All articles in 'Perspectives'


The Brexit Vote: Should Africa Be Concerned?

Our journalists should expend their energies and efforts in the direction of Africa's continent...

4th July 2016
Critique of African Economic Development

Those who control the economic empire are also in a position to frustrate the political aspirations...

17th July 2016
UNCTAD 14: Soft Power Opportunity for Kenya

With a good chunk of the 194 UN-member states represented, there are innumerable possibilities on wh...

19th July 2016
The Role of Green Energy in Achieving Sustainable...

Although Africa has immense renewable energy potential, harnessing the same is still at a nascent st...

25th July 2016
Despite Headwinds, Africa's Economy is Still...

The African Development Bank, in its latest African economic outlook, forecasts economic growth in A...

1st August 2016
Socio-Economic Transformation

By mixing both the capitalist and socialist stimuli to the Chinese economy, the Chinese Communist Pa...

15th August 2016
Africa and the Election Farce

If one goes to a list of rigged elections around the world in Wikipedia, South Africa’s 1994 rigged...

22nd August 2016
The Role of Intellectuals in Shaping Leadership in...

Africa can take a quantum leap into the loop of modernity through the genius of its people and the a...

22nd August 2016
Social Effects of Digitalisation

Men can’t leave their phones alone, experiment shows. Women wait twice as long to touch their phones...

23rd August 2016
TICAD VI Nairobi Declaration

TICAD continues to play a unique role in the development dialogues on Africa through its innovative,...

29th August 2016
Nigeria: A Country Overwhelmed in Self-determinati...

Nigeria as we got it is not working out. It has proved incapable of exploiting the enormous assets o...

4th September 2016
African Youth: Hope of Africa’s Food Security

There is no doubt that Africa has made progress at the policy level and that there have been major d...

12th September 2016
Decisions and Commitments from the 2016 African Gr...

The AGRF once again proved to be a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together a diverse range of infl...

12th September 2016
In Memory of King Shaka

With the passing of King Senzangakhona ka Jama in 1816, a new chapter opened in the history of the Z...

3rd October 2016
Africa Rising: An Update

While some have suggested that the ‘Africa rising’ narrative may have been exaggerated and are start...

4th October 2016
Corruption In Nigeria: UK Must Cooperate

The UK appears to be the leading nation where money stolen from Nigeria always find safe place.

2nd January 2016
Entrepreneurs: Engines of Africa's Development

We must recognize entrepreneurs as key drivers of development in Africa and prioritize them in Afric...

13th December 2015
Indian Ocean Black Gold: Which Way for Africa?

Africans along the Indian Ocean rim ought to strategize on how to maintain peace and security in the...

19th March 2013
The Politics of Presidential Immunity Lifting In Z...

On Tuesday, July 16th, 2002, the Zambian Parliament did what was hailed a victory for pe...

19th March 2013
Westernized Africans: Why Africa Must Watch Out

Africa is being influenced by ‘some’ very thoughtless members in the entertainment world

19th March 2013
Growth: Africa on the Right Path

Economic growth is not economic transformation. Africa needs diversified economies which are joining...

19th March 2013
President Xi Jinping Visit and Africa’s Dilemma

President Xi Jinping’s visit should incite all Africans to reflect on the wisdom of Kwame Nkrumah:...

19th March 2013
Oil: How Could Liberians Settle for Only Five Perc...

Liberia has recently discovered oil in commercial quantities but has only 5% share

25th March 2013
“Terra Nullius” Sovereignty in Africa: Kenya's Mil...

Politicization of perceived unresolved injustices has drawn cracks from which the al-Shabaab may fur...

25th March 2013
Ntaganda: Terminator who Terminated Himself

Compared to Nkunda, Ntaganda is but a novice. When will Nkunda be booked and accommodated in The Hag...

25th March 2013
Nigeria: A Declining Regional Power?

Many who have watched Nigeria since the late-1990s are feeling uneasy about her declining status.

29th March 2013
A Win-Win in Infrastructure – The Durban BRICS Sum...

The new world order comes to Durban this week – for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa....

26th March 2013
BRICS: A Global Regulatory Factor

Existing global structures, first of all the Bretton Woods institutions, are no longer capable to ad...

26th March 2013
Africa Investment Returns and Growth: Real or Hype...

Why discuss or paint Africa on brush? Be that as it may, it is what it is in Africa. Afr...

29th March 2013
Zimbabwe: Victim of Low Self Esteem?

In what other country would a Shona-speaking mother and a Shona-speaking father produce an English-s...

29th March 2013
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