The Price of a Headline A careless headline in London can drain billions from Africa. A New York op-ed about instability in an African election translates into higher borrowing costs for governments across the continent. The math is brutal: perception...
In the flickering glow of a single lamp, a young Ibrahim Traoré sat in his parents' modest home in Kéra, Bondokuy in Burkina Faso’s agricultural west. His father was a nurse while his mother was a housewife. His two...
In mid-2022, there were 1.9 million job vacancies in Germany, an all-time high in the country's history. Meanwhile 1.9 million Kenyans are suffering from depression. A large part of this depression is driven by a lack of jobs. On...
Not long ago, Qatar was a country boxed in by its neighbors. The 2017 Gulf blockade was supposed to squeeze it into submission. Instead, it forced Doha to reinvent itself as a global mediator and investor, a state that...
Revamping Supply Chains - A Pathway to Empowerment for Africa's Small Businesses For too long, African small businesses and entrepreneurs have operated at a systemic disadvantage - excluded from lucrative segments of supply chains surrounding the continent's abundant natural resources...
As Cameroon approaches the 2025 presidential election, the nation stands at a critical crossroads. 91-year-old President Paul Biya is seeking to extend his decades-long rule. His cronies support him. But behind this facade of support lies a deeper truth—a...
Today is the first year anniversary of the ongoing War in Sudan. Lest you forget, there people are still dying in Sudan. There is something you should know about the people responsible for the loss of life. For the...