In Case You Missed It: 9/05/16 — 9/11/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Niger­ian film­mak­ers get a big break and Ghana’s women take to the roads. Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val Turns Spot­light to Nige­ria Lagos, Nige­ria was cho­sen by the Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­it­val (TIFF) to take part in its 2016 City to City program.…

In Case You Missed It: 8/22/16 — 9/1/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Face­book founder, Mark Zucker­berg vis­its Nige­ria and Kenya, and African migrants flow into Mex­i­co. Mex­i­co Issues Tran­sit Visas to African Migrants  Accord­ing to an Asso­ci­at­ed Press sto­ry reprint­ed by the Col­orado Springs Gazette, author­i­ties in Mex­i­co have recent­ly issued tran­sit visas…

In Case You Missed It: 8/15/16 — 8/21/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Africa takes home the gold at the Olympics, an Olympian uses his win to protest vio­lence in his home coun­try, and John Ker­ry plans an Africa trip. Ten Gold Medals Go to African Con­ti­nent The 2016 Olympics have con­clud­ed, and it’s…

What Can Official Visits Tell Us About U.S.-Africa Relations?

As U.S. Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma’s pres­i­den­cy winds down, we at Africa Agen­da feel it is impor­tant to look back at what he and his admin­is­tra­tion did — or did­n’t do— for the African con­ti­nent over the past 8 years or so. Oba­ma him­self is half African; born to a Kenyan father and an Amer­i­can moth­er. It…

In Case You Missed It: 07/25/16 — 07/31/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, Niger­ian sci­en­tists invent a new Malar­ia test, thou­sands of pro­test­ers take to the streets in Ethiopia, Tunisia ousts its prime min­is­ter, and Chad’s for­mer dic­ta­tor is ordered to pay for his crimes. New Malar­ia Test Allows For Self-Diag­no­sis Fyo­dor, a Nigerian…

In Case You Missed It: 7/4/16 — 7/11/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, we look at the ques­tions raised by Euro­pean teams being dom­i­nat­ed by Africans, and we find out why African entre­pre­neur­ship is boom­ing. African Foot­ballers in the Dias­po­ra Fac­ing a Dilem­ma of Loy­al­ty  Whether it’s in the Unit­ed States, Europe or in…

In Case You Missed It: 6/27/16 — 7/3/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, the African Union takes the next steps on its Agen­da 2063 plan, and Indi­an Pre­mier Naren­dra Modi, as well as Israeli Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu, vis­it the African con­ti­nent. With e‑passport, African Union Fur­thers Con­ti­nen­tal Inte­gra­tion Just as the Euro­pean Union…

In Case You Missed It: 6/6/16 — 6/12/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up In this week’s news, the U.S. Wom­en’s soc­cer team to face South Africa in a high­ly antic­i­pat­ed friend­ly, bak­ers in Burk­i­na Faso go on strike and Zim­bab­we frees pro­tes­tors. U.S. to take on South Africa In preparation…

In Case You Missed It: 4/11/16 – 4/18/16

In this week’s news, African lead­ers gath­er in Ethiopia for a high-lev­­el secu­ri­ty sum­mit, and investors in Africa cau­tioned not to leave too soon. The Econ­o­mist Cau­tions Not To Pull Out of Africa Too Soon It’s true there are plen­ty of con­cerns among the mil­lions of investors who have put their mon­ey and hopes in the economies…