Israel’s Footprints Across Africa
Israel’s reopening of its embassy in Lusaka after more than half a century is more than a diplomatic ribbon-cutting. It is a signal that Jerusalem is steadily rebuilding a footprint across Africa that has risen and fallen since the 1960s. On August 20, 2025, Israel formally re-established its mission in Zambia, with both sides framing the move as a...
America’s Billion-Dollar Hustle in Africa
I want to tell you a story about Africa’s money, but not the kind of money that Africans count in markets or stash in mobile wallets. This story is about the money that slips offshore, the money siphoned up by America’s most powerful corporations. It is about how Africa has quietly become one of the most profitable theaters for...
White Privilege and Africa’s Foreign Policy Chains
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 becomes premium, and premium becomes poverty. This is not just media bias. It is white privilege disguised as objectivity, and it...
Ibrahim Traoré – The Geologist who became a Brave Soldier
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 brothers Inoussa and Kassoum were close to him then and are still close now. The quiet night air carried the murmurs...
1.9 Million Reasons to Change Capitalism
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 the other side of Africa in West Africa and Central Africa, rising insecurity and violence has pushed more than 1.9...
Qatar’s Billion-Dollar Blitz in Africa
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 survives and thrives not through size but through strategy. Africa, with its vast minerals, young markets, and fragile states, has...
A Pathway to Empowerment for Africa’s Small Businesses
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 and agricultural produce. Burdened by fragmented logistics, lack of infrastructure, and limited access to markets, these enterprises have been confined...
A Call for Change Cameroon’s Urgent Need for New Leadership
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 nation yearning for change, progress, and genuine leadership. Supporters argue that Biya is the beacon of peace and development, the sole...
365 Days of Immeasurable Sudanese Pain
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 thousands who have died. For the hundreds of thousands injured. For the millions displaced. When the Sudan War Started, I did...
