Top Questions Remain Following VP Harris’ Africa Visit

Unit­ed States Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris com­plet­ed a three-nation African Tour, vis­it­ing Ghana, Zam­bia, and Tan­za­nia. “It was an hon­our being in Ghana, Tan­za­nia and Zam­bia – strength­en­ing the very impor­tant rela­tion­ship and friend­ship between the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States and those who live on the con­ti­nent of Africa” Tweet­ed Kamala Har­ris. What inspired…

Opinion: Africa’s Long-term Development Depends on Africans

Edi­tor’s Notes: Julius Nyerere was an African vision­ary and pres­i­dent of Tan­za­nia from 1964 to 1985. Pre­vi­ous­ly he served as prime min­is­ter from 1961 to 1964. Nyer­ere’s phi­los­o­phy of Ujaa­ma and African self-reliance has often been cit­ed by pan-African­ists and schol­ars around the world. Benard Semen reminds us that Africans, any­where in the world, need…

The Growth of Mobile Money Transfer in Africa

In 2021 the glob­al mobile val­ue stood at 1 tril­lion dol­lars. The African con­ti­nent account­ed for about 70 per­cent of the sta­tis­tics. The adop­tion of mobile mon­ey in Africa con­tin­ues to rise with Glob­al Sys­tem for Mobile Communications(GSMA) fig­ures high­light­ing an increase from 27.5 bil­lion in 2020 to 36.7 bil­lion in 2021. Mobile Mon­ey Enables Growth…

Africa Post-Covid-19

Two Areas That Can Boost Africa’s Post-COVID Development

Editor’s Note: Ear­li­er, Oscar Katusya point­ed us to a strat­e­gy that may ben­e­fit the African con­ti­nent as it deals with the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic. Today, Oscar tells us trade and pol­i­tics are some of the key aspects of this strat­e­gy.  The Agen­da 2063 To under­stand the Africa Con­ti­nen­tal Free Trade Area, we first have to be…

Uncovering the News — 03/8/21 — 03/22/21

What’s At Stake:  A lack of cov­er­age by non-African media fol­low­ing the pass­ing of a ris­ing polit­i­cal star in Ivory coast, a clear lack of knowl­edge about African musi­cal his­to­ry at the US Gram­mys, and Tan­za­ni­ans put democ­ra­cy on dis­play, with a peace­ful trans­fer of pow­er to a woman. Ivory Coast Mourns A Ris­ing Polit­i­cal Star March…

Headlines Tag Late Tanzanian Hero John Magufuli with Covid-19 Stigma

The news head­lines fol­low­ing the pass­ing of Tan­zan­ian leader John Magu­fuli paint him in a neg­a­tive light. This is not fair.  Magu­fuli became pres­i­dent in 2015 and won reelec­tion to a sec­ond term fol­low­ing the Octo­ber 2020 gen­er­al elec­tions. Tan­za­nia is often hailed as one of the African continent’s most demo­c­ra­t­ic, polit­i­cal­ly sta­ble, and pros­per­ous African nations.…

Africa News Matters

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