An old African proverb proclaims, “It is the young trees that make up the forest.” What this means in the present context is that Africa’s youth will determine its future. Indeed, Africa will not…
On 12 May 2016, Uganda’s president-elect, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who has been at the helm of the sub-Saharan country for 30 years, was sworn in for a record sixth time. This leaves many Ugandans…
China is to take over the management and operations of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) in a major plan that will herald privatisation of the struggling corporation. A technical team…
Two years ago today, on 14 April 2014, the tiny north-east Nigerian village of Chibok became internationally synonymous with a brutal crime: the kidnapping of 276 teenage schoolgirls from their…
For most of 2015, we conducted a research study for Caribou Digital and MasterCard Foundation on ICT use in sub-Saharan Africa, with our key research question: “What do young users in Ghana, Kenya…
The majority of African politicians today are former university lecturers who have ventured into politics in search of greener pasture. Politics rush is, however, not a preserve for the continent…
The appointment of the youthful politician to the sensitive post, which sees him commanding the country’s major city with a population of approximately 4.5 million, has, however, sparked heated…
For the millions of people who flock to rich Gulf States to take up jobs as cleaners or builders, the opportunity to work is typically seen as a rare chance for employment and the empowerment that…
In a piece published by African Arguments last month, entitled “It’s time to axe Kenya’s big dick politics”, Nanjala Nyabola argues that Kenyan politics is “overwhelmingly patriarchal” and largely…
There is real hope for the continent with the young people at the helm.” These were the words of the first president of Zambia, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, sentiments recently echoed by United States…
