How Kenya’s bad loan crisis is forcing families to give up homes, landAs
Kenya is facing a deepening bad loan crisis that is taking a heavy toll on families, with many losing their homes, land, and other valuable...
Category : ECONOMY
The Paradox of Progress: An Empirical and Critical Study of the Shift in Cognitive Skills and the Net Decline in Intelligence
The long arc of human intellectual development has always been intertwined with its socio-economic environment. In the twentieth century, psychometric evidence suggested that human intelligence,...
U.S. Tariffs Jeopardize South African Economy: 30,000 Jobs at Risk as Trade Tensions Escalate
By Jide Adesina | Editor-in-Chief, 1stAfrika South Africa is bracing for the economic shockwaves set to follow the United States’ imposition of a sweeping 30%...
Credit Rating Agencies Under Fire: Africa Demands a Fairer Financial Scorecard
In a powerful and growing chorus, African governments are voicing their discontent with the operations and influence of major global credit rating agencies—Moody’s, Standard &...
Victoria Falls charts green future with sustainability blueprint
THE Wetland City of Victoria Falls has launched its first-ever Sustainability Monograph, a landmark document aimed at preserving its international wetland status and securing its...
Smart water metering project gathers pace in Harare
THE smart water metering project is gathering pace, with replacement pipes now in place and ready for distribution. For decades, the Harare City Council has...
Speaker Mudenda advocates for digital legislative reform and global peace
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, addressed the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, Switzerland, where he called for stronger...
Faith leaders unite to back President Mnangagwa’s economic roadmap
THE newly launched National Multi-Faith Economic Dialogue (NAMFED) has called upon Zimbabwe’s religious community to unite in supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Economic Emancipation Roadmap and...
Zimbabwe APRM delegation in Kenya for peer review benchmarking
A five-member Zimbabwe African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) delegation is in Nairobi, Kenya, for a benchmarking mission aimed at drawing lessons from Kenya’s successful implementation...
Government onboards 30,000 more youths into Kazi Mtaani initiative
The Government of Kenya has officially onboarded an additional 30,000 youth under the Kazi Mtaani initiative in Kilifi County, expanding the climate-focused employment program across...
Lithium giant plans US$400m smelting facility
Bikita Minerals, under its Chinese parent company Sinomine Resource Group, has unveiled plans to build a $400 million smelting facility in Zimbabwe. The move marks...
America Becomes Net Exporter of Crude to Nigeria for the First Time: Economic Implications, Oil Diplomacy, and the Shifting Global Energy Axis
In a remarkable development that underscores the rapidly evolving dynamics of the global energy landscape, the United States of America, traditionally a major importer of...