It is common knowledge that food security is directly linked to climatic conditions and the environmental conditions in general. The prevailing negative effects of climate change which have disproportionately affected regions have far reaching implications for agriculture and food production in Africa.

This…

What, where, when, why, who….thus we begin a question. Questioning is very basic to the human enquiring human mind.



It helps to understand the world around us, why people behave the way they do, the purpose of our lives, where we’re going and so on. But even more important is to question oneself.



Why…

Last week, I touched on proposals for innovative financing paths; the case of ECCAS and its levy on imports; the case of UEMOA/CEMAC; and the case of ECOWAS.

On the proposals, you may re-call that a study by the AU commission had proposed no less than eight scenarios, which included (a) tax on imports; (b)tax on revenue from hydrocarbon exports; (c)tax on insurance premiums; (d)levy on airline tickets, but that the AU had proposed…

As the Internet spins a web of interconnectivity around the globe, as it grows literally by the hour, Africa is struggling, not to catch up but to keep from falling further and further behind. There has been a great increase in African content on the Internet.

Many net entrepreneurs have been quick to realize the…

By Isaac Twumasi-Quantus in Accra, Ghana.

The importance of the Diaspora in Development cannot be emphasized enough. The international community, the international development institutions and the United Nations have acknowledged the value and critical role of the…