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NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | On the bustling streets of Nairobi, the green glow of the M-Pesa (a mobile money platform) logo is inescapable, from high-end hotels to street vendors. In some tourist hotspots, signs declaring “No Cash” highlight a striking shift: over 90 percent of adults in the East …

African countries’ large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa’s sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable debt burdens, restructuring negotiations with Western governments and multilateral institutions such as …

Africans are increasingly reliant on the small number of staple crops that dominate global agriculture, despite the nutritional and environmental benefits of indigenous crops such as millet, sorghum and  teff, COMMENT | AGNES KALIBATA & FOWLER | Africa’s food systems are facing myriad challenges, from climate shocks and low productivity …

  NAIROBI | Xinhua | Kenya Airways, the country’s flag carrier, said on Friday that the consolidation of airlines on the continent will help reduce the cost of intra-African air travel. Allan Kilavuka, chief executive officer of Kenya Airways, said in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that travel within Africa …

The emergence of a new world order produces stresses and strains COMMENT | ANTHONI VAN NIEUWKERK | There is growing global consensus among the members of the United Nations that the UN Security Council, responsible for maintaining international peace and security, requires reform or restructuring to reflect the current balance of …

ANALYSIS | KWASI BOAHENE | As African countries struggle with overburdened healthcare systems, limited resources, and an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases such as cancer, digital health innovations are essential. However, relying on donor funding alone is not enough to support these developments. So says Kwasi Boahene, director of health systems …

ANALYSIS | JORDANNA MATLON | Africa is the world’s largest market for Guinness beer (and Nigeria is second only to Britain for the most consumers in one country). The Irish brand’s success on the continent is regarded as a trailblazing business model. And that has a lot to do with their …

The continent has natural resource wealth and great strength in its young, talented, growing population COMMENT | TOSIN ENIOLORUNDA | Tech innovations empower individuals, drive financial inclusion and foster economic resilience across the continent. Africa’s economic revival is real. Economic progress in Africa has seen various false dawns. Whether halted by tragic natural …

Across Africa, effects of climate change are deepening gaps in access to food, water, and energy COMMENT | HAKAINDE HICHILEMA | With vast arable lands, rich reserves of critical minerals, and almost endless solar and wind power potential, Africa could practically be the world’s engine room. Many of its economies continue …

How this newspaper’s work is laced with endemic racism that may even be unconscious to the author THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Most Western journalism on Africa has always been ghetto journalism. Now in last week’s story about Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, this British newspaper, The Telegraph, took journalism to the …