Technology
Africa's push for Digital Sovereignty
Africa is pushing to control its own data, through shared frameworks, local AI models, education programs, and tighter regulation, to stop feeding foreign AI and start building its own.
Africa
West Africa’s Flood Crisis Is More Than a Climate Concern
In recent weeks, torrential rains have swept across several West African countries, leaving behind a familiar trail of destruction. The more difficult question is not why it rained. It is why the same cities continue to flood.
Governance
Citizenship as a Weapon: Niger’s Crackdown and the Future of Political Dissent
Niger’s ruling military junta, has taken a step that is raising difficult questions across the Sahel. The government has provisionally stripped exiled opposition figure Mariama Djibrine of her nationality, accusing her of inciting revolt and collaborating with foreign powers.
Governance
What Senegal’s Constitutional Reforms Mean for Democracy in West Africa
In late June, Senegal’s National Assembly approved a package of constitutional amendments designed to rebalance power within government. Among the most significant changes are proposals to prevent the President from serving as the leader of a political party while in office...
African Progress
Africa Is Demanding Recompense for Slavery
The global conversation on reparations has been trapped between two narratives. To some, it represent a moral obligation owed to the descendants of slavery & colonialism. To some, it is viewed as an impractical attempt to assign responsibility for historical crimes to contemporary societies.
Education
Forty Percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Schools Have No Electricity.
By 2050, one in every four people on Earth will be African. The median age on the continent is 19.7, compared to nearly 40 in China. This "youth bulge" is either the engine of a global economic dividend or a ticking time bomb of social unrest.