Beijing’s actions suggest it has a serious role to play in Africa’s journey toward stability
The journey to empowering women’s entrepreneurship will not be achieved by any one isolated approach
Steering education in the right direction requires synergy between business and government to provide schools with what they lack – life-altering educational opportunities
The minister said Africa needs a holistic approach to defining critical minerals which considers national and continental needs and global trends
The principle of non-racialism remains one of society’s most radical and valuable principles because it includes classism and sexism
The two countries have a mutually beneficial future in mind at the Brics summit
The continent is embarking on a path to an electric public transport system, highlighting the importance of infrastructure investment
Small donations can have a large positive knock-on effect for African artists and contribute to the economy through art tourism
Climate is seen and dealt with in large part from a masculine point of view and this must change
The Middle-Eastern power is waking up to the continent’s potential as a strategic partner for oil exploration, among other win-win ventures
Insights from the annual extractive industries workshop: Sub-Saharan Africa must embrace the just energy transition and other sustainable means of progress
The birds, which are native to equatorial Africa, have been decimated by the international pet trade
South Africa’s part in World War I shows the importance of collective memory in recalling the ignored names of those who died in service
The country shed colonial and white rule but ushered in Robert Mugabe and then his vice-president, Emerson Mnangagwa, bringing with them the rise of a new authoritarianism
Carbon tax measures will remain so African countries need to develop green industrialisation with support for this through investments
The promise of a new climate economy requires tangible actions across key economic systems, some of which include targeted investments into sustainable water infrastructure
Africa tends to ignore her own problems at home, while doing everything to try and help the rest of the world in putting out their fires
Cholera was largely eliminated from industrialised countries more than a century ago, but there are still a significant number of cases each year in Africa
The continent needs to invest in its potential resource, the youth, by ensuring rapid and extensive digital skills development
If anything, the programmes in their current incarnation are more like sophisticated parrots, incapable of original thought
It persists because of poor sanitation and water supplies, worsening socioeconomic conditions and because governments don’t take its prevention and control seriously
Warning system will reach more countries to help mitigate the effects of flood-related disasters and empower more people to take precautions
Most of this will happen within countries, with a second migration across borders taking place under extreme social or environmental conditions
The unfortunate part about the impact of climate change on this sector is that Africa’s full agricultural potential is yet to be discovered
Survey respondents skip meals and make use of food banks as overheads increase
Auditors general and anti-corruption agencies from 14 countries met to establish ways to stop corruption and illicit financial flows
Development partners are scaling up these renewable energy grids in Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and Niger, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
What does it mean to be African in the contemporary art world?
Scientist Guy Midgley calls for action on avoiding a climate disaster from an African perspective
Instituting new, legal means of trading ivory would create opportunities to put poachers and illegal trade syndicates out of business
The funding includes a $60 million for women in the digital economy and nearly $400 million from the private sector to close the gender digital divide
A report by an international high-level panel notes that a water shortage or contaminated water results in sub-Saharan Africa losing 5% of its GDP each year