September 22, 2020
Malawi: Malawi's President Appeals to Investors, Implores South African Farmers to 'Invest In Our Soil'
With the world focused on fighting the pandemic, a remarkable achievement went largely unnoticed in Africa. A court in Malawi annulled a rigged election and a peaceful rerun… Read more »
September 21, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Recovery Needs Informal Sector on Board
Like many countries across the globe, East Africa's governments are providing economic stimulus packages to lighten the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the bulk… Read more »
Egypt: Does Egypt Need to Go Nuclear?
Egypt's venture into nuclear power has been planned from the top down, with environmental groups and rights organisations expressing reservations, energy analysts questioning… Read more »
September 18, 2020
Burkina Faso: Young Rice Producers Combat Hunger Amid Poverty
On a mission to satisfy local demand for rice, the Mitiri Cooperative of Young Rice Producers are fighting for the eradication of hunger in Bagre, a rural community located in the… Read more »
West Africa: Feeding The Future With Homegrown Cassava, Rice
The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is celebrating a decade of its Feed the Future campaign, which enables partner organisations to target the root causes of… Read more »
September 16, 2020
Kenya: How This Kenya Fishing Co-Op Went From Treading Water to Riding Waves
When Etabo Lopeyo Lotonia was attacked by a crocodile while fishing in Lake Turkana, members of his social enterprise group put aside all the day's tasks to ensure he received… Read more »
September 14, 2020
South Africa: Funerals in Doubt As Nationwide Strike Looms
The Unification Task Team (UTT) has called for a nationwide shutdown of all funeral parlours, with funeral directors requested to send their vehicles to hospitals and mortuaries in… Read more »
September 10, 2020
Ethiopia: U.S.-Ethiopia Relations Take A Wrong Turn
The Trump administration's decision to suspend and delay development assistance to Ethiopia over the filling of the new Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is misguided and shortsighted.… Read more »
September 08, 2020
Uganda: Govt Sets Registration Deadline for Popular Bloggers, Social Media Users
Bloggers and social media users with a large following are among those that will have to register with the Ugandan Communication Commission for monitoring before October 5, 2020,… Read more »
September 03, 2020
Africa: Duty-Free Imports Sought by U.S. Apparel Makers Would Vitiate Africa Trade – Agoa Coalition Warns Congress
The following letter was sent by the Agoa Action Coalition to the chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade Earl Blumenauer (Democrat-Oregon), as well as the… Read more »
August 14, 2020
Namibia: First Lady Monica Geingos Urges Youth to Study Power to Gain Influence
"Watch how your political allies fight their enemies. Be careful of your allies, who use dirty tactics and de-campaign others. One day, when they disagree with you, they will use… Read more »
August 13, 2020
Namibia: So You Want to Be a Politician? Learn From Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos
Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos gave the keynote address at the African Leadership Institute's virtual conference for International Youth Day, which coincided with the launch… Read more »
August 10, 2020
Africa: The African Women Leaders Network – A Movement for the Transformation of Africa
The year 2020 began on a high note for the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN). As the world was preparing to mark 25 years since the Fourth World Conference on Women, AWLN sought… Read more »
August 07, 2020
Africa: What Would a President Biden Do About Africa?
Repairing U.S. relations with key African countries must be a priority for the next administration, if Joseph Biden wins the November election, senior Democrats said during an… Read more »
August 05, 2020
Africa: Tobacco Products - Challenges and Opportunities of Risk Communication Towards the Final Consumer
The Food and Drug Law Institute organized on July 30th a webinar on the perilous process for innovative tobacco manufacturers to obtain an authorization to communicate to the… Read more »
August 04, 2020
South Africa: Brewing Giant Halts U.S.$.290 Million in Investments After Alcohol Ban
South African Breweries (SAB) is cancelling R5 billion ($290 million) of planned investments as a result of revenue losses sustained during a government-imposed ban on alcohol… Read more »
July 15, 2020
Uganda: Clean Cooking - Mother's Illness Inspires Young Engineer's Business
Arthur Woniala was in his last year of university, studying mechanical engineering, when his mother developed severe respiratory disease, after years of being exposed to smoke from… Read more »
July 22, 2020
Uganda: Small Clean-Fuel Business Is Surviving Covid-19 through Adaptation - Founder Arthur Woniala
Ugandan engineer and innovator Arthur Woniala is passionate about people, entrepreneurship and sustainable solutions to everyday challenges. In 2007 with the help of two friends,… Read more »
Africa: How Google's Project Loon Can Improve Epidemic Preparedness
Twenty kilometers above the ground, giant balloons are hovering in the sky, providing high-speed internet spanning 50,000 square kilometers across central and western… Read more »
July 16, 2020
Africa: Poor Communities Are Adapting, Reimagining the Future Amid Covid-19 - C.D.Glin
Covid-19 has changed the world, but African communities are working to innovate in the face of the crisis. One of the institutions participating in discussions with African… Read more »
July 10, 2020
South Africa: 'SLAPP' Suit to Define Legal Landscape in Environmental, Mining Cases Forever?
A South African court has heard the first part of a U.S. $1.3 million defamation suit that may have a profound impact on free speech in the country’s future. Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: Mining Companies Try to Slap Environmental Activists Down
African citizens and local community groups which campaign on environmental issues are increasingly being sued by corporations in what activists regard as attempts to silence them.… Read more »
July 02, 2020
Africa: Using the Demographic Dividend as Anchor to Fight COVID-19
The Year 2020 will be remembered as the year that heralded great global changes in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. This debilitating contagion has forced the entire world to… Read more »
July 01, 2020
South Africa: Pay Black Women Healthcare Workers, The Backbone of Our Health Sector
It will take the average professional nurse 65 years to earn the annual salary of a chief executive officer of one of the private hospital groups in South Africa. Read more »
June 30, 2020
Kenya: How a Group of Turkana Herders Became Vegetable Farmers
Natiira Ateni Self Help Group was formed in August 2014 in northwest Kenya, near the borders of South Sudan and Uganda. The community group was launched by former pastoralists who… Read more »