Why Politicians Don’t Deliver Electoral Promises

In case you do not have enough time to read this brief piece, the answer to the question raised above is: corruption. Yes, sounds familiar? I am talking about politicians in developing countries. In general terms, politicians in developed nations are not angels but they are structurally constrained to corner public monies to build private… Continue reading Why Politicians Don’t Deliver Electoral Promises

How Far Will African Dictators Go to Quell The New Wave of Popular Uprising?

African countries are going through a dynamic change, a change that the regimes cannot curtail even with the oppressive state apparatuses that have been employed over the years vehemently hold power. Two leadership casualties have been recorded so far; Ben-Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. These protests which regimes describe as social unrest… Continue reading How Far Will African Dictators Go to Quell The New Wave of Popular Uprising?

Egypt Showed That True Sovereignty Lies With The People But Other Nations Should ‘Glocalize’ Their Situations

History was made last week in Egypt when the incumbent President Hosni Mubarak after what has been described as an ‘unprecedented protest’ which lasted for about two weeks finally in a press briefing declared he was quitting office. Presently, Egypt’s national administration is temporarily in the hands of the military until fresh elections are conducted to… Continue reading Egypt Showed That True Sovereignty Lies With The People But Other Nations Should ‘Glocalize’ Their Situations

How Digital Technology Has Become Integral in The Quest for Freedom Across Africa

John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of Ghana Watching the the Egyptian crowds as they listened to a speech by their now former president, Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak, who had been in power since the assassination of Anwar El Sadat in 1981, only confirmed what is becoming more and more obvious: that for Africa there is… Continue reading How Digital Technology Has Become Integral in The Quest for Freedom Across Africa

Do Not Tax Anti-Malaria Medicines and Products

Malaria advocacy group, Malaria Taxes and Tariffs Advocacy Project (M-TAP), is insisting that governments drop all taxes and tariffs on medicines, mosquito nets and other anti-malaria tools in order to bring down the costs of the products and facilitate their delivery to the people who need it. M-TAP says only six countries worldwide have completely… Continue reading Do Not Tax Anti-Malaria Medicines and Products

In Africa, a Man Without Job Has no Status

Michael Fleshman For 17 years Peter worked as a machine operator in a South African textile plant. It was not high-paying work, but it paid the bills and kept his family above the poverty line. When he lost his job because foreign imports were cheaper, he told University of KwaZulu-Natal researcher Claire Ichou, he was… Continue reading In Africa, a Man Without Job Has no Status

African Leaders Must Learn to Accept Change

Change is often referred to as the only constant thing in life. How prepared are we as individuals, families, nations and the global community to accept change? If you would recollect, it was the need for change that brought paved the way for Barrack Obama to emerge as the 44th president of the United States… Continue reading African Leaders Must Learn to Accept Change

Beyond Political Turmoil in Africa: We Are Blessed, Not Cursed

 In the last couple of months, there hav been pockets of crises here and there on the African continent. From Ivory Coast to Sudan, and from Tunisia to Egypt, it has been tales of cacophony and woes. This seems worrisome in a continent blessed with abundant human and material resources. There is a tendency to… Continue reading Beyond Political Turmoil in Africa: We Are Blessed, Not Cursed