Opinions
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Zimbabwe: Why African Leaders are Silent |
| African leaders are justified not to tell Mugabe off as this would mean they are supporting opposition parties, that are giving them headache in their own backyards.... |
Development
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Kenya’s Fight against Corruption: An Uneven Path to Political Accountability |
| Africans have to decide who should pay for democracy in Africa. We need to learn how to win elections without stealing money or getting resources from special interest groups.... |
Q&A
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When Diversity is Your Goal |
| Having trained as an accountant in his early twenties, Kuria did not leave it at that. He also trained as a mechanical engineer, electrician and designer.... |
Regions
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What’s the Trouble with Rawlings? |
| Over the past 15 years, the tabloid version of Jerry Rawlings does not do him justice. The Ghanaian public that knows Jerry Rawlings by his reckless “boom” speeches alone may vastly underrate him.... |
Profiles
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History of Douala |
| With a population of approximately 2 million, the city is home to Cameroon's largest port and its major international airport, Douala Airport.... |
Commentary
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Africa: A Global Darling? |
| "Indigenous lifestyles" just mean indigenous poverty, indigenous malnutrition, indigenous disease, and childhood death. And that's really what it comes down to: When you don't have modern technologies, your lifespan is cut almost in half.... |
Finance and Banking
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Surviving a Market Correction |
| Every market has its bad days. Well-monitored, deep troughs should always be accumulation phases.... |
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Harnessing the Diaspora through the NSE |
| The NSE has had a spate of new listings in the market- thanks to the ongoing privatization and banking reforms. But the problem still remains: how effectively can resources from the Diaspora be tapped?... |
News Round Up
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Cotton Industry on the Brink of Collapse |
| World cotton prices responsible for nearly 70 percent of impoverished Burkina Faso's cash exports and income for more than a quarter of its 13 million people, are now at the lowest since the Great Depression of the 1930s.... |
Agriculture
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Making Agriculture Popular |
| It is always important to remember that Africa is not homogeneous. It is characterised by different cultures and other socio-economic challenges. The disincentives range from a poor perception of agriculture to limited investment in the sector.... |
Wildlife
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Wildlife Conservation: State- Landowner Synergy Required |
| Economic incentives must be realigned by linking up key strands of the bundles of property rights in a way that rewards landowners for hosting wildlife on their property.... |
