Analyst examining the trends and insider data shaping investment, enterprise, and development across Africa.
Bertrand Russell once said, "War does not determine who is right - only who is left." Since 2006, Global Fire Power (GFP) has released a list yearly that ranks the military strength of nations across the world. The GFP makes use of over 50 factors in line with
It is quite astounding how history remembers or reflects on great African men and women, despite the audience, there is a tendency to mention them in comparison to a white man. They tune the narrative to ensure the African person is positioned directly in the shadow of the white man.
High court in Malawi through its President Judge Healey Potani, has nullified the 2019 presidential results in which Peter Mutharika was announced the winner by the Malawi Electoral Commission. Reading the ruling for more than four hours, Potani said the ruling is accordance to the country’s constitution and violation
Last year, Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo launched an ambitious program aimed at wooing back the diaspora to their roots in Africa. Dubbed the "Year of Return," this program focused on the African diaspora to return to Africa as they were displaced from their ancestral lands by
Africa's history is often punctuated with dark moments and there is always an impetus to continue revisiting history so that old wounds are healed. And the recurrent feature that comes out when one delves into African history is the urgent need for tremendous unity, for oneness as Africa.
Though Zimbabwe insists that it is prepared to deal with the worsening food crisis, the United Nations (UN) says that so far, there’s little evidence that enough corn is coming in to feed the affected people which is more than half of Zimbabwe's population of 14 million.
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has accused the media of racism after she was cropped out of a photograph taken with her white peers in Davos. In an emotional video statement, Ms Nakate said that for the first time in her life she "understood the definition of the word
Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta has secured significant investment deals worth over USD 1.6 billion in the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. The East African country also made history after its first-ever green bond, called the "Simba Bond", was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The Turkish parliament has approved President Erdogan's request to send troops into Libya. President Erdogan is eager to support the United Nations recognized government in Tripoli as it faces threats from military commander Khalifa Haftar. The Turkish president sent a bill for approval to parliament to support embattled
Nigeria has become the latest African nation to adopt the visa-on-arrival policy for Africans, pushing the continent towards achieving effective regional integration. The president of the West Africa country, Muhammadu Buhari, made the announcement today but stressed that the policy would take effect from January 2020. President Buhari confirmed the
The entrepreneurial flair exuded by young Africans shows the unstoppable willingness to provide sustainable solutions to the problems affecting communities. Two young South African ladies started a business that uses recycled plastic to make bricks. They immediately went viral on Twitter for their excellence and innovative ways to reduce unemployment
The Republic of Benin has ordered the European Union’s ambassador to the country to leave immediately. In a statement released by the office of the presidency yesterday, Ambassador Oliver Nette, the European Union envoy to the country was accused of interfering in domestic affairs. President Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon’
According to new research by the International Schools Database, Nairobi has the most expensive international schools in Africa with a maximum price of $28,479 per year. The report notes that this price point is not entirely surprising because there is a high demand for international education in Kenya. The
France has returned some African artifacts in its possession to Senegal. The French Prime Minister Edouard Phillipe, who was in Senegal over the weekend presented swords belonging to 19th Century Islamic scholar and ruler, Hajj Umar Saidou Tall to President Macky Sall. Prime Minister Edouard Phillipe of France was in
A self-taught photographer Michael Aboya who dropped out of school after suddenly losing his father, beat out 130,000 competitors from nearly 200 countries to win the best photo of 2019 in the recently completed Agora Awards. Aboya was born and raised in Nigeria. When he turned 13, he moved
What are stem cells? Stem cells are the raw cells of the body. Essentially, this means that the stem cells are the cells from which all other specialized cells are derived. The specialty of stem cells is that they are able to become any cell in the body. The cells
