
African historical and cultural records were damaged and erased by colonisation, but even after independence, Africans have not invested adequately...














Investing in African Mining Indaba, an annual professional conference held in early February, is dedicated to the capitalisation and development of mining interests in Africa. Nancy...

Corruption goes much deeper than the Guptas. The president and the ANC have steadily weakened the country’s defences and subordinated the state, paving the way for...

Inspired by the local vernacular Dogon architecture, Tanouan Ibi was constructed in a sustainable way using Hydraulic Compressed Earth Blocks (HCEB).

Faced with a problem like South Sudan, which from the outside seems an intractable morass of personal rivalries, ethnic and religious divisions, and senseless brutality, it...

A new documentary series, ‘The Returnees,’ details the experiences of Cameroonians who have lived abroad and have returned to their country to contribute to its growth.

Winifred Selby, from Ghana, is the founder of Afrocentric Bamboo, a company that manufactures bicycles with bamboo parts. The young entrepreneur also has a bamboo plantation...

It is a mistake to get misty eyed about the Mbeki years, however favourably he compares.

In what some describe as activism architecture, a man called Kunle Adeyemi (NLÉ) took it upon himself to make a difference by pioneering a project geared...

March 21 marks the anniversary of the death of one of Africa’s literary giants Albert Chinualumogu Achebe who passed away in 2013 aged 82. Popularly known...

The interior and exterior of the Great Mosque of Touba was designed exquisitely. Definitely one of the finest buildings in Senegal.