By Sheena Raikundalia US President Trump’s decision to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act through December 2026 has sparked jubilation in Nairobi. But beneath the...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa has long been a target of outside interests looking to capitalize on what the continent has to offer. The 19th-century European exploration...
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 Strategic equity demands and infrastructure investments signal a new era of African economic sovereignty. The landscape of African resource control is undergoing...
By Gregory Simpkins In recent weeks, the island of Greenland has become a hot international topic. It has been at the top of the agenda for...
By Mary Alorh In today’s fiercely competitive global landscape, opportunity often emerges where others have failed – and nowhere is this more evident than in the...
By Chike Ayodele Igwegbe The mass deportation of Africans from the United States is an undeniably complex and emotional issue. Yet, amidst the challenges, it presents...
By Gregory Simpkins The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has long enjoyed bipartisan support, but partisan squabbles appear to have doomed its long-term extension during the...
By JP Følsgaard Bak An old Danish saying goes: “It is difficult to predict, especially about the future.” This humorous yet insightful remark holds much truth....
By Gregory Simpkins By the time this is posted on our website, there will be only days until the 2024 national elections in the United States....
By Gregory Simpkins When President Joe Biden promised during the December 2022 African Leaders Summit to visit Africa before his term ended, many observers probably thought...
By Mary Alorh The East African region holds strategic importance on the continent, boasting some of the world’s premier holiday destinations and attractions. The East African...
Amidst growing worries about the health of the US economy, Nigeria has made a notable move: opting to bring back its gold reserves from the United...
By Gregory Simpkins The global environment is changing at an accelerating pace. The post-World War II arrangements have broken down to be replaced by an emerging...
By Gregory Simpkins In December 2022, the Biden Administration convened a summit with African governmental leaders, as well as African and American businesspeople and civil society...
By Gregory Simpkins “The world is aflame in conflict.” How often do we hear some version of that? It is, of course, quite true, but the...
By Gregory Simpkins Since its signing into law in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been the main trade program for the United...
By Christopher Isike How might BRICS affect US-African ties? Altering diplomatic relations between African countries and the US on account of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China...
By Bhaso Ndzendze Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it...
By Dimitri Zabelin In the coming decades, Africa will become a pivotal player in international affairs. A confluence of the continent’s abundance of strategic resources, favorable...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa, as with the rest of the developing world, continues to be impacted by events on the international stage – from the Ukraine-Russia...
By Gregory Simpkins Now into its second year, the war ignited by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drones on. After billions of dollars in weapons and financial...
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...
Bloomberg | The US’s resolve to claw back lost influence in Africa will be put to the test this week when dozens of the continent’s leaders...
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...
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 –...
By Dennis Matanda The expression “tenacious contention” suggests that China and the United States are at an impasse after a dogged battle for the position of...
African governments should avoid the zero-sum trap - especially when dealing with US-Chinese rivalry and adopt strategies that strategically play rivals against each other and implement...
By Hippolyte Fofack More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020, an almost tenfold increase from a decade ago. Concurrently, and perhaps not...
South Africa is fighting to retain duty-free access for exports to the United States worth as much as US$1.7 billion a year in a dispute that...
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 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...
Sometime last year, a high-ranking Ugandan Minister sent an email to a contact in a United States Agency. Like any good college alumni, Mr. Minister had...
China trade with Africa projected to grow. SOURCE/Standard Chartered Research When the east African nation of Uganda sought bids last month for an US$8 billion contract...
For the first time in more than 20 years, the United States will appoint an ambassador to Somalia in what a senior official on Tuesday described...
The United States has committed itself to attracting investment and aiding several African countries in reducing their electricity deficit. “Power Africa is designed to catalyze new...
USA has come to an agreement allowing it to share some intelligence with Nigeria to bolster the search for more than 200 girls kidnapped. The Pentagon...
South Africa’s rand went up in gains to a 2014 high of 10.2725 against the dollar on Tuesday. The currency broke through a 10.3000 technical level...
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses The UN General Assembly, September 21, 2011. PHOTO/Spencer Platt/Getty Images Seeking to build on diplomatic opportunities, U.S. President Barack Obama is...
By Carlos Lopes and Kemal Dervis Everyone stands to gain if Africa can sustain and accelerate its progress in tackling poverty and finding jobs for its...
It is a longstanding policy of the United States to grant preferential trade deals to developing countries, in order to promote good relationships and to support...
In a thorough first-of-its-kind study, the Brookings Institution made an excellent point: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of 2000 has always had an excellent...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File The shale gale that has put the United States on track to be a net exporter of natural...
Africa’s top trading partners. COURTESY/U.S. Senator Chris Coons The U.S. can’t afford to ignore investment and trade with Africa now that countries like China and India...
U.S. President Barack Obama with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ‘The people you see in Nigeria today,’ China Achebe once said, ‘have always lived as neighbors in...
Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s President-Elect Tiger Woods could recapture his Number One Golfer position in two weeks if he wins at Bay Hill; Nelson Mandela has...
Senator Chris Coons. PHOTO/Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Delaware lawmaker says the United States ignores trading opportunities in Africa at its peril. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who chairs...
By Stephen Hayes Why aren’t American businesses doing better in Africa? I was recently asked by a news researcher to provide names of companies who have...
Americans call it piracy. Antiguans call it justice. The islands of Antigua & Barbuda are threatening to strip intellectual property protections from American goods as part...
(Reuters)- Antigua & Barbuda will tell the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday that it intends to use trade sanctions against the United States, which it...
The Barbados Central Bank has revealed that a Working Group to negotiate an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with the United States within the next six months to...
The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua & Barbuda intends to pursue retaliatory sanctions against U.S. commercial services and intellectual property as part of its David vs....
The Communist Party of China prepares to unveil its new leader at the 18th Party Conference while Americans vote for who will win the next four-year...
Carmelita Jeter (l) beats Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the tape. PHOTO/Reuters American Carmelita Jeter beat London 2012 gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica in the women’s 100-meter...
Have you noticed all the current efforts to promote business opportunities in Africa? Have you wondered how now, all of a sudden, politicians are placing so...
India has overtaken the United States to become Nigeria’s largest market for exports, according to the first quarter Trade Statistics released by the Nigeria National Bureau...
(Reuters)- African mobile operator MTN said on Tuesday it is working with U.S. authorities to manage compliance with sanctions against Iran, one of its biggest markets....
(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday circulated to the U.N. Security Council a draft resolution that warns Sudan and South Sudan of sanctions if they...
U.S. President Barack Obama on the campaign trail. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama, with the help of a slowly improving US economy, is gaining ground in many...
The Obama administration is trying to fix a stubborn drag on the economy by allowing all homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even...
China has recently surpassed the United States as sub-Saharan Africa’s largest trading partner. China is busy building railways and roads in Angola, Nigeria and Kenya, revving...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria detained and released several radical Muslims suspected of being terrorists in 2007 — including a man who officials now say helped organize...
DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - 'I make no apologies for being reasonable,' Obama declared.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he believes Democrats and Republicans will reach agreement on reasonable spending cuts and an end to tax cuts for the superwealthy...
Fred Mwangaguhunga, founder and owner of the urban gossip site “Mediatakeout.com,” recently sat down with us to share his ongoing passion for business. Mwangaguhunga told us...
LONG a symbol of stagnation, the African continent is experiencing a reawakening. Poverty and hunger are still widespread problems, but Africa’s growing middle class is creating...
The United States’ newest big jet, low-cost carrier Vision Airlines will begin direct air service between Grand Bahama Island and at least five US cities in...
The staffers are Matt Murphy, Cain's New Hampshire campaign director, and Jim Zeiler, the campaign's regional director left due to 'strategic differences'...
Africa is starting to change for the better and Kenya is becoming the leader in this long overdue movement offering African-American entrepreneurs an opportunity not only...
As a community, we should do our part to educate ourselves. Where we complicate things is not learning and not practicing safety. We must protect ourselves...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be the largest ever, amounting to half of a 60 million-barrel international infusion of...
WASHINGTON (AP) - But with 100,000 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan, that drawdown may not be substantial enough to satisfy some lawmakers on Capitol Hill and...
