Reflecting on Africa Day, Pan-Africanism

>Last Sunday, that is, May 25, Africa marked 51 years since the founding of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), which later transformed itself to the African Union (AU).

I recently met a 10-year old girl -- Nyambura Kagwanja -- from Kenya at an inter-generational dialogue on Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. Nyambura was very clear of what she wants to be in future -- president of Kenya, nothing less. She told me she is qualified, educated, loyal to her country and most importantly passionate about Africa.

Leading Jamaican contemporary author Erna Brodber will join South African filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole, and Tanzanian activist Richard Mabala on what is being billed as a difficult and constructive dialogue on xenophobia in the African diaspora.

Taking place during the Zanzibar International Film Festival, the dialogue is timely given the recent violent attacks in South Africa and the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court ruling, adversely affecting Haitian descendants.

‘Pan Africanism has left...

Baada ya kumalizika kwa michuano ya ligi ya mkoa wa Dar es salaam na timu za FFU na Zakhem kumaliza katika nafasi ya kwanza kwenye makundi yao,kesho 20/03/2015 utapigwa mchezo mmoja wa kusaka nafasi ya kuungana na mabingwa hao kushiriki michuano ya ligi ya mikoa.Mchezo huo wa mtoano utakaopigwa katika uwanja wa Mizinga Kigamboni,utazikutanisha timu za Pan Africa dhidi ya Changanyikeni ambazo zimemaliza katika nafasi ya pili kwenye makundi yao.Kwa mujibu wa kamati ya mashindano ya chama cha...

Africa produces 9.9 million tonnes of fish a year and yet its share of global trade in this valuable commodity is just 4.9%

  A new pan-African project has been launched to strengthen the continent’s great potential for increased trade in fish. Africa, a continent that is endowed with plentiful fish resources in oceans, rivers, lakes, floodplains and fish farms accounts for just 4.9% of global fish trade. More efficient trade could significantly improve income and nutrition for millions of...

*The international telecoms community regards Africa as an area of high value for new business

Africa’s telecoms industry forms a vital component to the country’s economic growth, affecting all aspects of the business and social sphere. Dramatic expansion in the telecoms sector has taken place over the past five years, with a 72% penetration on average in mobile subscriptions across the continent.

Consequently, a huge amount of investment is happening to improve Africa’s infrastructure to...

Cristina Duarte, Minister of Finances and Planning, Republic of Cabo Verde.

“No other institution is better suited than the AfDB to give Africa the needed boost to reach the promised land” – Cristina Duarte*

 As we celebrate Africa Day, it gives me great pleasure to congratulates our continent for the remarkable vision it has had by embarking, decades ago, in a project aimed at achieving its unity. This year’s Africa Day coincides with the return to its headquarters of the prime...

It is now official that Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda is in the race for the presidency come 2015 General Election. He is the first sitting PM to contest for the position, since the coming of competitive politics.

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