Why Tunisia Matters: Framing the Journey
By Parminder Vir OBE Arriving at BIGTECH AFRICA, held in Tunis from 9-11 September 2025, I expected dialogue, debate, and discovery.…
Poetry Corner: We must meet ourselves on Africa Integration Day, 7 July
By Saul Molobi Before the conqueror came with maps and guns,Before the surveyor’s ruler sliced the land,The cattle crossed the…
Fitzroy Ngcukana: Musician, Cultural Freedom Fighter and Pan-Africanist
FAMILY BACKGROUND Fitzroy Nkosomzi Ngcukana was born to Fezile Christopher Colombus “MRA” Ngcukana and Isabel “Hlehle” Ngqulana on the 15th…
Publisher’s Comment: A Betrayal of Ubuntu – Reflections on xenophobic ruptures and brand South Africa
In 2012, I arrived in Milan, Italy, to take up my post as South Africa’s Consul-General. It did not take…
Andile Msindwana: Xenophobia – A Formal Explanatory and Exploratory Analysis
DEFINING THE CONCEPT Xenophobia derives from the Greek words xenos, meaning “stranger” or “foreigner,” and phobos, meaning “fear” or “aversion.” In formal…
Afreximbank President calls for African economic sovereignty through industrialisation, trade and domestic resource mobilisation
By Vincent Musumba The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Dr. George Elombi,…
Zimbabwe Launches Landmark Public Procurement Reform Roadmap
By Staff Reporter Zimbabwe has taken a major step towards strengthening transparency and efficiency in public procurement with the launch…
Mali ratifies African Development Bank loans to strengthen Bamako’s electricity supply
By Natalie Nkembuh Mali’s National Transitional Council (CNT) unanimously adopted a bill authorising the ratification of loan agreements signed on…
Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day: in The Gambia, women farmers turn post-harvest losses into value added products and increase their incomes
By Staff Reporter In rural Gambia, smallholder women farmers like Kumba Jallow face a tough reality: they work hard to…
Andile Msindwana: Is it a Leadership Void, Eroding Legitimacy, or Continental Disengagement?
South Africa’s continental value is eroding, not by sudden rupture, but by attrition. Xenophobia and a deficit of leadership have…