October 16, 2015
Africa: Food: The Centre of our Lives and the Centre of our Futures
Food often brings us together - whether it is working to harvest crops, preparing traditional recipes or over joyous celebrations. While what we eat varies, food is a constant… Read more »
October 08, 2015
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 »
October 03, 2015
Africa: 'Youth Dividend' Will Help Africa Produce Food and Jobs
Ten million young people are entering the African labour market every year. This presents both a challenge and an opportunity to take advantage of the "youth dividend" by… Read more »
September 29, 2015
Africa: Don't Just Make it Sexy, Walk the Talk on Women, Youth in Agriculture
Melissa Britz is reporting from Zambia at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF 2015), and spoke with Sylvia Mwichuli, the convener, about her expectations and hopes for the… Read more »
September 24, 2015
Africa: Unleashing the Power of Young People and the Demographic Dividend
The demographic dividend has become a rallying call around the world. Read more »
September 08, 2015
Nigeria: Nigeria: 'Power of One' Sets a Nation on Track
Nationwide-wide electrical outages nearly shut down Africa's largest economy before the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari in late May. But now the lights are on, the… Read more »
August 12, 2015
Africa: Data Has Critical Role in Driving Inclusive Development - Bisa Williams
The Obama administration supports a three-track approach to financing development, according to U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams. Interviewed by AllAfrica's… Read more »
July 20, 2015
Nigeria: Dark Country to Lead in Lighting the World
Clean, cheap, inexhaustible sources of electricity - every country needs it. But existing investments in power grids built on fossil fuels keeps most countries tied to costly,… Read more »
July 17, 2015
Africa: Addis Conference Leaders Call for Industrial Growth
Ethiopia's decade-long record of double-digit economic growth was often cited as a model for other developing countries by speakers at the Third International Conference on… Read more »
July 15, 2015
Africa: 'New, Proud Africa' at Addis Confab - ECA's Carlos Lopes
For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet". The… Read more »
Africa: Good Governance and Democracy Make for Better Land Use - Expert
On the sidelines of the recent meeting on climate science in Paris, AllAfrica spoke with Ephraim Nkonya, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research… Read more »
July 14, 2015
Africa: Addis Talks On Finance Crucial for Development, Says UN Chief
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged delegates attending the Third International Conference on Financing for Development to put aside what divides them and work… Read more »
July 11, 2015
Africa: 'Multi-sided' Partnership Required to Finance Inclusive Development - IMF Chief
A "once in a generation opportunity" – that's how Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), described the chance to assemble the… Read more »
July 08, 2015
Africa: Looking Beyond Money and Aid for Africa's Development
The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for Africa's youth. Every day we see images of people risking and often losing their lives in attempts to flee what would appear to be a… Read more »
Africa: Will Africa Be Heard At Climate Science Talks?
The global scientific community is meeting at a conference in Paris this week to strengthen the consensus on the science which explains changes to the planetary climate system in… Read more »
June 17, 2015
Nigeria: Amid High Hopes, New Opening for Buhari at Home & Abroad – Professor Gambari
Ibrahim Gambari is one of Nigeria's most experienced diplomats, having served as the country's foreign minister – the youngest – under then-military leader Muhammadu… Read more »
Africa: Gates Foundation Changes Focus to 'Last Mile' of Delivery
AllAfrica's Juanita Williams and Melissa Britz interviewed Dr Ayo Ajayi, the director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Africa Team, about the foundation's new… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: Presidential Term Limits Popular With Voters - Survey
A survey of public opinion in 34 African countries shows that nearly three in every four Africans want their president to serve no more than two terms in office. Read more »
May 04, 2015
South Africa: South Africa Needs to Move Beyond 'The Birds and Bees'
I have been a teacher all my working life, first in a rural high school and currently in a university. As a professor of rural education, my work focuses on gender and sexuality… Read more »
Africa: Africans Back Media Freedom, Says Survey
Most Africans want the media to play a watchdog role, and support its right to publish what it wants without government interference, says a new analysis of African public opinion. Read more »
April 30, 2015
Africa: Reimagining Africa: Giving Birth to the Africa We Want
AllAfrica Marks Milestone with Visions, Awards Read more »
April 24, 2015
Africa: Malaria Costs Africa U.S.$12 Billion a Year
In an interview with AllAfrica for World Malaria Day on April 25, Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, says while death rates… Read more »
April 14, 2015
South Africa: Xenophobic Attacks Spread to Durban City Centre
The violence against foreign migrants living in South Africa spread to the centre of a major South African city on Tuesday as crowds reportedly numbering thousands gathered on the… Read more »
April 02, 2015
Nigeria: Why the Opposition Won in Nigeria and What to Expect Now
History is likely to regard Nigeria's just-concluded election as the defining one that finally put the country on an irreversible course of democratic maturation. Read more »
March 24, 2015
Africa: Addis Hustle Bustle Precedes Top-Level Confab on Africa's Future
The sprawling headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is bustling with activities as participants arrive for week-long discussions of Africa's development… Read more »
