May 20, 2014
Africa: 'We Can Save Newborns' - Melinda Gates
Amid a renewed push by a coalition of organizations to reduce high death rates among newborns, the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation answered questions from… Read more »
May 19, 2014
Africa: 'No Child Anywhere in the World Should be Born to Die'
By a host of metrics, women and their children have been getting healthier in recent years. Between 1990 and 2010, the annual number of maternal deaths dropped from more than… Read more »
Africa: Investing in Resilience of Smallholder Farming 'Essential'
The world is home to 500 million smallholder family farms generating up to 80 percent of the food consumed by developing world, according to Dr. Kanayo F. Nwaze, President of the… Read more »
May 15, 2014
Africa: African Awakening Will Avert Future Food Crises
Thirty years on from a famine that claimed more than a million lives, Ethiopia is making great strides towards food security. And though progress across the continent is uneven,… Read more »
May 14, 2014
Africa: Most New Jobs Will Be Urban
Excerpts from "Cities of Hope", published by the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg: Read more »
May 08, 2014
Africa: Mayors Seek Bigger Role In Climate Change
Some of Africa's biggest cities are joining an international drive by city governments to respond to global climate change. Read more »
Africa: World Economic Forum Africa - Not What You Imagine
The official conference hasn't even started yet, except for an opening reception I missed last night because the Rockefeller Foundation – a Forum strategic partner –… Read more »
May 07, 2014
Africa: Urban Planners Skeptical of 'Smart Cities'
Urban planning experts are anxious that what they call “fantasy designs” for new African “smart cities” will serve the interests of African elites and… Read more »
May 06, 2014
Africa: Africa Focuses on Building Resilient Cities
Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives. Read more »
May 04, 2014
Africa: It's Not Just About Growth, Its About the Right Kind Of Growth
Around this time every year, I often get asked the same question; isn't the World Economic Forum just one big talking shop? It's a fair one. Once every twelve months, leaders from… Read more »
April 30, 2014
Africa: Kerry Pledges to Promote Democracy, Rights & Peace
United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Addis Ababa today on the first stop of a visit to east and central Africa. As his trip began, he responded by email to… Read more »
April 23, 2014
Africa: Asking Africans About Democracy
Where in Africa is support for democracy the highest? Where is it the lowest? Who believes they are reaping its fruits? Who doesn't? Read more »
Africa: Africans Now Back Institutions More Than 'Big Men' - Afrobarometer
Excerpts from Afrobarometer's report, Demand for Democracy Is Rising in Africa, But Most Political Leaders Fail to Deliver: Read more »
Africa: Africans Want Democracy But Are They Getting It?
Popular support for democracy and against one-party rule in Africa has risen substantially in the past decade, but most Africans don't think they are actually experiencing… Read more »
April 17, 2014
Africa: World's Media Chiefs Press African Leaders on Freedoms
Editors and publishers from across the world have singled out the governments of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Swaziland for threatening free expression and media freedom. Read more »
Africa: U.S. Private, Public Sectors Step Up to Power Challenge
My grandmother spent her whole life in southern Ethiopia and passed away a few years ago without ever having switched on a light. I also spent much of my early life in Africa,… Read more »
April 13, 2014
Africa: From North to South, East to West, Media Freedom in Africa Under Challenge
The executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Alison Bethel McKenzie, delivered a wide-ranging report on press freedom in the world to the institute's world… Read more »
April 09, 2014
Africa: World Bank Seminars to be Streamed Live
A series of seminars focusing on key issues affecting Africa's development will be held in Washington, DC, this week - and streamed live on the web - to coincide with the World… Read more »
April 01, 2014
Africa: Young Leaders Have Hope for Africa
Hundreds of people packed a Congressional committee room last week to see a panel of young leaders discuss their ideas for positive change across Africa. Read more »
March 31, 2014
Africa: Europe and Africa - Crocodiles With One Stomach
Two heads, one stomach? This is how a former minister described Africa-Europe relations last month, using the West African metaphor of an Adinkra crocodile to say both continents… Read more »
March 26, 2014
Africa: Top Africa Think-Tank Pushes Reform - ECA's Carlos Lopes
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) drives Africa's political and economic agenda, along with the African Union – the 54-member organization of African… Read more »
March 20, 2014
Africa: Stolen Funds Dwarf Development Aid - Mbeki
The illicit flow of money out of Africa is at least double what the continent receives from development assistance, according to conservative estimates. Large corporations are… Read more »
March 18, 2014
Africa: U.S. Star To Tackle Electricity Problems in Africa
Senegalese-American singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, popularly known as Akon, has launched an initiative to provide electricity to one million households in Africa by the end of 2014. Read more »
March 12, 2014
Africa: Who Tweets Most in Africa?
Tweeters in Accra, Cairo, Johannesburg and Nairobi are the most active in their respective regions of the continent, and football is the most popular topic of discussion. Read more »
January 30, 2014
Africa: Opposition Rolls the Dice in South Africa
For months now, the focus of political attention in South Africa has been on the left and on the politics of populism. Read more »