Africa Diaspora Remittance – The hand that keeps giving.
By Agnes Gitau Financing Africa’s public and private sector projects has always been an expensive business, the outbreak of COVID 19 has caused a tremendous strain on access to finance, in an already stretched environment, in particular frontier African States. As leaders explore solutions for Africa’s recovery, the importance of More...
A long awaited Brexit deal is finally Served
Now the fate of trade between the UK and EU from 2021 has been secured, many will be keen to see the details of the deal struck on Christmas Eve. Reactions There is still much that is not yet clear, but More...
What is the state of democracy on continental Africa today?
Aljazeera: At least 16 African nations have held elections this year. But there have been almost as many debates as to whether democracy is actually disappearing across the continent. A number of leaders continue More...
2021 Africa Macroeconomic outlook
The coronavirus pandemic continues to upend lives and livelihoods globally plummeting economic growth in individual countries. Although the SSA region may have been spared the rate of infections recorded in advanced More...
Wheels for life – Ambulance service responding to women in labour – Kenya
Doctors in Nairobi realising the rising rates of women during childbirth came together and established a free ambulance service that responds to women in labour during the covid 19 pandemic. To curb the spread More...
The elections that was #Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in August 2017 faced so many allegations of fraud that the Supreme Court annulled the results. But Kenya’s top opposition figure Raila Odinga dropped out of the More...
Hunger Will Kill More People In Africa Than COVID-19
A sombre interview on the state of many in Africa as the world grapples with #covid19. Up votes: 0 Down votes: 0 More...
ACFTA – Pretty on paper but will take time to implement
3 weeks ago, Nigeria the latest signatory to the African Continental Free trade agreement announced closure of its borders between Benin, Cameroon and Niger. This goes against the vision of open and free markets More...
The Guptas family – A South African Corruption Story
The US has placed economic sanctions on members of Gupta family and a business associate for their alleged roles in a “significant corruption network” in South Africa. The three Gupta brothers, More...
