Women in African business take two steps forward, one step back
Women in Africa are leading the way when it comes to establishing their own businesses. A quarter of all businesses…
Political and Social Commentary
Botswana Leads Calls On G7 Countries to Review Diamond Tracking Initiative
Image Source Africa’s leading diamond producer, Botswana, has written to the Group of Seven leading industrial countries seeking to reverse…
Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations
Support is building among African and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the…
Seizing Africa’s Potential – The Urgency of Education Investment For a Thriving Future
Image Source By 2035, more young Africans will enter the workforce each year than in the rest of the world…
Mariama Bâ’s Hidden Poem Unveiled After 46 Years By French Scholar
Mariama Bâ’s only poem “Festac…Souvenirs De Lagos” (“Festac…Memories of Lagos”) has been discovered by French literary scholar Tobias Warner, 46 years after it…
‘Nobody sees me’: Photographing displacement in Burkina Faso’s capital
More than 30,000 Burkinabé have made their way down to the capital city, Ouagadougou, over the past few years, escaping…