Nov 16 - 19 2026
Africa Tech Festival
Cape Town, South Africa
Hosted in Africa to the World
A taste of the HiA Network for Global Africa and our friends
Dec 01 - 02 2026
8TH ANNUAL BANDUNG AFRICA CONFERENCE 2026
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Feb 23 - 26 2027
Africa’s Green Economy Summit 🌍
Cape Town, South Africa
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Turning points?
There have been some stunning results in the US Mid-Term elections, which ,at least in the moment, show democracy somehow…
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Tech in Africa 2 weeks ago
Africa Moves From AI Ambition To Action
Artificial intelligence has moved from potential to proven economic value. While ambition setting is near universal…
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Ubuntu Lifestyle 2 weeks ago
Ethiopia’s coffee ceremony: The ritual behind the world’s favourite drink
From freshly roasted beans to three carefully prepared servings, Ethiopia’s traditional coffee ceremony transforms an…
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Ethiopia's coffee ceremony: The ritual behind the world's favourite drink
Discover Ethiopia's traditional coffee ceremony, from roasting beans and brewing in a jebena to three rounds celebrating hospitality and community.
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AfCFTA – African Continental Free Trade Area 2 weeks ago
Why does Tunisia become African only when Europe needs it to be?
Tunisia is a Mediterranean market when Brussels wants trade, and an African frontier when Brussels wants…
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Why does Tunisia become African only when Europe needs it to be?
Tunisia is a Mediterranean market when Brussels wants trade, and an African frontier when Brussels wants border control.
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Business Exchange 2 weeks ago
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Surpasses US$100 Billion
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Surpasses US$100 Billion in Trade Finance Approvals
The…
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), the trade finance and trade development arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has surpassed US$100 billion in cumulative trade finance approvals since commencing operations in 2008. The mi
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The global panel on inequality needs African evidence: here’s how it could work
World leaders have been asked to support a proposed International Panel on Inequality. Brazil, Norway, South Africa and…
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The global panel on inequality needs African evidence: here’s how it could work
Frameworks built mainly on the data and institutions of the global north risk being least accurate where inequality is most severe.
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The Best East African Songs Right Now
OkayAfrica spotlights standout new music from East Africa this September.
For the past few months, I’ve been following the…
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The Best East African Songs Right Now
OkayAfrica spotlights standout new music from East Africa this September.
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Africa’s new credit agency: why it’s about a lot more than just ratings
The new Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) has already generated an important debate. Some analysts have portrayed it as…
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Africa’s new credit agency: why it’s about a lot more than just ratings
The new credit rating agency set up by African countries was not established to replace the existing rating architecture but to expand it.
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Why AI Still Struggles With Many African Languages
Recently, a Kenyan teacher recounted at a conference I was attending that she had initially been optimistic about using… Read more
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Why AI Still Struggles With Many African Languages
Why AI Still Struggles With Many African Languages
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South Africa’s minibus taxi industry has lessons for policymakers on how informa
Two recent books draw on more than a decade of research into South Africa’s minibus taxi industry. A Fork in the Road? The…
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South Africa’s minibus taxi industry has lessons for policymakers on how informal systems work
South Africa’s minibus taxi industry contains extensive knowledge, organisation and social practices developed by the people who work in and depend on it.
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Nigeria, US agree to boost mining investment
Who’s benefit? Value exchange or a repeated cycle…
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Nigeria, US agree to boost mining investment on sidelines of UN General Assembly
On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Nigeria and the US inked a new mining deal. Nigeria is home to deposits of lithium, gold, tin, gemstones, iron ore and phosphate.
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Making Global Africa Proud
Memorialising Resolution 80/250 and in doing shinning a light on the potential pathways for reparatory justice, a…
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On Edmond Albius, the Enslaved Man Who Pioneered the Pollination of Vanilla
From Eric T. Jennings’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean“
One day as I walked with my…
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On Edmond Albius, the Enslaved Man Who Pioneered the Pollination of Vanilla
Ferréol Bellier-Beaumont recounts the 1841 eureka moment—when a vanilla plant was first manually pollinated—as follows: One day as I walked with my faithful companion, I noticed that my only vanill…
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Arts Corner 6 weeks ago
The Art Of Photography: Sea Point Promenade Photographic Exhibition Competition
For the past six years, the Sea Point Promenade has brought photography out of the gallery and into the public landscape.… Read more
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The Art Of Photography: The Sea Point Promenade Photographic Exhibition Competition Is Back!
The Art Of Photography: The Sea Point Promenade Photographic Exhibition Competition Is Back!
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Sale of Ethiopian Imperial Manuscript Reignites African Restitution Debate
- Austrian bookseller Inlibris has offered the Gospel Book of Tewodros II for €250,000 ($288,500), reigniting debate over…
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Sale of Ethiopian Imperial Manuscript Reignites African Restitution Debate
Austrian bookseller Inlibris has offered the Gospel Book of Tewodros II for €250,000 ($288,500), reigniting debate over Ethiopian cultural objects removed during the 1868 British expedition to Magdala. Ethiopian heritage authorities are seeking to block the sale, while historian Alula … Continuer la lecture
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The extinction pitch
Warnings from researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI that their own products could end humanity distract from the real damage…
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Warnings from researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI that their own products could end humanity distract from the real damage AI is already doing.
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African Independence
Africa Corrected the Map. The Harder Corrections Are Ours to Make… At Home.
Friends;
I have just published a short piece on last week’s UN vote on the “Correct the Map” resolution. It looks at how African countries have now won two UN votes in six months using the same approach: one country acting on behalf of all 54 African states, the AU Commission preparing the ground, one clear request, and African countries staying united. Ghana did it in March on the slavery resolution. Togo did it in September on the map.
My call is simple. We must now apply the same approach to our own major challenges, including peace and security, rule of law, social justice , mineral negotiations, financing the African Union etc.
Bonne lecture!
Désiré Assogbavi
9 September 2026
Academia
A trialogue on lessons for Legal Research and Writing from a reading of Edwin Bikundo’s ‘The Faustian Pact in International Law’
The conversation begins. Addressing the students and us. This semester I am teaching Advanced Legal Research and Writing to third
Melissa Mungai
25 February 2026
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My 10 Takeaways from the 2026 African Union Summit
The 39th African Union Summit unfolded at a moment of uncomfortable truths for the continent. Inside the plenary hall and
Désiré Assogbavi
18 February 2026