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Baobab Africa People and Economy reports the continent majorly from a positive slant. We celebrate the continent. Not for us the negatives that undermine the African real story of challenging but inspiring growth.

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Burkina Faso’s Onatel Raises US$60 million in IPO

The Burkinabé government has raised 29 billion CFA francs (US$59.6 million) from the sale of a 20% stake in fixed-line incumbent Onatel through ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 3, 20140

Business

MTN Ghana CEO complains about permit times for new base stations

Brett Goshen, CEO of MTN, Ghana, said last Tuesday the company had all the resources and expertise to deal adequately with network challenges. ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 3, 20140

Health

‘Barcoding’ DNA to identify menacing mosquitoes

For years scientists have examined DNA fragments of animals and insects for biodiversity preservation, but researchers from the University of Ghana for the ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 3, 20140

Lifestyle

A short story 8-8-8: The journey to Prayer City

In the Mountain of fire and Miracles Ministry, for as long as I can remember (which isn’t too long), there is an annual ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 3, 20140

Lifestyle

Helpers of the poor Civil society and all the missed points

Prof. BALA DOGO raises questions on how to tell the chaff from the grain among civil society organizations purportedly set up to help ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 3, 20140

News

Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified

The Obama allure in Africa appears to have faded, writes Femi Falana. When President Barrack Obama visited Ghana for a few hours in 2009, ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 2, 20140

Lifestyle

Why Somali not Ghana came to Nigeria

Ever since Somalia came to Nigeria, bombs and screaming guns have made us to constantly shudder. We live in fear. And we seek ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 1, 20140

Lifestyle

Nigeria has to review itself

Director General of the National Office of Technology Acquisition and Promotion, Dr. Umar Bindir, is canvassing for an ICT corridor as a first ...

By Baobab AfricaApril 1, 20140

News

Why the West is wrong about Africa

Editor’s note: Ambassador Johnnie Carson is special advisor to the president of the U.S. Institute of Peace. He was assistant secretary of state ...

By Baobab AfricaNovember 2, 20130

Lifestyle

Northern elites and northern economic backwardness

By Professor Moses Ebe Ochonu The Lugardian creation that materialized as Northern Nigeria is not a product of mythmaking but its elites have constructed elaborate ...

By Baobab AfricaSeptember 1, 20130

Editorial

Nigeria and the political economy of backwardness

In the political economy of backwardness (1), I focused on the analysis of Islam in Northern Nigeria and how compared to Malaysia, Islam ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 19, 20130

Editorial

Northern Nigerian Elites and National Power Struggle in Nigeria

In the July 17th edition of “Sun: Voice of the Nation” newspaper in Nigeria, a news item reported by Noah Ebije from Kaduna was published, ...

By Baobab AfricaAugust 19, 20130

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Burkina Faso’s Onatel Raises US$60 million in IPO

MTN Ghana CEO complains about permit times for new base stations

‘Barcoding’ DNA to identify menacing mosquitoes

A short story 8-8-8: The journey to Prayer City

Helpers of the poor Civil society and all the missed points

Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified

Why Somali not Ghana came to Nigeria

Nigeria has to review itself

Why the West is wrong about Africa

Northern elites and northern economic backwardness

Nigeria and the political economy of backwardness

Northern Nigerian Elites and National Power Struggle in Nigeria

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