South Africa: Entrepreneur Enters Forbes List

According to a report by Forbe's Magazine, Sizewe Nzima, 21, has been named among the publication's list of 30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs. Read more »

Liberia: Energy, Regional Integration Will Fuel Growth - Finance Minister

Amara Konneh has been the chief coordinator of Liberia's development strategy since his appointment as Planning and Economic Affairs Minister in 2008, a role he continued after… Read more »

Nigeria: Lowering Pesticide Exposure Risk With Mobile Phones

John Gushit from the University of Jos' department of science in Nigeria nearly lost his eye when herbicide in a syringe he'd been working with splashed into it. "Only speed saved… Read more »

Africa: Literacy and Losing Vowels

How will mobile devices enhance literacy in Africa? The answer, according to Donald Clark - outspoken  Scottish entrepreneur and blogger - who takes us a step back. Read more »

Africa: Learning Works Better When It's Done Together

Making a video is a learning experience, and it doesn't have to end up online. If you leave a group of children alone with a device that's connected to the Internet, they can teach… Read more »

Liberia: From Stabilization to Transformation - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

A decade after the worst fighting of its long conflict, which killed an estimated 200,000 of a pre-war population of 2.8 million and forcibly displaced a majority - as many as 1.8… Read more »

Africa: Key African Ally Nigeria Should Get U.S. Support

During Secretary of State John F. Kerry's first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa last week, he had the opportunity to publicly bolster a key U.S. ally. Instead, he singled out… Read more »

Africa: 'It's the Turn of the African Woman'

Toyin Ojora-Saraki, founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a maternal, newborn and child health and empowerment organization, has dedicated more than 20 years to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Blasts Mandela

President Robert Mugabe criticised former South African president and Nobel Laureate Nelson Mandela for allegedly taking a soft stance on the white people through his… Read more »

Africa: Let's Make the Next 50 Years Even Better for Children in Africa

This week, African leaders will gather in Ethiopia to celebrate 50 years since the formation of the Organisation of African Unity - now known simply as the African Union. It's an… Read more »

Kenya: Hague Court Ruling Body Challenges African Union Over Kenya

The relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations Security Council has generated much discussion, criticism and controversy. Read more »

Africa: Investing in Africa's Women

Invest and empower other women on the continent. This is the key message that came from former South African first lady and head of the Graca Machel Foundation, Graca Machel. Her… Read more »

Africa: France-Afrique: Breaking The Ties

The French army's recent intervention in Mali has sparked fresh debate about the relationship between France and Africa. Some detractors passionately advocate for the abandonment… Read more »

Africa: Seizing Opportunities, Delivering Products As African Markets Expand - P&G

Last year, the United States announced a new strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa that emphasizes increased trade and investment, including intra-African trade. Officials acknowledge… Read more »

Zambia: Protesting Students Released

Zambia police have reportedly freed the university students detained on the president's orders after they protested against the government's decision to drop the maize and petrol… Read more »

Africa: Obama Expected in Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa Next Month

President Barrack Obama will visit Dakar next month,according to reports in the Senegalese press. Read more »

Africa: Governance Gets New Emphasis At Economic Forum

The call for transparency and good governance across Africa is not a new one, but it assumed a new prominence at this month's World Economic Forum (WEA) regional meeting for… Read more »

Southern Africa: Madagascar's Rajoelina Refuses to Withdraw Candidacy

Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina has ignored a request by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), not to run in the upcoming elections, reports AFP. Read more »

Africa: Mastectomy Disclosure by Angelina Jolie May Help Reduce Stigma in Africa

In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women in Africa and… Read more »

Africa: Boosting Youth Employment Through Digital Jobs

The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie,… Read more »

Eswatini: Swazi Voter Registration in Shambles

Voter registration is under way in Swaziland amid calls from opposition parties to boycott an electoral process that some have described as a mere formality. Read more »

Somalia: 'The Tears of Somalia': Turkey's 'Moral' Foreign Policy

'The tears that are now running from Somalia's golden sands into the Indian Ocean must stop' declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2011, following a highly charged visit to Mogadishu at… Read more »

Africa: Thomas-Greenfield Likely Choice for Assistant Secretary

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has tapped Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a widely respected career Foreign Service officer, to the department's top Africa post,  sources have… Read more »

Africa: Kenyatta Advocates 'All-Inclusive Society' at Economic Forum

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who describes himself as a simple man driven to help his country prosper, faced challenging questions at a World Economic Forum session here on… Read more »

Africa: DR Congo Riskiest Country For New Mothers

The riskiest country in the world to be a new mother is the Democratic Republic of Congo. That's according to Save the Children's 2013 State of the World's Mothers report. Read more »