SENIOR BUREAU OFFICIAL CHECKER: Good morning, it’s really a pleasure to be here with all of you. Thank you so much to CSIS for the invitation–and for convening this conversation at such a consequential moment. My objective here is really just to clearly and unambiguously talk about the Trump administration’s very new and different approach…
* Says nation must shift from consumer of imported technologies to producer of innovation, scalable solutions Vice-President Kashim Shettima has affirmed Nigeria’s preparedness to lead Africa in deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to unlocking new pathways for the continent’s prosperity. According to him, while AI has become humanity’s most powerful general-purpose technology that would define lives…
Ebenezer Onyeagwu A wildlife ranger once described a rescued lion that had been raised in captivity since birth. Despite its massive frame, powerful muscles, and majestic presence, the lion paced nervously within the narrow confines of a small enclosure. When the day finally came for its release into the wild, the gate was opened wide…
Africa stands at a historic inflection point. In the next 25 years, another one billion people will be added to our continent’s population, making Africa home to one in four human beings on earth. Yet the structure of most African economies today is almost exactly the same as it was at independence six decades ago:…
Addis Ababa — Digital agriculture is no longer optional but essential for Africa’s survival and prosperity, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Ambassador Selma Malika Haddadi said. Speaking at the inaugural Africa Digital Agriculture Conference, which is taking place in Addis Ababa at the headquarters of the African Union, Haddadi underscored the continent’s…
Clermont-Ferrand, France — Weeks after an international conference on inclusive and people-centric digital transformation organized by the Global Development Network (GDN) here, a new narrative is unfolding about the need for digital innovations to serve people first and narrow inequalities rather than widening them. Earlier this week, amidst a landmark G20 Summit on African soil,…
President Museveni has called on European countries to take advantage of their proximity to Africa and increase investments on the continent for mutual economic growth and prosperity. Speaking during a meeting with a high-level Austrian delegation on the sidelines of the 19th Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at Speke…
Prof. Benedict Oramah, outgoing President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank, delivered a powerful call to action at the Future Africa Forum 2025, held at The Africa Center in New York. Speaking under the theme “From Heritage to Prosperity: Leveraging Cultural Roots to Promote Global Africa”, Professor Oramah urged Africa and its diaspora…
Abuja — Seplat Energy Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading independent energy companies, at the weekend, said domestic gas would remain the engine of prosperity for Nigeria and Africa in general, disclosing its plans to raise its gas production to 1 Bcf/d by 2030. A statement from the company stated that this informed the company’s heavy…
Africa has an enormous ocean area at its disposal. There are almost 20 million square kilometres of ocean, seas and inland water that could be developed into environmentally sustainable blue economies. The G20 group of 19 of the world’s largest economies and the African Union also view the blue economy as key to developing the…
