Agriculture
Africa has a huge opportunity to make agriculture its economic driver. However, the potential for this is far from being made exhaustive use of, one reason being that women face considerable difficulties in their economic activities.
African Progress
For many Africans, traffic has become so routine that it is accepted as part of everyday life. We joke about leaving home three hours early. Africa's growing cities need integrated transport strategies that combine reliable public transport, smart technology, stronger traffic law enforcement...
Governance
On June 25, 2026, flowers returned to the streets before the chants did. Outside Kenya’s Parliament, families of young people killed during the 2024 anti-government protests gathered to lay wreaths on police barricades that had once separated demonstrators from the state.
Africa
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
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
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
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.
At the 81st UN General Assembly, African leaders made an argument repeated at every session for years. The continent sits in the Security Council's agenda yet it has no permanent place at its table.
The release of The DPI 50, a global initiative published by Apolitical in partnership with the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure. Designed to spotlight fifty public-sector leaders delivering measurable, citizen-centered digital systems at scale.
Africa pays for how it is seen. A rating decides what a road, a clinic or a market stall costs to build. Mauritius has launched an agency to look closer. Will anyone in Africa's last mile feel the difference?
Despite giving so much to the world, African nations have spent years relying on external financial aid, loans, and foreign development grants simply to fund domestic budgets. Over the decades, this relationship has evolved from post-colonial aid packages into a complex web of global dependency.
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Education
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.
Finance and Investment
Regional leaders have outlined an ambitious agenda to accelerate sovereign debt restructuring and strengthen Africa’s financial resilience, with the goal of helping key West African economies achieve investment-grade status within the next three years.
Nature and Sustainability
Water scarcity is increasingly shaping political decisions, agricultural planning, and infrastructure investment across Africa. As climate pressures intensify, governments are shifting from surface-water dependency toward deeper scientific approaches that map and unlock underground reserves.
Agriculture
At least 15 people were killed after armed gunmen attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria. Beyond the tragic loss of life, the attack highlights the continued impact of insecurity on farming communities and food production.
health
The WHO Regional Office for Africa convened the International Conference on PEN-Plus in Dar es Salaam, bringing together policymakers, health experts, and development partners to strengthen national responses to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).