By Gregory Simpkins For all of my adult life here in the United States, I have constantly heard how the African Diaspora in America (especially those...
By Mary Alorh In Ghanaian parlance, there is a saying: “When two elephants fight, it is the ground that suffers.” This proverb rings true in light...
By Gifty Boatemaa Annan Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its history, navigating rapid demographic shifts that offer both remarkable opportunities and significant challenges. As...
By Gregory Simpkins African and Caribbean nations and organizations are increasing collaborating. For example, the African Export-Import Bank has opened a Caribbean office in Barbados. The...
If the Western campaign to ban funding for projects based on fossil fuels in developing countries while continuing to use them itself is any indication, there...
Ignorance about Africa-China is a convenient way to keep the focus on China, while not acknowledging the toxicity of the actual Africa-West relationship, or to reckon...
African leaders from across the continent have for the 25th summit of the African Union, which runs until 15 June, under the theme: “Year of women...
UBS Group AG, the Swiss company that says it banks more billionaires than any other, said wealthy Africans are rapidly adding to the ranks of the...
Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, was late last week elected to become the new president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Adesina, 55, will...
Credit Suisse Group AG is deploying investment bankers to woo African entrepreneurs as the second- biggest Swiss bank tries to build its wealth-management business on the...
In 1926, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History proposed that a week in February each year be reserved to remembering Abraham Lincoln,...
The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) say while they are aware of their responsibilities and commitments under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Union in...
Aliko Dangote, President and CEO of Nigeria’s Dangote Group. PHOTO/Mike Hutchings/Reuters (AFP) – There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, Ventures magazine said Monday...
(Bloomberg) – Ecobank Transnational Inc. is seeking a new investment banking chief as Africa’s most geographically diverse lender hires people across the continent to tap growth....
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. PHOTO/Getty Images Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been elected Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism by African leaders have...
In corporate boardrooms and global-investment seminars, more CEOs and business leaders are talking about Africa. That much was evident at a recent New York Stock Exchange...
There are now about 1,000 African Union troops in Mali to take part in the military intervention to dislodge al-Qaeda linked militants from the north of...
Verone Mankou with his Way-C tablet. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images A tablet and smartphone said to be the first designed by an African company have been officially launched....
Dr. Corey Hebert, CEO and co-founder Black Health TV Dr. Corey Hebert, the award-winning medical journalist and frequent contributor to the Dr. Oz. Show, is the...
Aerial view of the semi-functional Inga dam on the Congo River. PHOTO/UNEP With an estimated cost of US$80 billion, the Grand Inga Hydropower Project in the...
A Shopper in Kampala, Uganda. PHOTO/Panos /Mikkel Ostergaard Africa’s large, fast-growing population, combined with rising consumer disposable income, offers companies an enormous opportunity, a new survey...
Various international retailers – from supermarket giants like Wal-Mart to clothing chains such as Gap – have recently entered the African market, targeting the continent’s growing...
Give Africans a piece of technology and watch them invent a thousand uses for it. This idea was of course exaggerated for laughs in the 1980...
Traders on the floor of the Nigerian Stock exchange. PHOTO/File A new partnership has been formed that seeks to highlight the rise and fall of Africa’s...
