Nelson Mandela’s Leadership Legacy
In PricewaterhouseCoopers’ global survey of 1,330 chief executive officers in 68 countries late last year, Nelson Mandela ranked fourth after Winston Churchill, Steve Jobs...
E-Lab
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
E-Lab, a three-month-old startup founded by 19-year-old Kenyan Alex Mativo, who is also its...
Push For Ethics, Values In Africa’s Extractive Industries
Africa’s extractive industries came under scrutiny yet again when representatives from governments, civic society, academia and the private sector gathered at the New York...
Pule Taukobong’s Novel Approach to Angel Investing
I was introduced to Pule Taukobong, founder and chairman of African Angels Network (AAN), during his visit to the NMBC (National Minority Business Council)...
Harness The Opportunity, Manage The Risk
In Ernst & Young’s 2013 attractiveness survey of Africa, Diana Layfield, Africa CEO of Standard Chartered, identifies commonsense factors that help the London-based multinational...
Dropifi
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
Dropifi is a smart widget developed by three young Ghanaians that allows small businesses...
Sickle Cell Disease Research
(A column highlighting scientific, technological, engineering and design innovation in Africa)
The Sickle Cell Disease Research Program in Tanzania is intended to show that genomic...
Waiting Game for African Startups
Eight African companies will hear this week if they are winners of the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Week Startup Open. Results of the annual contest...
Africa And The Global Talent Crisis
Orlando Ashford, president of the Talent business segment at Mercer, the multibillion-dollar global human resource consulting subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, contends that...
Going Home: No Straight Or Romantic Road
On Sept. 21, 2013, the Africa-America Institute in New York inaugurated its annual Talent Summit at Hunter College in New York City, with some...
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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...
