As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached Africa. Concerns over the combination of overstretched and underfunded health systems and the existing load of infectious and non-infectious diseases often led to it being...
Many African countries have been praised for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their reputation for having fragile state health systems. The continent, which has a population of more than one billion, has had about 1.5 million cases, according to data compiled by the John...
Russia is consistently working on strengthening multifaceted relations with Africa despite the numerous challenges. After the first Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi, authorities have been moving to build on this new page in the history of Russia's relations, based on shared values and interests, with African countries. Within the...
The land is essential to our lives – we grow food on it and rely on it for economic growth and development. In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 83% of people depend directly on the land for survival. However, approximately two-thirds of the continent’s productive land is degraded – it has lost...
The Organization of African Unity, now African Union (AU), under Kwame Nkrumah’s leadership conceived an African Common Market programme. Nkrumah envisioned it to be an economic community of African countries pulling their production and trade to a common advantage. That, to Nkrumah, was the epitome of true independence. The idea...
Nigeria to the point where it can realize the full potential of its petroleum resources has been slow going, the country appears to be on the right track On Oct. 1, 1960, everything seemed possible for Nigeria: After nearly 80 years of colonialism under Great Britain, it was finally an...
On 25 September 2020, the African Union (AU) Commission Chair, H.E Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, with the AU Development Agency-NEPAD Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, addressed in a virtual meeting the AU Development Partners Group (AUPG), co-chaired by Ambassador of Denmark, Karin Poulsen and United States Ambassador...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are global development goals setup up by the UN with consultation from it partner states and other partner institutions. The main objective of these goals is to eradicate poverty, ensure sustainable development and environmental protection. The UN and all its partners believe that these objectives can...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announces that Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Bank’s long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘with a stable outlook. The agency also affirmed the Bank's Short-Term IDR at 'F3' and senior unsecured debt at 'BBB-.' Fitch highlighted that Afreximbank's 'BBB-' rating is driven by its intrinsic...
For Africa and the European Union (EU) to achieve the much-talked about mutually beneficial trade cooperation, as well as economic integration among countries, all EU trade-related support at the national, regional, and continental levels should be reorganised into African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) support, a new report by...