Analysts weigh in on US advisory council visit to Nigeria

Abu­ja — A U.S. advi­so­ry coun­cil on African dias­po­ra engage­ment is in Nige­ria on a mis­sion to dis­cuss dias­po­ra-led invest­ments across sec­tors includ­ing edu­ca­tion, health, tech­nol­o­gy and the cre­ative indus­tries. Ana­lysts weigh in on the pur­pose of the vis­it. Del­e­gates to the 12-mem­ber President’s Advi­so­ry Coun­cil on African Dias­po­ra Engage­ment were in Nige­ri­a’s eco­nom­ic cen­ter, Lagos, Monday…

Africa and U.S. Cities — A Recognition

With Africa and U.S. Cities, a doc­u­ment pub­lished by the Wash­ing­ton D.C.-based Cen­ter for Strate­gic and Inter­na­tion­al Studies(CSIS), news about the African con­ti­nent — its peo­ples, gov­ern­ments, insti­tu­tions, and activ­i­ties — nev­er stops. Cov­er­age of the con­ti­nent by Amer­i­­can-run, as well as African-run orga­ni­za­tions, and a mix of oth­ers, is what informs us about what…