| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.11.2024 | The Erosion of Freedom: Mauritius' Social Media Shutdown and Its Implications | In a surprising twist, Mauritius, often hailed as a democratic beacon in Africa, recently experienced a social media shutdown. This decision, taken by the country's communications regulator, came just days before the general election schedu... |
| 06.11.2024 | Mauritius' Social Media Shutdown - a Worrying Sign That Civil Rights Are Slipping | Mauritius' communications regulator recently shut down access to social media platforms until a day after the upcoming general election, due to be held on 10 November 2024. The decision was reversed a day later. Nevertheless, the move came ... |
| 27.08.2024 | The paradox of Botswana’s 2,492-Carat diamond discovery | Botswana recently made headlines with the discovery of a massive 2,492-carat diamond at Lucara Diamond Corp’s Karowe mine. This extraordinary gem is believed to be the world’s second-largest gem-quality diamond ever unearthed, second only t... |
| 05.07.2024 | Breaking Africa’s Vicious Cycle: Politicians Must End Cash Handouts | The irony of African politics is that those who promise to eradicate corruption are often the ones distributing money to voters, while those who demand corruption-free leadership are frequently the recipients of such payments. This illustra... |
| 27.05.2024 | Rising Discontent Pushes South Africa Toward a Tight Poll | On 29 May, South Africans will go to the polls to vote in national and provincial elections. The African National Congress (ANC), which has dominated politics for the last three decades and has become almost synonymous with the state, is pr... |
| 17.04.2024 | Breaking Barriers? President Faye’s Electoral Victory and Africa’s Democratic Awakening | The election of Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is a glimmer of hope in an era of democratic backsliding. As a young leader himself, he should seek to inspire a democratic revival among young Africans.
The rapid expansion of... |
| 15.03.2024 | Africa: Undersea Cables for Africa's Internet Retrace History and Leave Digital Gaps As They Connect Continents | Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the fibre optic cables that run below the world's oceans. Nigeri... |
| 09.11.2023 | Flutterwave obtains international transfers license in Malawi | Flutterwave has been granted a license to facilitate remittances into Malawi. The country’s remittances market makes up 2% of its GDP according to the World Bank.
Flutterwave, the African payments company, has secured a licence to process p... |
| 09.08.2023 | Kenya Is Going Digital to Boost Tax Revenue - There Are Lessons to Learn From Other African Countries | Many African tax authorities have weak capacity to raise revenue. From 1990 to 2020, sub-Saharan African countries on average collected only about 12%-15% of GDP as taxes, a much lower share than the 33.5% in OECD economies.
For countries t... |
| 01.06.2023 | Familiar faces, concerns linger ahead of Sierra Leone’s June vote | Freetown, Sierra Leone – On April 23, President Julius Maada Bio and Kandeh Yumkella danced together at a public function in Freetown, the Sierra Leonean capital, effectively signalling the start of the 2023 election season in the West Afri... |
| 27.04.2023 | Africa: Open Parly Promotes Youth Participation in Parliament | Harare — Youth engagement in government and participation in community development activities can be beneficial for both the community and youth development as young people can bring innovation, creativity and energy. When young people are ... |
| 13.03.2023 | Energy Diplomacy Isn’t Helping Russia In Africa | Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) gestures as Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and ... [+] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) pose for a family photo with African countries leaders attending 2019 Russia-Africa Summit a... |
| 24.02.2023 | Nigeria: Will Technology Deliver a Clean Election for Nigeria? | Voter registration is up, as confidence in election technology grows, but trust in the electoral commission continues to flounder.
From tomorrow, 25 February, and over the next two weeks, 93 million registered voters are expected to go to t... |
| 14.12.2022 | Africa: Digital Divide: Who in Africa Is Connected and Who Is Not | Price of service may be a more important barrier to connectivity than service coverage.
Digital connectivity through information and communications technologies (ICTs) has been recognised as critical for every country's future development a... |
| 09.12.2022 | Accountability at the U.S.-Africa Summit | The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit will be held next week, more than eight years after the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit was held in Washington, D.C., in August 2014 under the Obama administration. During the Trump administration, no such su... |
| 30.11.2022 | Afrobarometer receives major boost with $6 million grant from Sweden | Sida analyst and Deputy Head of Section Niklas Wu-Hansson; Felix Biga Afrobarometer COO; Joseph Asunka Afrobarometer CEO ACCRA, GHANA, November 30, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) h... |
| 05.11.2022 | Lesotho: Six things needed to promote peace and democracy | It was the first election since the political transition of 1993 to be about key issues facing the nation, rather than personalities. This is largely due to the exit from active politics of Motsoahae Thomas Thabane of the All Basotho Conven... |
| 28.10.2022 | Multiparty Democracy Is In Trouble In South Africa – Collapsing Coalitions Are A Sure Sign | Mpho Phalatse was toppled as mayor of Johannesburg following a no-confidence vote in September. A high court reinstated her. Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images |
| 28.10.2022 | Multiparty democracy in South Africa is in trouble | This isn’t the first time that the administration of a city has fallen apart due to coalition politics. Acrimonious scenes have played out across the country in metropoles such as Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane, large towns such as Knysna, ... |
| 18.09.2022 | Ghana: New Data On the E-Levy in Ghana - Unpopular Tax On Mobile Money Transfers Is Hitting the Poor Hardest | Ghana's introduction of a a 1.5% tax on mobile money transactions in May 2022 has been watched closely by policymakers across Africa. The proponents of the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) argue that taxes on mobile money -- commonly re... |
| 27.05.2022 | Huge corruption pressures faced by Africa’s urban planners: some answers | Huge corruption pressures faced by Africa’s urban planners: some answers Image: Adobe stock
Corruption is commonly defined as the abuse of entrusted power for personal gain.
A similar proportion – 43% – indicated that colleagues, superiors ... |
| 14.02.2022 | Ramaphosa Delivers Clear Analysis Of South Africa’s Problems. But Will He Act On Them? | Economic cooperation is the linchpin of the US-SA bilateral relationship. Shutterstock |
| 14.02.2022 | Ramaphosa Delivers Clear Analysis Of South Africa’s Problems. But Will He Act On Them? | Economic cooperation is the linchpin of the US-SA bilateral relationship. Shutterstock
State of the nation addresses offer government an opportunity to speak directly to its citizens. It can offer reassurances that its policies and actions ... |
| 04.11.2021 | The Future of government: How officials can do better at delivering services to citizens | The third Disruptive Debate in the Future of Government series featured four participants from East, South, and West Africa, who discussed the challenges of service delivery. The conversation focused on how governments get things done. Whil... |
| 23.09.2021 | CDC Group’s $50.9m commitment, ZOLA Electric’s digital energy, and Flutterwave X 9PSB | Share this article:
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| 21.09.2021 | Tesla-backed ZOLA Electric is solving Africa’s energy shortage by digitising energy | Share this article:
Update [ September 23, 2021, at 5:10 p.m. WAT]: This article now contains ZOLA Electric’s $90m capital raise on Thursday, September 23, 2021.
Access to reliable, affordable, and constant power supply has continuously bee... |
| 29.10.2020 | When Leaders Override Term Limits, Democracy Grinds to a Halt | Before the end of October, Alpha Condé, the 82-year-old president of Guinea, and Alassane Ouattara, the 78-year-old president of Côte d’Ivoire, will have contested elections to grant them a third term in office. Each has found a way to circ... |
| 07.06.2020 | Health Diplomacy in Africa: Competition and Opportunity | Editor’s Note: The coronavirus pandemic will hit Africa hard in the months to come. For years, China has made inroads there, using its economic clout to build relationships even as the United States has retreated from the region. Mark Lagon... |
| 24.05.2020 | China’s Failed Pandemic Response in Africa | Editor’s Note: As the United States retreats from its traditional global leadership role, China is filling the void. Perhaps nowhere has China’s growing influence been more apparent than in Africa, where China’s economic and security clout ... |
| 01.11.2018 | In Another First, Tunisia Criminalizes Racism | Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
In 1846, Tunisia became both the first Arab and the first Muslim country to abolish slavery. Now, it has become one of the first to criminalize racism.
On Oct. 9, Tunisia’... |
| 19.07.2018 | Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit & Its Impact On Innovation | Infrastructure is still a major headache in Africa, it was estimated that $90 billion will be required annually between 2016 – 2026 in order to close the gap relative to what’s obtainable in developed countries. Access to energy, affordable... |
| - | Should China be blamed for Zambia’s debt talks holdup? | Harry Clynch
January 31st 2023 •
Southern Africa, Zambia •
Trade & Investment
During a facilitated discussion before an audience at the University of Zambia in late January, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina... |
| - | Ex-president Mbeki rebukes Ramaphosa, predicts SA’s ‘Arab Spring’ | Johannesburg, South Africa – Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has delivered a rare scathing critique to current President Cyril Ramaphosa at the memorial service of Jessie Duarte, an African National Congress (ANC) stalwart who di... |
| - | Mauritius pins its hopes on the East | Iqbal Ahmed Khan
August 27th 2021 •
Mauritius •
Trade & Investment
Covid-19 hit Mauritius hard economically by bringing global tourism to a halt and forcing the country to shut its borders. Its economy shrank by 18%, its first recession... |
| - | 2021, the year military coups returned to the stage in Africa | Surrounded by soldiers and with Guinea’s flag draped around his shoulders, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appeared on state television hours after leading a coup in September.
“Guinea is beautiful,” he told his co-patriots, using a crude analogy ... |
| - | How will sanctions on Mali affect the West Africa region? | Charles Dietz
March 2nd 2022 •
Africa •
Trade & Investment
Are the sanctions imposed on Mali in January “disproportionate, inhuman, illegitimate and illegal”, as the country’s military government has claimed? And will their “socioeconom... |
