Blogs and Articles shared by HiA Network Members
A trialogue on lessons for Legal Research and Writing from a reading of Edwin Bikundo’s ‘The Faustian Pact in International Law’
My 10 Takeaways from the 2026 African Union Summit
The Plea – The Warning – The Wish
Africa in 2026 and Beyond: 7 Strategic Inflection Points for the Continent’s Future.
Crying from their Graves : How Africa’s Founding Fathers would react to the Continent’s Decline
Coups are Crimes Against Democracy: Africa Must Shut the Door on Putschists
Stanford University x Hosted in Africa: AI Security and Discourse in Global Africa
Mine is Yours
AI Prompting for Kenyan Professionals: Turning Baby Steps into Giant Leaps
In Memory of Pope Francis
Avid Readers’ Forum on Ali Mazrui’s “The black woman and the problem of gender: An African perspective” on 22 January 2025 at Sawia Auditorium, Kabarak Law School
Arms trafficking / Arms trafficking threatens West African wildlife sanctuary
Mia Mottley’s Powerful Call for African-Caribbean Unity at the AU Summit
Repositioning Africa at the Crossroads of a New World Order
Africa in 2025 and Beyond
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Dr Francesca Fanjinmi - Founder of Your Black Matters (YBM)
"Thank you HiA. I feel at home here. It's hard to define it, but I feel safe. I can't wait to blast this to our brothers and sisters all over the world!"
Nadine Hakizimana - Youth Engagement Lead at World Intellectual Property
HiA provides a base for the ideological grounding of African values, knowledge and culture. It is an effort to foster African unity and to provide a digital space for members from all walks of life to call home. I encourage all Africans to join HiA and come home!
Jade Makory - Data Specialist Lawyer
"HiA is a social media+ experience with Africa at its centre, offering you personalised content that is well thought out, with it’s people as its focus. I love being able to interact in the various communities, catch up on the latest news and also contribute constructively in the communities I am a part of. HiA is the future of Africa networking."
Dr Marketus Sino - US relations expert
"HiA has the potential to be one of the de facto online platforms that takes us another step closer to a globally interconnected African Diaspora that is circulating its resources within its own socio-cultural and economic environment for the benefit of Black folk around the world to solve our own problems."
Prof S Ama Wray - professor of dance and the University of California
"Hosted in Africa is seeing us into the future. The ubuntu spirit is alive thriving and vital. It is the way we need to be connected. Thank you for bringing this to us on the continent and diaspora."
Anatola Araba - Film Maker - Creative
The HiA Network unifies visionaries across Africa and it’s diaspora. It cultivates meaningful connections that shift culture toward a new North Star, one rooted in Cosmo Ubuntu, which the world most desperately needs.
Ass Prof Jose Cossa
Mozambican scholar, writer/author, researcher, poet, blogger, “twitterer”, podcaster, entrepreneur, and an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University.
Prof Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Arewa
Shusterman Professor of Business & Transactional LawTemple University Beasley School of Law
Karim Anjarwalla - Senior Partner - ALN Kenya - Anjarwalla & Khanna
HiA is a digital ode to love for our great continent, Africa. It is doing something profound: connecting Africans and those who love Africa and catalysing intelligent conversations about curating the continent that we want to see develop, for ourselves, for our children and for all future generations. Its only if we ask the right questions, can we ever get the right answers. No continent or people can be built by others. At the core of our development, should be efforts made by Africans and HiA contributes to that endeavour in a meaningful way.
Dr Jasmine Blanks Jones - Fellow John Hopkins
HiA is a phenomenal place for collaboration with people committed to diving deep into important issues facing the global Africa community and moving those ideas to action with wisdom and care. A very welcoming space for newcomers and a wonderful way to stay connected with old friends for the good of us all.
Shaukatali Hussein -
Founder & Technical Director:
Robotech Labs
Joy Alliy - Stroke Survivor / Activist - Lawyer - Author
Obi Abuchi - Founder & CEO, CORE Leaders International
“I can see this being an absolute game-changer for elevating confidence, connections, prosperity, impact and so much more across our beloved African continent. This is pure professional magic.”
Dr Jackie Berry - Cognitive Scientist who studies expertise and human-computer interaction.
"This is truly amazing. The HIA Network is about to be the one stop needed for anything, everything, and everyone on the continent and in the diaspora. I'm so glad I am starting with it early!"
Richard Bailey Co-founder of Abantu Impact Foundation
Ubuntu unleashed in digital form, maintaining Afro-centric values, whilst building on Global diaspora experience. The place to trade, learn, grow and commune.
Dr Edward Kwakwa - Assistant Director General World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO}
[HiA Network] “looks and sounds very promising for the Continent. [I learnt about the Network] from CEO Femi Omere, who very easily convinced me to join!"
Ibrahim Sheriff - Data Science University Student
"A daring interface that engages more than just the usual human senses. It takes you on a journey of culture, adventure, and substance that is driven by a great vision."
