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Nairobi — Investment in Africa’s digital economy has been identified as a critical driver in unlocking cross-border trade and accelerating innovation across the continent. Speaking during a side event at the ongoing Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo said Africa possesses immense potential to develop digital solutions capable of addressing challenges…
Almost ten years after French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ouagadougou speech, which laid the foundations for renewed relations between France and the countries of Africa, Kenya and France are co-organizing the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May 2026. This renewal is built on a partnership of equals, based on shared interests and…
The 2026 Africa-France summit in Nairobi on May 11-12 is the first to be held in an African country that is not a former French colony. It is also the first to be held since the dramatic collapse of relations between France and a number of west African countries – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and…
Why Nairobi? A lot of ink has already been spilled to explain the choice of Kenya to host the upcoming Africa France summit, the first gathering of heads of state from the continent Emmanuel Macron is convening since his election in 2017. But a broader, more geopolitical explanation has largely been overlooked. The origin of…
FREETOWN — Young Political Leadership School Africa (YPLS Africa), a flagship initiative of Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, has concluded a weeklong Alumni Peer Reflection and Learning Exchange Mission in Sierra Leone aimed at strengthening youth leadership, democratic governance, and regional cooperation across West Africa. Held in Freetown from May 4-8, 2026, the mission brought…
The European Union (EU) has unveiled a €1 billion investment package for Africa under its Global Gateway Initiative to support infrastructure development, economic growth and digital transformation. The package, announced by the EU Ambassador to Ghana, Rune Skinnebach, forms part of Team Europe’s broader strategy to deepen economic cooperation with African countries and promote sustainable…
Without a collective approach from African states, China’s tariff-free market access will not be the silver bullet many expect. China’s decision to extend tariff-free access from 1 May to all African countries, barring Eswatini (with which it maintains no diplomatic ties), has been widely welcomed across the continent. At a moment when global trade is…
The attacks and killings of Nigerians and other Africans are senseless South Africa is once again engulfed in a vicious pattern of violence against fellow Africans–an ugly reality that can no longer be softened by the language of Xenophobia. What is unfolding is more accurately described as Afrophobia: a targeted campaign of hate against black…
The European Union (EU) has defended the rules-based international order and condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while warning that rising global conflicts were worsening economic hardships across the world, including in Zimbabwe. Speaking during Europe Day celebrations in Harare Friday, Katrin Hagemann said the world was facing “profound global change” marked by growing instability, conflict…
Washington, DC — As we’re all being painfully reminded, cutting off for any length of time the fifth of the world’s oil supply that passes through the Strait of Hormuz has an extraordinarily negative impact on commerce and lives here and everywhere. But what if we could get even half of that oil another way?…
