The Devastating Impacts of Boko Haram Weapons Stockpiling on Lake Chad Basin Region
By Olusegun Akinfenwa
On April 26, Boko Haram (ISWAP) fighters reportedly overran an army base in northeastern Nigeria, killing over 30 soldiers. For people in...
Current State of Africa’s Experience of Carbon Pricing and Recommendations for the Future
By King Carl Tornam Duho
The state of carbon pricing in Africa1 is bleak as only South Africa has a carbon tax implemented while Senegal...
African Payment Platforms Leapfrogged the World – Can They Keep it That Way?
By Corey Runkel
Sub-Saharan Africa boasts the highest digital payment usage in the world. What does that mean as payment providers grow around the world?
Homegrown...
Outrage Trails Twitter Ban by the Nigerian Government
The Twitter ban in Nigeria continues to generate outrage from local and international stakeholders, as the effects tell on the already struggling economy and...
Time for America to Modernize the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – Time...
By Ivor Ichikowitz
Picture this - The tarmac of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi in 2020, where the ground crew of Kenya Airways loads...
Modern Slavery of African Migrants: Fleeing from Hardship to Servitude
Most discussions about slavery are often depicted by shackles, chains, padlocks, handcuffs, ships and other experiences of the transatlantic era. But over a century...
The Impacts of Proliferation of Arms in Africa
Conflicts have been Africa’s biggest challenge for decades, despite efforts by various local and international stakeholders to bring lasting peace to the continent. As...
The Effects of African Leaders’ Preference for Foreign Medical Care
By Olusegun Akinfenwa
During his campaign for the 2015 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria pledged to end medical tourism if elected. However, just...
Impact of Different Industries on Online Gambling in Africa
Before now, the African continent was rarely mentioned in the discourse of brick-and-mortar gambling, talk less of online gambling. But the narrative has changed...
Why Africa is officially the frontier of Cryptocurrency
The emergence and the spread of Covid-19 and the subsequent categorization of it as a pandemic has wreaked global chaos as businesses were brought...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
