Data Privacy Concerns Could Cost Kenya $2.5bn US Health Deal
A Kenyan High Court has suspended parts of a recently signed 2.5 billion dollar healthcare aid agreement due to data privacy concerns. The suspension[…]
Proposed Accra To Kumasi Expressway: Speeding Into Modernity And Prosperity
As Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, looks towards completing his term on the 6th of January, 2029, he is also planning the official commissioning[…]
Nigeria’s Untapped Spirits Market: How Tradition, Policy, and Innovation Are Reshaping a Sleeping Giant
Globally, spirits consumption is growing steadily. Whisky, gin, vodka, rum, and craft liquors enjoy robust demand across Europe, North America, and Asia. Yet in[…]
Asian Motorbikes, Africa’s Economy, and African Security.
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the hum of Chinese and Indian motorbikes powers daily life and livelihoods. From the narrow streets of Kano to the farmlands[…]
Two Decades Of Africa’s Largest Street Party: Colour, Cash And Commerce
As the Calabar Carnival marks its 20th anniversary, it has evolved beyond a cultural spectacle into one of Nigeria’s most enduring experiments in culture-led[…]
The 21st-Century Trans-Saharan Caravan: From Trade Routes to Tourism Corridors
The Sahara Desert presents two polarising tourism realities. North of the Sahara, in countries like Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia, well-structured, profitable tourism industries[…]
Detty December: Nigeria’s Festive Boom Masks a Different Economic Reality
It is just after 4 a.m and Tinu Adebayor is still at her post. She runs a small informal shop selling snacks and drinks[…]
Galamsey: Illegal Mining Activities are Destroying Ghana’s Lifelines.
Gold has always attracted people to Ghana, a major producer of the precious metal in West Africa. The country has a long history of dealing[…]
Africa’s Economic Resilience in 2025: Growth Amid Global Uncertainty.
Africa entered 2025 facing a complex landscape of opportunities and challenges. The continent’s infrastructure financing gap has grown to an estimated $108 billion annually,[…]
Nigeria’s Unregulated Mining Economy: How Illicit Gold Fuels Parallel Power.
In the sun-scorched terrains of northwestern Nigeria, the gold fields of Zamfara and Niger States stretch across vast, dusty landscapes marked by shallow pits,[…]
Governance Of Ghana’s Ocean Space – Troubled Waters Engendered by Crime and Corruption.
The late Major Courage Quashigah (rtd), a former Ghanaian Health Minister, had his own definition of food security.” Good, quality, nutritious food, hygienically packaged,[…]
Cashew as a Catalyst for Sustainable Rural Development in Burkina Faso.
Seven years ago, when Adama Patrick Sombié received two hectares of land in Bérégadougou, the outlook was bleak. There were no cashew orchards, no[…]
Nigeria’s $1 Billion Lagos Port Gamble: Can Africa’s Busiest Maritime Gateway Shed Its Chaotic Past?
Last month, the Nigerian government confirmed plans to spend $1 billion on the modernization of the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos,[…]
GERD: The Birth of Africa’s Power Giant.
The grand inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on September 9, 2025, was celebrated across Ethiopia as a triumph of national pride[…]
Russia’s Mining Investment in Tanzania: Extraction Or Partnership?
Red dust clings to maize fields and coats village homes in southern Tanzania. Villagers say, trucks rumble past daily carrying soil destined for processing[…]
Nigerian Ginger: A Case Study in Agricultural Policy Failure.
The Nigerian Ginger: A Historical Overview In Southern Kaduna and neighbouring belts, ginger was not just a spice: it was school fees, food on[…]
Reassessing the African Continental Free Trade Area’s Promises at IATF 2025.
The African dream of economic independence made another audacious stride in Algiers when the African Export-Import Bank unveiled a $1 billion trade & distribution[…]
Nationalisation of Mines in the Sahel: How the Sahel’s Military Rulers are Taking Back the Mines.
In the Sahel, sorrow, tears, and pain have indeed become trademarks, as illegal mining fuels insecurity, corruption, and instability. Gold in the Sahel is[…]
The New Scramble for Africa: United Arab Emirates’ Land Acquisition In Africa.
On 10 June 2022, Tanzanian security forces used live ammunition and tear gas to stop a peaceful Maasai protest in Ololosokwan, Loliondo, Arusha. The[…]
The Sea War: How Foreign Trawlers Are Emptying Gambian Nets.
At dawn in the coastal town of Gunjur, wooden pirogues push out into the Atlantic, their small engines humming over the crash of waves.[…]
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