Pan African Visions
What’s missing from the Africa summit
By Ed Royce* Words like "landmark" and "historic" are being used to describe this week's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. More…
What's missing from the Africa summit
Ed Royce* President Barack Obama greets leaders from Africa during a summit this week in Washington. Words like…
The Senegal tech hub run by women for women
Ms De is helping to boost the number of women with IT jobs in Senegal Coudy Binta De's…
How Ethiopians in the US cling onto their heritage
The traditional music plays and children, some dressed in Ethiopian costume, perform a traditional dance: Raising and lowering…
Tanzania looks to oil, gas for more prosperity
The government is taking proper institutional and structural measures to ensure natural gas makes meaningful contribution and steers…
Kagame Says Rwanda Plans $1 Billion Bond on Investor Demand
Rwanda plans to sell its second international bond of as much as $1 billion next year to fund the…
Dangote Joins Blackstone, Carlyle For Energy Infrastructure Investment
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest man, has partnered with U.S.-based Blackstone and Carlyle groups, the world’s two largest private-equity firms, to…
Obama: Into Africa
John Feffer* Jakaya Kikwete, the president of Tanzania, was the first African head of state to meet President…
NIGERIAN STATEMENT, DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT JONATHAN AT THE US-AFRICA SUMMIT
We thank President Barrack Obama for convening the first-ever U.S-African Leaders Summit. This worthwhile initiative is a credit to…
The U.S. Is Sitting on Promising Ebola Vaccines
Zoë Schlanger and Elijah Wolfson* Locals watch workers with Doctors Without Borders at a private clinic working to combat the…
Interview: The Cameroonian Soul King Looks Back
CLYDE MACFARLANE* When Manu Dibango took to the stage at Womad Festival last month, one got the overwhelming…
In Africa, haircare becomes a multi-billion dollar industry
South African women getting their hair done, at a street in downtown Johannesburg.© AFP With all the skill…
Obama to Africa “America will be a good partner, an equal partner, and a partner for the long term”
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum during the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in Washington,…
Congo's Kabila gave no assurances on two-term presidency-U.S. official
Stella Dawson* Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (L) and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA)…
President Zuma of South Africa highlights country’s progress, seeks economic partnership
National Press Club President Myron Belkind hands a pen to South African President Jacob Zuma as Zuma prepares…