Oil-rich Angola is one of the most talked-about investment destinations in Africa, but behind the economic boom there is an impoverished and disenfranchised population burdened with some of the worst social indicators...
Richard Jurgens
Making sense of South Africa’s week of anarchy
Confronting the confusing narratives to better understand South Africa’s quagmire South Africans find themselves confronted with the ugly spectre of rioting and looting that has claimed over 100 lives, and also dealt a...
Cementing Africa’s future
Nigeria: Africa’s richest man bets on the continent’s prospects Playing politics has helped Aliko Dangote build his business empire At age 57, Aliko Dangote is Africa’s richest man, and by quite some margin. Forbes...
Skirting the real issue
Women’s entrepreneurship in Africa Is numerical parity natural justice? A prosperous future for Africa depends upon a greatly enhanced economic role for women. Women, half of the adult population, represent vastly...
A textbook case of contempt
South Africa: read between the lines A little-known international declaration reveals the government’s reluctance to protect the right to education When the infamous textbook delivery case goes back to court later this...
Fulani and Jihad in West Africa: a complex relationship
With Islamist extremism on the rise in several regions of West Africa, Fulani communities are purported to be front and center. In Mali, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso, Fulani groups have been accused of waging jihad,...
