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Timeless: The ideas expressed in the book are not relics of a bygone era
but a blueprint for the continent’s unfinished agenda.

Why Kwame Nkrumah still matters

Decades on, Kwame Nkrumah’s speeches read like a roadmap for Africa’s present challenges, from trade and unity to economic independence

From Mbombela to the world: Bobby Shabangu has led a regional effort to draft the Africa Agenda, a document that captures the challenges faced
by the Wikimedia Communities in Africa. Photo: Supplied

Africa takes its seat at Wikimedia

Bobby Shabangu’s election to the Wikimedia Foundation Board marks a historic first for Africa and a decisive step toward global knowledge equity

Saco executive director Unathi Lutshaba

SACO’s 2025 Conference explores the future of africa’s creative economy

SACO’s conference tackles pressing questions: who owns creativity, how can creatives thrive and what does an African-led creative economy look like?

Professor Harsh Pant, Vice President, Studies and Foreign Policy at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, says that Africa requires visionary leaders who are prepared to invest in digital technology, for instance, so that the continent can compete on the global stage.

Africa’s role in a multipolar world

Leveraging the competition between the US and China could present opportunities for African nations to negotiate better terms and conditions for development

Tito Mboweni during a news conference on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 24, 2020. (Gem Atkinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Africa mourns visionary leader Tito Mboweni, champion of integrity and governance reform

Throughout his career, Tito highlighted the importance of involving young people in governance structures alongside experienced leaders

Lucas Mangope leaves a complex legacy of power and postcolonial leadership

Like all of us, Lucas Mangope’s life trajectory had many exciting twists and turns. His illustrates a journey from the outskirts of a traditional village — Motsweding, in North West — to political stardom as the president of the Bophuthatswana homeland from 1977 to 1994. In Lucas Mangope: A Life, Oupa Segalwe demonstrates elusive qualities […]