Curated Articles
This page features a curated selection of news articles, insights, and thought-leadership pieces centered on the issues shaping African and African-descendant communities worldwide. Spanning policy developments and human rights discourse to cultural milestones, economic trends, and diaspora achievements, each article is chosen to inform, inspire, and empower our readers. Together, they serve as an accessible resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the forces influencing the African diaspora and the collective progress unfolding across continents.
Mahama leads historic UN vote declaring slave trade humanity’s gravest crime
“There is no such thing as a slave.” — President John Dramani Mahama
In one of the most emotionally charged sessions the United Nations General Assembly has seen in years, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama stood before the world’s nations and made history.
Addressing the assembly during a plenary session to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade at UN headquarters in New York, President Mahama called on member states to adopt a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity, describing it as a critical step toward justice and healing.
Why Funders Should Bet On African Nonprofits: Shifting From Aid To Investment
African nonprofits aren’t waiting for rescue. They are designing bold, homegrown solutions, and they deserve the capital to match their ambition.
For decades, international philanthropy has framed Africa through a narrow lens: a continent in need, a landscape of poverty, disaster and helplessness. While humanitarian aid has saved lives and provided urgent relief, it has also cemented a deeper narrative—one rooted not just in modern-day charity but in the long shadow of colonial history.
Joe Beasley, Georgia civil rights leader, dead at 88: A powerful voice for justice.
Joseph Beasley, a Georgia human rights activist, has died, just a few weeks before what would have been his 89th birthday.
A veteran of the U.S. Air Force who attended graduate school at Clark Atlanta University, Beasley first joined the Jesse Jackson-founded Operation PUSH in 1976.
Africa’s AI Boom: Which Nations Are Leading the Artificial Intelligence Race?
A critical starting point for assessing which African nations are leading the AI race lies in quantitative metrics, from market size and funding volumes to adoption rates and government readiness. Recent research places the size of Africa’s AI market at approximately $4.92 billion by the end of 2025, representing about 2.5 % of the global AI industry.
Empowering rural women, vulnerable groups: Savings scheme improves lives in northern Ghana
Many young ladies and women in general in some parts of northern Ghana are now able to take charge of their own lives following the introduction of Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA).
A village banking methodology, VSLA, is alleviating poverty and curbing the upsurge of rural-urban migration among rural communities in the northern part of the country.
Currently, most women and other vulnerable groups no longer travel to the south, especially Accra and Kumasi to do menial jobs to earn a living.
Inspiring Conversations with Giscard Ndjogou Nguisamba of AYOCA – Africa You Can Foundation & AFROSCOPIE Media
AYOCA – Africa You Can Foundation and AFROSCOPIE Media are two pillars of the same mission: empowering communities, elevating African voices, and building bridges between Africa, the United States, and the world.
7 Projects Using AI to Shape Africa’s Food Systems
The rise of artificial intelligence in agritech offers African farmers a chance to bypass traditional agricultural development methods. From detecting diseases early to employing precision agriculture, innovations driven by data can improve the efficiency of using resources.
Technologies powered by AI in agriculture support smart farming practices, such as precision agriculture, which improves resource utilization and increases crop yields. AI’s role in monitoring soil and crop health, conducting predictive analyses for pest and disease management, and automating machinery enhances farming operations’ efficiency and sustainability.
‘Entrepreneurship To Flourish’: Africa’s Instant Payments Hit 64 Billion Transactions, New Report Shows
The new report shows transaction volumes have grown at an average annual rate of 35% since 2020.
Africa’s instant payment systems processed 64 billion transactions worth nearly $2 trillion in 2024 as adoption accelerated across the continent, according to the fourth edition of the State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 Report.
The report, published by the AfricaNenda Foundation in partnership with the World Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), shows 36 systems are now live in 31 countries, with five launched in the past year.
Global Alliance hailed by African leaders as an “indispensable initiative” in Africa-Brazil meeting
The II Brazil-Africa Dialogue on Food Security, the Fight Against Hunger, and Rural Development, held in Brasília this May, was a key milestone in strengthening international collaboration to eradicate hunger and poverty. During the event, Eswatini, Senegal, and Zimbabwe officially formalized their accession to the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, and the African Development Bank (AfDB) submitted its Statement of Commitment (SoC), in a significant gesture of alignment.
These developments indicate the growing momentum of the Global Alliance as a unifying force for countries and institutions working to implement sovereign, evidence-based solutions to end hunger and extreme poverty.
