Food, shelter, health, and good sanitation should be more relevant for Africans than the vote COMMENT | SIMPLICE A. ASONGU | Africa’s policymakers understand that strong economic and political leadership is essential to growth and stability. For years, African economies have fared better than expected, owing to a commitment to improving …
Read More »Africa aims for cheaper air travel with free market launch
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Africans have for years paid sky-high airfares when travelling within the continent but a major aviation trade agreement launched Monday by the African Union aims to change that. Twenty-three African countries have signed on to the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), which is …
Read More »Reconsidering governance in Africa
Reconsidering governance in Africa: Why our obsession with copying and pasting western institutions causes more harm than good THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | If you follow debate on Africa anywhere in the world, everyone will tell you that the main problem with our countries is governance. Yet this claim is …
Read More »Uganda’s financial market ranked 10th in Africa
Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s financial market has been ranked 10th with a score of 47%, a head of Tanzania in the East African Community in the inaugural Barclays Africa Group Financial Markets Index 2017. The survey that was conducted in 17 African countries that account for 60% of …
Read More »Trump says US ‘deeply respects’ Africa in letter to AU
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | President Donald Trump said the United States “deeply respects” Africans and will dispatch its top diplomat to the continent, in a letter to African leaders seen by AFP on Sunday. The letter sent last week comes after Trump provoked a firestorm of indignation among …
Read More »Trump meets Kagame, sends ‘warmest regards’ to African leaders after reported slur
Davos, Switzerland | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Friday asked the African Union chairman to pass on his “warmest regards” to other regional leaders at a summit this weekend, after sparking outrage with a reported slur against Africans. Trump met Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the World Economic …
Read More »Oldest human fossil outside Africa is dug up in Israel
Miami, United States | AFP | The oldest remains of a modern human outside Africa have been dug up in Israel, offering evidence of what genetic studies have already suggested — that humans migrated out of Africa some 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. Facial fragments, including a jawbone and …
Read More »Toyota South Africa recalls more than 700,000 cars over airbags
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Toyota South Africa Motors said Thursday it had issued a notice to recall more than 700,000 vehicles over airbag safety concerns, with some affected models dating back over 15 years. The Japanese carmaker said the recall was needed to replace front airbag inflators produced …
Read More »COMMENT: Burning Africa’s ivory
Why Africa should not celebrate the ban of ivory markets even if ending poaching is noble COMMENT | GERALD MBANDA | China, which for decades has been the world’s largest ivory market, is hailed for her recent ban on ivory trade and shutting down more than 150 ivory factories and shops …
Read More »Unleashing Africa’s inner strengths
Institutions, policies, and champions COMMENT | Paul Kagame | Despite the myriad challenges we still face, over the past two generations our world has become more prosperous and equitable, and also safer. Cooperation among nations has been a foundation of that progress, as well as the best mechanism for sustaining …
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