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GEOPOLITICS WAS TEARING APART the African continental lawmaking body a few years ago on the premise that the Southern African region wanted to win the leadership position by any means, fair or foul. The bone of contention then was an accusation of skewed leadership towards some regions and against another; that other regions have been […]

EIGHTY-NINE VEHICLES were counted in the presidential convoy of the President of Tanzania in a recent video, posted on social media, of the convoy passing by. Assuming, while not immediately conceding, that all of the 89 vehicles may not be only for the president and her aides, the sheer number was mind-boggling as it raises […]

CONVERGENCE, A KEY WORD in the age of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), may very well mean more of the unforeseen in its implications as the entire world tries to navigate an uncharted tech-driven terrain. Last Friday’s tech outage was reminiscent of the opening chapter of Thomas L. Friedman’s book, “The Lexus and the Olive Tree.” […]

KENYA BOILED OVER recently. It was a test of resolve and strength between the common men and those in the corridors of power in a democracy. It was also a platform for Africa to determine where power truly lies in a system of government popularly described as democracy. The first salvo was the enactment of […]

CONTROVERSIES TRAILING FOOD and agriculture research involving genetically modified foods (GMOs) have remained unrelenting since the turn of the last century and the beginning of the new millennium. These controversies do not show any sign of abating or going away soon as many people continue to react with fears, suspicion, cynicism or doubt about safety […]

PROJECTIONS ABOUT AFRICA’S projected population in 2030 and 2050 are commonly cited among those doing things or writing on Africa’s statistics. It is sometimes tempting to take those projections on the face value and simply run with them. Such projections have some advantages such as providing some ideas – no matter how vague – about […]

WOLOF PEOPLE OF SENEGAL claim that the Jollof rice originated from them. Although the Wolof tribe is mostly associated with Senegal, their kinsmen are also found in parts of Gambia and Mauritania. On their claim to Jollof rice, history seems of relevance in the past. What curious minds now focus upon is what to make […]

GOLD WILL CONTINUE TO be relevant in the global monetary system irrespective of whatever transformation takes place in the future. Although money has moved into the digital economy, its hard currency versions will still be around for a long while. The issue of convertibility might pose less problem across countries as more and more economic […]

GOLD COAST WAS THE name by which a former British colony in West Africa was known from 1821 till March 4, 1957 when its name was changed to Ghana as the United Kingdom granted independence to what is today an Anglophone country, one of the most popular in West Africa. The name Gold Coast became […]

SUDAN HAS BEEN BETRAYED and abandoned by its leaders within, at the continental level in Africa and the wider world. Children and adults in the city and in the countryside are panicking. Lives are in danger. Hunger stalks the land and diseases are ravaging the country as guns are roaring, all because two people are […]