In his ground-breaking book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney argues how the countries of Europe exploited Africa for their own development. He argues that colonialism brought…

By Timo Shihepo Windhoek – Rich nations continues to plunder Africa of its resources through unethical means including tax dodging, profit repatriation and debt repayments, according to…

By Mkhosana Mathobela Bingweni In terms of traditions of thought and leadership paradigms, Africa has been led by warriors, philosophers and the poets. The leading African political…

By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa CAPE TOWN – Microsoft, last week, revealed plans to deliver the complete, intelligent Microsoft Cloud for the first time from datacentres located in Africa.   …

By Alpha Daffae Senkpeni Guangzhou – A researcher at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine says the fast elimination of malaria by source eradication (FEMSE) is cheap and…

By Tiri Masawi Namibia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah last week sealed the lid on the thorny issue of dumping the International Criminal court (ICC) opting  to…

WHILE the world over, all attention seem to be given to HIV/Aids and tuberculosis, malaria remains the biggest killer disease in Africa, killing more than a million…

By Lloyd Gumbo HARARE – The African continent is short of more than four million engineers and about 1, 6 million agricultural scientists and researchers, something that…

By Mkhosana Mathobela Bingweni AFRICA is going through a political and intellectual season of renewed energy and spirit of decolonialisation and liberation. This energy was dramatised on…

By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa CAPE TOWN - Africa’s food security continues to be under threat if experts’ findings prove to be accurate. Experts have identified water scarcity, severe…

By Ehiedu Iweriebor NEW YORK - The parlous story of African economic and social development since independence best expressed in the failure to achieve the autonomous capacity for…

By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa AFRICA needs more investments that ensure effective competitive policies, said Anthony Mothae Maruping, Commissioner for Economic Affairs at the African Union (AU) in Dakar,…

By Kizito Sikuka IMAGINE if all tourists to southern Africa were encouraged to visit more than one country in the region. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) would…

By Rumbidzayi Zinyuke AFRICA has been gradually turning into a net importer of food, as countries have continuously failed to produce enough to cover their consumption needs.…

Port Louis– Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday said reliance by some African countries on former colonial masters threatened the success of the continental development agenda. Speaking…

By Mkhosana Mathobela Bingweni On 21 March 2017 South Africa commemorates Human Rights Day and remembers the sacrifices of the African multitudes that suffered and died fighting…

By Magreth Nunuhe WINDHOEK – Africa launches the 2017 Economic Report on Africa in Dakar, Senegal, this week, with the continent looking back on a challenging 2016…

These men were once refugees but went on to become Presidents of Namibia, Ghana and South Africa. Their contributions to the independence of their countries and to…

> Mkhosana Bingweni & William Ntabazimbili The recent tour of South African universities by Ngugi wa Thiongo, during which he delivered punchy lectures on African languages, has…

AFRICA's cities are growing in population – adding the size of another Nigeria to cities by 2025 – so have a critical role to play in their…