In Case You Missed It: 7/18/16–7/24/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Bill Gates invests $5 bil­lion into the African con­ti­nent and a look into the Man­dela Wash­ing­ton Fel­low­ship for Young African Lead­ers. Bill Gates to invest $5 bil­lion into the African con­ti­nent over the next 5 years Bill Gates, the founder of American…

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…

Emmanuel Weyi Aims to Change the Democratic Republic of Congo

It’s dif­fi­cult to write about the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) with­out refer­ring to its unsta­ble and author­i­tar­i­an past. It’s a past that brings reminders about Patrice Lumum­ba, Mubu­tu Sesse Seko, Lau­rent-Desire Kabi­la, Bel­gian col­o­niza­tion, and Zaire. The tumul­tuous past remains a back­drop even as the coun­try charges for­ward in a new era of elec­tions and…

In Case You Missed It 9/1/15 – 9/6/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week we look at the threat posed by reli­gious rad­i­cals in a Cen­tral African nation, the effects of tech­no­log­i­cal inno­va­tion in many African coun­tries, and a sport­ing extrav­a­gan­za begins in Braz­zav­ille. 1. Reli­gious rad­i­cals risk…

African Reports Focus on Disease and Wildlife

CBS’s 60 Min­utes has an “African prob­lem.” After being lam­bast­ed three weeks ago in a pub­lic let­ter to the orga­ni­za­tion, penned by Colum­bia School of Jour­nal­ism pro­fes­sor and for­mer New York Times reporter Howard French and signed by over 150 oth­er jour­nal­ists and pro­fes­sors, CBS is strug­gling to defend its cov­er­age of the Ebo­la out­break. The letter…

Colorado ‑Africa Summit Creating Awareness about Africa Opportunities

In August of this year, Pres­i­dent Oba­ma held an unprece­dent­ed three-day sum­mit in Wash­ing­ton D.C. which brought togeth­er CEOs, Heads of State, and oth­er offi­cials to dis­cuss how to build stronger U.S. — Africa part­ner­ships. The D.C sum­mit result­ed in deals worth bil­lions of dol­lars intend­ed to boost U.S. eco­nom­ic invest­ment in Africa. Africa Agenda…