Op-Ed: South Africa Doesn’t Have a Leadership Crisis — It Has a Humanity Crisis
The media is replete with reports of leadership crises. On the contrary, South Africa does not have a leadership crisis. It has a humanity crisis in leadership. This is not a dramatic claim. It is a lived reality. by: Nqobile Pamela Xaba At its core, this is a crisis of dignity. A crisis of Ubuntu. […]
Op-Ed: Angola’s Interior Is Our Next Step — But Only If the State Does Its Part
A legal framework already exists. A municipality already proves it works. What’s missing is the political will to implement it. We have educated young people. We have provinces with immense needs. And we continue to concentrate almost all talent in Luanda. That is no coincidence. It is a lack of incentives. The problem is not […]
Investing in Africa’s Girls Is Sound Economic Policy — Not Just a Moral Imperative
As global aid to education declines, locally led programmes in Kenya and Uganda are proving that supporting young women into work and enterprise delivers measurable economic returns. By Dr Mwende Munuve On 16 June, Africa will mark the Day of the African Child, honouring the students of Soweto who were killed in 1976 for demanding […]
Loïc Gapin: The Car is Still in the Compound
In this personal essay, Cameroonian writer and DBA candidate Loïc Gapin reflects on a Peugeot 504 that has sat unmoved in his family’s compound in Yaoundé for thirty years. What begins as a meditation on one parked car becomes a reckoning with structural adjustment, inherited silence, and the education a generation received in place of […]
From Workshop to Workforce: The Education Collaborative’s Impact at Limkokwing University
When Bashir Muhammad Idris attended a career services workshop hosted by the Education Collaborative, he returned to Limkokwing University of Creative Technology in Sierra Leone with more than just notes — he returned with a plan. Within a year, that plan had grown into a fully institutionalized career fair, drawing hundreds of students and dozens […]
Teresa Clarke, Chair and CEO of Africa.com, to Receive South Africa’s Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
Award presented by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa honors Clarke’s contributions to media, human rights, education, and the arts Africa.com announces that its Chair and Executive Editor, Teresa Clarke, will receive the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo, Silver, from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at an official ceremony in Pretoria this week. One […]
Africa’s Capital Reset: Markets, Infrastructure, and the Fight Over Risk Pricing
Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers Nairobi hosted the most consequential Africa-Europe diplomatic gathering in a decade this week, as 30 heads of state joined France’s Macron to push for a fundamental rethink of how global capital prices African risk. At the same time, Africa’s two largest listed telecom operators reported their strongest […]
Trade Routes, Tariffs, and the New Battle for African Growth
Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers China dropped tariffs for 53 African nations on May 1 in the most significant trade policy shift affecting the continent in years. At the same time, the Lobito Corridor moves from planning to financing, Equity Group is following trade routes south, and a South African consortium has […]
Seeing Venice Through African Eyes: the Biennale Moment We’ve Been Waiting For
There is something quietly historic about Venice in 2026. The canals and palazzi that have hosted the world’s most prestigious art gathering for over 130 years are now, more than ever before, reverberating with African voices: on the walls, in the pavilions, and in the conversations that unfold between them. The 61st International Art Exhibition […]
Africa’s Ownership Era Has Begun
Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers Africa’s capital story shifted this week from who is investing in the continent to who owns it. Dangote announced a pan-African IPO for his refinery, valued at up to $50 billion, with listings planned across multiple African exchanges and dividends payable in dollars. At the same time, […]
