Serena Williams’ venture capital firm is backing Nigerian data and insights firm Stears Inc., in a US$3.3 million seed round led by MaC Venture...
The East African | Kenya exported its first goods under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to Ghana late last month. Kenyan-made Exide batteries...
By Gregory Simpkins While eyes around the world are on Russia – because of its war on Ukraine, which is negatively affecting Africa and elsewhere, the...
Reuters | African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as...
By Gregory Simpkins Much has been written and said about how the world’s big powers have squeezed Africa into the middle of their global conflicts –...
Bloomberg | A third-party candidate is the top choice to become the next president of Africa’s most populous country, according to a new opinion poll. A...
AFP | With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next February’s election in an open race to...
By Gregory Simpkins I attended the first Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) in New York recently. It was well produced and well attended, and I got...
By Laurence Sithole | The Exchange Sub-Saharan Africa and its northern counterpart hold great economic promise. Africa’s investment case remains a compelling proposition. The continent is...
Reuters | Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty, according to a new criminal code signed by veteran President Teodoro Obiang, adding to a growing list...
AP | African Union (AU) chairperson Macky Sall said Tuesday that Africa “does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War,” alluding...
Reuters | Ghana has declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, that was confirmed in July, the...
By Gregory Simpkins A lot of attention has been given to China’s involvement in Africa, and of course, the ongoing participation of Europe’s former colonial powers...
“Africa should be allowed the space to choose its own partners and should never again find itself as a battleground for influence among the global powers.”...
Reuters | U.N. children’s agency UNICEF on Thursday named Vanessa Nakate, a 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist, goodwill ambassador. Inspired by Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, Nakate began her...
Bloomberg | João Lourenço was sworn in for a second term as president of Angola, 3 weeks after he won a disputed election that was challenged...
Reuters | William Ruto was sworn as Kenya’s 5th president on Tuesday, taking the helm a week after the country’s top court threw out petitions challenging...
SABC | The Kenyan president-elect William Ruto says he has spoken to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta about the handing over process that will see Ruto officially...
By Gregory Simpkins Between 1870 and 1900, the so-called “scramble for Africa” resulted in almost all the continent coming under European colonial control. The United Kingdom...
Reuters | The Zambian government expects its economy to grow at 4 percent per year in the medium term and is focused on resolving the country’s...
Ghanaian plant geneticist, and professor, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah has been awarded the 2022 Africa Food Prize at the AGRF2022 Summit. The event took place on the...
Bloomberg | The giant refinery being built in Nigeria by Africa’s richest person, Aliko Dangote, will finally start operations by mid-2023, according to state oil company,...
By Gregory Simpkins Agency is defined as “the sense of control you feel in life, your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behavior, and the...
By Stephen Onyeiwu Nigeria is preparing to elect its next president in February 2023. That person will have a daunting task of fixing a near-comatose economy....
AFP | More than 50,000 fighters including former rebels from rival camps in South Sudan’s civil war were set to be integrated into the country’s army...
By Gregory Simpkins Elections play a significant part in the establishment and maintenance of representative democracy worldwide, but all too often, the entirety of the process...
Bloomberg | Kenya Airways Plc is looking to reduce jet-leasing costs by more than a third as the carrier targets break even by 2024. Negotiations with...
AP | Angolans are voting in an election in which President João Lourenço is seeking a second term and longtime opposition party National Union for the...
AFP | South Africa’s unemployment rate fell for a second consecutive quarter despite widespread power cuts and devastating floods, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said Tuesday....
By Faustine Ngila A new cybersecurity center in Togo is poised to add into efforts by individual African countries to secure the continent’s cyberspace. In November...
Reuters | Angolan voters will choose next Wednesday, in what looks like the closest ever election in Africa’s second-biggest oil producer. Who are the main players?...
By Chuka Onwumechili The Confederation for African Football (CAF) recently announced plans for a continent-wide Africa Super League. It will kick off with 24 clubs from...
Reuters | Ethiopia has completed the third phase of filling the reservoir for its huge dam on the Blue Nile river, the government said on Friday,...
By Gregory Simpkins There has been a lot of discussion about the African Diaspora and its importance in US-Africa trade and general relations. However, just counting...
By Gregory Simpkins The Biden Administration is about to release its Africa policy within days of this writing. Most U.S. Administrations do this at some point,...
Brookings | The narrative around a successful African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)—its potential to increase intra-African trade by 15 to 25 percent, or $50 billion to $70 billion—is...
By Gregory Simpkins The Biden Administration has released its U.S.-Africa policy document, and it looks a lot like the previous ones issued by American Executive Branch...
By Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | As the past one hundred years have illustrated, when the United States puts its collective muscle to good use, socio-economic growth...
Brookings | Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his team will be in sub-Saharan Africa from August 7 to 12, paying visits to three countries: South...
By Gregory Simpkins I have written previously about Nigeria being the “essential nation” in Africa. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), successive U.S. Administrations have...
Barbados is scheduled to host more than 700 African businesspeople, investors, and representatives of financial institutions during the first Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) from...
Reuters | Nigerian opposition Senators pushed for President Muhammadu Buhari to face impeachment, 10 months before the end of his second term in office, over the...
Reuters | – Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaore, has apologized to the family of his late predecessor, Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder a military court...
AFP | Liberia has allowed dual citizenship, reversing a longtime ban viewed by some as hypocritical as many elites secretly held US citizenship. The bill, signed...
By Gregory Simpkins I count myself blessed to have been involved in the creation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and nearly a dozen...
