Africa’s youth are key forces of sustainable development. Indeed, both the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063 and United Nations’ 2030…
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By John Page By some estimates, Africa’s working-age population will grow by approximately 450 million people—about 3 percent per annum—between…
For once in a long while, conventional media must be congratulated for socially-responsible reporting on hunger-related deaths and thousands of…
By John Page Economists have long regarded structural change—the movement of workers from lower to higher productivity employment—as essential to growth…
Early in the New Year is report card time on democracy. Organizations monitoring the state of democracy worldwide assess the…
NIIMS and its Huduma Number would have been one of the best things to happen to this country, only if…
Chronic shortages of power affect the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 620 million people—60 percent of the region’s population—lack access…
By Prof John Harbeson We are now three years into the second major, multilateral international effort to overcome the most…
By Ahmednasir Abdullahi, SC The country is smarting from yet another terror attack and remains at a loss on how…
More than a dozen national elections will be held across Africa next year. All 55 members of the African Union…
