US-Africa relations: The Beginings

May 30, 2021     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

The presence of Africans in the America’s can be argued it predated 1492 though since the formation of the greatest experiment on Earth in 1776, the official United States of America – Africa relations began before World War II, when the United States only directly dealt with the former American colony of Liberia, the independent nation of Ethiopia, and the semi-independent nation of Egypt. The beginning of this official US-Africa relationship was not only reinforced by the need to internationalize American values but also due to the undying drive of African-Americans to reconnect to their roots. Although US-Africa dialogue and…

Yes Africa can do it!

April 30, 2021     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

As world tilts towards Space and AI to tackle current challenges in regards to efficient productivity, food security and overall development, the push towards entreneurship has been the guiding force to foster innovative solutions for sustainability and collective evolution. In the African context, Human Capital is one of its greatest assets that has been underutilized and often forgotten yet required for the Continent’s development and growth as it will determine the Continent’s stability and security. With a population of 1.2 billion people and approximately half of the nation being under the age of 30 years old, in addition to vast…

Branding Human Capital

April 12, 2021     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Always thankful to be among thinkers, policy makers, influencers and decision makers, and on Wednesday December 6th, 2017 at the 27th Annual Martin J Forman Lecture series held at one of the Think Tanks in Washington DC, the President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim was the keynote speaker as the podium has been graced by the likes of the 25th Lecturer Rajiv Shah, then the Senior Advisor at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and now the President of the Rockfeller Foundation. After attending these series I have learnt that the lecture series was established in honor of…

The Future is not what it used to be- Africa and Education of Tomorrow by Guest Writer

June 25, 2020     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Why the US got it right Every three years the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) carries out the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). This assessment measures what more than 600,000, 15-year-old students have learned in math, reading and science. Similar to many years, in 2019 US scored below average in mathematics. The US student’s scores were similar to those of Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom in at least two subjects. On receiving this latest report, the US Secretary for Education, Betsy DeVos said, “The bottom line is there has not been a single…