Africa Day should not be observed merely as a ritual of speeches and nostalgia. It should be approached as a test.
The farce lies in the performance of Pan-Africanism without power. It lies in institutions that speak of unity while African economies remain exposed to rating agencies, foreign…
Until the AU can fund a much greater share of its own agenda and use Africa’s financial institutions more strategically, its agency will remain constrained
as we celebrate the Africa Day, it’s high time to practically reimagine Chiekh Anta Diop’s concept ‘African renaissance’ as the world gradually restructures into a new world order.
The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this…
The French president’s visit to Nairobi was a spectacular flop that exposed the tension between African agency and Western entitlement
Africa Day is generally marked as a day for celebration, a day to rejoice at the steps taken by previous generations to fight against and eliminate the effects of colonialism,…
The three Sahelian countries — Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — which have experienced military coups, have not been able to contain the growing episodes of terrorism they have…
Liberal democracy contains a structural problem that its defenders rarely acknowledge. It is a procedural system for organising competition. It legitimises decision-making…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is drifting towards a dangerous precipice and far too few seem willing to acknowledge it. By arming violent militias, the government in…
The journey through culture, heritage and hospitality showcased that beyond the landscapes and landmarks is the warmth of the people and their optimism for the future
What has prevented most African countries from performing as well as Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam in economic modernisation is connected with the continent’s ‘soft…
Nations that escaped colonial domination find themselves surrendering economic sovereignty to creditors, ratings agencies and technocrats miles away. This is remote-controlled…
SA citizens are not xenophobic for demanding lawful migration, secure borders and fair access to limited opportunities
Twenty-five years after Nepad, there is an urgency to act on what its founding fathers envisaged for the continent’s renewal
Our simple argument is that the Second Scramble for Africa shouldn’t happen on our watch when we have so much at our disposal to avert this age-old plunder. It is a shameful…
Budgets are rewritten in Washington and Brussels rather than in Harare, Accra or Nairobi
