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121. AfDB Adesina’s bold call to Africa: 'bring down these walls, think, act – and deliver big'

On the weekend, African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina, gave the a keynote address at the Africa 2016 Forum held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At the conference, dubbed Business for…

122. Violence and War, Africa's twin evils

It seemed as though Africa was set to embrace meaningful transformation. But perhaps we were all too busy approving frameworks and strategies centred on the need for real structural transformation to…

123. Growing statesmanship: Africa passing through testing times

The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance must come into full enforcement to prohibit, reject and condemn unconstitutional change of government across Africa in line with Article 2…

124. Unemployment makes terrorist groups appealing to Dar youth

Religious radicalisation is on the rise in Tanzania, two studies have revealed. The Head of Tanzania Defence Intelligence Maj-Gen Venance Mabeyo said that the youth joining radical groups in the…

125. #UgandaDecides: How Museveni survived, grabbed donors by the balls, and became the very thing he warned against

If Shakespeare were alive today, he would probably be writing plays about African presidents rather than medieval kings. Nowhere else in the world has such dramatic and personal politics. Uganda is a…

126. 2016 and democratic retrogression in East Africa!

At a time when the world is busy consolidating democracy, Africa and East Africa in particular, has a pattern which can be described as democratic retrogression! Having been part of pre-election and…

127. Stakeholders stress importance of knowledge based learning

Players in the education and economic sector have called for urgent measures to bridge the gap between professions and vocational skills to increase youth employability in Tanzania.

128. World Bank report deplores lost digital dividends

World Bank has backed the potential of technology to transform lives and warned that there is a growing risk of creating a new underclass of the disconnected in the economy.

129. Which are the top think tanks on the continent? Plus insights about the thinking business in Africa

A Kenyan think tank, the Kenya Institute of Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) has been ranked as the top think tank in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report released last week. The…

130. 10 key issues where Uganda election will be won or lost going by recent trends

The February 18 election in Uganda is President Yoweri Museveni’s to lose as he seeks to extend his 30-year stay in office, but with recent opinion polls showing his main rival Dr Kizza Besigye…