Analysis
The Country Behind Billionaires, Global CEOs and Top Scientists — Despite an Economic Crisis
Zimbabwe has endured hyperinflation, currency instability and decades of economic turmoil. Yet Zimbabweans are running multinational companies, shaping artificial intelligence, staffing hospitals and teaching at leading universities around the world. From Strive Masiyiwa and James Manyika to thousands of doctors and professionals abroad, what explains the gulf between Zimbabwe’s human potential and its economy?
The Fence isn’t the Problem: What Ceuta and Melilla Really Reveal
Images of people crossing into Ceuta and Melilla have been presented as evidence that Europe is losing control of its borders. Dr Annabelle Houdret argues that the real crisis lies elsewhere: in youth unemployment, political exclusion, misinformation, unequal development and the absence of credible legal migration pathways.
Zimbabwe Returns to UN Security Council as Africa Pushes for Permanent Representation
Zimbabwe has been elected to the UN Security Council for the 2027–2028 term, reviving Africa’s long-standing demand for permanent representation and veto reform.
Every African Honouree on the TIME100 Philanthropy List, 2025 and 2026
A look at every African and African diaspora figure named on the TIME100 Philanthropy lists in 2025 and 2026, from Dangote to the Elumelus, Masiyiwas and Elbas.
Analysis
The Country Behind Billionaires, Global CEOs and Top Scientists — Despite an Economic Crisis
Zimbabwe has endured hyperinflation, currency instability and decades of economic turmoil. Yet Zimbabweans are running multinational companies, shaping artificial intelligence, staffing hospitals and teaching at leading universities around the world. From Strive Masiyiwa and James Manyika to thousands of doctors and professionals abroad, what explains the gulf between Zimbabwe’s human potential and its economy?
Global Affairs
The Fence isn’t the Problem: What Ceuta and Melilla Really Reveal
Images of people crossing into Ceuta and Melilla have been presented as evidence that Europe is losing control of its borders. Dr Annabelle Houdret argues that the real crisis lies elsewhere: in youth unemployment, political exclusion, misinformation, unequal development and the absence of credible legal migration pathways.
Business
Dangote Targets $100 Billion Revenue by 2030
Dangote Group’s Vision 2030 aims for $100 billion in annual revenue by the end of the decade. Backed by refinery and fertiliser expansion, the plan is a major test of African industrial ambition and its downstream benefits for SMEs.
Business
Strive Masiyiwa Makes an Infrastructure Bet on Africa with Econet Tech City
Strive Masiyiwa is building Econet Tech City in Zimbabwe, a large-scale industrial and technology hub near Harare designed to host 300 companies and reduce the cost of doing business in Africa.
News
EU Inc. and the Case for Africa Inc.
The EU’s new EU Inc. framework aims to make it easier for businesses to start and scale across Europe. Here is what it means, and why Africa should start thinking seriously about an Africa Inc.
News
All African Nobel Prize Winners
Africa’s Nobel story spans science, literature, peace, anti-apartheid struggle, environmental justice, diplomacy and human rights. This guide lists African-born and strongly Africa-associated Nobel laureates, explaining who they were, where they came from, what and why they won.
Sport
Who Owns Zimbabwe Football? The Tycoons, Mining Giants and Power Brokers Behind PSL Clubs
Billionaires, miners, preachers, betting tycoons, and the state — inside the hidden ownership web controlling the Premier Soccer League.