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Africa’s Booming Tech Landscape
Africa’s booming technology scene now counts more than 400 tech hubs that range from software engineering to mobile money to blockchain technology, with at...
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Anti-malaria Drug
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
Benin native Valentin Agon M.D. was the overall winner of the US$100,000 2016 Innovation...
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Ten Diaspora African Techpreneurs in the US
The launch of Apple Watch, Apple Inc.’s smart watch, appears to have heightened the angst over the seeming absence of Blacks as entrepreneurs and...
Oyster Harvesting A Boon To Women in The Gambia
Harvesting oysters has become an economic savior for local women in The Gambia. Not only have female harvesters been able to improve their economic...
Africa Progress Panel Pulls No Punches
The Africa Progress Panel pulled no punches when it turned the spotlight on Africa’s forest and ocean resources in the 2014 edition of its...
Fastest Growing Cities
FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE WORLD (2010-2025)
CITY
COUNTRY
% INCREASE IN URBAN POPULATION
WORLD RANK
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
127.1
1
Lilongwe
Malawi
106.4
2
Blantyre-Limbe
Malawi
106.3
3
Yamoussoukro
Cote d’Ivoire
103.0
4
Niamey
Niger
101.0
5
Kampala
Uganda
99.5
6
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania
85.2
7
Kananga
Democratic Republic of Congo
80.3
12
Kigali
Rwanda
79.9
13
Kisangani
Democratic Republic of Congo
79.8
14
Mombasa
Kenya
79.0
15
Mbuji-Mayi
Democratic Republic of Congo
78.6
16
Lumumbashi
Democratic...
Kamkwamba’s Windmills
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa)
In 2002, at just 14 years old, William Kamkwamba built an electricity-generating windmill to...
Video Games
A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering, and design innovation in Africa
Ghanaian Eryam Akofa Tawia and his friend, Kenyan-born Wesley Kirinya, created...
OPINION
Sino-Africa Relations: An Elder’s View
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of complaints that China is taking advantage of Africans even as it provides money...
Changing the Trajectory Of Africa With “Impact Sourcing”
There has been no shortage of recipes promulgated, tested (and discarded) with the declared intent of turning Africa into a truly independent continent:More than...
Corporate Citizenship And Africa’s Sustainable Development Goals
Prepared to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled with the aim of taking steps towards...
Africa For Whom?
During my current visit to Africa, while sitting in my hotel room, I reflected upon how and why I ended up in Africa initially...
Clarifying A U.S. Role In Africa
I believe Africa’s rise is not just important for Africa, it's important to the entire world. We will not be able to meet the...
RESOURCES
Talent/Human Resources Networks
Africa Alumni
http://africaalumni.com
Africa ICT & Telecom Network
http://www.ictafrica.ning.com
African Association of Agricultural Economists
http://www.aaae-africa.org
African Human Resource Confederation (AHRC)
http://www.wfpma.com/members/region/ahrc
Association Africaine des Formateurs et Directeurs de Personnels
http://www.afdip.org
African Leadership Network (ALN)
http://www.africanleadershipnetwork.com
African...
