By Mark-Anthony Johnson The Scramble for Africa stands as one of history’s most audacious acts of collective dispossession. A century later, its consequences remain very much...
By Farhia Noor The continent’s partnerships with emerging powers demand scrutiny, not celebration. I am African. I read. I observe. I listen. I reflect. My elders...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Great-power competition has returned to Africa. But this is no simple reprise of the Cold War – it is more chaotic, more...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Better late than never – though in geopolitics, lateness often means irrelevance. The Contradictions of French Liberalism Three years ago, I argued...
By Gregory Simpkins Throughout 2025, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was considered dead. Legislation extending the trade process failed to get passed in late...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa is blessed with natural and human resources. The continent holds 60 percent of the world’s best solar resources, 60 percent of the...
By John Kourkoutas When foreign investors map Africa’s business potential, they often see a blank slate – untapped markets, rising populations, and untold opportunity. But a...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu On August 27, 1975, the world learned of the death of Emperor Haile Selassie – a moment that marked not just the...
By John Kourkoutas Africa is no longer a frontier market – it’s a battleground for global economic influence. And while European and American businesses continue to...
By Gregory Simpkins The global society is currently in a frenzy to acquire critical minerals, such as rare earths, lithium, (tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold) 3TG,...
By Davida Ademuyiwa In the shifting sands of global geopolitics, Africa finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. As major powers intensify their competition for influence on...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa is no longer on the periphery of global geopolitics. Over the past two decades, it has emerged as a pivotal arena for...
By Godfred Zina In June 2025, Malawi made headlines across the global economic landscape with the signing of a landmark US$7 billion mining agreement with Hunan...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In the early 2000s, Ghana faced a symbolic dilemma: its seat of government was still housed in a colonial-era trading post –...
By Godfred Zina As global powers intensify their competition for influence across Africa, the United States is redefining its approach to the continent – not through...
By John Kourkoutas The phrase is often repeated – yet rarely explained. Stripped of context and nuance, it risks oversimplifying a complex reality. The truth is,...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu More than a year after this piece was first written, the presence of the Gulf states in Africa has become increasingly pronounced....
By Gregory Simpkins Since the Scramble for Africa in the 1880s, and in fact even before then, various foreign nations have had an abiding interest in...
By Mary Alorh The intricate bond between Africa and Europe stretches back centuries, with the Mediterranean Sea acting as both a natural bridge and a cultural...
By John Kourkoutas This map isn’t just a collection of ports and shipping lanes – it’s a strategic blueprint of global influence unfolding before our eyes....
By Danilo Desiderio A recent analysis by the Washington-based African Center for Strategic Studies highlights the extensive presence of Chinese firms in African ports. According to...
By Gregory Simpkins The so-called Scramble for Africa refers to the cooperative effort by European powers to exploit the people and resources of the continent of...
Ghana’s Immigration Service (GIS) has ordered the arrest of 24 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities, locally called ‘gallamsey’. The arrests came just...
