Op-ed, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/thisisafrica1/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:50:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Op-ed, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/thisisafrica1/ 32 32 67616479 Mark Carney and the new power calculation, where does Africa stand? https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/carney-and-the-new-power-calculation/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/carney-and-the-new-power-calculation/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:50:24 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573920 Mark Carney’s Davos speech won Western applause as bold truth: the global order has ruptured. Yet the Global South has shouted the same critique for decades—only to be ignored or punished. The real divide? Whose voice gets the standing ovation. The applause reveals not a breakthrough in global thinking, but the persistence of a deeply unequal system of voice, legitimacy, and power.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/carney-and-the-new-power-calculation/feed/ 0 573920 The silence that dictatorship taught us https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-silence-that-dictatorship-taught-us/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-silence-that-dictatorship-taught-us/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:45:25 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573771 Togo's silent generation: How dictatorship stifled civic education, participation and shaped a nation's trauma.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-silence-that-dictatorship-taught-us/feed/ 0 573771 In search of African inspiration? Aliko Dangote more than inspires https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/in-search-of-african-inspiration-aliko-dangote-more-than-inspires/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/in-search-of-african-inspiration-aliko-dangote-more-than-inspires/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:34:14 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573689 Aliko Dangote’s successful establishment of a private refinery stands out as a significant milestone the entire African continent should be celebrating. Despite facing significant challenges at home and from the entrenched interests in the international oil market, Dangote has delivered a project of transformative scale.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/in-search-of-african-inspiration-aliko-dangote-more-than-inspires/feed/ 0 573689 Africa Bitcoin Conference Returns For The Third Edition https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africa-bitcoin-conference-returns-for-the-third-edition/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africa-bitcoin-conference-returns-for-the-third-edition/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:33:03 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573561 The Africa Bitcoin Conference is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated third edition, scheduled to take place from the 9th to 11th of December 2024.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africa-bitcoin-conference-returns-for-the-third-edition/feed/ 0 573561 In the face of autocracy the Togolese Civil League movement pushes for justice, accountability and democracy https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/in-the-face-of-autocracy-the-togolese-civil-league-movement-pushes-for-justice-accountability-and-democracy/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/in-the-face-of-autocracy-the-togolese-civil-league-movement-pushes-for-justice-accountability-and-democracy/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:59:29 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573449 The political situation in Togo is dire. Faure Gnassingbe is pushing for amendments to the constitution that would consolidate his power and allow him to rule indefinitely.

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