April 28, 2026
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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.
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
Africa needs a more equitable and sustainable economic model built on African traditional, humanistic philosophies
The Nairobi Declaration, a supposed forerunner to COP28, has not proven that the continent’s approach will be anything significantly different from what it is – beggarly
At a time when the Western model is struggling to inspire any kind of wisdom or exemplarity to younger generations concerned with social and environmental justice, it’s time to reverse the paradigm and look to what other cultures have to offer our globalized society
If Africans are serious about looking within Africa to find solutions to their problems, then increased cooperation, knowledge exchange, experience sharing, and technology transfer among African countries must be encouraged
Africa must develop its own policy, ethics, and governance approach to the development and use of AI
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.
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
Africa needs a more equitable and sustainable economic model built on African traditional, humanistic philosophies
The Nairobi Declaration, a supposed forerunner to COP28, has not proven that the continent’s approach will be anything significantly different from what it is – beggarly
At a time when the Western model is struggling to inspire any kind of wisdom or exemplarity to younger generations concerned with social and environmental justice, it’s time to reverse the paradigm and look to what other cultures have to offer our globalized society
If Africans are serious about looking within Africa to find solutions to their problems, then increased cooperation, knowledge exchange, experience sharing, and technology transfer among African countries must be encouraged
Africa must develop its own policy, ethics, and governance approach to the development and use of AI
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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