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A Cassava snack company just won $100,000! Here’s what the “NSIA Prize for Innovation” means for young Africans.
Come Again Foods has emerged as the overall winner of the fourth edition of the NSIA Prize for Innovation (NPI 4.0), receiving a $100,000…
Part 3: The Ouagadougou Imperative: Decoding the Traoré Doctrine
The Geopolitical Pivot – Asserting Agency in a Multipolar World Perhaps the most visible success of the Traoré administration is its bold repositioning on…
West Africa’s Economy Just Did Something Unexpected. Here’s What It Means For You.
While the world argued about trade wars, inflation, and geopolitical tension, West Africa grew at 4.8% in 2025; faster than the African average of…
Being Poor Is an Expensive Currency
There's a version of poverty most economists never quite capture. It's not just that poor people have less, It's that they pay more for…
THE $15 BILLION SPINE: WHY THE ABIDJAN-LAGOS CORRIDOR ISN’T JUST A ROAD
Let’s talk about a drive. Not a weekend getaway. A thousand-kilometer stretch of ambition running along West Africa’s coast. Abidjan to Lagos. Five countries.…
The World Ships Grain to Sudan. What If We Helped Them Grow It Instead?
Let me tell you about a field in Sudan. Not the kind you see in travel brochures. The kind where the soil remembers war.…
THE FIRST 1,000 DAYS: WHY A CONFERENCE IN LOME MATTERS MORE THAN YOU THINK
Let's start with the stat for the day: 33%. That's the current rate of stunting (children too short for their age due to chronic…
THE ROAD THAT COULD CHANGE WEST AFRICA
They call it a highway. I call it a wager. "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,…