“I was entrusted to a woman who wanted a servant in Cotonou. I got up at 5am and worked about 18 hours a day. I spent two years with my employer without being able to speak with my parents. I suffered a lot of physical...
Côte d’Ivoire
Ending FGM: The road to 2030
At 17, Ifrah Ahmed arrived in Dublin, Ireland in 2006, escaping war in Somalia. To support her asylum application, she had to undergo a medical check-up, which included a Pap smear. The medical personnel were shocked...
Data sovereignty is key
Africa’s huge infrastructure deficit is well documented. Much of the current discourse centres around the gaps in both hard and soft infrastructure, yet with connectivity across the continent growing exponentially,...
Instability and coups in West Africa: a call for collective action
In recent years, West Africa has seen a spate of coups and attempted coups. Efforts by governance actors in the region to prevent these incidents have been largely ineffective. Coups are not the only security threat...
The pandemic has boosted Africa’s digital transformation
Africa's opportunity to transform itself into a "cyber-continent", bypassing capital-intensive legacy infrastructure and leaping straight into the fourth industrial revolution, has been boosted by the unusual...
Cementing Africa’s future
Nigeria: Africa’s richest man bets on the continent’s prospects Playing politics has helped Aliko Dangote build his business empire At age 57, Aliko Dangote is Africa’s richest man, and by quite some margin. Forbes...
