Monthly Archives: May 2013
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The Diaspora can help fuel Rwanda’s Technology and Digital Ambitions – By Sean Obedih
As Rwanda day 2013 comes to London for the first time, let me take this opportunity to talk about the role that the Rwandan business community ... -
The (LRA) conflict: Beyond the LRA lobby & the hunt for Kony… and towards civilian protection – By Kristof Titeca
On the 28th of February this year, an unfortunate incident happened in Garamba National Park, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)-affected area in North-Eastern Congo. A group ... -
The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals – By Susana Edjang
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that have driven the global development agenda, since September 2000, when Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, and 191 ... -
Confucius and the Curate’s Egg: The Morality of China in Africa – a review by Keith Somerville
It is oddly appropriate that in reviewing a book that expends many pages in slightly obscure, not always enlightening and often whimsical accounts of the philosophy ... -
Bob Diamond, Uhuru Kenyatta and the rise of Afro-confidence: WEF 2013, Cape Town – By Richard Dowden
The World Economic Forum held its annual meeting (the Davos of Africa) in Cape Town last week. It was the biggest so far – yet another ... -
Democratization and the Failure of the Sudan Peace Process – By John Young
Alex has summarized my book quite well, but with one major exception: the central theme is the failure of the peace process to oversee the democratic ... -
Mali: Which way forward? A chat with Bruce Hall, Baz Lecocq, Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
A little over a year ago, a few friends met to hang out online and talk about the political crisis in Mali (the text was published ... -
The rise and rise of the African factivists – By Bright Simons and Jamie Drummond
Bono’s much-tweeted TED talk spotlighted Ghana, a West African country usually regarded as one of the continent’s better managed and more successful “˜lions’. Ghana’s journey towards ... -
Can Britain fix Somalia? – By Abdihakim Aynte
Last week, Somalia’s donors and international partners came together in London to lay down the foundations of post-transitional government in the country. The London gathering, which ... -
African oil & gas outlook 2013 (part II): analysis by region – Rolake Akinkugbe at Ecobank
Nigeria and Angola SSA is set to produce approximately 5.9 million barrels (bpd) of crude oil in 2013 dominated by Nigeria and Angola compared to the ...
