January 29, 2014
Africa: Debunking Myths Around Farming in Africa
New technologies and ideas - from mobile phone information systems to new crop varieties - are rapidly transforming agriculture across Africa. Read more »
January 27, 2014
Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues
A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo Win Fourth Grammy
Traditional acapella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have won the Grammy Award for Best World Album for Live: Singing for Peace around the World - sharing the award with the… Read more »
January 21, 2014
Africa: Three Myths That Block Progress for the Poor
The introduction to the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Read more »
Africa: Empowering Women Builds Better Futures
Melinda Gates says everyone wins - and lives are saved - when teenage girls are in school rather than having babies. Excerpted from the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the… Read more »
Africa: Gates Tackles Prophets of Doom On Poverty, Foreign Aid
The American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has mounted a vigorous attack on prophets of doom who say that poor countries are destined to remain so and that foreign… Read more »
January 16, 2014
Africa: Kenya's Lupita Nyong'o Nominated for Oscar
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o has been nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts… Read more »
January 15, 2014
Africa: Leveraging the Continent's Resources for Infrastructure - Kaberuka
Donald Kaberuka has ambitious targets for his second and final five-year term as President of the African Development Bank. At the Bank's annual luncheon earlier this month, he… Read more »
January 06, 2014
Africa: Africans Give Govts Failing Marks On Power, Water Supplies
Although two of every three Africans believe their governments are performing well in the fight against HIV and Aids, fewer approve of their delivery of basic health services and… Read more »
December 12, 2013
Africa: We Must Continue the Long Walk - Ambassador
An address delivered by Ebrahim Rasool, South African ambassador to the United States, to a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC: Read more »
December 30, 2013
Africa: Journalists Killed in Somalia in 2013
Biographies from the Committee to Protect Journalists of the media workers killed in Somalia in 2013: Read more »
Africa: Egypt One of Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists
Egypt has become one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists, says the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Read more »
December 27, 2013
Africa: Championing a Development Agenda Beyond 2015
Molly Elgin-Cossart, senior fellow at the New York University Center on International Cooperation, reflects on lessons learned from the United Nations High-Level Panel on the… Read more »
December 11, 2013
Africa: Major Progress in Malaria Fight - Report
Despite an increase in the number of people at risk for malaria, mortality rates have dropped dramatically since 2000 through the use of a handful of tools that global health… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: African Leaders Coming for Mandela Memorial
The 37 African heads of state and government, as listed by South Africa's foreign ministry, who are scheduled to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Grows Seven-Fold in Seven Years
Ethiopian Airlines began operations in 1946 as a joint operation managed by the American carrier TWA, using World War II aircraft acquired from the U.S. military to transport… Read more »
November 30, 2013
Africa: AllAfrica's Amadou Mahtar Ba Named One of 'Most Influential' Africans
AllAfrica co-founder and chair Amadou Mahtar Ba has been named for the third successive year as one of the 100 most influential Africans. Read more »
November 22, 2013
Africa: Better Coordination Needed to Eradicate Malaria
Malaria researchers believe that better coordination and new technologies, such as the use of vaccines and sophisticated disease mapping, can inject new life into the ambitious… Read more »
November 21, 2013
Africa: Senegal, Kenya Lead Africa's Internet Surge
Senegal and Kenya are the African countries where the internet is having the biggest economic impact, according to a new report. Read more »
November 16, 2013
Africa: PTA Bank Finds 'Sweet Spot' for Growth to Finance Regional Development
PTA Bank, formally known as the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, is a little known but significant player on the African financial scene.Established in 1985… Read more »
November 14, 2013
Africa: Africa Set for Final World Cup Knockout Games
Africans will know in the next five days who will represent them at the 2014 World Cup. Read more »
November 13, 2013
Africa: Governments Failing in Corruption Fight
Most Africans say their governments are failing in the fight against corruption, and many believe the situation has deteriorated in the last decade, according to the continent's… Read more »
Africa: Corruption Punishes Poor the Most, Says Report
An excerpt from the Afrobarometer report, "Governments Falter in Fight to Curb Corruption: The people give most a failing grade", published in November 2013: Read more »
November 11, 2013
Africa: Helping Mothers to Deliver Healthy Children Safely
Holding the hand of Kumi as she went into labor at 3 am is a moment I'll never forget. Kumi lives in small hut in rural Ethiopia, hours away from the nearest health facility - and… Read more »
October 31, 2013
Africa: Child Mothers Set to Double By 2030, Says UN
The number of girls who become mothers before they are 15 years old is set nearly to double in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, according to a new United Nations report. Read more »