Insights
- Kenya's Tech Hubs Grow Quietly, but on Borrowed CapitalKenya's reputation as Africa's most digitally connected economy rests on a cluster of innovation spaces spread across Nairobi and the lakeside city of Kisumu.…
- Egypt’s Nile Strategy Is Losing GroundEgypt has spent decades treating the Nile as a diplomatic lifeline, a legal entitlement and a central security concern. That approach once gave Cairo…
- Why Somalia's piracy is making a comeback as illegal fishing risesAfter a long stretch of quiet seas, the waters off the Horn of Africa are once again drawing global attention. Somali seafarers, many of them young men from…
- Zimbabwe's white-farm litigation and the slow road to resolutionWhen Zimbabwe's government moved in 2000 to seize thousands of white-owned farms under Robert Mugabe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme, it unleashed one of…
- How Diamonds Sustain Conflict in the Central African RepublicThe Central African Republic (CAR) has some of the world’s most valuable natural resources, yet many diamond-producing communities remain poor, insecure and…
- Why Gabon’s Military Rulers Chose the Ballot BoxGabon’s decision to hold elections after the August 2023 military coup reflects a familiar political calculation: a junta can seize power quickly, but it needs…
- The Roads, Checkpoints And Power Behind Sudan’s Aid LifelineMoving humanitarian aid through Sudan is a problem of geography, authority and timing. A bag of grain or a box of medical supplies may begin at Port Sudan on…
- How Rwanda’s Coffee Cooperatives Are Reaching Global MarketsRwanda’s coffee industry has built an international reputation from a difficult starting point. The country’s farmers work mostly on small plots in highland…
- Why Mauritania’s Haratin Are Still Fighting for EqualityMauritania abolished slavery in 1981, yet legal abolition did not dissolve the social order built around hereditary servitude. Across the country, many people…
- Senegal’s Coastal Fishers Face A Changing OceanAlong Senegal’s Atlantic coast, fishing is more than an economic activity. It is a source of food, employment, cultural identity and social status, linking…