February 24, 2016
Africa: International Women's Day - AllAfrica Global Media is Honoring Female Leaders
The AllAfrica Global Media Group (editor of www.allafrica.com ) will give the AllAfrica African Women Leadership Award to four brave African women. Read more »
February 22, 2016
Africa: Crossroads for UN Environmental Body That Helped Put Climate Change on Global Agenda
With little over 1000 employees, an annual budget equivalent to that of a medium-sized corporation and headquarters in a developing country (Kenya), the United Nations Environment… Read more »
February 21, 2016
Africa: Egypt Business Forum Promotes Key African Ties
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi is calling on African leaders to invest in education so that the continent's peoples can acquire the skills to contribute to the region's… Read more »
January 29, 2016
Africa: What FIFA Can Do for African Football
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan is one of the candidates standing for election as FIFA president, to replace Sepp Blatter, next month. In this column, first published on aKoma,… Read more »
January 21, 2016
Africa: Africans Report Decline in Poverty
A decade of growth in Africa finally seems to have delivered "broad-based reductions in poverty", with Africans in 22 of 33 countries reporting an improvement in their access to… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Founder Appointed to UN Panel on Empowering Women
AllAfrica's co-founder and executive chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba, has been appointed to the United Nations' first-ever High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment. Read more »
January 14, 2016
Africa: Mobile Phone Access Explodes Across Africa
The overwhelming majority of Africans - more than nine in every 10 people - now have access to mobile phones, says a new Afrobarometer survey of the continent's infrastructure. Read more »
January 08, 2016
Africa: Nairobi Trade Talks Made History - Kenya Foreign Minister
At the start of 2015, the prospects for a successful outcome for the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi were dim. The pundits were forecasting… Read more »
January 04, 2016
Africa: What Obama Still Owes Africa (a Visit to Nigeria for One Thing)
After seven years in office, President Barack Obama has already engaged more broadly on Africa than any previous American president, but with one year remaining in the White House,… Read more »
December 22, 2015
Africa: AllAfrica's Top Entertainment Stories for 2015
As 2015 comes to a close, we look back at several of the biggest entertainment stories from the past 12 months. Our top stories of the year are the ones you, our readers, felt… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica's Top News Stories of 2015
1. This year U.S. President Barack Obama visited Kenya, the land where his father was born. His arrival in Nairobi was preceded by speculation that he would dodge the issue of… Read more »
December 14, 2015
Africa: Trade Talks in Nairobi Can Deliver a Transformed World
After a long and winding journey that started when the World Trade Organization first chose Nairobi as the venue for its 10th Ministerial Conference, known by the acronym MC10, the… Read more »
December 11, 2015
Africa: Idris Elba Nominated for African Warlord Role
The nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globe awards have been announced in Los Angeles. Read more »
December 02, 2015
Africa: Celebrating the Africa Society and 15 Years of Educating Americans
The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, a Washington, DC-based NGO that involves and educates Americans about Africa, held an 'Evening of Commemoration and Engagement'… Read more »
December 01, 2015
Africa: Over 30 Years of HIV: What We've Learned and the Road Ahead
As someone who has been involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and control for years, I vividly remember a time the epidemic seemed unsolvable, globally and in Africa. Read more »
November 23, 2015
Africa: Trade Can Beat Poverty - Starting With Nairobi Conference
Travelling the globe for the World Trade Organization (WTO), I get asked the same questions everywhere I go: what is my view of the global economy and what is the next big trend? I… Read more »
November 10, 2015
Africa: Aiming for Pragmatic Deal in Nairobi 'Homecoming' Talks
Nairobi has been on the radar globally as the world discusses the upcoming Tenth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, known as MC10, to be held in the city in December. Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Weathering Global Ups-and-Downs to Grow Our Economies - Ex-DRC Central Bank Gov
While I was president of the Central Bank of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),we pursued fiscal and monetary policies that paved the way for 9.2 percent economic growth last… Read more »
October 27, 2015
Africa: 'How?' - Not 'How Much?' to Fight Poverty
World leaders gathered at the United Nations last month to adopt a new set of global development goals that aim to end extreme poverty, promote inclusive economic growth, and… Read more »
October 26, 2015
Africa: Soft Power Through Banking - ExIm Bank Provides U.S. Valuable Influence - Paul Hinks
The debate over the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States tends to focus on big business and American workers: To opponents it represents "crony… Read more »
Africa: How Africa Can Fix the International Criminal Court
The demand of South Africa's ruling African National Congress that the government should pull out of the International Criminal Court is defeatist, naïve and reactionary, says… Read more »
October 23, 2015
Africa: Optimism & Opportunity Propel GE - Jay Ireland
In Africa, there are few major American firms with as long a history of engagement as General Electric, which began operations in South Africa more than 100 years ago and has been… Read more »
October 21, 2015
Africa: Saving Mothers & Babies Advances Africa - Melinda Gates
Sometimes the technical words we use to describe a problem mask its true nature. Read more »
October 16, 2015
Africa: Food: The Centre of our Lives and the Centre of our Futures
Food often brings us together - whether it is working to harvest crops, preparing traditional recipes or over joyous celebrations. While what we eat varies, food is a constant… Read more »
October 08, 2015
Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Ends Merger Talks with U.S. Chamber
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), an organization that has spearheaded much of the business and investment engagement with Africa by American firms for two decades has ended… Read more »