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From Receipts to Farms to Classrooms: Africa’s AI Story Is Leaving the Pitch Deck
Four stories from the same week show African AI moving past proof-of-concept — a Nigerian fintech now serving…
On International Day of Democracy, Afrobarometer’s Warning: Africans Are Asking for Less
A new 38-country survey finds the continent's decades-old demand for democracy is not being met by better governance…
The Data Behind the Departure: What Africa’s Largest Public Opinion Study Reveals About Why the Diaspora Keeps Growing — and What Could Change It
Afrobarometer has just released its most comprehensive survey of African public opinion on migration, trade, and the world…
Uber Just Abandoned Nigeria and Uganda. For African Tech, That Is Not a Tragedy — It Is an Opening
After twelve years in Lagos and ten in Kampala, Uber walked out of two of Africa's most consequential…
Google Just Gave Free AI to Students in 27 African Countries. The Rules Haven’t Caught Up.
A fourfold expansion of Google's student AI programme reaches Francophone West Africa for the first time — landing…
Angélique Kidjo’s Hollywood Star Is More Than a Personal Triumph — It Is a Milestone for Africa
For Africa, the most important part of the story may not be that one of its artists finally…
How African Presidents Leave Power: What 70 Years of Data Reveal
A new study of 333 executive exits since 1954 shows that the barrel of a gun, not the…
The Poet Who Carries Roxbury in His Chest: Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and the $50,000 Question of What Poetry Is For
Boston's Ghanaian-American Poet Laureate has just been named a 2026 Fellow by the Academy of American Poets —…