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African history has gone through many incarnations as an academic discipline. Most recently, there’s been a global turn in African...

In the heart of Lagos, Africa’s biggest city, sits a sprawling, bustling market stacked with almost every tech product imaginable and...

Africa is overwhelmingly the poorest region in the world. In 2015, after more than a decade of the “Africa Rising” narrative, the...

There are many ways to look at countries. Some see connected pieces of political geography; others see ‘imagined communities’ tied...

From music to movies, from banking to buying food, mobile phones have revolutionized the way we access the world today. But for...

As a teenager, Madiba Guillaume Olivier dreamt of moving from Cameroon to Europe or the United States to pursue his passion for video...

Africa is at risk of losing a generation of 21st century workers and job creators. If current trends continue, Africa will be home to one...

African and global business leaders will gather for the Initiative for Global Development’s Spring Frontier 100 Forum on May 5-6, 2017,...

CUITO CUANAVALE, Angola — Domingos Luis, a 20-year-old farmer, has lived his entire life in a hamlet surrounded by land mines, their...

The financial markets have an unlikely new hero. In recent months, the best way to make a serious amount of money in a short amount of...

When he was growing up, Vik Sohonie moved around a lot with his family. Born in India, he was raised in various places in southeast Asia...

On the internet, Nigerians are opting for more global identities through web addresses. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA),...

Last year was tough for Africa’s wealthy. Across the continent, the rich saw their ranks decline. Tiny Mauritius, however, bucked the...

King Mswati III of Swaziland is Africa’s last absolute monarch. The 49-year old king who calls himself ngweyama, “the lion,” owns most of...

The therapy room is a patch of waste ground, and the therapist’s couch a wooden bench under a tree. The therapist is an elderly...

Despite its vast oil riches and impressive economic growth, Nigeria has struggled to lift its people out of poverty over the past three...

One of the most unique features of a new South African biopic about an anti-apartheid hero earning accolades worldwide is the nationality...

In January, Ethiopia became the latest African nation to look skyward and declare its ambitions in space. The country’s ministry of...

Things look pretty bleak in South Africa right now. The political chaos of the present has made the economic future uncertain—and the...

Not everything in 2017’s been all that bad. The Rand, for one, is stronger than it’s been in over 20 months and data released by...