Women’s Fight for Equity in Africa’s Energy Sector
Women remain underrepresented across Africa's energy industry, including staffing, leadership roles, access to funding and workplace support. As the founder...
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Beyond the Broken Promise of Education
Reflecting on my school days, I was an average student whose parents, immigrants from French-speaking Cameroon, enrolled my siblings and...
Coding Our Own Future: Ending digital dependency starts with mental sovereignty
We've heard it repeatedly. Africa must adapt, be resilient and pivot to seize the opportunities of artificial intelligence and emerging...
The Weight of Success: How Africa’s Trade Future Can Break Family Cycles
Mama Nkechi lived in a cramped one-room apartment at the edge of our neighborhood, always surrounded by children. Some clung...
Young Innovators Are Ready : What it will take to scale youth-led solutions across the continent
Across the continent, youth-led innovation is solving real problems. What's missing is the infrastructure and investment to scale it.
Owning the Value Chain Key to Africa’s Economic Growth
Local processing, regional cooperation and strategic investment are creating a path for resource exporters to capture value that has long...
Kenyan Fintech WapiPay Secures Canadian License in North American Push
NAIROBI WapiPay, a fintech company founded in Nairobi, Kenya, has expanded into North America after receiving a Money Services Business...
Prosperity Party Clinches Parliamentary Majority in Ethiopia’s 7th General Election
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party (PP) secured another parliamentary majority after winning 438 seats in the House of Peoples’...
Namibia, Tanzania Seek Stronger Economic Ties Built on Liberation-Era Trust
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan pledged to deepen trade and investment ties, turning liberation-era solidarity into...
Kenya’s President Ruto Takes Africa’s Agenda to G7 Summit in France
At the G7 Summit in France, President William Ruto pushed for investment-led partnerships, local processing of critical minerals and greater...