The New Brain Drain: Africa Is Losing Its Nurses and Teachers, Not Just Its Engineers
Previous waves of African emigration concentrated attention on the departure of engineers, doctors, and technology professionals. The current wave is different in character and, in some respects, more immediately damaging…
Why Is African Coffee Worth Billions and African Coffee Farmers Still Poor?
The global coffee industry generates over $200 billion in revenue annually. Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Côte d’Ivoire are among the world’s most important coffee-producing nations. And yet the farmers…
The Wagner Group Is Gone. What Replaced It in Africa Is Worse.
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in August 2023 and the subsequent restructuring of Russia’s private military operations in Africa did not reduce Russian military presence on the continent. It reorganised…
Climate Change Is Already Happening in Africa. The World Is Still Debating Whether It’s Real
While international climate negotiations continue their decades-long cycle of targets, pledges, and missed deadlines, climate change is reshaping daily life across Africa in ways that have moved well beyond the…










