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South Africa is trapped again: What kind of leaders can set the country free?
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has warned that the country was ripe for its own Arab Spring
How to turn off Congo’s looting machine
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been pillaged by foreign governments and corporations for more than 500 years, and…
How costly political realities undercut Ghana’s electricity reforms
Ghana's electricity sector reform, based on a flawed "standard reform model," resulted in both power shortages and oversupply crises, driven…
How social media can change actions that drive gender-based violence
What we say and where we say it matters for preventing discrimination, and social media is now a priority.
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…
Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe’s forgotten intellectual and leader
Sithole was the most prolific black writer in colonial Rhodesia from the 1950s until the country gained independence as Zimbabwe…
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…