Rwanda’s exclusionary constitution On paper, Rwanda’s constitution appears inclusive. In practice, it reinforces the ruling party’s power By Will Jones…
Browsing: Africa in Fact
The Trans-African Highway A road network linking Africa’s major cities is far from complete, 43 years on Driving from Cape…
Cameroon’s trompe l’oeil unity One nation’s lingering divisions hold a powerful lesson for Africa Unification is easy on paper but…
Southern Africa: world’s oldest customs union The Southern African Customs Union has been less about easing trade than keeping failed…
East Africa: non-tariff barriers Non-cooperation and governmental indifference are blocking the region’s commerce Trade barriers that restrict imports and a…
African Union: diplomatic failures Supranational African organisations have failed to resolve violent conflicts without Western help Conflicts in the Democratic…
Nigeria: banks and other barriers to business High interest rates are strangling small businesses in Africa’s largest economy The elation…
Growing entrepreneurs: not government’s business Ambitious bureaucrats think they can replicate Silicon Valley, but history proves otherwise Historians credit Frederick…
Zimbabwe: Strive Masiyiwa The telecommunications tycoon wins with the law and God on his side “What Can Be Done Should…
Kenya’s beer queen Tabitha Karanja’s success is a classic “David and Goliath” tale Tabitha Mukami Karanja chats with her senior…
