Tag Archive: Africa

State of the Continent: ‘Is this the Africa we Want?’

The continent celebrated 58 years since the formation of the Africa Union (formerly Organization of Africa Unity) towards the end of last month. The...

Building The Africa We Want

9 days into February 2020, the African Union Heads of State Assembly began.  It was the last of the many activities that made up...

Multinational Companies, Pay Your Share of Tax!

By Appolinaire Nishirimbere “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” said an eminent economist. However, this adage seems to apply only...

Xenophobia in SA, Social Media’s Immediacy in Modifying African Behaviour

This recent week, if I owned Facebook, Google or WhatsApp and sitting far, far away from South Africa, Southern Africa and Africa itself I...

Zille vs. Haffajee on hate speech and the Economic Freedom Fighters

Before we talk about what the law says, we should talk and think about what sort of society we hope for the law to...

Bridging the Digital Divide for Universal Health Coverage innovation in Africa

Can Africa achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)? There are mountains to climb  when it comes to achieving UHC in Africa – poverty, inadequate infrastructure,...

The Way Forward on Social Media Shutdowns

Digital authoritarianism is rapidly becoming fashionable in Africa. In 2018, Access Now recorded 21 shutdowns in Africa, a sharp rise from 13 shutdowns in...

Role of Young People in Africa Today

You know that moment when someone says something that you have been thinking but been unable to either put it into the right words...

German Minister for Africa’s Selective and Neo-Colonial Amnesia

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)  recently had an online news feature titled, ‘Can Voluntary Colonialism Stop Migration to Europe?’.  While the title itself is more...

When a picture is worth a thousand words: Xi Jinping meets ‘Africa’

A picture is worth a thousand words, is the phraseology popularised in 1927, by advertising executive Fred R. Barnard. He coined the phrase, to...

Kabila’s opponent Moses Katumbi prevented from returning to DRC

In the DRC, only members and relatives of the regime can move freely in the country. They enter and leave the country without problem....

Of Kenya’s ‘Illiberal’ Democracy

GUEST BLOG The recent happenings in Kenya call for sober reflection on the nature of our democracy, and by extension, our political culture. When...