Author of Missionaries and the Colonial State in Rwanda and Burundi (Routledge 2022); In Search of Rwanda's Génocidaires (2014); co-author Sam Rainsy We Didn't Start the Fire Cambodia (2013).
Exclusive: Ethiopia, Angola to join Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance
The announcement, to be made at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, shows confidence in green hydrogen’s potential, says Jonas Moberg, CEO of the Global Green Hydrogen Organisation.
Missionaries and the Colonial State Radicalism and Governance in Rwanda and Burundi, 1900-1972
"A brilliant addition to the existing knowledge of the subject" - David Himbara, Rwandan professor of international development, based in Toronto, Canada.
We Didn't Start the Fire: My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia
Cambodia's long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. This is the story of life until 2013. Shortly after this book was published, hundreds of thousands of people in Phnom Penh came out to greet him as he returned to Cambodia from exile in France. The government has since forced him out of the country and banned the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. That remains the case in 2022.
In Search of Rwanda's Génocidaires: French Justice and the Lost Decades
France supported the Rwandan government which lost the war that culminated in the genocide of 1994. Many of the leading genocide suspects have lived quietly in France ever since. Twenty years later, the first French trial took place.
In Search of Rwanda's Génocidaires is an attempt at objectivity rather than advocacy. Accusers and accused state their case as they seek common points of reference in the world's most polarized controversy.
Africa faces long road ahead to attract FDI for vaccine production
The Covid-19 pandemic was a loud wake-up call for the African continent. The likes of Pfizer and Moderna were able to develop effective vaccines relatively quickly, but African countries languished behind the rest of the world in securing access to them.
Africa Re may demand more dollar payments to reduce currency risks, CEO says
Africa Reinsurance may extend the use of dollar pricing for cover to reduce local currency risks, CEO Corneille Karekezi tells The Africa Report.
Nigeria’s Interswitch in talks with Equity Bank over DRC entry
Nigerian fintech Interswitch is in discussions with Kenya’s Equity Bank about following the lender into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), managing director Mitchell Elegbe tells The Africa Report.
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Ethiopian banks need corporate-governance overhaul to make stock market work: Pragma
More than half a century without an official capital market has left Ethiopia short of the range of expertise needed to make a success of current plans, says Mered Fikireyohannes, CEO of Pragma Investment Advisory in Addis Ababa.
Ex-Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Joins the Party as Cambodian Election Observer
Among observers at Cambodia’s national election on Sunday was former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who billed his trip as having the dual purpose of election observing and attending an “International Leadership Conference on Democracy, Peace, and Development.”
Exclusive: Moniepoint fintech in advanced acquisition talks in Nigeria, Kenya
Nigerian fintech Moniepoint is in advanced discussions over acquisitions in its domestic market and in Kenya, CEO Tosin Eniolorunda tells The Africa Report.
African payments system can lower risk of sovereign-debt crises, Afreximbank chief says
Wider adoption of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) can help prevent future sovereign-debt crises, Benedict Oramah, president of the African Export–Import Bank, tells The Africa Report.
Africa’s indebted sovereigns seek escape route from China-West tensions
Geopolitical tensions between China and the West create the danger that indebted African governments will be the victims of power struggles beyond their control. June 2023
Zanaco CEO seeks to persuade board to expand into neigbouring countries
Mukwandi Chibesakunda, CEO of Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco), speaks on the sidelines of the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan in June 2023.
Zimbabwe’s first oil-gas well signals new era for foreign investment, says Invictus Energy CEO
Successful drilling for oil, gas and helium in northeast Zimbabwe shows that the country is open for business, Invictus Energy CEO Scott Macmillan tells The Africa Report.