Britain Needs Africa Today More Than Ever

New Tory leader and British Prime Minister Liz Truss.  By Nicholas Westcott New British Prime Minister Liz Truss has never said much in public about Africa. However, her recent appoints of Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (nee: Adegoke) and Kwasi Kwarteng, descendants of African immigrants into top posts in her cabinet may suggest that she has Africa on her […]

Why Foreign Banks Are Absent In Nigeria?

AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. Central Bank of Nigeria, Ibadan zonal office. Wikimedia Commons By Lilac Nachum & Chris Ogbechie  Privately owned Nigerian banks hold 94% of Nigerian banking assets. Only one other country in the world – Israel – has a higher share of ownership by local banks. The share of banking assets […]

Monarchy Faces A Balancing Act With Africa And The Rest of The Commonwealth

AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Queen Elizabeth touring the secretariat of Karu Local council, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja in 2003 By Roger Southall On her 21st birthday, 21 April 1947, when Britain’s Princess Elizabeth was accompanying her parents and her sister on a tour of South Africa, she spoke “to all the […]

Seychelles Diversifies Offering With Sports Tourism In The Mix

TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. Praslin has been identified as an area where sports tourism facilities can be explored.  A number of sites have been identified in Seychelles to build facilities for sports tourism activities as part of the government’s plan to diversify the tourism […]