Donald Trump’s administration has unveiled its new Africa strategy, a three-pronged plan focused on furthering US interests and countering the “great power competitors” of China and Russia.
Ethiopia has long had a reputation as one of the worst jailers of journalists in the world, reportedly holding 18 reporters at one time in detention. Yet as of Dec. 1, the country was recorded as not having any imprisoned journalists. This comes after a number of political and economic reforms undertaken by the newly elected reformist leader of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front party.
At a recent event discussing Kenyan cultural objects held in institutions across the world, the coordinator of public programs at the National Museums of Kenya Juma Ondeng’ posed a question to the audience.
In the composite image hanging in the high-ceilinged room, the face of the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed is stenciled above a photo of pixelated subjects. They move with great haste, their jagged shadows heading in the same direction except for one person. And even though they look distracted, the people walk with assurance as if guided by the vision of their leader who, by virtue of his elevation, is able to see further than they can into the horizon.
This year will prove to be a transformative moment for the internet.
In academic and journalistic circles, plagiarism is a serious offense, yet the problem remains “common” in biomedical research articles published across Africa, a new study shows.
Ethiopian Airlines is collaborating with the European Union to establish a graduate business program in the hopes of improving applicants’ understanding of business environments, management, and industrialization.
When it comes to climate change, Africa is in the eye of the storm. This is especially true of its fast-growing cities, where a change in climate patterns is threatening rapidly-expanding populations and investment opportunities, a new report shows.
Uber is expanding its imprint on public transportation—this time with the establishment of a bus service.
Ethiopian Airlines will start helping Chinese visitors process visas to travel across Africa.
Global private equity investors remained bullish on their prospects in Africa in 2018, promising to increase their allocations and doubling down on their decade-long plans, a new study shows.
Tens of millions of people using Kenya’s dominant mobile money service M-Pesa will now be able to transfer cash to over a billion active users of China’s digital payment system WeChat Pay. The Nairobi-headquartered Family Bank along with London-based fintech firm SimbaPay launched a service that enables users send money to the users on the WeChat platform, which is owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent.
Egypt’s ancient ruins are getting the Chinese treatment.
When it comes to advancing the dream of a more open and prosperous Africa, 2018 has been a good one.
Thanks to major political reforms and relaxed visa rules, Ethiopia has emerged as a destination and a transfer hub for long-haul travel to sub-Saharan Africa in 2018.
Tanzania has inaugurated its biggest and most modern library yet—all thanks to China.
The race to dominate Africa’s mobile hardware market is gathering pace.
When internet connectivity is discussed in Africa, the conversation usually revolves around those who have access and those who don’t, namely the digital divide. But there’s also a language divide, a gap that’s been widening especially when it comes to voice recognition technology, a new study says.
With Beijing’s assistance, Ethiopia is heading to space in just under a year.
The streets of Little Senegal in Harlem, New York and the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis share a common trait: they are both home to thriving African immigrant communities from west and east Africa, many of whom practice Islam. From halal meat stores to restaurants, fabric stores and shops selling religious articles, these buzzing enclaves offer a telling portrait of Islam in America.
Since her historic win on Nov. 6 as the first Somali-American Muslim woman in Congress, Ilhan Omar has been very busy: attending House freshman orientation in Washington DC, making friends with other elected progressive women, working to lift a ban that prohibits scarves and hats in the legislative chambers, and addressing issues from climate change to improving the well-being of incarcerated women.
When it comes to poverty alleviation in the developing world, cash transfer schemes have been at the center of a difficult debate. For years, donor agencies and governments were urged to integrate the poor into their economies by providing them with a basic amount of cash. Yet those programs have been dogged by controversies, with critics arguing they encourage dependency, negatively impact labor, and pit community members against each other.
The Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a dominant political force and founding member of Ethiopia’s ruling party, says a recent corruption and security clampdown in the country is ethnically motivated.
When it comes to internet shutdowns, African nations are among the world’s worst violators.
