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I have always loved what I do—and I take pride in doing it well. But I’ve never allowed work to come at the expense of what matters most: my family.…

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…

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When a government goes rogue – the case of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF party have finally stopped pretending that elections in the southern African country…

Can Zimbabwe emerge from its current crisis?

Economic and political chaos will likely persist through Zimbabwe’s elections next year, risking violence and regional spillover.

The struggles of content creators – A founder’s viewpoint

As a content creator, you will be judged on everything you produce: language, message, appearance

Botswana on path to seeing no babies born with HIV

Being told her baby, Lesedi, was born without the HIV virus was “probably the happiest news I’ve heard”, says Neo…

Africa cannot be Europe’s gas station

Germany and Italy are telling Africans that we should saddle ourselves with fossil-fuel infrastructure that will soon become a drag…

Africa’s security depends on action – not just commitment

Will decisions on addressing terrorism and coups taken at the AU extraordinary summit bear fruit or fall on fallow ground?

Book on Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe’s legacy has many flaws

David Moore's book is bereft of exceptionally revealing findings about Robert Mugabe’s leadership, legacy and the politics of Zanu-PF

Workers bear the brunt of Chinese investments in Southern Africa

There is increased reliance on confidential contracts between Chinese lenders and African borrowers which has prevented citizens from knowing the…

Economics likely to trump ethnicity in Kenya poll

Kenya’s upcoming elections could be the beginning of a shift from ethnic to class and issue-based politics.

Why Belgium is returning Congolese hero Patrice Lumumba’s golden tooth

A gold-crowned tooth is all that remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Shot dead by a firing squad…