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‘Our culture, our stories, our people, our own platforms’
When Africa is mentioned, the perception out there is most likely not the reality. Although Africa is made up of…
How internet technology can improve agriculture and food security
Part of the answer to the global food challenge, may unequivocally lie in Internet driven technological innovation, which form the…
How strategic partnerships can improve internet connectivity across Africa: A perspective
The internet could be a very positive and empowering step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
Quit oil and gas? You first, Africa’s message to rich nations
As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t…
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…