Video: Agricultural Co-ops- Enabling Economic Advancement in Africa

Mon­i­ca LaBiche-Brown, exec­u­tive direc­tor of Africa Devel­op­ment Promise, sat down for an inter­view with Africa Agen­da to dis­cuss the organization’s plans for build­ing path­ways to eco­nom­ic inde­pen­dence in Africa. These coop­er­a­tives or co-ops are espe­cial­ly impor­tant in areas of rur­al Africa where small farm­ers may not have the mon­e­tary funds avail­able to grow and sustain…

Cameroon’s Reunification Monument: A New Historical and Touristic Destination

There are var­ied opin­ions about Africa, includ­ing the Cen­tral African nation of Cameroon. When vis­it­ing Cameroon for the first time, peo­ple expect dif­fer­ent things. But what seems to be giv­ing Cameroon and Buea, the South West Region­al Head­quar­ters and for­mer Cap­i­tal of Ger­man Kamerun, in par­tic­u­lar a new image, is the new his­tor­i­cal touris­tic site,…

Africans More Optimistic about Future: Pew Study

News that the African con­ti­nent is mak­ing progress con­tin­ues to pour in. Not only is the con­ti­nent mak­ing progress eco­nom­i­cal­ly and polit­i­cal­ly, but opti­mism by the African peo­ple is also play­ing a role in this as well. In a recent Pew Research Cen­ter sur­vey of eight nations, the research found that Africans were more opti­mistic about…

Obama Majority Yearning for Real Engagement with Africa

The recrim­i­na­tions are pour­ing in; Mitt Rom­ney and the GOP lost the elec­tions, big time. What’s the rea­son for the loss? Let’s take a look at what peo­ple are say­ing in Amer­i­ca and beyond. Many pun­dits, includ­ing those who wrong­ly pre­dict­ed the out­come of the elec­tions, attribute the main cause to chang­ing U.S. demo­graph­ics. Ross…

Northern Africa Thrusted into U.S. Presidential Politics

If you thought for­eign pol­i­cy would remain a non-issue in the cur­rent race for the U.S pres­i­den­cy, think again. While the pun­dits were “talk­ing a good game” about the econ­o­my and jobs, abor­tion, and immi­gra­tion, few had giv­en thought to the obscure movie trail­er post­ed on YouTube, bash­ing Islam,  and the poten­tial con­se­quences it could bring…

In Africa, 9/11 Defined the Emergence of a New, Scary World

Sep­tem­ber days are remem­bered for a great many rea­sons. Some days in Sep­tem­ber are known for noble rea­sons like “World Peace” day on Sep­tem­ber 21. Oth­er days in Sep­tem­ber are known for more bizarre rea­sons like “Ask a Stu­pid Ques­tion” Day on Sep­tem­ber 28. And some days in Sep­tem­ber are more per­son­al like Sep­tem­ber 19, which…

Analyzing the GOP Convention for References to Africa

We’re hear­ing the rum­blings about jobs, tax cuts, abor­tion, immi­gra­tion, and the like as the 2012 U.S. pres­i­den­tial elec­tions enter full gear. We’re also hear­ing much talk about ener­gy pol­i­cy, defense, and such things, from Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma as well as from his Repub­li­can (GOP) chal­lenger, for­mer Gov­er­nor Mitt Rom­ney. As Democ­rats con­vene in Char­lotte, North…