Understanding the Weather in the Smallest Country on the African Mainland
Like Senegal, the much larger country that surrounds it, the Gambia has a pleasantly subtropical climate for much of the year, with little or no variation in temperatures, which usually hover around the low 30Cs during the day. Nights, though, can be cool: especially during the main holiday season from November through to March, when […]
Backing Green Initiatives Owned by African Women
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum has launched its “Enterprise Development for Women-Owned Ventures in Green Energy” initiative, which will support 70 women involved in renewable and green energy production in Malawi and Nigeria. Funded by the African Women’s Development Fund, the 12-month programme offers two components, to be implemented in two phases. The […]
Rabat Implements New Restrictions to Flatten Curve
Morocco has announced a return to lockdown specifically in the city of Tangiers as part of efforts to battle a new outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Weeks after easing nationwide restrictions, the northern port city of Tangiers was locked down, with public transport suspended, cafes and public spaces closed and movement restricted. The Interior Ministry […]
A Battle to Change the Environment at Africa’s Only Game Reserve within a Capital City
Rhinos, lions, buffalo and leopards range against the background of a city skyline in the Nairobi National Park. The park has been fenced in on three sides as the city mushroomed around it. Outside its unfenced southern boundary, the banks of the Mochiriri River are a favoured refuge for breeding lions. Animals often pass through […]
Kigali Opens Places of Worship
Rwanda has allowed churches to reopen but with strict conditions meant to limit the spread of coronavirus, according to a statement by the prime minister’s office. Churches and schools were ordered shut across the country on 14 March, hours after the first case of Covid-19 was reported. Churchgoers will now have to be registered at […]
Details of Zindzi’s Passing Come to Light
Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark and daughter of anti-apartheid leaders Nelson and Winnie Mandela, tested positive for Covid-19 on the day she died, her son Zondwa Mandela told South Africa’s public broadcaster, SABC. “This doesn’t mean that she died from Covid complications, but simply that she tested positive for it,” Mandela said during […]
Who’s In Charge in the DRC?
On the surface, the recent protests that have swept across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surround the potential appointment of Ronsard Malonda as the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). But at the root, there is a fierce struggle for political power that dates back more than a decade. Malonda, the […]
Africa x America: A Tale of Two Responses to Coronavirus
Nairobi and Washington, D.C., are 7,500 miles apart. Last week showed that the gulf in their approaches to the pandemic is even wider. Even as President Donald Trump pressured states and local authorities to reopen schools, threatening to cut funding for those that do not, Kenya announced that it would keep physical classrooms closed until […]
Quelling the Fires Burning in Mali
Envoys from Mali’s neighbors led by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan are in Bamako in a bid to mediate in an escalating political crisis ahead of new high-risk protests. Representatives from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are having to bridge apparently irreconcilable differences between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and a protest […]
African Leadership Magazine Call For Nominations Into 17 Categories Of The African Business Leadership Awards 2020
The African Leadership Magazine is pleased to announce a call for nominations into various categories for the African Business Leadership Awards 2020. The African Business Leadership Awards is a prestigious recognition event to reward exceptional corporate practices and outstanding achievers in Africa’s business landscape and its private sector. The 2020 edition especially recognizes business leaders, […]
