For many Africans, the epic story of Donald Trump did not start with his victory at the polls on 5 November 2024. It started with his profane characterisation of Africa as replete with “shithole ...

The issues surrounding the Adani Group and its deals in Kenya may be briefly absent from the front pages, but you can rest assured that they are not over. The Adani saga may look like the story of an ...

In its renewed campaign for access to the Red Sea, Ethiopia is threatening to further destabilise the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia already has port access for trade via Berbera in Somaliland as well as ...

What does it mean for people to live and work under the conditions of neoliberal economies in modern-day South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe? The Case for Oral Histories of Neoliberal ...

We cope with the oppressive system of Capitalism by eating our children’s futures before eating them alive. Grace Ogot captures us in her 1968 classic Tekayo, literally a story of cannibalism, ...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent visit to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia is a welcome step in the right direction in the US’s reengagement with Africa. However, the “more aid syndrome” is a ...

Five months since the leaderless, anti-tax, pro-good-governance “Gen Z” protests roiled Kenya in June and July 2024, their vanguardism inspiring young people in other African countries to stage their ...

“At the end of this century, Kenya will have a population of about 35 million people, 78% more than lived in Kenya in 1984. That population will include a workforce of 14 million people, 6.5 million ...

On Saturday, 9th November, I had the opportunity to attend a masterclass titled Class in Session, where the guest speaker was Narc Kenya party leader and political powerhouse, Hon. Martha Karua. The ...

Tensions have escalated following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ethiopia and Somaliland in January 2024, granting Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in exchange for ...