Debating Ideas
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What Lagos planned for Precious Seeds
In December 2025, Lagos State bulldozers tore down Precious Seeds, a waterfront settlement in Oworonshoki. Esther Udoh had been driven out of the same ... -
Washington Is Treating Africa as a Target, Not a Partner — and Africa Knows It
Frank Garcia has just been confirmed as Washington’s top Africa diplomat. His appointment tells African governments everything they need to know about how little ... -
African Security and a Financial Architecture in Retreat
African security is conventionally analysed in terms of armed groups, peacekeeping, and counterterrorism. However, what increasingly shapes the political order African states can build ... -
The Signs We Refuse to See: Why Uganda’s Sovereignty Act Cannot Cure Our National Despair
The passage and lightning-fast presidential signing of the Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026 represents a defining crossroads in our nation’s governance. Tabled by State ... -
Redefining ‘Free and Fair’: Ethiopia’s Election and Electoral Legitimacy
“Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen’s possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations ... -
Can Sudan’s Dried Meat Delicacy Escape the Suitcase and Conquer New Markets?
Sharmout, a traditional Sudanese dried meat, is already popular among Sudanese communities abroad where it is transported and sold through the ‘suitcase trade.’ The ... -
Africa’s AI Governance Gap: Why National Strategies Must Move Beyond Adoption to Execution
In February 2026, the Ghana Revenue Authority deployed Publican AI at Tema Port —software that analyses import declarations, benchmarks values against global trade databases, ... -
The Untold Story of the Battle of Adowa: How Anti-imperialism can be rebuilt from the ground up
I. Magdala The mountainside fortress is called Magdala. It is perched above the Ethiopian highlands, a stone fist raised against the sky. In its ... -
African Multilateralism from a Vision to a Reality: Lessons from the Most Hostile Continent on Earth
For twenty years I have worked strengthening African governance and multilateral institutions. Across each sector – security, economic development, education reform and humanitarian aid ... -
The death of KOKO Networks: a post-mortem of a biofuel startup and the rise of carbon economies in Africa
What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the ...
