July 7 of every year will now be celebrated as the Day of African Integration by the African Union to commemorate the operational launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, the world’s single largest free trade market. It was put into force on July 7, 2019, at the African Union (AU) ExtraordinaryContinue reading “Africa has finally realized the 1960s dream of integration after launch of single market”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
US-China fight for influence in Africa continues amid threats
As Africa gears towards its economic independence and liberation from Western agencies and countries to be able to trade as a single body with whoever it wishes, the United States of America and China are competing for influence in the continent. After threatening Africa in its “Prosper Africa” strategy that states that countries that “repeatedly” vote againstContinue reading “US-China fight for influence in Africa continues amid threats”
It is over for the U.S. as China completely ‘conquers’ Africa by the end of 2019
The devil is in the detail as China’s generosity towards African countries has peaked in recent years coinciding with the great economic vision and strides by the continent as a single body in the face of threats and sanctions from long-time allies, the United States of America. The U.S. is clueless on how to positionContinue reading “It is over for the U.S. as China completely ‘conquers’ Africa by the end of 2019”
Meet the first black priest and ex-slave from the U.S. who is on the path to becoming America’s first black saint
Out of about a dozen Saints from the United States, none of them is black and that could change in a few years as the pope has placed the first African-American priest and a former slave on the path to sainthood. Father Augustine Tolton is one of five African American Catholics who are the focus ofContinue reading “Meet the first black priest and ex-slave from the U.S. who is on the path to becoming America’s first black saint”
How trillions of dollars were stolen by greedy African despots and kept in the West
Poor African countries have trillions of dollars stacked up in European banks and in United States’ institutions by African despots with limited knowledge of their existence. These monies were stolen by leaders whose greed got them to deny their people the basic necessities of life while they enrich themselves and their families. One of such leadersContinue reading “How trillions of dollars were stolen by greedy African despots and kept in the West”
Ismail Akwei 