Business
The overwhelming majority of capital raised by African startups over the past decade has been structured through holding companies domiciled outside of Africa. Typically, in Delaware, Mauritius, or the Cayman Islands. The innovation is African, but the architecture is not.
Technology
At the launch of Ghana's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy in Accra, President John Dramani Mahama announced the $250 million investment to establish a world-class AI computing center, alongside a $20 million commitment for a short-to-medium term implementation.
Technology
At recent gatherings where Africa's financial technology future has been debated, including the Africa Fintech Summit held in Washington D.C., one theme cut through the noise with unusual clarity: the continent is no longer building fintech as a sector. It is building fintech as infrastructure.
African Progress
What kind of Africa was being built before the ships came? And what does it actually mean for Africa to develop? They sit underneath the reparations debate. You cannot make the case for repair without understanding what was lost, and what building truly means.
Governance
Every year, the world pours more than $2 trillion into weapons, armies, and military equipment, while children go unschooled, hospitals lack equipment, and the world burns. If we keep choosing weapons over schools, then what we pass on is a world more unequal, and unstable than the one we received.
Governance
Over the course of four centuries, ~12.5 million Africans were forcibly transported through the transatlantic slave trade, making enslavement a brutal reality for millions. In a vote, 123 countries at the UN formally declared the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity
culture
This is Bògòlanfini — Bogolan — the mudcloth of Mali. It is one of the most quietly powerful stories Africa has never fully told the world. In a continent where so much of the conversation about progress centers on what lies underground, minerals, oil, gold.
culture
In this episode we uncover how fabric functions as far more than attire, but a living archive of history, identity, and economic resilience. Among the many textiles found across Togo, the Kete stands out as one of the most culturally resonant and visually distinctive fabrics.
Africa
This article marks the beginning of a series exploring traditional attire across African countries, examining how clothing reflects history, drives economies, and shapes modern identity. Each week will spotlight one nation and one defining cultural garment.
Governance
The People of Gabon woke up, reached for their phones and realised their social platforms were gone. No timelines, no updates, no instant reactions. A digital blackout justified by the government's reason to control the spread of false information.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and other airport services, had issued a seven-day strike notice over long-standing labour grievances. Despite a court order instructing them not to proceed, the workers went ahead.
Lifestyle
If you're reading this right now, congratulations! You've survived another period of life's "am I really doing this again, or '' I don't even know what is wrong with me.''