November 17, 2017
Africa: Nurturing Young Entrepreneurs As the Next Generation of Hunger Fighters
Considered the "Nobel Prize of agriculture," the World Food Prize is awarded each year for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution… Read more »
Africa: Equipping Youth to Renegotiate 'Africa Rising'
Keynote address on the occasion of National Youth Day, Ghana, by H. E. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SPSG) for West… Read more »
November 15, 2017
Zimbabwe: What Led to Situation in Zimbabwe?
Here are the most recent events leading to the tense political situation in Zimbabwe: Read more »
November 14, 2017
Africa: Economic Growth Rides on Wireless Rails
A telecommunications boom is lifting an industry and a continent. Read more »
Africa: African Media Must Shape the Narrative & Tell Africa's Story Responsibly - Ghana President
Remarks by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the 2017 Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Event Read more »
November 13, 2017
Congo-Kinshasa: 33 Dead in Train Crash
Thirty-three people died on Sunday in a train accident of the National Railway Company of Congo in Buyofwe, a railway station located about 30 kilometers from Lubudi in Lualaba… Read more »
November 12, 2017
Africa: Act Now to End Pneumonia
The numbers of children who die of pneumonia each year is staggering. In 2015, a child under five died every two minutes – 920,000 in all – and pneumonia is the leading… Read more »
November 10, 2017
Africa: Commonly Used Drug May Be Key to Stopping Thousands of Mothers Dying
Roughly every six minutes, a woman somewhere in the world bleeds to death in child birth. But a new medical trial shows that there is a way of combating the problem. Read more »
Africa: Toyin Saraki Says Why Drug Trial for Women is Close to Her Heart
Toyin Saraki was speaking at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to raise awareness of the issue of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), which kills around 100,000 women… Read more »
November 06, 2017
Africa: How to Sustain High Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
After significant strides across sub-Saharan Africa over the past quarter-century, there is now a deterioration in the macroeconomic health of many countries, warns Abebe Aemro… Read more »
Nigeria: Examining The Untapped Power of Citizens in Governance
The role of active citizens in an effective democracy cannot be overemphasized. Nigeria is believed to have a population of over 180 million of which 120 million are said to be of… Read more »
November 03, 2017
Liberia: Sirleaf's Legacy and the New President's Challenge
In the second round of historical presidential elections, Liberians must ask themselves what they have to gain and what they stand to lose if they do not get this right. Here… Read more »
Egypt: TV Presenter Jailed for Talking About Sex Outside Marriage
Doaa Salah, a presenter on Al-Nahar TV has been sentenced to three years in jail after she discussed ways of becoming pregnant outside a conventional marriage, reports news site… Read more »
November 02, 2017
Africa: What Africa Needs - Roads and Bridges, Cooking Oil and Cement
Roads and railways, bridges and harbours - that's what we need to invest in if we are to grow Africa's economies and provide jobs for the millions of young people who want to… Read more »
November 01, 2017
Africa: The Role of African Media in Regional Integration
Most of the founding leaders of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), today's African Union (AU), are not remembered for their support of free press and democratic rule. Yet,… Read more »
Ghana: 'Most Business-Friendly' Investment Destination Is Our Goal – Trade & Industry's Kyerematen
Ghana received welcome news last week from the IMF: real GDP growth for the country is projected to reach 5.9 percent in 2017 and 8.9 percent in 2018, following three successive… Read more »
October 31, 2017
Africa: Experts Explore Infrastructure and Cooperation to Improve Lives
African economies require structural transformation to attain sustained growth that trickles down to all its peoples, an official from the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
Africa: Where Journalists Are Killed With Impunity
Somalia has the world's worst record for solving the murders of journalists – and holds it for the third year running, says a new report. Read more »
October 27, 2017
Africa: 'Guptagate' Hits Businesses Across Africa, China, India
The corruption scandal engulfing South Africa's state-owned companies has triggered a ban by one of the world's leading software companies on the payment of commissions on… Read more »
October 25, 2017
Nigeria: Why Boko Haram Suspects Deserve Fair Trials
As I waited at Nigeria's Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, watching bags of various colors and shapes tumble onto the carousel, I cast a glance around the airport. It always feels… Read more »
Kenya: As the Nation Prepares to Vote...
It is the eve of the much-anticipated October 26 poll and hopes of a successful, peace and credible poll are slim. Read more »
October 24, 2017
Africa: Scaling Up Required to Address Urgent Infrastructure Demand - AFC's Andrew Alli
The African Finance Corporation (AFC) which was established to help bridge Africa's huge infrastructure gap, has made investments totaling more than $4.5 billion in a decade of… Read more »
Africa: An Unfortunate Reminder That Dark Skin Is Still 'Not Beautiful'
"You are pretty for a dark-skinned girl" Read more »
October 22, 2017
Africa: Stumble over Mugabe Challenges WHO Leadership
A few days ago, the 'insider' development news organization Devex gave the new Director General of the World Health Organization a thumbs up for his first 100 days in office. Read more »
Nigeria: The Future of Health and Promise of Primary Health Care in Nigeria
Third Distinguished Lecture At The Ondo State University Of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria Read more »