The Africa Continent Produces 75% of World’s Cocoa And Only Get’s 2% Of the...
If Africa produces 75% of the world’s cocoa then surely this great continent should be flowing with the riches, with somewhere around 75% of the revenue of the chocolate industry worth around $100 billion....
Advancing a Resilient and Sustainable U.S.-Africa Partnership
Corporate Council on Africa and the Government of Mozambique will host the 12th U.S. Africa Business Summit on June 18 - 21, 2019 in Maputo, Mozambique. The Summit will bring together more than 1,000...
Eritrea, Nigeria, Benin: Outsiders from Africa Free-Trade Zone, AfCFTA
A lot is being said and celebrated about the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, in the wake of its maturity on Thursday (May 30).
The African Union, AU, initiative aims to create a continent-wide...
UN Renews Arms Embargo on South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday newed a one-year-old arms embargo on South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. Despite resistance from South Africa, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Russia and China, ten members...
Are Africans’ Freedoms Slipping Away?
Protection of individual rights and liberties has been on both the African continental agenda and the global agenda for decades, shaped especially by the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African...
Zambia Gets Schooled in Mandarin
Zambia is preparing to put into action of the largest Mandarin- teaching programme in Africa. Zambia government has signed a memorandum about that is targeted increasing of Chinese culture throughout the world with China’s...
Suakin: Turkey Wins Against Regional Rivals
Few Turks knew the name of the Suakin Peninsula before the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Khartoum on December 2017. But it is so important at the geostrategic level that in...
Rwanda to Invest US $440m in Water Supply Projects
The government of Rwanda has announced plans to invest US $440m in constructing water
treatment plants and supply systems in urban and rural areas in bid to ensure access to clean water across the country.
Patricie...
Private Sector Urged to Play Active Role in AfCFTA Implementation
There is need for private sector involvement in all stages of the African Continental Free Trade Area processes to ensure smooth operationalisation, implementation and monitoring if the continent’s historic trade deal is to succeed.
The...
14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax for The Benefits of...
Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!
When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french colonial empire, and opted...
