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Africa has entered a decisive era where vision must become tangible and investable reality. Agenda 2063 sets a long-term horizon for prosperity, integration, and resilience, while national development plans increasingly align with the Sustainable Development Goals and the continent’s drive to deepen value chains. The challenge is no longer drafting… Read more »

Oby Ezekwesili has a long history in education. The co-founder of Transparency International and former minister in Nigeria, including that of education, has spent the last few years focusing on building the next crop of public sector leaders. In early October, a new crop of students graduated from her programme.… Read more »

Few African leaders have lived their nation’s democratic struggle as completely as Raila Amolo Odinga. His political life was not a quest for comfort or recognition. It was a long, often punishing pursuit of principle. Across five presidential bids, years in detention, and seasons of political exile, he became the… Read more »

How providing sustainable school meals also generates social and economic benefits thorughout the ecosystem. As we observe World Food Day and governments across Africa wrestle with how to feed millions of children sustainably, two questions dominate: how do we fund school meals reliably, and how do we run them well… Read more »

The ARED association, founded in Senegal, has been awarded the prestigious Yidan Prize for its innovative methods of learning in multiple languages. Mamadou Amadou Ly, head of the organisation Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED), has become the first African to receive the 2025 Yidan Prize for Education… Read more »

Queen Rima is a Guinean artist with a passion for urban music and the rhythms of her country. She was born and raised in Conakry, where she began dancing at an early age, performing in Guinean venues before making a name for herself on the international scene. Winner of the… Read more »