Africa Focus

AngelAfrica’s Audacity

On the surface, the Association of a New Generation of Leaders for Africa, or AngelAfrica, can’t hold a candle to the Corporate Council on Africa, Washington, D.C.’s longtime power broker of inv

BY Rosalind McLymont

Burning Spears

At 92, Dudley Thompson, Esq., is perhaps the oldest Pan-African activist still active. Born in Jamaica, where he held several ministerial positions and holds the Order of Jamaica, the nation’s highe

BY Rosalind McLymont

The Brain Gain Movement

Africa’s brain gain movement kicked into higher gear this year, with some of the continent’s most eminent scientists urging action from the world’s richest countries. In a statement dated June 1

BY Rosalind McLymont

Hot Topics

If there is any doubt that Africa and its people are hot topics in U.S. business circles, two recent developments should put those doubts to rest. On May 19, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an A

BY Rosalind McLymont

The Power of Local

In March, Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank, and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) set up what they call an “innovative fund” to provide loans to small farmers and small ag

BY Rosalind McLymont

Africa Re-branded

For three days in March, delegates to the Africa International Media Summit (AIMS) pondered the role of African women in the media as part of the broader discussion on reshaping the image of Africa. H

BY Rosalind McLymont

Women Entrepreneurs

The group of women farmers calling themselves the “Pankop Women Farmers Forum” didn’t set out to own a million-dollar exporting business. They hail from Mpumalanga, the big game country in easte

BY Rosalind McLymont

Traditional Medicines

International fashion model Camilla Barungi wants Americans to use moringa, a traditional leafy vegetable in Africa, as a nutritional supplement. She recently launched her product line, African Moring

BY Rosalind McLymont

Obama’s Africa Agenda - The whispers of “sinners against his father’s people”

The presidential campaign of Barack Obama reached out to the more than two million African immigrants in the United States and was rewarded with the emergence of such groups as the African Immigrant M

BY Rosalind McLymont

A Call to Turn Inward - Keeping the West’s financial rout at bay

As the financial crisis that erupted in the United States deepened and spread to Europe and Asia, bank executives, bloggers and newspaper opinion writers throughout Africa hastened to comment on what

BY Rosalind McLymont

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