Talk Africa: The Artificial Intelligence dilemma
Many people in Africa may not be aware of the concept of artificial intelligence, or simply AI. Yet AI, according to the Brookings Institute,...
Talk Africa: Powering Africa
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in February, in response to the country’s drawn-out energy crisis. The country has...
Talk Africa: The 36th AU Summit
Heads of State and Government gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 36th African Union (AU) summit under the theme: Acceleration of the AfCFTA.
The...
Talk Africa: Monkeypox goes global
The first case of the current outbreak of monkeypox was identified in May 2022 and since then, the World Health Organization has been tracking...
Talk Africa: Energy crisis, Europe turns to Africa
Europe is in the grip of an unprecedented energy crisis. Its oil and gas taps are drying up. At the centre of it all is...
Talk Africa: African migrants’ death at the crossing
They die all the time, at the crossing. A stampede. A capsizing. Or, sometimes, in the hands of overzealous law enforcement officers. But they...
Talk Africa: Africa’s food prices shock
Global inflation is at its highest in decades, with a sharp rise in prices being felt more in Africa than in other parts of the world. While the economic...
Talk Africa: Great Lakes tensions rise
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have had a long history of tensions stemming back to the mid 1990s. After the Rwanda genocide...
Talk Africa: Building sustainable cities
Many urban centres around Africa are already struggling with growing populations, which put a strain on living space, infrastructure and services. Africa’s urban population...
Talk Africa: Seychelles facing climate change
Located around 1,600 kilometers off the coast of East Africa, the Seychelles is an ecological paradise. But as climate change is affecting every region...
