Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Lester R. Brown Washington — The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is […]
By Keith Somerville Africa inherited its borders – they were not created by those who live within them, are divided by them or who cannot easily trade across them. The many straight lines on the map (or even the wiggly ones that follow rivers or other features) are one of the banes of the continent. […]
Cairo — A new Android web browser could help users of low-end versions of smart phones, which are becoming increasingly common in Africa, the Middle East and Asia (AMEA), navigate the Internet up to 30 per cent faster. Chinese web services company Baidu has teamed up with telecommunications firm France Télécom-Orange to develop the application, […]
By Grace Kerongo On Valentine’s Day, comedian Churchill will attend the prestigious Miss Africa Dubai 2013 in Dubai alongside Ghanaian actor Majid Michel. The two will be chief guests at the event but Churchill will be playing the role of representing Kenya and East Africa at the event. He will seek to promote tourism and […]
By Faiza Jama Mohamed Female genital mutilation is a global outrage, with 100-140 million women and girls affected worldwide. Since 1992, Equality Now has been working to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls. Eliminating FGM globally is one of our key priorities. Although progress has been slow at times, recent […]
By José-Amed Kouyaté The top 10 players from the Africa Cup of Nations is never an easy task and this edition has proved no different. Among the recognized class acts in an elite list are a few surprises that took the tournament by storm and played crucial roles for their country. With notable mentions to […]
By George A.m. Shackleford When one takes a critical look at the finals in the Africa Cup of Nations, it’s easy to identify that its only 5 goals that we’ve seen out of six finals. Three of the five goals came up in the 2004 finals when Tunisia won Morocco 2 – 1, the only […]
Emerging markets are becoming integral participants of the global economy. The rapid growth in these markets is pushing businesses towards adapting and creating products and service offerings to cater for such markets – across all industries and sectors. Recent Forbes research highlights that the expected growth in emerging markets is estimated at a rate of […]
The 19-year wait is over. On Sunday night, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were crowned as the champions of Africa in front of a capacity crowd at the National Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nigeria beat Burkina Faso 1-0. This moment has taken a while to arrive for Nigeria. On Sunday night, as the Super […]
Arusha — A special tribunal to try Chad’s ex-dictator Hissène Habré, two former Rwandan ministers acquitted, and a Congolese acquitted by the International Criminal Court still detained in an asylum seekers’ centre in the Netherlands. These are some of the top stories of the week. SENEGAL/HABRE Tribunal to try Habré: Senegal on Friday inaugurated a […]