Initiative to grow Africa’s food security
New video game developed in Africa
A new video game, Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan has been developed in Africa. The work of a studio in Cameroon, Kiro'o Games, it explores African tales in a phantasmal setting. The main character, King Enzo Kori-Odan, uses collective energy, channelled through ancestors, called aurion.
WATCH: “Let’s put people before profits” – Gigaba
Preserving Africa’s rich liberation history
Remembering Boutros Boutros-Ghali
It was a tricky global environment when Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the secretary-general of the United Nations in 1992. The world was emerging from the Cold War and countries were redefining relationships with each other. He navigated a new path for the organisation.
Côte d’Ivoire vs Ghana: Football, economics and a rising Africa
Cote d'Ivoire's unexpected and historic win over Ghana in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations final correlates, in a non-linear way, with the two countries' rising and falling economic fortunes in the "Africa rising" narrative of the past 15 years.
South Africa working to unite Africa’s economy
South Africa is actively involved in the economic integration and development of Africa, building much-needed regional infrastructure, promoting the continent's interests on the global stage, and forming partnerships and free trade agreements with other African countries.
Africa’s governments must prioritise energy security
The billion people living in Africa can live a life filled with economic opportunity, employment and better education and health care. But to achieve that, governments have to make energy affordable and more accessible. This requires co-operation and co-investment between nations and regions.
For women, by women – Pink Taxi Egypt
Female taxi drivers could soon be plying the streets of Cairo, carting their female passengers from point A to point B. Pink Taxi Egypt, a new initiative, wants to make female passengers feel safer while using cabs in the city, but it has already faced criticism.
Bill Gates: Who says Africa will always be poor?
"Poor countries are doomed to stay poor." That's a myth Bill Gates passionately debunks. The founder of Microsoft and, today, co-founder – with his wife Melinda – of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates has released a letter that explains why pessimism about the future of poor countries holds back their development.
