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How I reconstructed an unwritten ancient African language
Africa is humankind’s home continent. Homo sapiens, with the anatomical and cognitive capacity to have human language as we know…
Africa at COP26: Coal lives on, Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa tries too hard
THE Glasgow COP26 summit in Scotland, United Kingdom, painted a grim picture about the environment and imminent dangers of climate…
Is democracy in decline in Africa?
The problem isn’t the system of government but poor leadership that opens the door to despots and coup plotters.
Reforms won’t fix Zimbabwe’s economy, ethical leadership would
The Zimbabwean economy has continued to experience turbulence, despite having managed to weather a devastating spell of hyperinflation which peaked…
Bridging Africa’s health-care divide
While the United States and other rich countries in the Global North start to administer COVID-19 vaccination boosters, only 8.5%…
African ingenuity and resilience of the ‘Kayayie’ in the streets of Accra
It is a common sight within the clustering population of urban Accra to see female-head-porters known in Ghanaian parlance as…
Citizen-government coalitions could help reform African cities
Cities across Africa are growing at an astonishing rate. All 20 of Africa’s fastest growing cities have experienced average growth…
What Africa needs from COP26
As world leaders meet in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Africa needs decisive collective action rather than…
Industrial policy paved the way for Dangote’s empire. Why it didn’t deliver for all Nigerians
Dangote Industries Limited dominates the Nigerian cement market and is a key player in the rapidly expanding African cement business.…
Time for the US to rethink its sanctions strategy on Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe will reach two decades under United States economic sanctions in December this year. The sanctions have had a debilitating…