November 29, 2023
In an unprecedented revelation, the World Health Organization, on World Mental Health Day 2023, stated that Africa now has the highest rate of complet…
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If not properly regulated, foreign capital can trigger considerable economic damage to recipient countries by undermining domestic entrepreneurship
Drivers of change in Africa’s education will not be money, foreign direct investment, economic assistance or technical expertise from the Global North or elsewhere
The solidarity among the Sahel states against the looming threat of an ECOWAS-led proxy military intervention in post-coup Niger has considerably complicated the Community’s resolve to intervene in the country
Sustainability cannot be dealt with in the same way in Africa and in the industrialized North. Hence the need to decolonize the sustainability discourse in Africa
Efforts seeking to enhance political stability must not remain blind to the broad context within which political actors operate and how it ultimately impacts on their ability and willingness to maintain peace and stability
The African subject—not necessarily the political elite—is trapped in an endless and heated loop of meaningless negotiations over terms such as democracy, human rights, constitutionalism, and freedoms that are simply masks of (actually superior) economic and political interests of the Western world.
The leadership of SADC may rightfully realise that the old modus operandi may not be sustainable
When political leaders embrace a pro-active industrial policy in a market-led way as their core economic framework, much of what is realistically possible to achieve for their people is actually achieved
“Genuine progress in Africa hinges on nurturing grassroots-based, endogenously conceived democracy”
AU members must make a correct reading of the current geopolitical situation and weigh the risk paused by excessive external dependency and the risk of losing credibility from the inability to implement their own decisions
If not properly regulated, foreign capital can trigger considerable economic damage to recipient countries by undermining domestic entrepreneurship
Drivers of change in Africa’s education will not be money, foreign direct investment, economic assistance or technical expertise from the Global North or elsewhere
The solidarity among the Sahel states against the looming threat of an ECOWAS-led proxy military intervention in post-coup Niger has considerably complicated the Community’s resolve to intervene in the country
Sustainability cannot be dealt with in the same way in Africa and in the industrialized North. Hence the need to decolonize the sustainability discourse in Africa
Efforts seeking to enhance political stability must not remain blind to the broad context within which political actors operate and how it ultimately impacts on their ability and willingness to maintain peace and stability
The African subject—not necessarily the political elite—is trapped in an endless and heated loop of meaningless negotiations over terms such as democracy, human rights, constitutionalism, and freedoms that are simply masks of (actually superior) economic and political interests of the Western world.
The leadership of SADC may rightfully realise that the old modus operandi may not be sustainable
When political leaders embrace a pro-active industrial policy in a market-led way as their core economic framework, much of what is realistically possible to achieve for their people is actually achieved
“Genuine progress in Africa hinges on nurturing grassroots-based, endogenously conceived democracy”
AU members must make a correct reading of the current geopolitical situation and weigh the risk paused by excessive external dependency and the risk of losing credibility from the inability to implement their own decisions
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than Read more