Africa: Africa's Top Public Opinion Survey Under Threat

The consortium which runs Africa's most authoritative public opinion surveys faces funding difficulties. Writing for AllAfrica, Johnnie Carson says that coming at a time when… Read more »

Africa: Panama Papers Probe Exposes New Secret Deals Across Africa

International journalists' networks investigating the use of offshore bank accounts which enable wealthy clients to reduce the level of scrutiny of their dealings have published… Read more »

Africa: Indian PM Modi's African Safari

Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi. Read more »

Africa: Continent Can Accelerate Growth Despite Commodities Slowdown

The apparent end to the commodity super-cycle has sent shock waves across the global economy. It has sparked turbulence in world stock markets, put pressure on currencies, and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Runners Dominate Boston Marathon

Ethiopian runners have broken the world record after sweeping both men's and women's Boston Marathon titles. Read more »

Kenya: Watch the Advert That Kenya Banned

The Film Classification Board in Kenya has asked Coca-Cola to delete a kissing scene in a television advertisement because it "violates family values", according to the BBC. Read more »

Africa: Nairobi Trade Talks Made History - Kenya Foreign Minister

At the start of 2015, the prospects for a successful outcome for the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi were dim. The pundits were forecasting… Read more »

Africa: Trade Talks in Nairobi Can Deliver a Transformed World

After a long and winding journey that started when the World Trade Organization first chose Nairobi as the venue for its 10th Ministerial Conference, known by the acronym MC10, the… Read more »

Africa: Trade Can Beat Poverty - Starting With Nairobi Conference

Travelling the globe for the World Trade Organization (WTO), I get asked the same questions everywhere I go: what is my view of the global economy and what is the next big trend? I… Read more »

Africa: How Africa Can Fix the International Criminal Court

The demand of South Africa's ruling African National Congress that the government should pull out of the International Criminal Court is defeatist, naïve and reactionary, says… Read more »

Africa: World Trade Talks Offer Historic Opportunity for Africa

As world leaders met at the recent United Nations summit to adopt global goals to end extreme poverty in 15 years, a determination to create broader and more participatory… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Governance Winners, Losers and Surprises

Zimbabwe is one of the African countries where governance has improved most in the four years up to 2014. Senegal just might surge ahead of its African counterparts in the future,… Read more »

Kenya: Obama's 'Homecoming' Connects Continents - and Colleagues

The day of President Barack Obama's arrival in Kenya, I was hunched in front of a computer monitor in AllAfrica's Washington, DC offices scanning our diverse sources for updates. Read more »

Kenya: Exporting Innovation to the World

Kenya now may well be on its way to becoming a "silicon savannah," a hub of excellence and innovation in technology. Read more »

Kenya: A Kenyan Mother's Fight to Save Her Community from Lead Poisoning

As environmental activist Phyllis Omido ascended the stage at the San Francisco Opera House to accept a prize for her efforts to close down a dangerous lead smelter, the crowd… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Transitions from Analogue to Digital Television: GSMA

The Kenyan government has announced its plans to complete the transition from analogue to digital television by March of 2015. Mortimer Hope, Director of Spectrum and Public Policy… Read more »

Kenya: Interview with Mortimer Hope of GSMA

The Kenyan government announced that they will complete digital migration by March 2015  in three phases. GSMA is excited about this because it shows Kenya's commitment to… Read more »

Kenya: Konza – City of Dreams

What if there were a city where big ideas become real, where traffic jams are obsolete, where women and men develop futuristic technologies together, where natural and urban… Read more »

Kenya: Silicon Savannah Reimagines Cities

He has struggled to find jobs since he finished high school a decade ago – but if Alex Muoki has bet right this time, he may turn out to be a winner. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Exports to Europe Now Face Tariffs

Since October 1, Kenya has lost its free access to the European market due to the East African Community (EAC) failing to negotiate a free trade deal with the European Union (EU). Read more »

South Africa: Minister's Comment Over Kenya Swimmers Sparks Twitter Storm

South African Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has sparked controversy over comments made about Kenyan athletes, the Mail and Guardian reports. Read more »

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 »

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 »

Kenya: Train Derails, Crashes in Kibera

A cargo train has derailed and crashed into homes in Kibera, where about one million people live. Read more »

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 »