By Mariam Abdullahi- While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018, thanks in part to the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp that…
A year ago, on February 22nd 2018, the State of Djibouti prematurely terminated the concession for the Doraleh container port, awarded in 2006 to Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), a company essentially controlled…
ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Djibouti has registered remarkable economic growth over the past decade, mainly after its ports began handling Ethiopia’s import and export trade.
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Tigist Kebede, 38, resides in Sebeta where she and her husband launched TGA Leather, about three years ago. As the demand for their leather products both local…
By Kalima Nkonde – The untold story of Zambia’s excessive debt and low foreign reserves is the negative impact that illicit financial flows have had and continue to have on the country.
By Martin Ager – Africa has belts of arid and semi-arid land both north and south of the Equator with an average annual rainfall of less than 500mm per year.
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Last week Mekelle University, which is found in the northern part of Ethiopia Tigray Region, has organized a conference. One of the papers presented at the conference…
By António Vitorino – Migration is the great issue of our era. Migration With Dignity (#WithDignity) is the theme of 2018’s International Migrants Day, which we observe on Tuesday (18 December).
By President Akufo-Addo of Ghana, and Prime Minister Erna Soldberg of Norway– While we come from different countries, with different cultures, languages, food, and weather, we are co-chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable…
For the first time since publishing the list, there is an equal amount of men and women featuring in this year’s one hundred. Although this year’s listing is dominated by entries from…
By Vera Songwe and Mamadou Biteye – Africa is growing, but not fast enough. In order for more than 400 million Africans to rise out of poverty, continued economic growth across Africa’s…
By Col. Jamal Ahmed – I watched recently a video review of some of the best helicopters and I was amazed about how the technology is advancing. Based on that review I…
By Aregu Balleh– Well, it has been a tumultuous six months: the hope and the fear; the ups and downs; the support and the opposition. With the fever of change gripping the…
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – As a journalist for more than a decade, I have witnessed how millions of people in the rural area are combating with severe poverty. From North to…