The one safe bet on the energy transition today is that it will unfold according to African rather than Western priorities. The only country on the continent that makes a significant contribution to ...

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for urgent action.

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...

In West and Southern Africa, governments signalled stronger environmental oversight, particularly around artisanal mining.

Discover the future of tech in Africa for 2026. Explore key trends in AI, telecom, and workforce expansion driving the ...

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (37th : 2013 : Washington, D.C.) "Volume based on papers presented at the symposium "Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub- Saharan ...

Africa presents a “dynamic landscape” for the aviation sector, according to Joep Ellers, Airbus' airline marketing director for the region. Speaking at a press briefing ahead of this year’s Aviation ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Bloomberg Markets’ Michael Cohen and Helen Nyambura-Mwaura have analyzed the ...

Long gone are the days when Africa was disparagingly regarded as the White Man’s Burden. Today, Africa is the continent with the youngest demographic in the world, on the brink of a technical ...

This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CxO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. Nigeria is widely viewed as coming late ...

Five years ago, Toyin Umesiri’s trip to Africa for a family emergency ended up being pivotal and profoundly impactful to her life. She returned to the states with a resolve and commitment to leverage ...