Governance
A continent that built its post-independence political vocabulary around self-determination is now attempting to codify that self-determination through a legal instrument whose genealogy runs directly to a 2022 gathering in Utah, organised by the US-based Family Watch International.
Governance
Senegalese politics is now at the center of one of the continent’s most closely watched leadership disputes. The fallout between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has transformed what was once viewed as a united reform movement into a test of political cohesion ...
Governance
In recent times, the map of African migration has significantly changed and people moving abroad is no longer just about buying a ticket to London, or New York. These traditional routes are practically restricted, young Africans are now moving along new paths to other powerhouse African countries.
Governance
African and European leaders gathered in Nairobi under the Africa Forward framework to discuss a reset of cooperation models between both regions, with governance reform emerging as a central theme throughout the summit.
Business
The AfCFTA-Rendeavour partnership moves Africa's continental trade ambitions off paper and into bricks, roads, and economic zones, but the questions of who benefits, who decides, and who bears the risk remain very much open.
Governance
Renewed xenophobic attacks in parts of South Africa have once again placed migrants protection and regional stability at the centre of continental discussions, prompting several African governments to issue warnings and advisories to their citizens living in or travelling to the country.
Technology
Forty-six percent, that is the share of African adults who remain entirely outside the formal financial system. Set it alongside the headline numbers the $2 trillion in mobile money transactions, the 66% share of global mobile money value and what you get is not a success story.
Governance
The African Union is increasing coordination among member states as it prepares for upcoming G20 engagements, following its admission as a permanent member of the G20 in 2023.
Governance
Renewed xenophobic incidents in South Africa have once again drawn attention to the country’s complex migration dynamics and underlying economic pressures.
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.
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