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Tidiane Ouattara, Chairman of the African Space Council, reveals the issues, policies and strategies that are working to develop this crucial industry. You head up the African Space Council (ASC), which will be officially inaugurated in Cairo in April 2025. How do you explain the creation of this institution? I… Read more »

For too long the world sees displaced people and migrants as a problem although, when given the opportunity to work and learn, they can, and have, contributed considerably to enriching their host communities. We live in a world where migration as well as forced displacement are often seen – through… Read more »

During a special webinar organised by IC Publications, group publisher and managing director, Omar Ben Yedder engaged Professor Carlos Lopes, one of Africa’s deepest thinkers on various aspects concerning the continent, in a conversation about his latest book, The Self-Deception Trap: Exploring the Economic Dimensions of Charity Dependency within Africa-Europe… Read more »

Less than half of adolescent girls in Western and Central Africa – which has the highest fertility rate in the continent, are enrolled in secondary school. This has massive economic and social implications. As the world marks the International Day of the Girl Child this month, the World Bank is… Read more »

Those who coined the short-hand term, “The Bill Gates of Ghana” to describe the late Ghanaian I.T. [Information Technology] entrepreneur, Herman Chinery- Hesse, had more justification for doing so than most of those who use similar comparisons. The contributions of Chinery-Hesse, who sadly passed in mid- September 2024, was in… Read more »

While the high-level performers who participated in the Olympics and Paralympics had won their credentials through merit, what merit can the elites attending the UNGA in New York claim? As the paris olympics (and Paralympics) end in Europe, another gathering is starting in New York that will bring together representatives… Read more »