Uncategorized
Sports tourism: The key to economic development in Africa
Sports tourism can provide opportunities to jump start tourism and travel economy post COVID-19, harness community togetherness, accelerate cultural and…
For Africa’s Manufacturers, Going Green May Offer Profits
The days of smokestack economies are slowly winding down. As evidence of climate change mounts and governments take urgent action…
For Africa’s Manufacturers, Going Green May Offer Profits
The days of smokestack economies are slowly winding down. As evidence of climate change mounts and governments take urgent action…
Small cannabis producers the losers in policy changes across Africa
Cannabis is a drug crop with a long history in Africa. Alongside coca and opium poppy, it has been subjected to international control for…
Latest
Mnangagwa continues own goals streak
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime continues to present itself in the worst possible light at home and internationally. His government…
Strive Masiyiwa: Joshua Nkomo loved me dearly, I wanted to honour his legacy
Pan-African businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa recounts what inspired him and his wife to start an education trust that been.…
Africa should be outraged by Ethiopia’s crimes in Tigray
Ethiopia is bringing Africa into disrepute and Africans should be outraged. Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are killing and raping civilians in Tigray.…
What we know about Uganda’s mass abductions
Since last year, there have been widespread reports of arrests, abductions and torture in Uganda. Hundreds of people have claimed to have been seized by…
Ghana’s national security ministry ignites old fears after fracas over photos
By Avinash Paliwal Caleb Kudah, a journalist with the Accra-based Citi TV, didn’t expect that an investigation into unused cars…
Time for Africa to change course on GMOs
Africa needs follow the European Union's lead and rethink its approach to genetically engineered crops
Africa needs a new deal
In one year, the pandemic has halted a quarter-century of steady economic growth in Africa, disrupted value chains, and caused…
Tobacco is booming, but growers are trapped by debts to greedy merchants
By Farai Mutsaka Zimbabwe’s tobacco is flourishing again. And so are the auctions where premium prices are being paid for…
Shaping the ambiance of Zimbabwe’s Constitutionalism
With the three branches of Zimbabwe’s political system, the executive, legislature and judiciary, striving to advance their roles as contemplated…
Shock as traditional chief orders that Mugabe be exhumed and reburied
A traditional court in Zimbabwe has ordered that the remains of former president Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied…