In recent years African states have begun a concerted pivot toward agriculture and renewed interest in farming and aggro-processing. Undoubtedly, the ability for African nations to produce and process its own food—ready for consumption and export would create new opportunities, but also guard against unforeseen humanitarian disasters like Covid-19. For African states, its greatest hit…
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African Girl Power: African Women Partnerships in the Diaspora
In the USA alone, African American women’s business is the fastest growing sector in entrepreneurship. While this growth doesn’t speak much to capitalization or longevity, undoubtedly, African American women are going into business at an astonishing rate. This may also be due to the fact that African American women are the most educated population in…
A Community of Wealth: Africa and Growth
As Africa began to increase its economic position in the world, more attention began to accumulate in the region. But as communications and technology made it easier for the world to better understand the state of African nations’ economic growth, an even grater query emerged. How can nations replete with so much natural wealth have…
Constructing the Future
The construction field is a unique one—highly politicized and often a struggle for smaller contractors to gain headway into the market. When I was growing up in the Midwest, as an African-American, I can remember the consistent complaint from construction companies of color for the lack or absence of government contracting awards. It was a…
Akon Is Right About Branding Africa
Akon is right. Yes, I’m talking about the hip hop rapper turned businessman and solar energy magnate. As an entrepreneur and communications professional I can appreciate what the musician has done; as well as the comments he made at this year’s Youth Connekt Africa Summit in Kigali, Rawanda. At the Summit, Akon highlighted a critical…
#AfriCapitalism: Does African Currency Matter?
Waiting to pay my bill in Ghana, I rummaged through my purse and my pockets. Oh, no! I hadn’t any more Ghana Cedis. I was in the West African nation of Ghana, and I had run out of Cedis (the national currency). All I had were dollars and at present there was no place to…
Reflections on Ghana: Africans Will “Save” Africa
Traditionally, Africa’s growth has been quantified in terms of Foreign Aid, good governance models and foreign investment. However, statistics are now proving that those ideas are in fact wrong. The popular notion in most sectors, both domestically and internationally, is that African nations achieve growth through investment from large multinationals that mine natural resources, wealthy…
Lela Winston 