Africa: Building the Media Africa Needs

There has never been a greater hunger for information in Africa than now. A better educated, more prosperous and young population are eager for facts and opinions about everything… Read more »

Africa: Mozambican Wins Prestigious Vaccine Innovation Award

Sixty-four-year-old Margarida Matsinhe has won the 2013 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award for her "instrumental" work in overhauling the vaccine system in her native Mozambique. Read more »

Africa: Supporting Women in Agriculture for a 'Prosperous' Africa

The African Union (AU) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but instead of looking back, the current chair, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, seems intent on casting her vision… Read more »

Africa: Summit Needs to Promote African Renaissance 2.0

When former South African President Thabo Mbeki brought back the notion of an African Renaissance to African political circles in the late 1990s, the continent was at a different… Read more »

Africa: Celebrating the AU's First Female Leader

When the chair of the African Union (AU), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma walked into the 21st bi-annual Gender is my Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) meeting on Tuesday she was given a reception, I… Read more »

Africa: Columbia University Hub Aims to Engage African Research

We live in an increasingly globalised world and this is transforming how we live. Thanks to new technology we can now communicate seamlessly and instantly across the globe.… Read more »

Africa: Will an African Be Chosen to Lead the World Trade Organization?

Notwithstanding the fact that the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has few real powers as executive head of a member-driven organization, it is one of the… Read more »

Africa: Superstars and Minnows Alike Gear Up for Soccer Glory

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations presents Cote d’Ivoire with what will possibly be the final chance for their so-called Golden Generation to claim the continent’s top… Read more »

Africa: World Bank Projects Five Percent Growth

An excerpt from the 2013 World Bank report, Global Economic Prospects, dealing with Sub-Saharan Africa: Read more »

Africa: World Bank Assessment of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012

An excerpt from the sub-Saharan Africa summary of the World Bank's report, Global Economic Prospects: Read more »

Africa: Developing Education Sector Shows Encouraging Signs

When studying law, mock trials or moot court competitions are an exciting and challenging way to put the legal theory that you have learnt into practice. In my final year of study… Read more »

Africa: Eradicating Malaria 'Only Viable Long-Term Strategy'

Dr. David Brandling-Bennett, deputy director of the malaria programme at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, says that recent success in Zambia is proof that real progress can… Read more »

Africa: Improve Policies to Fight Hunger - World Bank

Rising global food costs and low African food production require African governments to work to open regional agricultural trade to help improve productivity, says Makhtar Diop,… Read more »

Africa: Tackling 2013's Development Challenges

In 2013, Africa is likely to maintain its decade-old pace setting annual average economic growth rate of 5 percent or more, according to estimates from the World Bank, the… Read more »

Africa: New Model Aims to Boost Higher Education

For decades after sub-Saharan Africa's emergence from the colonial era, its universities were weakened by civil strife and political turmoil. Read more »

Africa: Tapping Africa's Scientific Potential

When John Mwero looks at charred sugar cane ash he sees sturdy bridges, soaring skyscrapers and stable roads. He's convinced that bagasse ash - the residue that's left after… Read more »

Africa: Attacking Malaria Before it Sickens (Part2)

"We are now witnessing a true renaissance, an awakening, about malaria," Carlos (Kent) Campbell said when he accepted a lifetime achievement award in November at the American… Read more »

Africa: Investing in Africa 'The Savage Way'

In his memoir, "The Savage Way, Successfully Navigating the Waves of Business and Life", Frank Savage writes about a love of the continent that began before he went there for the… Read more »

Africa: Development Requires Investment, Democracy - Moeletsi Mbeki

This week's African National Congress elective conference will decide who should lead South Africa's ruling political party into the next election in 2014. But key issues… Read more »

Africa: Remarkable Strides, Formidable Challenges, Says Malaria Fighter (Part 1)

In receiving the distinguished Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal in recognition of outstanding work in the field of malariology, Carlos (Kent) Campbell said last month that the world… Read more »

Africa: UN Official Calls for Boost to Smallholder Farming

The African Green Revolution Forum held earlier this year in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to put smallholder farmers at the center of the conversation … Read more »

Africa: Scaling Up Impact for Women

Melanne Verveer likes numbers. As the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues, Verveer is a veritable encyclopedia of studies, facts and figures related to… Read more »

Africa: Twelve Countries Rank in Top 75 on Anti-Corruption Index

Twelve African countries are ranked among the 75 least corrupt nations in the world, according to the 2012 index published Wednesday by Transparency International. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Africanists Worry Over Obama's Next Secretary of State

As President Barack Obama decides whom to nominate to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state during his second term, Africa specialists in the United States are beginning to… Read more »

Africa: Preparing Youth for Africa As a Country

More than 1,000 participants from around the world recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the fourth annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), convening under the theme… Read more »