The Modern “Scramble for Africa”
by Andrej Sagaidak edited by Dele Williams April 2, 2019 A comparative analysis of four major foreign powers’ policy strategies towards the African continent The term “Scramble […]
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Ethiopian flight 302 inquest
By Andrej Sagaidak Safety & security compromises at the interface between human and artificial intelligence The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 from Addis Ababa to […]
Russia’s Private Military Contractors in Africa: an act of desperation or legitimate means to secure influence?
By Andrej Sagaidak Background to Russia-Africa Policy Moscow’s interest in Africa goes back to the era of rapid decolonisation across the continent in the early 1960s. […]
Africa will have some of the world’s fastest-growing economies in 2019—and a looming debt crisis
By Yinka Adegoke Trying to get to grips with what to expect from Africa’s economies in 2019 can be broken out into three categories of […]
Nuclear power for the continent, does it make sense?
Hartmut Winkler explains why he thinks nuclear power is not the solution to Africa’s electricity shortage. The views expressed in this article are the author’s […]
Africa’s first digital free trade area for rollout in 2018
Julius Barigaba, The EastAfrican, 8/1/18 Photo credit: Nation Media Businesses within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) could save up to $450 million […]
Sweet as honey: the African killer bees providing a living in Liberia
Liberian beekeeper Cecil Wilson is holding up a honeycomb, crawling with hundreds of so-called killer bees. They are the most aggressive in Africa, but the honey […]
Reality Check: Are 90% of Zimbabweans unemployed?
There are a lot of figures for the rate of unemployment in Zimbabwe doing the rounds, from 95% to 5%, which is surely the biggest […]
Agriculture is the key to a prosperous Africa
Agnes Kalibata, First published in the Financial Times guest column *beyondbrics, 6/12/17 Agriculture captures the African story like no other economic activity — both the […]
A borderless Africa? Some countries open doors, raise hopes
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – For years African leaders have toyed with the idea of free movement by citizens across the continent, even raising the possibility […]