Former Liberian president Johnson-Sirleaf receives the Ibrahim Prize

BY USMAN MAMA Picked in February as the 2017 winner of the Ibrahim Prize, the former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, today received the prestigious award in Kigali, Rwanda. The … Read More

Reporters Without Borders notes worsened global press freedom

BY IDRISS CESAY Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a non-profit, international, non-governmental organization committed to the promotion and the defense of freedom of the press, raises concerns in its just-published 2018 … Read More

Focus on BOAD’s Chairman Christian Adovelande

BY ALAN GREEN Christian N. Adovelandé, chairman and CEO of the West African Development Bank, has made an outstanding impact on the financial institution, proving to be one of the … Read More

BOAD, the economic engine of West African states

BY ALAN GREEN The West African Development Bank, BOAD, was established in November 1973 to provide adequate financing for the implementation of development programs in the eight-nation West African Economic … Read More

What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa

BY COBUS VAN STADEN China’s decision to suspend presidential term limits is still reverberating around the world. The announcement, made after a vote by China’s parliament in March, prompted some commentators to … Read More

U.S. economy under Trump has been good to African Americans, says America’s first black billionaire

BY ALAN GREEN Robert L. Johnson, the pioneering founder of Black Entertainment Tv (BET) and the first black billionaire in the nation, said during an appearance on CNBC that the … Read More