We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. To find out more, read our updated Cookie policy, Privacy policy and Terms & Conditions
Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. With support from the Mastercard Foundation, The African Century provides a unique platform for debate about the vital issues shaping African societies.
Jun 14, 2016 & chart the reasons for the country's remarkable success over the last two decades.
Jun 29, 2016 & show how the colonial powers' partitioning of the continent has undermined its development.
Jul 2, 2016 draws on Tanzania's experience to identify the pillars of effective reform.
Jul 14, 2016 argues that African countries should accelerate their shift away from exports toward innovation.
Aug 17, 2016 provides a road map for making the continent globally competitive in the twenty-first century.
Aug 19, 2016 says the continent should address job creation the way it has faced HIV/AIDS – with reliable data.
As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.
America owes its economic strength to its private sector, which has long benefited from an absence of undue influence by politicians and the state. But under US President Donald Trump's administration, discretionary decisions by policymakers are increasingly giving some companies advantages over others.
