Analyst examining the trends and insider data shaping investment, enterprise, and development across Africa.
KEY POINTS * The upcoming documentary reveals corruption connected to elites and political figures. * The documentary is a two-year investigation by an undercover Al Jazeera crew that infiltrated warring gangs who control Africa's gold. * According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), the documentary aims to harm its reputation.
* The struck-down 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act has been revived as the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill. * Uganda seeks to punish those who identify as LGBT with up to 10 years imprisonment. * Human Rights Watch has condemned this proposed law as a violation on fundamental human rights and freedoms. In what has been largely
On Monday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced his plans to take a 4-nation trip to Africa, in light of growing anti-French sentiments in some of France’s former colonies. He hopes to reassert the country’s influence on the continent, especially in Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The French army has officially begun the process of withdrawing its troops from Burkina Faso. This latest development comes in the wake of French military failures as regards stemming the tide of surging insurgency in the Sahel region. The former colonial power announced on 19 February 2023 that operations by
In December last year, the UK announced that the country was seeking applications from graduate and qualified teachers to fill the void in the educational sector. The country also announced that visa application requirements for applicants from Africa had been reviewed and eased. The news was welcomed with a large
“The National Disaster Management Centre has consequently classified the energy crisis and its impact as a disaster. We are therefore declaring a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis and its effect. We will continue our just transition to a low carbon economy at a pace our
On Tuesday, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report addressing the increase in violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa, the main driversand ways to tackle it. The report, titled “Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement”, was based on a survey carried out with nearly 2,
The phenomenon of foreign direct investment from global multinational companies in Africa is still parroted as the panacea to the continent’s obstinate facts of poverty and hunger. Yet, the truth that is hidden from people is that foreign companies do not reflect any benevolence towards the continent: they only
Since Sunday, billions of people all over the world have turned their attention to Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, whether their countries are participating or not. The excitement and fare associated with football is unmatched, which makes it easy to neglect the more sinister occurrences during
About a year ago, Ghana welcomed the infamous global communication platform Twitter onto their shores. Former CEO Jack Dorsey opened Africa’s very first Twitter head office in Ghana, a decision met with excitement and enthusiasm. However, the future of the partnership reached a level of uncertainty when incumbent billionaire
Canada has been long viewed as a multicultural and welcoming country; however, officials recently acknowledged that discrimination and racism exist in its immigration process, and concern has grown over the high student visa rejection rates for African students. The concern comes after hundreds of African students have had their visas
For many a Zimbabwean, attaining a nurse aid certificate is a golden stepping stone towards achieving lifetime goals. With a worrisome formal unemployment rate of around 80 percent, many graduates in Zimbabwe have never stepped into a working place, at least for the profession that they pursued at varsity. On
Benin's Parliament passed a new legal amendment to the Sexual Health and Reproduction (SRH) 2003 Law in 2021, granting women more reproductive rights. Five years ago, only six of 54 African countries allowed an abortion at the woman's choice during the first trimester of pregnancy. This
The revelation was made by a Singapore-based cyber security firm, Group-IB and Orange CERT, which is the Information Technology security arm of the French telecommunications company – Orange. The cyber security firm made the confirmation in its latest report that 12 African countries had lost millions of dollars to a hacking
At the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt officially entered into a partnership to build a 10-gigawatt (GW) onshore wind farm in the host country. UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and
Another deadly aviation tragedy occurred in the late hours of Sunday as a Tanzanian precision airplane crashed into Lake Victoria, killing at least 19 persons. The passenger plane, which is believed to be the largest private air carrier in the country, crashed into Lake Victoria in an attempt to land
