June 05, 2015
Africa: Corporate Africa Needs More Women As Company Directors
Africa must have more women serving on company boards to sharpen the continent's competitive edge and to make inclusive growth a reality - all the way to the top. Read more »
Africa: Panel Calls for Ten-Fold Boost in Power for Africa
Africa can boost its capacity to generate power - and, as a result, economic growth and jobs - without precipitating catastrophic climate change, argues Kofi Annan. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Leaders Must Take 'Decisive Action' to Generate Clean Energy - Kofi Annan
Some African countries are already leading the world in low-carbon, climate-resilient development, says Kofi Annan, in the annual report of the Africa Progress Panel. Read more »
June 04, 2015
Africa: Economies Struggle to Compete - Report
Despite high average growth rates across Africa in recent years, the capacity of most countries' economies to compete with those of other nations has stagnated in recent years,… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Competitiveness Lags Behind
An excerpt from the World Economic Forum's Africa Competitiveness Report 2015: Read more »
Africa: How Competitive Are African Economies?
Among 144 countries surveyed in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index, African nations occupy rankings ranging from 39th place to 144th. The rankings of Africa… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: Presidential Term Limits Popular With Voters - Survey
A survey of public opinion in 34 African countries shows that nearly three in every four Africans want their president to serve no more than two terms in office. Read more »
Africa: Why Are African Leaders Silent On Mediterranean Migrant Disasters?
The recent drownings of African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily, have caught global attention and stirred an uproar. Read more »
May 31, 2015
Africa: New AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina Releases Statement
Following is a statement issued by former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture Akinwunmi Adesina, who won election on May 28 as the next president of the African Development Bank Read more »
May 27, 2015
Africa: Top Soccer Officials Arrested at FIFA Meeting
Swiss police swooped on a leading Zurich hotel early on Wednesday morning and arrested top officials attending meetings of football's governing body, FIFA. Later in the morning,… Read more »
May 08, 2015
Africa: How Malaria Fight Saved Millions – Why It Matters
The latest statistics show impressive progress in the fight against malaria -- a 46 percent decrease in infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa and an estimated 4.3 million… Read more »
May 04, 2015
Africa: Africans Back Media Freedom, Says Survey
Most Africans want the media to play a watchdog role, and support its right to publish what it wants without government interference, says a new analysis of African public opinion. Read more »
April 30, 2015
Africa: Reimagining Africa: Giving Birth to the Africa We Want
AllAfrica Marks Milestone with Visions, Awards Read more »
April 24, 2015
Africa: Malaria Costs Africa U.S.$12 Billion a Year
In an interview with AllAfrica for World Malaria Day on April 25, Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, says while death rates… Read more »
April 22, 2015
Africa: How Eritrea, Ethiopia Impose Censorship
Two of the 10 most censored countries in the world are African, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Read more »
April 15, 2015
West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Presidents Call for Post-Ebola Recovery Plan
Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Alpha Conde of Guinea and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone appeal for international support in five key areas for a common economic… Read more »
April 13, 2015
Africa: Honoring Africa in Washington DC
AllAfrica Global Media is marking its 15-year anniversary with the launch of the AllAfrica Awards on Friday April 17th, 2015 in Washington DC. Read more »
March 31, 2015
Africa: Let's Chart Our Own Plan, Says Kagame at Addis Finance Confab
External support should not be the determiner of Africa's development priorities, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told a gathering of finance and planning ministers and governors of… Read more »
March 30, 2015
Africa: Lights, Roads, Water, ICT - Invest! Addis Forum Call
Africa needs huge financial investments to achieve its development goals, UN Under Secretary General Carlos Lopes told delegates at a finance conference in Addis Ababa. Read more »
March 25, 2015
Africa: African Leadership Transitions Tracker Assessing How Change Impacts Development
On March 28, Nigerians voters will go to the polls to participate in their nation's fifth election since the military handed over power to civilians in 1999. As Africa's largest… Read more »
March 27, 2015
Africa: Finance Own Development, Addis Talks Told
Africa has been urged at high-level talks in Addis Ababa to mobilize its own resources to achieve its development goals. Read more »
March 24, 2015
Africa: Addis Hustle Bustle Precedes Top-Level Confab on Africa's Future
The sprawling headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is bustling with activities as participants arrive for week-long discussions of Africa's development… Read more »
March 18, 2015
Africa: New Development Goals 'Unprecedented' Opportunity for Families
The two of us met for the first time more than a decade ago, in the small rural village of Momemo, an hour's drive and a world away from the urban bustle of Maputo, Mozambique's… Read more »
March 10, 2015
Africa: Call to Fight Diabetes in Pregnancy
Diabetes in expectant mothers is a widespread but little-recognised threat which could be fought relatively easily and cheaply, according to a new study just published. Read more »
March 02, 2015
Africa: Degraded Ecosystems Threaten Africans' Welfare
African countries need to grow their economies to meet the needs of their people. However, this can only be done while ensuring that the productivity and viability of the… Read more »