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Africa Day 2025: The Africa our youth and women want

As the continent reflects on justice and reparations, its greatest promise lies in the leadership, resilience, and the rising power of its women and youth.
ByChido Mpemba

Lesotho’s Family Planning Revolution: A quiet success the world should notice

How Lesotho transformed Family Planning access through community action, commitment, and resilience.
ByInnocent Modisaotsile

Beyond compensation: Reparatory justice as a structural economic imperative for Africa

In 2025, the African Union has set a powerful and necessary theme: “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations.” It is a call not just for reflection, but for clarity, courage, and a strategic reframing of the reparations discourse.
ByCristina Duarte

Developing a thriving e-vehicles value chain in Africa

African countries should join hands to make the most of their own resources and build a formidable electric vehicle ecosystem that could help fast-track realisation of SDGs.
ByAdam Elhiraika

Debt-for-Food swaps: Innovative financing for school meals in Africa

On this Africa Day of School Feeding, what are some of the ways we can fund these programmes?
ByDarlington Tshuma

Lead poisoning: the persistent threat from mismanaged waste

In excess amounts, lead can contaminate food sources, harm biodiversity, and cause severe neurological impairments in humans, especially in children.
ByAngélique Umutesi Muhavani, Alexander Mangwiro

Youth-led digital innovations reshaping North Africa’s development

From Fintech to AI, the region is leveraging technology to bridge gaps, foster inclusivity, and accelerate progress towards the SDGs.
ByKhouloud Ben Mansour Baghouri

Connectivity for everyone is key to Africa’s growth and prosperity

Bridging the current digital divide requires a combination of policy and regulatory interventions, matched with meaningful investment.
ByDr. Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava

COP29: Africa’s negotiating strategy must build on past lessons

A stronger Africa is essential for the world to effectively build resilience against the impacts of climate change. The Africa we want is the Africa the World needs.
ByBitsat Yohannes-Kassahun